Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-07-22
BALASH GUILTY
SAYS THE JURY
Roosevelt Fiend Must Pay
the Penalty for Abusing
Little Girl.
MAKES OWN DEFENSE
Says He Pushed Girl in the
Bushes to Save Her
from Train.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

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New Brunswick, July 22:-Sandor
Ealash was quickly convicted yester-
day afternoon in court of a horrible
assault upon -year-old Lizzie Bo-
gOlia, of Roosevelt The jury retired
at 4:15 o'clock and before o'clock
1t had returned with a verdict Of
guilty as charged in the indictment.
The jury never had any doubt about
the case; 1t tarried while in the jury
room before taking vote.
There has been no sympathy for
Balash about the court room since
the start of the trial. His crime was
one which sent the blood of men to
fsver heat. His counsel realized this
and used their efforts to save their
client by endeavoring to arouse a
reasonable doubt in the minds of the
jury as to whether the girl had real
ly been carnally abused. But the
medical testimony In the case left no
doubt in the minds of the jury about
this.
The little girl did not positively
identify Balash as the man who had
assaulted her. She could not tell
much about the assault, other than
she had been struck over the head
with stick. She had gone out with
Balash at 3 o'clock the afternoon of
June Is last. At o'clock that night
she was still in the company of the
man. Although he had asked her to
direct him to the home of a neighbor
about whom he was inquiring, he
took the girl distance from her
home, to the vicinity of the United
States Metals Refining Company. 1t
was near this plant the next morn
ing that the nightwatchman, John
Craddock, found the unconscious girl
with one ear almost torn off, with
cuts on her face and on the back Of
her head and with other injuries
which revealed the horrible assault.
Balash's Explanation.
BaIash explained this by saying
that he had been to the metals COM
pany plant in the morning to get
work and had been turned down. He
then returned with the girl and
meant to say that she was his daugh-
ter, thinking that he would stand
more chance of getting work If 1t
was known that he had family and
meant to live there.
He explained the cuts on the child
by saying that as they were crossing
a railroad track car was backing
down. He pl-shed the girl violently
off the track to save her from being
struck and she fell among some bush
es, receiving cuts and scratches. He
said he fed fearing that he would
be blamed for the accident. He ad-
mitted that he told no one, did moth
ing to aid the girl, but left her to die
alone.
Guarding His Rights.
The defendant was given every ad-
vantage of the law. Judge DAILY had
assigned to defend him Former
Judge C. t. Cowenhoven, one Of the
most able pleaders at the bar, and
Arthur V. Schenck. The two law
yers threw as much energy into the
case as If there was a high fee at
tached to the work, rendering this
service at the request OF the court
and without reward other than the
courts thanks.
Judge Daily, in order to give the
defendant every advantage, charged
the Jury according to several requests
made by the defense, even though
such requests would not be allowed
in closer cases.
The court wanted the defendant
to have the benefit of every reason
able doubt. He realized the strong
public feeling against this class OF
criminals and did not want 1t to af-
feet the jury, but wanted the man
tried on the evidence before the jury.
He made 1t clear that the jury mad
two things to consider. First, they
must decide whether a carnal assault
bad haen made and secondly, wheth-
er the defendant had committed 1t.
Balash will probably be sentenced
On Tuesday morning, when the next
session of criminal court will be held.
The last man up on such charge
pleaded guilty and got twenty-nine
years, and that crime lacked many
of the horrible features or TINS
crime. The maximum penalty Is
thirty years.
Let the NEWS tell your Wants.