Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-20
RIFLE BULLET NEW
CLUE IN ASSAULT
ON SUMMIT GIRL
Was Fired at Dawn This Morn.
ing Into Home Where She
Worked.
Especial to the Newark star.I

SUMMIT, Nov. 20.-A rifle bullet
found today on the floor of bedroom
in the Edgewood road home of Will
lam F. Adam caused the police TO re-
open abruptly the sensational Guille-
mette case.
Miss Eugenie A. Gulllemette. a
pretty twenty-four- year-old French
governess, was employed by Mr.
Adam at the time she was as
saulted. in April, 1911. Mr.. Adam
subsequently played the leading part
In the prosecution of her alleged as
Gallant, who was tried, had his con-
Viction reversed by the Court of Err
rors and Appeals, and is now out on
bail, awaiting a new trial
The room where the bullet was
found was occupied by John Adam,
nine years old, and Richard, twelve,
the two children Miss Guillemette had
taught.
The deadly missed had been shot in
through the window some time before
daybreak, an hour when IL was ex-
tremely unlikely there would be any
hunters abroad. 1t missed the chill
dfen by inches, struck the opposite
wall and richoreheted to the middle of
the floor.
! Mr.. Adam Threatened.
Mr.. Adam is said to have received
threats because of his insistence upon
prosecuting to the limit of the law
the alleged assailant of Miss Guile
mette-Yincenzo De Geralamo.
The accused man, although only
the driver of a ScaVenger wagon. had
been strangely aided in his defense.
Not only We're expensive experts OBJ
tanned to combat thesfiuger- print evil
dence upon which the State largely
relied, but the case was carried to
the higher court While awaiting the
result of the appeal De Geralamo was
out in $4,000 bail, and he is now wait
ing retrial on a bond of $4,000
Mrs. Adam was fearful that some
powerful secret organization was at
work in De Geralamos behalf. She
believed that the threats against her
husband might materialize in action
against her children.
Mother Finds Bullet.
She tiptoed into the boys room lust
before daybreak today. They were
sleeping soundly and she turned to
go out. Crossing the rug, she stepped
on hard object. 1t was the 22-cali-
bre rifle bullet that had been fired
into the room
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husband, who telephoned to the Do.
lice. An immediate search was start.
ed through the neighborhood for q
clew to the shooter Every effort wa,
made to keep the investigation quiet
GuiIIemette Case Famous.
The Guillemette case was one of tn,
most celebrated in the criminal annaI,
of Union county
Miss Guillemette was asleep in hel
bedroom in the Adam home one might
| in April, 1911, when a man entered
through window. He had climbed
a stepladder left leaning against the
house by carpenters.
The goVerness made desperate
struggle, but she was almost power
less in the hands of her assailant
Before she lost consciousness, she
thought she recognized the man as
the driver iof scavenger wagon or
the Englewood road route
De Geralamo was afterwards ar
rested A f1nger-print found on the
sash of Miss Guillemette's room ap-
parently coincided with one of his
finger-prints.
It was the first big finger-prlnt case
in Union county and De Geralamc
was convicted in the Common Pleas
Court at Elizabeth. A new trial was
ordered by the Court of Errors and
Appeals.