The evening world., 1911-12-06
Slayers of Mrs. Mary Hall Are
Doomed to Die in Week
2 Beginning Jan. 5.
ACCUSED H
Glasto, Last to Be Tried, Makes
Confession, Placing Blame
on Youngest Prisoner.


murder Of Mrs. Mary Hall on Nov. 8
II her home near Croton Lake wers
taken from White Plains to-day TO Sing
Sing n there placed in the death
cells. Justice Tompkins of W~estchester
County Supreme Court yesterday sem
fenced all Ave to be electrocuted the
week beginning Jan. 10. 1912.
IL took six days to n the Ave men
guilty. They are vincenzo Como. Filipo
di Marco. Lorenzo Call. Santo Zanza
and Angelo Giusto. They went to the
house to rob 1t, after being sure that
the men folks had gone away.
The i've presented a singular spec
tscie as they were lined up in front
Of = double rank OF police. Each had
tried 10 save himself by accusing the
others. They had threatened each other
and made the courtroom ring with
strange oaths and ~imprecations as they
struggled zach for his own life. They
sAly glared at each other when the In
tsybreter told them the meaning Of the
words the man was saying up on the
bench.
Angelo Giusto. the last to be tried.
the last to be sentenced and the one
who protested willingly to tell every
detail OF the crime-he accused Santo
xanza-ls just nineteen years old. He
was placed on trial yesterday morning
and his sworn confession was read 10
the Jury, while Giusto sat with his
head In his hands and pretended not IN
understand.
spnto zsnza, he told. had learned
ebGut the Griffen house three years
ago while working at Bradley's camp
en The aaueduct. and a week before the
murder went UP to spy out the place.
The confession went on:
THE LAD zANZA GAVE THE
SIGNAL.
"on the night of Nov. Z. I. Gus
to, Lorenzo Call. Vlncen3o Como, Fiipo
at Marco and Santo Zanxa all went to
Cfeton Lake on, the train ana we slept
In the woods after We got there at
mASnigf1t." Next morning this man Fan
~ went and climbed a high tree whore
hs could see the 0riffen hous and he
slgnalled to us when the two men went
to work. Zanza agreed to be the leader
aud'to show che way to the houso and
what to do when We got there.
We all went TO the house n Mtss
0eiken came to the door when we said
we wanted to buy milk. We went away
md drank the milk and then We de-
clded how we would rob the house.
Wayon we went back I told this man
Anna that l didn't want to rob. I
yspted to run away. He said that II I
did he would shoot me. He had three
revolvers In a cement sack. l was
afraid. So l went along.
II went upstairs with this man
2ahga to the room where the poor
youhg lady sat In a chair by the win
dow. / did not TO 60. but he said
he would shoot me II / didn't. When
w went into the room she said quietly.
'Tafe anything o want
II went to the bureau n began to
pull out the drawers. saw the gold.
some bracelets n a watch. and I took
them. She said: Here is a chest with
medicine in It 'Zanza said. What do
youIthink we want with medicineT She
kept on talking. but I don't know what
she said. Then she screamed"
GAGGED HER AND STABBED HER
MANY TIMES.
Then this man Zanza said to me,
Take her apron and shut her mouth
was afraid. I went to whore this poor
yours lady sat and took her apron and
shut her mouth. Then Zansa, he pulled
out his stiletto and he stabbed her this
way and this way.
HE stabbed so fast and he was so
excited that once he missed her and the
st!lOtto went through the sleeve Of my
coat here where l was standing holding
the apron in the poor young lady's
mouth.
"fhen she died, bleeding greatly. and
Zsnya and I ran away.
''xanxa gave me the stiletto. ! threw
Il away In, the deep woods-in the middle
~ the deep woods, I don't know where.
'4efore we robbed we all agreed to
shan and share alike. II the police got
ontot US one man VA to take all the
blsMe-one man by lot to take all the
blame"
f6iusto was Immediately involved IN a
mesh of contradictions by questions
from Justice Tompkins. His counsel
closed the case without summing up.
The Jury was out only three-quarters Of
an hour.