Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1907-10-30
JURY KEPT LOCKED UP.
Court Sent for The Physician and
Heard Testimony Until $50
TO Make Up Time.
PROSECUTION FIGHTS HAZE.
Up Until This Morning No Motivo
for the Crime Had Been Fixed
Upon the Prisoner.
speciai to the EVENING NEWs.


NEW BRUNSWICK. Oct 80:
was weary looking lot Of men who
took their places in the jury box this
morning in the murder trial Of Pas
quale Delasio, of Port Reading, ac~
cused of killing Louis Tenara 4t
Port Reading August rs. 1t was nee
essary to hold court last night and the
jurors showed that they did not en-
joy their position very much.
The case cannot be finished today
but the jury will probably get It to-
morrow morning. The defendant viii
probably be put on the stand in his
own behalf late this afternoon.
The first witness this morning was
Bartholomew Ciorello. He testified
that he had been with Delasio on the
night of the murder and had left him
at one of the shanties at Port Read
ing. but could not tell which one. He
heard of no trouble that night. He
said he had known the defendant al
his life.
Peitro Delasio was also Witness
He said he was with the prisoner On
the night of the murder and with 9TH
ers had been playing games He
thought the murder was the result
the outcome of these games.
Marie MimWicti told Of games be~
ing played at her house that night
and the defendant was there. She
said he left her home about 1880
O'Clock and that was the last she had
seen of him.
Detective Peltier, who took pr0m-
inent part in the arrest of the pris~
oner, was on the stand some time
this morning and gave important tes-
timony.
The defense is trying to prove that
in going home from the games. the
defendant walked some distance be-
hind three other men and, the de-
Tense claims, it was these three men
who committed the crime.
Yesterday AfternoOnss Preceedinxa
Owing to the absence of County Phy-
sician iSuydam, the case nad to bc
stopped at o'clock and was resumed at
7.30. when the doctor arrived.
DIR. Suydam was IN court at noon. and
the professor did not know what had
become of him. an onicer who was sent
out to telephone to Jamesburg returned
With the information that the doctor
had gone home.
Justice Swayze said that DR.. Suydam
knew that the jury In sHch a case is
kept locked up until the end Of tho.
case and that he should have been on
hand when wanted. He said that he
would adjourn the case until o'clock
and that If DIR. Suydam came in in tho
meantime he would have the Court
House bell rung, when all Interested
should assemble at. once.
Ordered Night Court.
Then to make up the two hours lost
he held court from 7.3o o'clock to $50
o'clock last evening. Prosecutor Ber-s
dine said that he had an engagement
but that he would cancel it. Justice
/ Swayze said that he had a very Inn.
portant engagement. but that every
thing would have to give way to the
murder trial
| William C. Buckeiew a lumber mer-
ichant of Jamesburg, told the Court that
DR. Suydam could use his automobiles
ito be brought here quickly. and such q
message was sent to the physician.
when Ser4-aant-a Arms Hayes an
nounced that Mr.. Buckelews chuffcur
\ had just telephoned in that the auto was
out of commission
| So Dr. Suydam was left to his own
resources to get here as quickly as pos
sibie.
But before verdict of murder in the
first degree. which would mean death
sentence can be reached it must be-
shown that there was motive for the
crime. This is what Mr.. Berdine was
battling for yesterday. He indicated
lclearly that he wanted to show that
I Dalasio and the dead man came recently
! from different provinces in italy. in-
ihabitants of which are engaged IN
continuous feud. and that l,eiasio en-
tertained hatred for men of 1eneareS
province.
| The latter province is that of Fuggia-
This fact came out in the testimony
yesterday morning. Daiasio's proyinco
| is Avellino. but that hasn't been
brought out vet.
Said He Must Die.
The State managed to get in the fact
that on the night of the killing of Ten
care Delasio told another man that ho
must die because he was a Montanaron.
! 1t was shown that Montavaro is Will
age in Fuggia- But when ii was
brought out that Teneare lived in tho
village of ST. Maco. Justice Swayze said
that he thought the testimony hardly
competent.
| The evidence given yesterday after
noon and last evening, and that brought
out by the cross-examining of the wit :
nesses by Attorneys Strong and March,
the defendent's counsel. seemed to in-
dicate that Angelo Schieaelio a missing
Italian, might have been the man who
committed the murder.
NOTICE.
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