Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-26
|[C[R|ELLO GUILTY
||NF|RST DEGREE;
bARAUSO INNOCENT
NO ON Tri al at Same Time,
Facin : Charges of
Murder.

Angelo CeceFt clio was found guilty
If night OF TIN brutal murder of his
.sge of four mt Inths, Mrs. AlviTai Ce-
rlello. in RTooi nfield, on the night of
Nv 90 last. TIL little squat and dark
hlian who for a light days was ON trial
the Court OF o yer and Termiper be-
Ire Judaqe vvfIIis IN p Martin was de-
ared guilty of murder in til e first
.rree, and was at once remaElded to
III for sentence later, probably a
eek from next \ ronday.
lrhe jury retired for its delibe rations
$40 o'clock yesterday aft ernoon
bid 1t was Just q 35 when Knock on
be jury-room dool announced that an
kreement had bee n reached. At $40
lldge Martin and the officers of the
burt were ready Ito receive the YER
lett which was Announced by Hugh
kerady, 10 Brill istreet. foreman of
be- jury.
Tries 10 MaIns Statement.
AS Ceceriello heard the words his
.outh worked com yulsiveiy and he
bemed struggling to say something.
snally he said in tn . Italian tongue:
MAY I say something" He was in
srmed by Judge Martin that he
Aould have an oppol -tunity to make
/ statement later and then was led
ack to the detention pen at the
|lourt House and later taken to the
Lbunty Jail.
ION the way to the Jail he kept re-
hating to "Big Phil"' McManus, his
hard, that he was innocent of the
kime and that he did not know who
Nd killed his wife.
/ Yesterday for the first time in the
|5story of Essex county, juries in two
|burt-rooms were celebrating ON
|hurder verdicts at the same time. The
|hry in Judge Harry v. Osborne,s
Bathroom that had heard the evil
hence against Baldassare Sarausc,
|harged with the killing of Stafam0
krisofullo outside saloon at IS River
|freet on the night of February I.
Bund him not guilty after deiiberat-
6g two hours and a half, five, minutes
bore than 1t took the CecerSello jury
n decide that the latter was guilty.
|arauso denied that he had fired the
bots that killed Crisofulbo and the
fate had no evidence to Support the
barge that he did.
How Conviction Was Obtained.
The conviction of Ceceriello is due
3 the hard work put in ON the case
IL Assistant Prosecutor Wilbur A
Eott. County Detective Sergeant
Walter Godfrey and Court Interpre-
kr Joseph Federico, who, since the
bmmission of the crime. has been
Eorking as a detective.
II was Federico that uncovered the
bass of circumstantial evidence that
teayed such net around Cecer1ello
hat his escape from conviction was
mpossible. Federico also obtained
he confession made to Alfonso Lau-
|isi fellow prisoner in "murderers'
low" at the Court House by Ceceriel-
b. and by working up evidence out
|ide SO corroborated the facts told by
teceriello to Laudisi that it was i'm
Lossible for the jurors to believe 9TH
|rwise than that Laudisi was telling
HE truth.
Frank M. McDermit. counsel for
seceriello. aided by his assistant,
William o. Azzoli, worked hard to
|ave Ceeeriello's life, but was unable
10 controvert the circumstantial evil
hence produced by the county OFF,
Halls Mr. McDermit said today he
had not yet determined whether he
Would apply for new trial.