Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-20
CAPTA|NCY TEST
PASSED BY TWELVE
Lieutenants Frank Tuite, Jo-
seph COrdanO and Thomas
CObaIly Head List.
LEADING CANDIDATES HAVE
GOOD RECORDS ON FORCE
lieutenant Tuite Born and Ed
ucated in NewaEk-Was
Former Newspaperman.

Twelve lieutenants qualified for the
position of captain, Frank w. Tuite
Joseph Cordano and Thomas ]. Cor
bally, of the detective bureau. re-
8 spectively heading the list. William
"A. Stucl1e, of the traffic squad, was
fourth: John Caffrey, of the First
precinct. fifth; Charles A. Lindner,
of the Sixth precinct, sixth: Thomas
L. Connell, of the Fifth precinct,
seventh; James eMehan, of the de-
tectiVe bureau, eigth; James McRell,
of the Sixth precinct. ninth; Joseph
K Ebert. of the detective bureau,
tenth; Jules Maier, of the detective
/. bureau, eleventh, and Edward l<eogh,
of the detective bureau. twelfth.
Lieutenant Frank w Tuite was
born in Newark. February IS, 1868,
and and after graduating from the
grammar school entered the news
paper field, being employed on the
Evening News for nine years and on
the Press Register for one year, when
he entered the police department on
June II. 1897, being appointed a
chanceman of the third grade and as
signed to the First precinct.
February 1. 1898, he was promoted
10 chanceman of the second grade,
First precinct. three years later he
was made patrolman. On February
a. 1902. he was detailed to detective
duty at police headquarters, and in
May of the same year he was pro-
NOTED to the grade of detective. In
February of the following year he was
made a detective sergeant at head
quarters.
In 1905 he was transferred to the
Fourth precinct, where he remained
for two years, then being returned to
the detective bureau, where he has
remained since.
Lieutenant Tuite's speciality IS muir
der cases and bank robberies, includ-
ing forgeries, etc, and of these the
most notorious case he worked on was
the famous Frank Wilhelm murder
in this city in 1909, when on purely
circumstantial evidence he fastened
the crime on the murdered mans
wife and her sweetheart, Nicholas
Sica. and that the crime was commit
ted in the couples home, at 449 High
street. The woman was sentenced to
twenty years in the State peniten-
tiary and Sica is supposed to have
fled TO Italy
He also arrested the murders of
Tenement House Inspector George
Fisher. the two perpetrators of the
he traced Giuseppe Zappulo all over
the United States and finally arrested
him in Montreal, Canada, after a des-
perate battle with a gang of Italian
bandits, and brought him back to this
city, where he was convicted of muir
der and sent to prison.
In 1904 after a lengthy chase he ar
rested Edmund Smith in Virginia for
a defalcation amounting to $1,000
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In 1910 he arrested Peter Lawson in
Montreal Canada, for a forgery on the
Federal Trust Company. in which he
made away with $4,S6S.6S.
Working with Lieutenant Detective
Barnet McConville, of New York, he
traced down a gang of American
swindlers who had robbed the Blue
Ridge Enamel Brick Company of $685.
100, and recovered the entire amount
found in Providence, Boston, Phila-
delphia and New York.
Joseph COrdano.
Joseph Cordano was born Febru-
airy 10, 1867, in Genoa, Italy. coming
when he was twelve years old. His
early life was spent in the earpen-
try trade and he was still in that
business when he was first appointed
Since that time Cordano's rise has
been a rapid one owing to his at
tentiveness to duty and March s,
1898 he was promoted to patrolman.
January !. 1908 he was made a de-
transferred from headquarters to the
Fist Precinct and on May l, 1907, he
was again transferred back to head
quarters where he was made detec-
tive sergeant.
On July i. 1905 he was again pro-
NOTED. this time being made Sergeant
and detailed to work with the De-
tective Bureau and on April l, 1912,
he was made lieutenant and sta
toned at the detective bureau.
Lieutenant Cordane was assigned
to the detective bureau on January
1. 1903. and eight days later he ar
rested Charles Holmes for the theft
of So, 900 worth of diamonds from c.
B. Barker. in East Orange, several
months previous, and a case on which
private detectives had been steadily
at work. All of the stolen goods were
recovered and he received reward
of $500
In May of the same year he ar
rested Phil DAILY, a notorious Chicago
crook and gunman. who was then
sought for a murder in Chicago and
for the robbery of $4,000 from the
First National Bank of Boston. He
was picked up on suspicion in a Mar
l1et street store. and when turned
over to the Illinois authorities was
convicted and sentenced to fifteen
years in the penitentiary.
His persistency in his convictions
was responsible for Piri Savree being
sent to States prison for a murder
GUS assault on a fellow countryman
in Long Branch. He was arrested in
the Market street depot as he was
about to board a train for Chicago
and when his description was given
to the Long Branch authorities 1t was
denied that he was the man wanted.
Cordano held him In custody until the
following morning, when Savreo con-
fessed his guilt.
With but little tangible evidence he
ran down and arrested Michael Leo
for the murder of a young Italian
girl, and the subsequent burning of
chr body for the purpose of collecting
a life Insurance policy. Leo was sent
to prison for thirty years, and Cor
dano was placed on the roll of honor
for his meritorious work.
Thomas J. CORDIALLY.
Thomas J. CORDIALLY was born at
Kilmainhamwood, County Meath,