Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-09-12
MURDER TRIAL
BEGUN TODAY
IN BRUNSWICK
italian Accused of Killing
Patrick CahilI at New Mar
ket Last May.
The JURY AS DR. AVN
Perth Amboy Man Fer eman
Twelve Men Secured in
Twenty Minutes.
LOCAL JURYMEN LATE
Justice Bergen Refused to
Allow the Clerk to Mark
Them Present.
LOCAL JURYMEN LATE
Special to the EVENING NEWS,

special TO the EVENING NEWS.
New Brunswick, Sept 12:-Luigi
Cerefice is on trial before Justice
James j. Bergen today for murder
ing Patrick Cahill, at New Market,
on May 8, last. The case is that Of
brutal murder which stirred the
county last May. Mr.. Cahill was
shot and probably beaten to death
for the sake of a woman.
1t required twenty minutes in
which to draw the jury, which is as
follows: John w. Ellie, of Perth
Amboy; James Walker, of New
Brunswick; A. c. shreeves, of South
Brunswick; William Redshaw, of
Madison; Arthur Perrlne, of Cralar
buryi. John D. Reed. of East Bruns-
wick; John Van Norten, of South
Brunswick; Elmer E. Bergen, of
Cranbury; Dewitt Giles, of Dunel-
len; David H. Smith, of Jamesburg;
and George B. Shann, of New Bruns-
wick.
In opening the case Prosecutor
Booraem told of the murder and at
tributed jealousy as the cause. He
told of the alleged love of Cerefice
and Cahill for the same woman,
1SAiHuDNlh IIetl dSly OhCr W NUM- LHGY
quarrelled.
Several detectives were called to
testify Joseph Cordeno, OF New
ark, told of arresting Cerefice in
Newark on suspicion. He said the
man acted suspiciously. Dominick
Genera, of Newark, testified to the
confession made by Cerefce, that he
had murdered Cahill. Captain John
Brown, Of Newark, was with the
party that found CahilIs body at
New Market and he gave testimony
to that effect.
Chief of Police O'Dopnell, of this
city, testified to breaking into the
house occupied by Cerefice. He~told
of finding a revolver with discharged
cartridges in two of the chambers,
also an axe and club. He said
there were no blood stains. Coun-
ty Detective Richard A. Peltier and
Morgan F. Larson told of having
photos taken and maps drawn of the
scene of the murder.
Edward Cahill, son of the MUIR
dered man, said he had last seen his
father on May 8. He told of seeing
the Barden woman around the home.
as did Catherine Cahill, the widow
OF the victim.
Luigi Cerefice is charged with the
murder of Patrick Cahill on May 16,
at New Market. 1t was alleged that
the two men had quarrel over Eliz-
abeth Barden, who Is In the county
Jail here held as q witness. She
may not be called as witness, as it
is said she has not made any state
ment which would throw any light
upon the Idea that she was the cause
of the dispute.
Cahill was beaten to death and his
body buried in heap of haystacks.
Cerefice went to Newark, where he
was arrested as a Black Hand sus-
pect While being examined by the
police there he confessed to the mur-
der. He was caught about May 1S,
and that day had bee selected by
some as the one on which the world
through Halley's comet. This
preyed upon Cereflce's mind and he
told of the murder. He accompa-
MED officers to New Market, where
Cahill's body was found.
Almost all the Perth Amboy jury
men did not arrive in court until
1890 o'clock, when they should
have been there at 10 o'clock They
filed up to the clerks desk and asked
to be marked present. Justice Ber-
gen looked up from the bench and
inquired what was going on. When
told, he said jurymen should be on
hand to answer to the call at 10
O'Clock He told the clerk he had
no power to mark them present and
said it was a matter for the court
to act upon. He did not have them
marked present. The iurymen gave
as an excuse that q trolley car in
which they were riding, broke down.