The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-27
The Jury Already Consid-
ering Florences Respon-
sibility for De An
tonio'S Death.
QUEER WOMAN WITNESS
Widow of the Dead Man Swears
She Did Not See the Tragedy
Though She Surely
Did.

The trial of George FLORENCE LOT the
murder of Nicolo De Antonio was pc
gun this morning in the oyer ana Ierni-
ner Court this morning Ex-Judge Hoa-
man and Alex. Simpson are defenulng
Florence. There was very little trouble
IN selecting a jury, as the challenges
were very few. This jury was seiecteo'
William G. Dear, Archibald wilson, Jonn
Lsongstan, Harry Smith, EDWARD Deviln'
Edward r Cogan, Frank Devlnny, John
A. Schultz, Jacob B. Newkirk, Jonn n.
Kranz, Eugene Willis and Joseph oDoh-
nell.
Prosecutor Winfield, in his opening,
briefly recited the facts the state intend
ed to try and prove. Florence was a
driver Of an ash cart for Henry Byrne,
the street cleaning contractor. On July
% he was carting ashes to the dumps
at Seventh street and Newark avenue
a crowd OF ltailans' among Wnom were
Antonio and his WIFE were sitting Gown
resting from tneir iapors oi pohihs
the asnes TOT cinoers anu oehes' rioieiice
grove ms cart close up 10 the ola "onian'
ana shouted to her TO get away. Inc
ola woman became alarmed rearing that
sne would pc run over. ANTONIO jumped
OUT Ihen ne seized MS look ana ap-
ploaenso fiorence II a threatening iaaii,
ner. fiorence jumped from ms cart Anu
struck the ieaiian on lhe neao wl.h d
ois scoop snose- Aneonio ieii IN
lnalleu On ehe siounu ior q lew ionien
ihen ne soe u anu ne anu ms "he
"ens ol oeoalIe -,
eo',selous AZ ainpuiahce "as ~
ann q UE2 g AIKEN 10 n fffUM HnSnrI4iA
where he died on August Z. Mr.. Win
es,a s.id tb.ra r.s no+b;,g to show
- -, -.
fnal the defendant intended to XIII the
italian, but he struck him a blow which
caused HE daatb and in the law thar
-
was Mufoer u ehe secohu uesiee.
DR.. varick, one of the Hospital staff,
x...;ead +h.+ Antanio alta fram 80.
sn s.sa 49,,
pouhu oepresseu fracture . Inc sAun
County Physician Converse described
fhe character of fhe wound.
r.thar,n. Don.+o An+or;o,s d.,ah+ar
DoH
was called to testify to her fathers age
She said he was abort 60. hint as she did
nn+ lrou y ~ bar un fraa LnouIadga
ny Aiow ~ = her oMn Aee A'o"ieuse'
ner testimony was stricken our.
Marie Archangeio, Antonio Nicolo's
rssou, o.1ad Che nr,,..5 ~
- SHe pioseu /" 80
very stupid witness ana mucn 10 Nhe
= u 4 lSE EOStCulDI LtSlll6Q THAI
she was NOT rrasert OF 4ba t;r,a ber hue
paho was slruch. She was nome, sne
said, and her husband was brought home
dead The Prasec,,t.y triad in every vav
- ss,
70 set from heT the lact dnal she was al
the dumps, but she persisted that she was
not tbara
cnagorv rf,,oo,ra ,,+t,a ar,.a - .1a
~ .aa . nt1o uateu u ou
ragpicker, testified that he witnessed the
assauit en- Antonio. He identiied the
klssious wNneSS as Antonlo,s Wife ana
Saaq mat sns was az inc dumps with her
nasoalu- svneh florence GROVE near the
mollsli Anoon1o Jumped up ana shouted
p = arna 20 aooA OUT AMONG raised ms
Ina r,e III ~teelnpsed e slrlhe rtoTence,
he shora1 S yan mn on me nea VIII
ThTew . hntt,a 81 e a whsnesf sag,
dodrsd # ~ i'anan' pue ne
Jndee Hoffr,an ,,ast,o,a uran.
abo1lf tbe euidanoa IL IL 80 ~ L
CoronerJs inca,asr Ea +as+i6e5 49, 49,
Antonio threw fha hot+is 81 EioraUea ena
Giovanni Mastronietra enother ave.u,it
ness. testified thai a ntonsn u,ant rrHar
ence with his hook
Detective Dslfon testified fbat he and
Detective DOYLE arresfed F1oranca al bHs