The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-15
BLOOD STAINS
ON MUSTOL'S
CLOTHING
Passalc Prosecutor So
AyerS.-D Defense Contra
diets States Witnesses.
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PATERSON, Jan. 15.-The defense in
the trial of Joseph Mustol, charged
with the murder of Michael Monochino,
was opened yesterday afternoon, and
Peter McGuiness outlined the line of the
defense. He said that they would prove
that Mustol was not with the murdered
man On the morning when witnesses
swear that he was seen accompanying
Monochino toward the spot on Gar
ret Mountain where the murdered
mans body was found hidden in a
clump of bushes, but that two others
were with the dead man
When the State was about to close
Its case yesterday Prosecutor Finley
offered Mustol's statement as evidence.
This statement was a voluntary one
made by Mustol the day Of his arrest:
Il was at Mikes barber shop last night
at five minutes past s O'clock, and stayed
until about $3.50 p. m. | then went home.
1 went to bed about 10 p. m. L got up
this morning at 6 a. M, had the breakfast
at $50 a. m. Then Mike came. He asked
me to go with him TO Passaic to have a
good time. I said / could not go. He was
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Passaic. My mother was present. We
then went out on the sidewalk. We stood
there awhile. Then we went to the cor
ner of Mill and Market streets. 1t was
near 1880 n. m. when we parted. He went
up Mill street and I down Mill street to
Van Houten street, to Prospect street, and
followed the race and river to the West
street bridge; crossed the bridge to North
West street, to Cliff street and up to the
mill. On my way l met David Senior and
two young ladies. / don't know II they
are teachers or scholars. / arrived at the
mill at 1855 a. M. 1 did not see Mike
after we parted on Mill and Market
streets. l did not know Mike was dead
until the officers cane to the mill and
told me that Mike was dead, and took
me to the station house for investigation.
The stains on my clothing. l am sure, are
not blood stains. I think they are oil
stains. 1 cannot account for them. /
am not sure what they are. I never had
any quarrel with Mike n ! have known
him about one year. l was in trouble
once with my brother-in-law. and / shot
him. I Their went away until he got well
again. | was never arrested for 1t. When
! got to the mill ] washed my hands,
which I always did before starting work
on white work. The boy who sweeps
asked me what I was washing my hands
for. I told him that l had been putting
In coal. I said this in a joke.
The prosecution proved yesterday
that the alleged oil stains on MustoPs
clothing were human blood spots.
Professor Samuel Mustol, brother of
the accused, was the first witness to
take the stand today. He identified the
clothes of his brother as the suit worn
on the day when M%onochino was muir
dered, and said that the clothes had
been washed by his mother after Mus
toll returned from his work at moo of
the day he was arrested. This admis-
sion is considered valuable by the
prosecution.
1t came out during the testimony of
the witness that Mustol's aged mother,
who was a witness for her son last time,
will not appear in his interests at this
trial due, it is said, to her illness.
Before the noon recess was taken
Joseph McClennan told of the finding
of Monochino's body on the mountain
side.
Attorney-G General McCarter objected
st~renuously to the offering of photo
graphs of the scene Of the murder on
the ground that they might convey a
wrong impression to the minds of the
jurors, but the attorney-general's OBJ
1ections were overruled by Judge Ber-
gen.