Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-27

the shooting to death of Stefano
Crisofulli, the men were found not
guilty by juries
OF the eight murderers found guilty
of first degree murder with the re-
sultant penalty of death in the cleo
trio chair, not one has as yet paid
that penalty, although the sentences
In some cases were imposed as long
ago as last February and March. In
the case of Mrs. Ciccone she turned
States evidence against Fiore and her
sentence was committed to imprison-
ment for life Loponio was recently
granted a new trial by the Court of
Errors and Appeals and will be tried
again on March next. Fiore, twice
tried, failed IN an application for a
new trial and now has an application
before the Court of Pardons for COM
mutation of sentence to life imprison-
ment.
In the case of Dolan application has
been made for a new trial, this result
Ing In a stay of his execution, which
was originally placed for the week be-
ginning next Monday. Ceceriello and
Kubascke have both been tried within
the past six weeks, and II is probable
that applications for new trials will
be made for them before the dates
| set for their execution, that of
Ceceriello being set for the first week
in February and of Kubascke for the
last week in January.
Overton has been three times re-
prieved, there being considerable
doubt in his case whether he is sane
or insane. OF ell the eight murderers
Alfonso Laudisi stands closest to the
electric chair this minute, as unless
the Board of Pardons takes action, he
| Is due to go to his death during the
| week commencing Sunday. January A..
The Board of Pardons is now consid-
ering his case in Trenton.
Three persons charged with murder
| were not, brought to trial. Crescenzo
Lombardo and Raffaele Berlingieri, at
| first Jointly charged with Loponio
with the murder of Policeman Nc
Govern, were turned loose after the
conviction of Loponio, 1t developing
that they had no connection with the
actual killing. Augustus Hamlin, a
negro. arrested in connection with the
death OF aged Mary Denziger in Irv-
ington ON December 2s last and for
maliy charged with her murder, was
released on his own recognizance
after spending a couple of months in
jail, the evidence against him not
being considered strong enough to
warrant bringing him to trial.
During the year there were nine
trials of persons charged with main
tanning disorderly houses before Judge
Osborne, and of the nine persons
directly involved all were found
guilty. But of the nine six have yet
to serve a single day in prison, as in
each instance applications for new
trials have served as q stay of SEN
tence. These six are Henry Schlosser
and John Siebert, convicted in coiinec-
ton with the Bank Cafe, on Bank
| street; Jacob RoSenthal, of the Casino
Music Hall in Halsey street; George
e. Mausert, of the Hotel Broad, and
Cornelius ]. Harrington, of the Hotel
Navarro, the latter two convictions
resulting from the sensational raid
on the two hotels by detectives acting
| under orders from Prosecutor Louis
Hood on the night of April 25 last.
The sixth case Is that of Miss Fran
ces L. Hyland, convicted of maintain
ing a disorderly house in connection
with the State Brokerage Company,
of S2S Broad street, the disorder In
this instance consisting of charging
excessive and usurious rates of inter-
est for money loaned.
During the year twenty-five hus-
bands were found guilty of deserving
their wives, while one was found not
guilty after being tried for the Of
Tense. One person, Kraus Nor, the
veteran South Orange coal dealer
was found guilty of selling short
weight coal Nor applied for a new
trial and is still out on bail. Cocaine
sellers were convicted In four in
stances, none going free on that
charge. Two persons were convicted
of perjury during the year, one plead
ing guilty and the other being con-
victed after a trial.
The greatest number of convictions
were for burglary, larceny, embez-
element and kindred offenses, 1888 be-
ing convicted on trial or pleading
guilty on charges of this sort, while
81 stood trial and were set free after
trial by jury. Next in line In point
of number were those of assault and
battery, 165 such cases being disposed
of, 1873 resulting in persons being
found or pleading guilty, while 80
were acquitted on their trials. 1t
was a bad year for the gun toters,"
| no less than 81 persons being found
guilty of CARRYING concealed weapons