Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-02
.LAUDIS| SENTENCED
/ TO ELECTRIC CHAIR.
Will Be Executed Week of JAM
uary 4APrison Terms
for Many.

Alfonso Laudisi, convicted murder
er of an hour-old child of his sister
in-law, of which he was the father,
and principal witness against Angelo
Ceceriello, convicted a week ago to-
day of wife murder, was yesterday
sentenced to death in the electric
chair by Judge Harry V. Osborne,
the imposition of the sentence to take
place some time during the week be-
ginning Sunday, January 4. next.
Laudisi was convicted on May Ii,
last and has since been held in the
county jail awaiting sentence, the
delay being due to the fact that Lau-
dist was being used by the prosecut-
or's Office as means of gaining evil
dence in the way of q confession from
Ceceriello.
The sentencing of Laudisi to the
aes.th penalty places two persons now
iiX the county jail in the pale of the
electric chair. The other is John Do
Ian. sentenced on November 10 last to
The Meath penalty for the murder OF
his WIFE in their home on Bruen street
on Ma.-ch % last.
1t has been cstomary in the past to
remove persons sentenced to the death
penalty 10 the death chamber in the
Trenton State prison within ten days
after the imposition of sentence. This
rule has not been followed in the case
of Dolan, by order Of Judge William
p. Martin, who after signing the
death warrant on November 10, issued
orders to the clerk of the court that
1T he held without service unitil further
orders from Judge Martin.
Thus, although twenty-five days
have now elapsed since the sentence
of Dolan, he is still in the county jail,
.enioying the freedom of ''murderers'
row" instead of being in solitary con>
sinement in the death house at Tren-
ron. The date set for Dolan's execu-
tion is during the week beginning
sunday. December Is, the same date
as that set for the death of William
sOverton, a negro who was sentenced
from this county and whose appeal
for Communication of sentence on the
ground of insanity was recently de-
MED by the Board of PardonS.
It is understood that the reason
Dolan is being held in the county Jail
by orders of Judge Martin, or, rather,
through the failure to have the death
warrant delivered to the sheriff, Is
owing to the fact that papers seek
ing to have a new trial for the man
ore being prepared by Jerome T.
,xCongleton. his counsel
State prison sentences were i'm
posed on fVe prisoners yesterday by
Judge Osborne as follows: John d.
Coleman, a negro, atrocious assault
and battery, three and one-half to
seven years; James Ryan. robbery.
same sentence; Michael Spitz, rob-
berry, same sentence; Giovanni Di
Frisco. statutory offense, five to
twelve years, and Walter L. Brown,
false pretences, one and one-half to
three years.
Joseph Cassion, said to be the lead
ser of gang of boy burglars, the
other members of which are James
Jenkins, Richard Christian, Charles
II. Jenkins and Wilbur Yeck, was
sent to the county penitentiary for
eighteen months, the other four
drawing Railway reformatory sent
,ences. Frank Xaenka, for forgery,
will spend six months in the county
spenitentiary.
Leo Delacy, assault and battery,
and Wallace Reynolds, same offense,
were sent to the Railway reforma-
tory, while the following were placed
on probation: Lon Hang, a China
man, assault and battery; Edward
iLoughman and John ]. Murray,
robbery; Frederick M. Dreher,
larceny; Christopher Rickershauser,
assault and battery, and John Bron-
ski, larceny.