Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1904-10-20


called to her to s'wait a minute. y
wait minute,' - he said again. 81
want to see you. She saw he was
staggering somewhat. She continued
on her way but he overlook her, still
calling to her. She said to him,
You'd better go on. = He caught her
by the arm, and she was frightened.
She said she saw some children and
called to them to tell their father to
come and come quick.
! He told her to shut her mouth and
caught her still tighter and she COM
i menced to strike him to break away
from him. In the struggle they fell
to the ground, he on top of her. She
fought and struggled and regained her
feet, both rising at the same time.
By this time help had arrived and
he broke away and escaped, she call
ing to the people to hold him
She positively identified the defend
| ant at the bar as the man who had at
tackled her. She was given searching
cross examination by Judge Westcott
1 in an endeavor to shake her identified
tion, but without effect.
David Jones was next called. He
said he knew Howard Morgan; saw
him the night that this racket oc-
CURED. Saw him on that night about
a square and half from where this
affair occurred, was talking with him.
Knew the prisoner at the bar was the
same man. After leaving the man he
went on his way, but short time
4 afterward he heard screaming. He
thought there was fight and he ran
toward the screaming ArriVing at
the place on Lawrence street he saw
a woman and man on the ground; the
man was on top of the woman, who
was struggling. He pulled the man
off, and saw who it was-that it was
Morgan, with whom he had previously
been talking. The woman said sshold
him and get cop.'' but he let go of
him and he got away
'sWhy didn't you hold him?'' asked
aJudge Westcott, on cross examination.
II hadn't the power to hold him. =
He was drunk, wasn't hep
/ HE pretended he was drunk y
After he got up he ran away from
the woman did he?''
/ She seized him, but he broke
away"
| Mrs. Sarah Green was witness to
4 the affair. She had seen the same
man, as near as she could tell from
the size and shape, now sitting in the
prisoners dock, go into Mrs. Hicks
several times since the affair, and he
was the same man who made the as
sault on Mrs. Winrow.
i Mrs. GREEN'S son and Elias Hall
were not certain that the prisoner
wasl the man who committed the as
4 ault
The State rested.
I The defense was an alibi, and Mr..
Donnelly stated how he expected to
show that they had arrested the wrong
man.
Mrs. Margaret Hicks was the first
witness called for the defence. She
was positive that Morgan was not the
man whom she saw in the assault on
Mrs. Winrow, but the man had on
dark clothes, as the other witnesses
had testified.
Mrs. Klyde tes titled that Mrs. Win
row on looking at Morgan III her pres
ence, said that he was not the man
who had committed the assault.
Thursday Afternoon.
/ The testimony in the Morgan case
being all in before the noon recess, the
Judge delivered his charge to the jury
immediately after the converting of
Court this afternoon.
| That an assault and battery had
been committed by some person ON
Mrs. Winrow, the Judge said, was
admitted; but the facts as to whether
the defendant committed that assault
Ves' ~ viz culy w uOtOlmlAo. IlO
said the defendant had, as the lawyers
say, attempted toEset up an alibi. He
pointed out the weak points in the
testimony as we'll as the potent ones,
and then left the case in their hands.
The Prosecutor moved the case of
the State against Francesca Donofglio,
indicted for assault with attempt to
kill one Vincenzo Cathaldi, and ury
was put in the box.
Lawyer R. l.. Tuller represented the
defense.
The defendant is an Italian and Mr..
Peter Tagliavia was chosen as inter-
prefer, and he was sworn
1t seems that there was a difference
between the defendants son and Vim
cenzo Cathaldi about a girl, and the
father became involved to such an ex-