Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-11
SIX MEN PLEAD TO
MURDERCHARGES
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alleged to have pounded Farkas over
the head with a heavy beer glass, a
fractured skull resulting. Before the
death of Farkas, Pash made his es-
cape to small town in Ohio. but
was located there couple of months
ago by County Detective Louis
Slutzky and placed under arrest. He
will be tried on February s next.
Shooting Follows Argument.
The third man to plead was Henry
PRrisi, who is charged in the indict-
ment with having shot and killed
Antonio Demonato on Cutler street
following an argument in a saloon.
Parish was the youngest man to plead
today and smiled as he was told to
be ready for trial on January Z. two
days after Drum is brought to trial.
Parisi is represented by J. Victor
D'Aloia as counsel.
oscar Bauer, another young man,
next entered his plea OF not guilty,
being unrepresented by counsel
Bauer's case Is a peculiar one. On
April % last Bauer is all 'ged to have
shot John j. Halligan, at Central and
Morris avenues, following an argu-
ment over a package of cigarettes.
Bauer and Halligan were not ac-
ouainted, and, it is claimed by Bauer,
that he was first attacked by
Halligan. The wound inflicted by
the bullet In Halligan's abdomen
was not considered dangerous at
the time and Bauer was at first
charged with only assault and
battery. On July IS Halligan
died at the City Hospital, and the
charge against Bauer was changed
to murder. 1t is expected that his
defense when he comes to trial on
January 12 next will be that Halligan
died from pneumonia and not from
the effects of the revolver shot.
Two alleged wife murderers, one
of whom has confessed the deed,
came next Charles Mack, negro,
Is the man who confessed, and he ad-
mits that he crushed In the head 9t
his wife, Lydia Mack, with blunt
Ike as she lay asleep in their home
In Mulberry street, on July Is. Mack.
Ahis confession, claims he killed his
fe because he had found that she
had violated her marriage vows
When Mack comes to trial on Janu-
airy IL, he will be represented by
George Douglass.
william Corduan was the last man
Ia plead and he was very emphatic in
his mot guilty" reply when called on
to answer the charge of slaying his
wife, Emma corduan. in their home
on Walnut street, July % last. Cor
duan and his wife, it is alleged. had
been engaged in a drinking bout, fol-
lowed by quarrel. During the quar-
rel, It is alleged. Corduan hit his wife
over the head with a sharp stick or
with a stick having nails in 1t.
He then fled his home and the next
day his wife was found dead. death
being due to the fact that the woman
had had no attention after being
wounded and had bled to death. Cor
duan was located in Dover and when
the police of that town went to look
for him they found man skuiklng
around the Dover race track. This
man ran when called on to halt and
was shot to DEATH Corduan was later
captured in Dover and brought back
here to stand trial. Corduan asked the
court to assign counsel for HIM. so
that he could be ready for his trial on
January 10. 80.
derly in the Newark Almshouse,
pleaded not guilty to a charge OF
n1anslaughter. It is alleged that Lay
land assaulted Charles Warrinof,
eiehty-two years old, an inmate OF
the almshouse, ON October 10 last.
xVarrjnor was found dead In a room
of the institution following a quarrel
with Layland
Iayland told the court that he had
no counsel and Judge Osborne stated
that counsel would be supplied.