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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-26
MURDER PRISONERS IN
JAIL HOODOO NUMBER
Twelve Men and One Woman Crowd "Murderers' Row" Be-
yond Contemplated Cap acity-Drum Slayer of Police
man. Chosen Secretary by oIIeagues Shadow of Chair

1t looks like a busy fall for them.
In addition to this Judge Osborne
has already listed the trials of the
cases of the Hotel Navarro and
Little Hungary rathskeller on dis
orderly house charges for hearing
Immediately following the opening of
the September term of court. These
trials will take at least week each
in hearing.
In the murder trials the date of
but one has been set, that of Mrs.
Moser, who will be brought to trial
before Chief Justice William s. Gum
mere, during the third week in Sep
TENDER. In the cases of Callan, the
two Ceceriellos, Drum, Mack, Corduan
and Bauer, the grand jury has not
as yet returned indictments. 1t is
expected that true bills will be found
in all cases with the possible excep-
ton of the Bauer one.
In addition to the thirteen MUIR
derers in the county jail there were
two murders committed in May In
which the slayers escaped. On May
10, Bernardo Ferraro shot John
Petrillo during quarrel at 1872 Tyler
street and made his escape. He is
now believed to be in Italy. On May
IA, Walter Mills, negro shot a young
girl named Mile Munday, in Mont
clair. Mills got away to the dense
woods in the mountains around Mont
clair and although he was seen sew
eral times by officers succeeded in
making his escape and the couoty
authorities have no clue to his pres
ent whereabouts.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-26

or automobiles in some instances,
to get all the supplies needed in poll
ing places where heavy vote is
cast.
If you want to hit on a touchy sub
ject with some of the members of the
Board of Freeholders these days ask
one OF them about the lettering or
labelling of the county automobiles.
Freebooter Richard F. Malta intro
duced a resolution more than a month
ago that the big seven passenger car
used by the board in going on inspec-
ton and committee trips be labelled
Essex County Board of Freeholders."
The resolution was referred to the
chairman of the finance committee,
Uncle Amos" Harrison, and Director
Walter A. Evans. with power to act,
but the car is still without any desig-
mating label Malta insists that the
car should be labeled as a matter of
business method and his idea seems
to meet the approval of all the other
members of the board, but there
seems to be no hurry about putting
the painter to work
A number of Court House employ
ees who take their luncheons at cafe
near the Court House, together with
employees of HOLE Brothers morgue
and Henry Messerer, the jeweler.
played cruel joke on Joe Ehrman,
the bartender at the cafe in question.
last week. Ehrman went to Lake Ho-
patcong for his vacation and before
going 1.-The gang" promised they would
send him barrel of beer to keep him
cool on his rest trip.
After Ehrman had been at Lake
Hopatcong for a few days he received
notice that a barrel of beer had ar
rived by freight for him. He hired a
horse and wagon. paid the freight and
carted the beer to his camp, then
bought lot of ice to keep it cool
until the next day
The next day he bought another
supply of ice and after the beer had
been properly cooled he called in a
lot of his friends and prepared them
for a real treat. With great eclat
Ehrman tapped the barrel while his
friends held out their glasses long
ingly. They got drink of the finest
ice water they ever had. but what
they said about "the Court House
gang for drinking the beer them
selves and then filling the barrel with
water and sending it to Ehrman
would not look we'll in print.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-26

That there is lack of harmony be-
tween the Newark police department
and the county prosecutors office
was startlingly shown In the case of
William Corduan, arrested IN Dover
early Thursday morning for the muir
der of his wife in the Walnut street
home of the couple last Tuesday.
County Detective Sergeant Walter
Godfrey, in charge of homicide cases
for the county prosecutor, had been
one of the first officers at the scene
of the murder and had worked hand
In glove with the police in trying to
locate the murderer.
He had hired an automobile and
taken several of the police officers
to Montclair in chase Of a clue which
proved to be the wrong one and had
full understanding with the police
officials, so he supposed, that he
would be kept informed of any Ge-
velopments in the case.
Corduan was arrested In Dover
early Thursday morning and the
Newark police notified at once. At 2
O'Clock Thursday afternoon reporter
for the Evening Star asked Godfrey
| question about the murder and
learned that Godfrey or Chief Fred
erick Weimer, of the county staff.
did not even know that an arrest
had been made. Both Weiner and
Godfrey were very angry individuals
and things bummed over tho tele-
phone wires between Weimer's office
and that IF Acting Chief of Police
Michael j. Ryan for several minutes.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-26

