Bridgeton pioneer., 1897-01-14

| Judge Westcott asked Prosecutor
Logue II the case was certain to be tried
in April. Mr.. Logue replied that he
would not be responsible for the case
absolutely. This caused Judge Westcott
to say to the Court that if the case was
not set down for April and was not
moved by the Prosecutor. he should ask
for the liberation Of Shaw.
| Judge Ludlow replied that he felt the
Prosecutor would be in duty bound to
present the case, unless something en-
tirely unforeseen should occur, and re.
marked that the Court would be pleased
to liberate the prisoner when it was possi-
BILE to do SO.
| The case was then set down for the 9Th
of April and all witnesses were ordered
to be present upon that date.
| Prosecutor Logue then said he was
ready to have the pleas of the Jario fam
| lily entered. They are charged with MUIR
der.
Messrs John s. Mitchell and W. Ber-
ault, counsel for the Italians, whispered
a few words to the Court, and Judge Luds
| low said the Court would take recess
|
| was held.
While the officers were in the Judges
room Prosecutor Logue discharged
number of witnesses for the term, who
had been subpened in other criminal
cases.
! When Judge Ludlow returned to the
| Bench he excused all jurors until two
O'Clock this afternoon, and announced
that the court would take a recess until
twelve o'clock.
The disappointed masses filed out of
the Court House, and everybody was
wondering what next.
Tuesday Afternoon.
There were but few people present,
and they We're all eagerly gathered about
the railing separating the main room
from the Court bench, surrounding four
dissolute, ugly looking, foreigners, who
were endeavoring to understand Prose.
cutor Logue, who was reading to them
an indictment which charged them with
murder. Three of the strange persons
were the Italians, young men who killed
their father. The fourth was an old
woman their mother, and the widow of
the victim of the crime.
1t was an unnatural proceeding from
the fact that the defendants scarcely
knew a single word that was being said
to them by the, to them, strange men
surrounding them.
From the.i e the Court took a recess
in the morning, until twelve o'clock, the
question had been considered as to
whether or not the defendants had suffi-
clent mental capacity to make a plea to
the indictment. Judge Ludlow finally
concluded that the plea might be offered
by each.
Shortly after twelve O'Clock big officer
Wright, of Millville, came staggering up
stairs, bearing in his arms Luigi Jorio.
His bare feet, so horribly burned recent
ly as penance for his sins, We're bound
up and he could not walk. He was de-
posted carefully in chair, and a NOM
ent or two later Charles and his mother
Angelo, were escorted up stairs.
Then there was quite wait, and the
few spectators began wondering why
proceedings We're not continued. Con-
stable Lore came from down stairs,
whispered to Judge Ludlow and disap-
peared again to the lower corridors.
Tony Jorio had been released from the
chains which had bound him to the floor,
and he was sitting on the bare floor of
his cell eating his dinner. Constable
Lore was endeavoring kindly, to
persuade Tony to come up stairs. The
murderer simply laughed, showing his
| h natl n u l..
go out of his room until after he had
finished his dinner. When he had con-
cluded his meal he was again requested
to go up stairs, but he still refused. He
declared he was in no hurry and that
this was not the last day, and he would
go up stairs when he got ready.
After some minutes Sheriff Cheesman
came down in the room and found Tony
on his knees praying. He kindly took
him by the arm and told him to accom-.
pany him. He resisted but a moment.
and then quietly put on his cap, and
smilingly walked upstairs.
When he was in the Court room he hur-
ried to his brother Luigi, shook hands
with him gladly and the two exchanged
words in their own tongue. Then Tony
shook hands with his brother Charles and
his mother.
Tony is the only one of the Jorio
family who can well understand English.
and he first listened to the awful iudict
ment as it was read to him slowly by
Prosecutor Logue. Tony did not seem to
grasp the awful situation and when he
was told to plead guilty or not guilty, he
said he was alone responsible. Judge
Ludlow said that the State should receive
a plea of not guilty, and after considerable
Italian palaver the same plea was received
for the other two boys.
Judge Ludlow was very careful not II
allow the Italians TO say or do anything
that would tend to prejudice their inter
ests later. He explained to Tony that the
Court had assigned the family two of the
best lawyers in the State, referring to
Messrs. John S. Mitchell and Wheatot
Berault. He urged Tony to receive them
when they visited him toll thau avarx-