Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-10-26
BENZ GUILTY
OF MURDER IN
FIRST DEGREE
Sentenced Today BY Justiee
Bergen to Die During Week
of December 4.
PRISONER UNCONCERNED
Jury Reaches Verdict Early
This Morning After Being
Out All NIGHT.
Special 70 the EvENfNtf NE 1gs.

Special to the EVENING NEWS.
New Brunswick Der 2e N.s4.tr,.
Benz, the Italian murderer. Of PERTH
Amboy, was found guilty this n,nssa.s
ing of murder In the first dexfee
/ Justice Bergen ilnmediatelv sea-
| fenced the prisoner to die iii ira
electric chair during the week of
december 4. The jury hass hHen
iocked up all night and at o CLOCK
ms morning the foreman sent wvfrsl
reached a verdict 81 1
Justice Receives Verdict.
When this news was given I'd
us,lce bergen he hurried to the
court house and received The verdict
at s:50 O'Clock When the verdict
was given Judge Peter + DAILY was
on the bench beside him. Whcn
court opened this morning the pris~
oner was brought forward and told
70 race the jury. Every man ili the
Jury box was standing, facing tIsa
prisoner Justice Bergen, upon bs-
Ing told that verdict was reached,
had the clerk call the roll. As every
mans name was called the justIee
asked for his decision, making 1he
closing minutes of the speedy tfis.I
one long TO be remembered Not one
OF the Jurors fiinehed when calleJ
upon to answer the question. each
giving in clear and decisive tones The
words that will send Benz to tie
electric chair
After the jury had reached their
decision Justice Bergen said he wxs
called upon TO execute the law I'd Il
degree as was found BY the Jurors.
When the death sentence WAS pro-
nounced all eyes turned to the prIs-
oner, who seemed as unconcerned III
during the trial When told tliroft Y u
his Interpreter that he was To die ne
retained the same calmness as waa
characteristic of him throughout
the trial
Prisoner Back In Jail.
Immediately after sentence was
pronounced the prisoner was hustled
hasak, to shday + AFTERNOON learned that
q verdict WIS not likely lie ofssefsa
the jury locked up. s
With the sentence of Rent. o1fss Nh
the most cold .biooded murders ere1s
committed within the State Of Nen
Jersey will draw to d close. Tina
case was one of the most hrnfaI
handled by the county authorities AZ
the men shot were sent to, ~ss-.ss4
wniie IN slumber. Their MURDERS
gave them no chance to fight for
their lives
Plea is Made.
Theodore Strong. counsel for the
defendant, yesterday afternoon ii 4
masterrul plea spoke for one honr
and fifteen minutes trying to per
suade the jury that his client uaas
not accountable for the double murA
der This phase OF the case was
somewhat strengthened BY testf-
mony given by DR. William &. Ram
say, of Perth Amboy, and DR.. n
Rice, OF New Brunswick, who festi-
ned that Benz was an eptleptic. Law
yer Strong contended that Benz com
mitted the deed while laboring I'D
der this strain
Prosecutor Booraenl. ranresa q,
Ing the state urged the jury n for
ty-ffye minute talk to render a ver-
diet of murder In the first s@~~rse
lie next attacked the testimony CIV
en- by the physicians employed ~
the defense and told the Jury thai
they had sufficient time to watch tha
prisoner to determine whether ha
was mentally unbalanced. Another
point for the prosecution was that
the doctors who rendered testimony
at the trial had examined the pris-
one after the deed had been pep
Dertrated and could not swear as tt
the prisoners condition at the time
of the murder.
Justice Bergen charged the Jury
ana told them he wanted verdict
of guilty in the first degree The
Jury went out shortly after three
o'clock. The court room was pacs-
ed to its capacity and many remain
sd for several hours thinking that
The jury would return with YER
iict within two hours To amuse
he spectators the results of fhe
worlds series baseball game were
given them. The trial Of the Anlboy
murderer Is another instance OF the
world famed Swift Jersey Justice
History of Murder.
The murder for which Benz will
1ay the penalty was committed
lbout IL o'clock on the night of
September Z, at 4S2 sayre avenue.
Perth Amboy. August Minno and
August Pascarelli were the ones ia
ally shot and Frank Minno was S.
,adly wounded that he was sent To
he city hospital where he remained
or several days The two murdered
men and the wounded victim were
Ileeping In room on the first ffocr
# the house on the night the deed
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