The delay in the sentencing of AL
fonso Laudisi, convicted almost three
months ago of the murder of the
hour old child of his sister-fn-law,
Angelina Libertucci. of which Laudisi
was the father, is causing consider
able comment. He was tried and
found guilty before Judge Harry V.
Osborne.
Since his conviction Judge Osborne
has had Laudisi down from Jail sew
eral times for sentence, but has de-
layed imposing it each time. A
rumor was afloat at one time that
Laudisi had confessed to another
child murder, it being stated that
he had told story of making away
with child previously borne by the
Libertucci woman.
On investigation this story did not
stand up and was regarded by the
authorities as an effort on the part
of Laudisi to get the Libertugci
woman in trouble due to the fact
that 1t was her testimony that had
the greatest part to do with convict
ing him. The woman was indicted
on a charge of concealing a birth
and after the trial of Laudisi was
released on q parole sentence.
Laudisi's first question after the
verdict of the jury condemning him
to death in the electric chair had
been translated to him was What
will they do with the woman" When
informed later that she was to go
free it is believed he concocted the
story of the first murder for the
purpose of revenge on the woman.
But in the meantime Laudisi has
not been sentenced and is still con-
fined in "murderers' row" at the
county Jail instead of in the death
house at Trenton.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-26

1t was necessary to provide wagons
to get all the supplies needed In poll
ing places where heavy vote is
cast.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-26

Mr.. Connolly also voiced another
objection to getting larger boxes than
in present at use, saying that if such
a box were provided it would be inn
possible to convey them to the poll
ing places on the street cars. Mr..
Connolly pointed out that even now
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-26

This lack of cooperation between
the county officers and the Newark
department has been commented on
before, and almost invariably crops
up when a murder case is under IN
vestigation. The county officials, to
the personal knowledge of the writer,
are always willing to work hand in
glove with the police. but the police
department does not reciprocate, and
as result the two departments are
often working tangent to each other.
This condition does not prevail in
other municipalities in the county
as the police of those towns always
seek aid from the county officers
and are perfectly willing to lend
their aid in any investigation the
county prosecutors men may be at
work on. Chief Weimer informed
the police department on Thursday
in very plain language that in the
future If the two departments were
to work together at all the prosecu-
tors office must be kept informed
of the steps taken by the police de-
partment.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-26

City Clerk James f. Connolly was
present at a meeting of the purchas-
ing committee of the Board of Free
holders when the question of pur-
chasing additional ballot boxes for
use at the fall primaries and election
came up. Mr.. Connolly was asked
whether he had any recommendation
as to the size of ballot box to be
ordered and said he thought it better
to get the same size as those now in
use.
You might just as well get that
size as any other" said Mr.. Connolly,
IF you get them any larger l would
suggest You get them as big as hogs
heads for we will need them If the
ballot keeps growing larger each
election as 1t has of late"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-29
NORTHERN LEAGUE
NACNATES GATHER
Annual Meeting of Organi-
cation Being Held at Du-
luth Today.

Manager a.. ]. kavanaugh of the
Grand Forks baseball team is at Du-
luth today. where he is attending the
annual meeting of the Northern
league.
MIR. Kavanaugh will return to
Grand Forks tomorrow. when it is
expected he will make Il number OF
important announcements regarding
the local team. 1t is believed he will
ave something definite To announce
regarding the signing of Catcher AL
len. whom Minneapolis sport writer's
says. still belongs I o the Miller aEgrc-
cation. but who has affixed his name
10 A Grand Forks contract.
. The meeting mt Duluth today is an
important one. The 1914 schedule.
which has hcen drawn up ny Do
Chevera1 of Superior. is tn ON up
for consideration. 1t probably will he
adopted today. a constitution will he
adopted, and the question OF pooling
box Office receipts on holidays will
come up.
When consideration OF the latter
question comes up. representatives or
the larger cities will hold out against
1t. claiming that the smaller towns OF
the circuit contribute too small a. part
to this fund to permit OF their asking
for a pool.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-29
JACK COONBS' BASEBALL
DAYS SEEN TO Be OVER;
SAYS he CANNOT PITCH

