Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-04
MRS. CECER|ELLO'S
SLAYER LEFT MARK
BertHIon System Evidence, Po-
lice Say, Points Strongly to
Angelo and Vincenzo.

Further developments followed to-
day in the case of Angelo and Vim
cenzo Ceceriello, arrested late Mon
day night by Detective-Sergeant God
frey. of the county prosecutors Of
fee and charged yesterday with the
murder of Mrs. Alviro Ceceriello, the
bride of four months, whose body was
found with the skull fractured and
the face and hands cut in a field in
Bloomfield last Friday morning.
Godfrey and the other officials who
worked up the evidssnce resulting In
the arrest of the husband and BROTH
er-in-law are confident they have the
murderers. being borne out in their
belief. it is thought, by the fact that
the flnger-print found on the new
hatchet with which the woman was
killed fits a print taken by Edward
Schwartz. in charge of the Bertillon
system at police headquarters yester-
day.
Finger Prints of Prisoners.
Schwartz took prints yesterday of
the fingers of both the brothers, and.
while the prosecutors Office gives out
no information, it is believed the
prints show that one of the brothers
under arrest welded the hatchet used
in killing the woman. There is no
;nkling as TO whether the print is
that of Angelo, the husband, or his
brother. Vincenzo.
The finger prints of John Viola, who
committed suicide by leaping from
window in the City Hospital last Sat
urday, and who at first was believed
to have some connection with the
murder. were also taken by Schwartz,
but a comparison with the print on
the hatchet eliminated him from any
actual connection with the murder.
The prosecutors Office say, for pub
lication. that they do not believe
Viola had any connection with the
case whatever. but the fact that he
was frequent visitor at the Ceceri-
clio shop, 40s Chester avenue. and an
acquaintance of Mrs. Ceceriello, is be-
ing closely investigated.
Angeles Contradictions.
The arrest of the Ceceriello brothers
was made after Angelo. the husband,
had made a number of contradictory
statements as 10 his movements on
the night of the murder. In his first
statement he said that his wife left
the shop about o'clock and that
he remained in the shop alone until
1890 o'clock, when he locked 1t up
and went TO bed. He stated, further.
that at midnight. when his wife had
not returned, he telephened the police.
Since making that statement he has
made others that are widely at va
rance as to the time of the different
occurrences, while he absolutely
stated that he was not In the shop
at the time given. Where he was he
absolutely refuses to say, and so far
the detectives at work on the case
have been unable to find out.
He Did Not Telephone.
The statement that he telephoned
to the Bloomfield police reporting the
disappearance of his wife about mid
night Thursday night is disproved by
the blotter at Bloomfield headquar-
ters. It was 2:10 o'clock Friday morn
ing when the Bloomfield police first
received word from Ceceriello.
Frank NJ McDermit, who was re-
tanned as counsel by the Ceeerielle
brothers Immediately after their ar
rest. said today that the county Off
cials had nothing on which to base
a charge of murder against the two
brothers, and that he expected TO ap-
ply for a writ of habeas corpus for
their release from Jail today.