Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-27
MANY PRISONERS
]. ARE SENTENCED
4adge Osborne Disposes o
Forty Gases Prior to Start
ing on Vacation.

were disposed of by Judge Harry v.
Osborne yesterday. Judge Osborne
cleaned up everything on the calen-
oar. as he leaves this morning on the
kaiserin Augusta Victoria for a
months tour of Europe.
Thomas NJ. Hall. jr., who was
charged with manslaughter, got off
with a sentence to the Railway Re
Bbrmatory. Hall. on May %, was Wis
Ning William Miller. of IA Newark
street. The pair visited the saloon fof
Halls father, at Bank and Newark
streets. and while they were exam
2ning a revolver it exploded, the bull
bet taking effect in Miller's head, kill
ing him almost instantly.
All witnesses agreed that the shoot
fng was accidental aud Hall pleaded
non vult to the manslaughter charge.
Judge Osborne, in imposing sentence.
said the crime "a too serious to be
passed over without a prison sem
tence and sent Hall to Railway.
Many of the other prisoners did
not get off as easily as Hall, Judge
Osborne being especially severe on
persons convicted of statutory Of
lenses, New York gangsters who
came over here to commit robberies
and %laboring men who assaulted po-
lice officers during the recent labor
strikes.
OF the latter four were sentenced.
Sabato Leva was one of these. He
was the ringleader of a gang of strik-
ers that beat up Officer George
Cousin, of the Montclair force, during
a riot in that town on April 10. 1t
was feared for a time that Cousin
would die. Leva fled after the riot
and was traced to Portsmouth. n. H.,
by Court Interpreter Joseph Fed
erici and brought back here for
trial. When arrested Leva was car
rying a loaded revolver. so an ad-
ditional charge of carrying concealed
weapons was made against him.
For atrocious assault and battery
he was sentenced to not less than
three and one-half nor more than
seven years at Trenton, and on the
concealed weapons charge he was
sentenced to not less than eight
cen nor more than three years,
the sentences to II concurrently.
Angelo Bartello, mixed up in the
same trouble, was sent to the Cald-
we'll p~enitentiary for eighteen months.
Mariana De Neo, who on May 10 hit
Captain John e. Brown, of the Sec
ond Precinct, with a baseball bat,
and Vincenzo Canciellieri, who on
Nav IS hit Captain Oscar Vogel, of
the Fourth Precinct. with a brick bat,
will also spend eighteen months at
Caldwell.
AS Canciellieri was being led away
after receiving his sentence he raised
his hands heavenward and said in
Italian to Judge Osborne: God will
fix you for this. l had nothing to do
with the trouble. God knows / am
innocent and He will take care of
YOU" Judge Osborne simply smiled
at the threat.
The heaviest sentence was given to
Charles Kimmel, guilty of a criminal
assault on a girl under 10 years OF
age. He drew not less than fifteen
nor more than thirty years at Tren-
ton.
The New York gangsters who were
sent away were Frank Cassale n
Angelo Palemtino. who robbed a fell
low-countryman on Cutler street May
16. They will serve not less than
and a half years nor more than
fifteen years at Trenton, and Thomas
Tato and Louis Morelli. found guilty
Tuesday of stealing seven watches
from the store of George j. Busch, at
High street and Springfield avenue,
will serve from three and a half to
seven years at Trenton. Tato, who
had previously been found guilty of
another charge of larceny, received
an additional sentence of not less
than eighteen months nor more than
three years, the two sentences To run
concurrently, making at least five
years he will be compelled to serve.
Charles Il. Hyde and Harry Kurz-
man, both of whom have records and
who were found guilty of robbery
last week, were sem to States prison
for not less than eighteen months nor
more than three years. Another
heavy sentence was that imposed on
Costadeni Steffanelli. guilty of an as
sault on his own ~1S-year-old daugh-
Ter. He was given not less than
seven and a half years nor more than
fifteen years, with the addition of a
, fine of 81, 900, he to stand committed
until the fine is paid. James Smith,
COnNlCleu VI ltWuiitSSi bOh iOh iSSS
than eighteen months nor more than
three years and was also fined $1,000
under the same conditions as Steffa-
nelli.
Other sentences imposed were as
follows: Fred Smith, ~unlawfully pro-
curing money to obtain employment,
eighteen months in p~enitentiary; Eva
Carter, keeping a disorderly house,
six months in penitentiary; Joseph
Delfatore, same o~ffense, eighteen
months in penitentiary; John Keis-
ling, embezzlement, one year in peni-
tertiary; Joseph w. Cuffey. forgery,
eighteen months in ~penitentiary; To-
bias Arigros, larceny, n year in
penitentiary; John R, Ricco, eight
cen months in penitentiary.
Terms at the Railway Reformatory
were given the following: James
Craig and Michael ]. Kelly, robbery;
John Swieckie, obtaining money un-
der false pretenses; Leonard Erklens,
violating automobile law; Frederick
Gerhardt, breaking and entering;
William Smith and Otto Lockstadt,
iewdness, and Antonio Ricco. break
ing and entering.