The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-22

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John Husk, Jr. r....................-....M MOntwllle
John S. Green. Observation-Disclosures. Morris
Max Heller ...............-.........'. Dover
Jonas W Hulse .............. .R0xbury
Clifford s. Rutan an.......,...-...-, ,Morristown
Daniel M. Fighter ..........-.,.,.. Rockaway
Alvah L. Reynolds. ........ Madison Borough
William E..Budd. Florham Park Borough
Thomas B. Tone .......... Wharton Borough
Joseph Hambly y,...................W Washington
Esli b. Dawson ...,..................,.B .Boouton
b. Frank Howell. ........ ......,..... Hanover
Frank NJ Merchant. .....--..... Randolph
In charging the jury, the Judge said
that there were not as many cases OF
'offense against the criminal law as at
last term, but that two cases OF h0mi-
eide needed special attention.
The first was a charge made against
Frank Betsa for shooting and killing
Minnie Root, the ten-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs Daniel Root, of
Hibernia. The facts in the case, the
.Gonrt said, as brought to its 'atten-
tiOn, were that the accused was a
bGarder in the home of a family named
Kaziski. That early in tine evening of
December 5, Betsa, who was under
the influence of liquoT, was creating a
disturbance in the S~arding-house by
dancing. Mrs. KaziSki asked him to
desist but he grew more boisterous
The superintendent of the Hibernia
mines, Augustus Manson, was sent
for, and he succeeded in getting Betsa
to go up stairs. After Manson left
the house, Betsa came down and
threatened to kill some one. Daniel
Root,,a section boss, who liwed next
door to the boarding-house, was sent
for; with him came his wife and daugh
ter, Minnie Root. BetSa, it is said
had some talk with Minnie. Root
ordered him up stairs but he refused
to go. When the infuriated man was.
led to his room his shoes were taken
off and he was persuaded to get in bed.
No sooner had Root left the room than
Be6sa went down stairs without his
Shoes Then Root and Kaziski ordered
Betsa out of the house, and finally
had to eject him. While outside the
kitchen door BetSa'S shoes were thr0wn
to HAM and he put them on 1t was
then Kaziski pushed aside the curtain
at the kitcheA window and saw BetSa
with a revolver in his hand pointing
at the window A shot was fired which
hit bottle on the kitchen table. A
second shot came and struck Minnie
Root in the right temple. She fell
unconscious to the floor and died at
five o'clock the next morning from the
effects. III the jury found such to be
the facts, the Court said, an indict-
ment for murder shotIld be brought in.
The second case was that of Mrs.
Maria Muriano, who is charged with
having struck Giavannio Moglio with
an axe on the Saturday night before
Thanksgiving and fracturing his skull,
from which he died in a Paterson hos
pital. The affair happened in Boon
ton, but was brought to the attention
of the authorities by Policeman Ed
ward Brennan, OF this city. 1t was
through Brennan'S effort SHAT Mrs.
Muranio was located and the case in
vestigated.
Applications for hotel licenses were
made to the court and the following
granted
John L. Allen, Lake Hopatcong,
Jefferson township; william j Magic,
Whippany, Hanover township; George
S. Beavers, Mendham; Chester r. Mer-
ritt, Rockaway Borough; Howell
Gibbs, Ledgewood, Roxbury; Oscar
Scheer, Ledgewood, Roxbury; John P.
Day, Kenvil, Roxbury; Simon Charles,
German Valley.
Wholesale licenses, Joseph Dilzer,
Butler; John N. Sharp, Chester.
Saloon licenses, Oliver Tuite, Hi
bernia.
The following new applications were
laid over: Charles Lapp, wholesale;
A M. Virgins, saloon; Max ]. Gold
stein, wholesale; George Meloski,
wholesale.
Judge Garretson called the first case
of the Supreme Court list on Wednes-
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