The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-05

The formal charge against sicr wa
made by Police capssi. Ryan. of IN.
First Precinct He WAS held s,sthoul
hail in the First Precinef s>oIicc caurs
by Judge Hahn, and WINS taken hsrI
TO police headquarters and locked In
a cell.
When Sca's name was called BY 1hf
clerk his attorney, Eugeale Dotto. an
nounced that he would waive exa,nf
nation. and asked that Sica be rcton.
mitted to the custody of Chief Cor
bitt and not to the sheriff He Saio
that if Sica was placed in the custody
of the sheriff the writ of habeas corpus
he expected this afternoon from chiei
Justice Gammcre would be rendered
invalid, as It would be directed to IN.
chief of police.
Il do not want any trick played or
me-" said Dotto.
There viii be no trick played on
you" said Judge Hahn, with some
show of indignation. "1his Is mos
serious matter. Believing that yol
have every right under the law viii
commit the prisoner back to the Gus
tody of the chief of police
Several hundred men, women and
children We're about the First Precinct
Police Court at the time. and when Sica
was brought out there was great rust
ito get near him. Policemen kept ti1er
back until Sica was in the patrai wagon
and t4sen they cleared "a sxas for the
wagon and Sica WIS hurried back 10
police headquarters There his picture
was taken for the ragues' rallery and
his measurements recorded for the Ber.
tillon bureau Of identifica ion
A writ of hsbeas corpus was served
ON Chief of Police Corbitt tsdny order
ing him to produee Mrs. Mar, J. VII
helm. wife No. 5. before Chief Justice
Gummere Monday morning and cxpIsir
why she is being held n prisoner NJ
police headquarters. and TO shou caust
why she should not be released.
The attorney for Siea, held with Mrs
Wilhelm. his admirer. was just a littls
too late to obtain similar writ from
lie chief justice before he started fol
Trenton, but he forwarde,- 9e appIi-
cation for the writ by messenger to
Trenton, and expected an order similar
to that in the case of Mrs Wilhelm this
afternoon.
Wilhelm and Eugene Dotto for Sica.
These lawyers had prepared for the
deIiverance of their clients, and we're
jubilant over the prospects until news
reached them that the prosecutor had
decided to formally charge Sica witt
murder and to hold Mrs Wilhelm as
a material witness. This, they seemed
to think. might injure any prospect
they might have of obtaining the
liberty of their clients on the two writs
of habeas corpus.
There has been some disposition to
discredit the story told by Miss Anna
Saltau. on the ground that she did not
tell it until long after the murder But
the fact is Miss Saltau did tell what she
knew. The moment she reached the
Levy home Tuesday morning AMI
learned of the murder next door she
told DR.. and Mrs Levy that she saw
Sica leave the Wilhelm home the eve
ming previous, few minutes after s
o'clock. and they advised her to say
nothing about it. if she did not wish to
become involved in the case.
Told Her Mother
She said nothing all that day. hut
when she went home Tuesday evening
she told her mother. sister of De-
tective Sergeant Horter, VINO was work
ing on the case, what she knew. and her
mother advised her to tell no one. 1t
was the following afternoon that THE
EVENING STAR found Miss Saltau
and obtained her statement published
it and turned her over TO the police
where she positively identified Sica as
the man she saw.
Captain Carroll. chief OF the detective
bureau, reported that he was home I'll
with bad cold today.
Prepare for Arraisnment.
Detective Sergeants Tuite, Horter
and Cordano were today cioseted with
Prosecutor Mott. who apparently has
taken charge of the case. and Il was
said that the detectives were Sab-
mitting evidence on which Mrs Will
helm and Sica might be arraigned.
1t had been planned to arraign them
this morning, but the inability of the
police TO come to any determination
caused a postponenent of the plan.
Mrs. Fredericka Wilhelm. wife No. 2.
who lives at 227 East Eignty-third
street, New York. and who created the
scene at the funeral yesterday, today
retained Attorney Maurice 3. Gluck. of
% Clinton street. this Gtty. to repre-
sent her in an effort to claim all Of the
property left by Wilhelm. Mr.. Giuek
said he would at once apply for the ap-
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