Boston, nec. :e.-ln a letter re-
ceived by a friend from Jack Coomhs.
che Athletics' pitcher. the former iron
man on Connie Mack's staff, says he
II not worrying at all about helms
able to get into shape to play next
season.
1T is no longer a question Of base
hail with me-" he says what | am
worrying over is the matter OF re-
gaining my health. When a man
walks with a limp as 1 do, and when
he has his back encased in steel he
ISN'T talking a whole lot amout play
ing baseball i'll April"
Gains in Height.
Coombs denies the report hal he
has lost a sixteenth of All inch, but
says, on the contrary. that he has
gained a whole inch in stature. On
this point ne says: when one is
stretched all the time it is rather
hard to grow shorter. OF the nature
of his malady Coombs says:
I'll tell you what they Say is the
matter with my back. The X-ray pho
tographs. 7 had taken last week in
Philadelphia showed my spine to be
In the same condition it was a month
ago. Between the vertebrate there is
an ossified growth. which presses
against the nerves and causes con-
Ihe pdtu. j dJl COIO NY UGCk
should be better in the middle of Feb
ruary. when shall go back to Phil
adelphia. ave the steel armor taken
from my back. and stay under ohser-
walton in the hospital for two or three
weeks"
May Never Play Again
Coomhs closes by saving that he
Ices not believe he will he in shape
to pitch next season, aud he hints
that he thinks his days on the dia.
mond are over for good.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-29
WHITE SOX
SIGN NEW PITCHER

Duluth. Mimi. Dec. 29.-Ray Hol-
lingsworth. an Indianapolis boy whom
Darby o'Brien has been after for the
past four months, has been signed by
the Duke.
According to the somewhat meager
information that President Blume has
received regarding the latest member
Of the White Sox squad, Hollingsw orth
is q big chap. standing around the
six-foot mark. and is a pitcher OF ex-
ceptional qualities and far more than
the ordinary promise.
Darby has been after this fellow
SO persistently and has sung his
praises So constantly. that he has ma
greatly interested in the Indiana
chap" said President Blume. 1--WE
are going TO pay Hollingsworth a big
salary. that Is II he makes good, and
O'Brien says the youngster will carr
all his contract calls for"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-29
'PELKEY IN REAL
BATTLE EACH DAY
Former Champion Fights
Burns Privately During
His Training Siege.
By Farren
tRy W. w. Nauehton.l

~ W. ANdU8l nLOu.D
a Francisco. Dec. 2s.-The spice
of mystery has been added to Arthu,
Pelkey's training by the fact the pub.
lie is not permitted to witness certain
features of his preparations for the
New Veal match with Gunboat Smith
at Coffroth's DAILY City rem II
tute manager. Tommy Burns. hav9
set to with the gloves in private. and
the railbirds who haunted the camp
At Milletts have been consumed with
curiosity to know what was going IN.
SO as not to appear inhospitable
to camp visitors Tommy ana Arthur
They permitted those in quest. Of a
line on Pelkey to see all that was to-
be seen at the headquarters, but they
went away by themselves later and
had a smashing tryout al some point
far removed from camp.
Charlie Herne. one Of Pelkey's
see the friendly bout and Herne de-
|clares it val q corker.
OF course, II Burns and -Pelkey had
INDUCED in any such carryings- on
around Millett's. the visitors would
have. broken down doors to get "A
glimpse of the proceedings. but it
begin until Friday.
In the prior lessons Arthur was
merely coached in technique. FRIDAY
he was required to use force, ana
that's why Tommy sought out some
secluded spot where the turmoil of
furious battling would not have an
exciting effect IN those who were not
allowed to witness II.
1t all served to whet the public
appetite. INC by the same token Il
enhances the reputation Tommy
Burns has acquired for doing thfngss
somewhat differently. u
Who remembers. BY the way, when
whiskers and enveloping himself In
a capacioue ulster for the purpose OF
invading Gunner Moir's trainire
quarters near London, when the Gun
ner was getting ready for his fight
with Burns?
Tommy said later the report was .
base libel, but It al a good story
anyhow.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-29
BAT NELSON SAYS
TILLMAN IS Conner

