Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-02-17
SHOWS JURY HOW
HE STABBED MAN
IN FATAL FIGHT
Prisoner on Trial for Life Gives
Dramatic Portrayal OF
Death Battle.
SAYS HE STRUCK BLOW
WHEN ATTACKED BY THREE
Describes How He Was Being
ChOked and Stimulates Un=
consciousness in Court.

Throwing his arms wildly about him,
striking at imaginary antagonists, and
finally sinking on the floor of the court
room in front of the jury box, Vincenzo
Natari, on trial before Judge Ten Eyck
for the murder of Nicola Di Gaetano,
his brother-in-law, reenacted for the
benefit of the crowded courtroom to-
day his story of the tragedy that oc-
Cured on July Is at his home, 109 Cone
street, Orange. The scene was most
dramatic.
Leaving the witness-box, the pris-
oner stood directly in front of the
jury. He said that when he was at
tackled by the three men he sought to
defend himself. Then he swung his
arms like fails as he told of his battle
against great odds. The recital was
accompanied by high-pitched and ex-
cited language.
Then, he said, the three men gradu
ally forced him to the ground, and his
face took on a livid hue as he fell on
one knee in front of the judge and
jury. He bent back his body to show
to the jury how 1eNumno- Di Gaetano
had grabbed him by the throat while
Arcangelo Petrone slowly forced him
by his shoulders. Then he lay like a
man dead on the floor of the court
room. Then the prisoner Jumped to
his feet with the exclamation, II re-
membered nothing more. 1 was sense
less
Long cross-examination failed to
shake Natarfs statements in any of
their vital points. The hearing of tes
olo OF md ba uriI
go to the jury late this afternoon.
"Wait a minute; wait a minute"
pleaded Prosecuting Attorney Wilbur
A Mott during the trial.
"All right, wait minute. The prose-
cutor has got busy at last" shot back
Attorney Frank M. McDermit, who is
defending Natari.
The little passage between Prosecu-
tor Mott and Attorney McDer1nit came
just after the opening of the second
day Of the trial.
McDermit had put Mrs. Carmela
Natari, wife of the accused man on
the stand and was conducting rapid
fire examination, while Prosecutor
Mott was busy lead-penciling notes on
the testimony. Faster and faster came
the stream of testimony, and finally
Mr. Mott threw UP both hands and
called for delay with the "Wait min
ute" request.
After granting the request of the
prosecutor to wait a minute, Nc
Dermit duly remarked, "It seems good
to see the prosecutor busy and then
went along slowly with the remainder
of the examination of Mrs. Natari.
She added new interest to the case
by saying that Nunzio De Gaetano and
Arcangelo Petrone, the first her brother,
and the latter her cousin, were in a
quarrelsome mood on the night of July
15 Mrs Natari said she attended the
wedding of her brother in Newark on
the morning of that day in company
with Nicola and Nunvio De Gaetano
and Arcangelo PetroDe.
She also told of them coming together
and the fight that started between the
four men, She denied that she had
been slapped in the face by her hus-
hand, but admitted that he had at
tempted to strike her in the face with
his open hand, but had failed to do So.
Mrs. Natari could tell nothing of the
actual stabbing of Nicola De Gaetano
as she was not in the house at the time,
having gone downstairs to neighbours
home.
other witnesses helped materially to
build up the plea of self-defense that
McDermit is weaving for the accused.