Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-04
ACCUSED SLAYERS'
TRIALS SEPARATE
The Men Indicted for Police
mans Murder Have lnnpli-
Gated Each Other.
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wooden manufacturer 1872 Avon ave-
nue.; Edward J. Riley, halter. South
Orange; Walter King, engineer, Liv-
ingston; John j. McShane silver
platter, S. Clay street Fred r. Leh-
man. real estate, 1856 South Orange
avenue; George L. Stevens, cabinet
maker, 5S3 Broad street; Eugene Mar
cell, machinist, Orange; Robert S.
Teller, insurance clerk, 297 Garside
street; Peter Johnson, farmer, Cald-
well; john ]. O'Neill, retired confec-
toner, 2S Wakeman avenue.
or the jurors No 10, Robert S. Tel
fer and the foreman, Joseph Nolan,
were two of the twelve men who
sat in the Ciceone case last week.
Two other men, who served on the
Ciccone jury, Adam Lebert, Kent
street. and James H. Woolley, Belle
Vile, were called as talesmen, but
were challenged by Mr.. Teeple, for
the defense.
Prosecutor Fred r. Lehlbach in
opening the case made a statement
as to what the State expected to
prove and brought out that the case
against Loponio appears to be much
stronger than it had appeared. Lo-
ponio was charged by Lehlbach with
being the actual murderer and said
] statements made by himself would be
introduced TO prove this.
The prosecutor reclted how McGov-
ern had taken part in the parade of
the Holy Name societies on Sunday
afternoon, October 10, and dressing
for police duty that night had acct
dentally left his revolver at his home.
He stated taat as MeGovern was
patrolling Crane street, between 10
and 1890 o'clock that night he saw
three Italians, one of whom was car
rying a bundle. He stopped them to
question them about the bundle, and
while he was talking to them one OF
the men stepped behind him and fired
several shots into his back from an
automatic revolver, causing wounds
from which McGovern died in a short
time.
| After the shooting the men scat
| tered and fed, Boponio going to his
shoemaker shop at Park avenue,
while Berlangieri and Lomhardo dis
appeared, going over toward High
street in a southerly direction Lehl-
! bach brought out that at the time
| the man who did the shooting was
carrying a concealed weapon and did
not want TO be arrested on that
charge. thereby furnishing a motive
for the murder
The first of the two points brought
out by Lehlbaeh was that at 945 or
the night in question Policeman
| Donald found the door of Loponio'
shop open and .nailed It shut. This
was at least half and hour before
the shooting Loponio after his ar
rest. and while at the Second precinc
station. made a sta tement that a
9:45 that night another man had com,
into his shop all out of breath anf
told him he had shot policeman
Mr.. Lehlbach laid great stress OF
the fact that Policeman Donald wal
at the shop at that time; that Lo
ponio was not. and that McGoverr
was not shot until fully thirty min
utes after the time named by Lo
ponio The name of the man who Il
alleged to have confessed was no
named by Mr.. Lehlbach, but is be
lieved to be either Lombardo or Der
langiere. who are nephews of Lo
ponio and jointly indicted with hin
for the shooting.
The second and more importan
point is that while confined in count.
Jail awaiting the action of the gram
jury, Loponio, under the impression
that his relatives had engaged a law
yer for him, got fellow prisoner t
write out statement of the killinl
in which Loponio is alleged to hav
told in detail how he murdered Nc
Govern and why he did it.
Edward G. Kempf. surveyor. wa
the first witness called. He ldentifie
maps he had made of the scene q
the shooting, and also of the rout
taken by the accused men In runnin
away after the shooting.