Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-24
CHOOSE MURDER
Jury IN HALF HOUR
Giuseppe Longo Is Put on Trial
for Staying Luigi
Scardi.

i took less than hair an ho6r to
! select a jury that will hear the esfi-
dence in the Court OF oyer and Ter
miner. before Judge Harry y Ds-
borne. that will be brought against
Giuseppe Longo. charged with the
murder of Luigi Scardi on June 90
last.
Few questions were asked the tales
men by Assistant Prosecutor Fred
erick R. Lehlbach, who is trying The
case for the State. or by Frank A.
Boettner. who with Ralph Giordano.
is looking after the interests Of Lon
go. Frank Feltie. of Is North Willow
street. Montclair. Is foreman Of the
jury.
When Giuseppe Longo was placed
on the stand this afternoon he vas
asked about the confession he nlade
to Joseph Sebericli al the time of
his arrest. He admitted he had made
a statement but declared he had not
confessed to using knife on Scardi.
He had misunderstood the question
when ii was put 10 him. he said He
declared that his brother. who is now
at large. had used the knife, and he
said this was what he meant when
he spoke of a knife in the confess
sion.
The murder Of Seardi took place in
front of saloon at the corner Of
Gray street and Essex avenue, Or
ange. about 7:s0 o'clock Sunday eve
ming. June 30. Scardi and Longo both
came from the same town in Italy.
and there is said to have been III
feeling between their families for Al
long time On the day of the murder
Giuseppe and Antonio LenEo. tho
latter jointly indicted with Giuseppe,
but who fed and has not been APP
pretended had a quarrel with Scarai.
That evening Giuseppe Longo met
Scardi. who had several friends vita
him. al the corner mentioned. and the
quarrel was renewed. A fist Tight
started. and the two men fought from
the sid walk to the middle Of the
roadway. Antonio Longo came along
and started to help his brother. with
the result that Scardi went TO the
ground with both the Longos on tor
Of him While lying there flash Of
weapon was seen by the witnesses.
and the Longo brothers jumped up
and ran away
Seardi lay in the road with his
juguIar vein cut. He bled to death in
a few minutes. Both Longo brothers
made their escape from Orange. but
Giuseppe was located in Jersey City
a few days later by Court interpreter
Joseph Federico He had been IN
hiding there. waiting until he could
leave for Italy No trace of Antonio
I.onco has been found. but he is be-
lfeyed to be in Italy.
Frank A Boettner, counsel for
I.ongo. at the opening of the trial OBJ
iected to Interpreter Federico acting
in the case. owing TO he having been
instrumental in working up the case
against I.ongo He was overruled br
the court. who said there was no rea-
son 10 believe Mr. Federico had any
bias in the case.
Edward 6 Kempf was the fifst
witness called. He identified a large
map he had made Of the scene Of the
killing. Paulo De Palo. a brother-in~
law Of Scardis and an eyewitness of
the killing. then took the stand. He
described the quarrel that led up .
the killing. as well as the actual kill
ing itself.
What the defense will be has not
been made known by counsel for
Longo. but it is believed they Will
try and show that Longo acted 10
self-defense.