Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-05-24
Accused Of Killing Captain
Connolly at Chrome Sew
eral Months Ago.
CAPTURED WITH WIFE
NEAR FLORIDA GROVE
Mrs. Connolly Principal Wits
ness for State--Mrs. SAT-
ardinO for Defense.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

Special TO the EVENING NEWS.
New Brunswick, May 24:-It took
but twenty-eight minutes to draw
the jury in the case of Ganarind
Safradino, accused of the murder oA
John Connolly at Chrome, this morh
ing. Only thirty men were called,
The testimony was started at once.
The first witness was Isaac Vans
derveer, a photographer, who testta
fed as to photographs he had takens
County Engineer Morgan Larson was
next called to tell about maps Of the
location
Coroner Garretson told Of being
called and of finding bullet wound
in Connolly's head under the Jeff
eye. County Physician ]. L. Suydang
told of the autopsy and of finding
the bullet. This he exhibited toN
gether with a piece of the murdered
mans skull. He said death must
have resulted within a few seconda
and thought 1t impossible for him td
have uttered a sound after being hit
Mrs. Mary Connolly, widow of th4
captain, was next called She said
Safradino, her husband and anotheB
man had been drinking beer in tho
Hilton house, back of their RESIDENCE
and Safradino wanted Connolly I'd
treat him. Connolly said he would
when Safradino paid him the money!
he owed him. This led to words and
as they began to fight it was sug4
gested that they go outside. Safra3
dino, she said, hit Connolly over thu
head with stick. lie then went In
to the house and returned with th6
revolver. The shooting followed.
One of the star witnesses for thd
state Is said to be Mrs. Connollyf
wife of the dead man. 1t is believed
that the state will base much of it&
case upon her testimony as 1t is unK
derstood that she was witness OH
close by when the fatal shot waR
fired For the defense II is expected
that Mrs. Safardino will be the chiek
witness for her husband 1t had
been whispered about that the statsf
by Witnesses. will throw off all sha&
dow that the shooting was done ~
the woman In her own defense ThG
state from shat can be learned hays
made close fnYestlRafion of fhil
part and il Is alleged that the woflsaiI
was not about when the shootinf
tOON pidNts
The arrest of Safardtno and his
wife soon followed the shooting. On
the night that the shot was fired th9
couple left their home in Chrome
afoot and walked along the road III
an effort to escape. On the followg
ing morning Officer Donovan, of
Roosevelt, was coming along thd
road In a trolley car this side OF
Florida Grove when he saw Safar4
dino and his wife walking along thS
street. The officer directed the caE
to stop and he placed the prisoneA
that he had in the car in charge oA
someone else and went after tho
couple. He placed them on the caK
and brought them to this city and
locked them up. Since then thd
couple have been in jail with the ex4
ception of the time when the womaTE
was removed to the hospital
Since Safardino has been in jail II
is charged that he, with Tod" Lax
bone and Willie the robber," atx
tempted to break jail twice. Both
attempts failed. The mystery surg
rounding this may be brought OUT
during the trial. Captain ConnollH
was one Of the best-known residenta
of Chrome. He owned property
there and was well respected.
The state will claim that the pris4
oner was never married to tha
woman who has posed as his wife. 4