Minneapolis. Dec. :s.-Johnny Till
man. the local lightweight boxer,
MADE a great hit with Battling Nell
Bfjou. '"e
"Tillman will beat more fighters
tna VIII ever whip him." said the ex-
champion. Johnny is clever, can
punch and il wonderfully strong for
The Minneapolis boy also has
height n each in his favor. I can
not see what will prevent him from
becoming a topnotcher in a year or
Two He tells me he is going east
next month. / think he can heat the
majority Of lightwefghts in New York
and Philadelphia"
Nelson and T1llman will box again
his afternoon and evening. The Dane
closes his theatrical angaeement to.
night and after visiting With friends
~ the IT; twin cities for a couple Of
visit one Of his boyhood pals, now :.
clergyman. ="
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-29
LEAGUE SIGNS TINKER AS
CHICAGO LEADER BERTH FOR BROWN

fact that the athletes will have some
ions-distance jumps while sotng uvcr
tho territory consisting of Chicago,
Indiana polls. Toronto. Buffalo. Ealti-
more. Pittsburgh. st. Louis and Kan
sas City.
That the Chicago plant will he sit
uafed on the North side and will boast
q steel and concrete stand WAS all
President Gilmore would divulse con-
corning the plans of tho local mosuls
for the coming YEAR. Work on the
park will he started within a fcw
weeks and in building the magnates
have SD provided for the future that
little trouble will be encountered in
enlarging the plant and the seating
capacity.
The Federal league will offer a
series Of sensations surprising even
the signing Of Tinker and Brown"
said President Gilmore. 1.-THE men be-
hind this venture are determined to
&c the limit. Perhaps We won't be
able to give the public ball parks
equaling the Polo grounds, Forbes
feld or Comiskey park next Year, but
time will tell.
Each team in the circuit will be
managed by a veteran from the big
leagues n each manager will have
AAhA oS C0SS i've players WHO
were prominent factors in big league
baseball last year. The full list of
players will be made public within
thirty days We do not deem it advis-
able to announce the names at this
time"
Magnates to 60 the Limit.
Otto Stifel, one OF the principal
hackers Of the st. Louis club. is en-
thusiaStic over the prospects Of the
circuit for 1914 and predicts a success
ful q for Brown. who was a
great favorite in the Mound City as a
member OF h Cardinals prior to be-
ing traded to the Cubs. Like Presi-
dent Gilmore, Mr.. stifel was inclined
to scoh at the recent statements by
President c. W. Murphy of the Cubs
relative to the reserve clause which
governed players in organized ball.
Lawyers engaged by the Federal
league have Investigated this condi.
ton thoroughly and have assured the
Federal magnates that they have no
cause of alarm over any action That
may be taken by the organized base
ball powers.
The officials present at the session
were President James A. Gilmore,
Charles Weeghman and William NJ.
Walker. Chicago: Ed Hanlon, Harry
Goldman and C.. G. Janney, Baltimore;
r. 7. Carroll. Buffalo: John B.. Bar
Der and William E. Kerr. Pittsburgh:
J. Edward krause. Indianapolis; Otto
Stifel. Walter Fritch and Edward
Steininger. st. Louis; G. C. Madison,
Kansas City. and Barney Hepburn,
Toronto, and Lloyd Rickert Of St.
Loui league secretary.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-29
BOXING CANE SUFFERS
IN FRANCE AS RESULT
Of ALLEGED FAKE BOUT

Paris. Dec. ea.-The fight game in
france is suffering because Of the
hasco between Jack and Jim John
son. Tho receipts Of that fight were
only $5.71a.
An immediate effect was shown in
the receipts Of the 1Angford-Jean-
The proposed match between Gun
boat Smith and Sam Langford is
hanging fire because Of the apatoy Of
French sport enthusiasts. Smith ia
demanding bis travelling expenses and
= purse Of $4,000. negotiations be-
tween Georges Carpenter and Jean
nette are languishing for the same
reason. ~
Carpenter may meet Langford ~
the negro accepts a weight limit Of
175 pounds. u
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-29

uSu HICKS was S0W l1SlRH1nR.
wont kepe him from eating all left
them having them please remember
he is still doing bizness, and will glad
~ eat anything from caik down.
What's Ailing Genevieye?
Genevieve Hicks, who has bin
dropping very mulch sence. her re-
sent jilting by Steve Hardy, who. she
going to marry, was saw lafiing
during Geography, and looking in
Steve's direcktion. Steve says he
hates to be considered a tattle tail.
but IL Gen. don't stop 1t he's going to
spoke to Miss Palmer as Gen is dan.
gerous. Gen just says fer him t. tell
If he wants to. but wait!
Swapping NoaL.
Hen Van Ness Will swap a popgun
warranted to pop like anything for
anything amy Teller don't need. Hen
regrets he cannot show the popgun,
it being at present in charge Of Miss
Palmer. but IL amy feller's got some
thing worth while. Her will try to
swipe the popgun out Of her desk.
Warning!
Look out for S~hort-Ieg Mil1ikcn,
the truant officer. Some skowndrul
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-29
N SCHAEFER TO
PLAY WITH VIRGINIA

Virginia. MIMI, Dec. ~eo.--Ilenry
schaeffer. an o%utfelder. has been
signed by Kid Taylor to play With
the Virginia Northern league team.
The new outfielder started to mount
the ladder into fast company, but
called out of. the game by the
death Of his father. SchaefYer h ni0
to be one Of the fastest mon in base
ball. and Taylor believes he has \
ind. He Ia said to be especially pro-
f1cient in the base purloining line, and
Taylor has made the prediction ban
he will steal sixty bases during the
comma season.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-29
% IN OUR SCHOOL, n
illustrated by Frank Moser.)
MONDAY.
Rain or shiny,
Hot or cool,
Monday morn}nr
PAUL WEST,

Rain or shiny.
Hot or cool,
Monday morning,
Sure to be school!
-Poetical Works by Genevieve Hicks,
Opus 23.
Torp Stebbins was his usual late
self, blaming it on the new watch
he got for Chrisslnus. Torp said he
was kind of afraid the watch wasn't
right. SO he waited down by the town
hall for the clock to strike 8, 20 as he
could campair them. He said he
hoaped h was not toe late. and Miss
Palmer said, no, not too late. in fact,
just in time for something. Torp
says he wishes Miss Palmer'd invent
something new in place Of likkings-
they do brake into ones studies SO!
Card from Fatty Believes.
Mister Fatty Believes, Seat 5, Row
9. wishes to o he is going to
sware off being such a pig next year,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-29
THE CINCINNATI
BASE hit DOOMED
Baseball Lawmakers Favor
Killing of
Poor Judgment.

The Cincinnati base hit" 10 likely
to pass out of existence before the
followers of the game are really ac-
Quatnted with it. 1t has lasted a sea-
son In organized baseball. which ives
entirely too long, and law makers of
baseball who are to meet shortly and
frame rules for the coming season
are about to put the crusher on Car
ry Remnants crude piece Of base
ball legislation.
The passing Of the Cincinnati hit
will be welcomed by the players and
followers of the game. as there is
nothing to recommend it. A player is
given credit for a hit hat he does not
deserve, while the pitcher is given a
black mark when he really is deserv-
ing of credit.
When the fans became acquainted
with his farcical rule. they voiced
their d~isapproval of il. The players
We're always against II. as they real
lied that 1t was entirely without mer-
1t.
The Cincinnati hit is almos, certain
TO be abolished next season.. This Is
one Of the important matters to come
up for consideration when the base
ball moguls meet shortly To frame
baseball rules.
Up to the season of the 1919, the
Cincinnati hit" was credited as a
felder's choice.
The Worst KNOCK.
The wors knock this particular
piece Of baseball legislation sustained
was during the worlds series. In one
OF the games Frank Baker, the
mighty third sacker OF the Athletics,
grounded to Merkle, VINO was playing
first for the Giants. Merkle lost l3ak.
nN @n vN4o -y~,, ANl Na..-
ply scored from third. Merkle
should have had either Baker or Muir
ply. At the same. time Baker was
credited with a. hit.
Mathewson, who was pitching, did
everything that was expected Of him.
but was a victim Of Merkle's crude
work, but still at the same time
Mathewson was credited with allow
ing a. hit.
The Cincinnati hit is really the
result Of a. players poor Judgment.
bases On a hit ball. The result La the
player reaches The sack before the
han gets there, or else the throw is
wide, drawing the guardian OF tho
sack of the bag, and though he han
dies the ball perfectly liz not in po-
siti0n to make the out. II the fielder
had played for tho batter he would
have been able to make an easy out.
The pitcher, who is nowise at fault,
gets the disoredit on the score sheet.
The law makeN Of baseball will make
NO mistake in putting this rule out OF
commission.
Ihe outlook for . mcrry new year
In only slightly enhanced by General
RoeAlte J0ne:' intention 10 starr an
other hike IN Albany
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-29

he having come To a realization that
gluttunny is a Sin. However, this
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-29

The outlook foF. merry new year
IL only slishtly enhanced by General
Roeal.e Jone:' intention 10 starr an
other hike IN Albany.
IL did NOT neeA that flnod 10 con-
rince h syera&e Texan thst water
Ia more Gatal thaa yh1akey,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-29

Anyway. II Connie Mack should de-
eide to retire, he has enough pen
nants to enable him to go into the
sofa pillow business.