Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-26

Jail is filled to its capacity at the
present time; in fact, there Is one
more person in the county jail
charged with murder than the row
will hold, but as this person happens
to be a woman, Mrs. Mabel Moser,
she is confined in the womans sec
ton of the prison.
The row" contains twelve cells,
and there are just that number of
men now in the county jail awaiting
trial for murder, William Corduan,
charged with the murder of his wife
Emma this week, completing the even
dozen male slayers when he was
committed to the row yesterday.
When the county Jail was built two
pairs of cells, separated from each
other were designed as cells for MUIR
derers, but there has hardly been a
time since the Jail has been occupied
that there has not been more than
four persons awaiting trial for muir
der, so the four cells were long ago
abandoned for that purpose.
Instead an entire corridor in the
north wing of the Jail facing the
Newark street side of the property
has been used for murderers' row,
and yesterday for the first time there
were enough prisoners charged with
homicide in Jail to completely fill it.
OF the twelve men confined there are
FIVE charged with wife murder, while
another is implicated in one of the
wife murders, Vincenzo Ceceriello,
who is Jointly charged with his
brother, Angelo, with the murder of
the latter's young wife, Alvira Cecef-
iello, in Bloomfield, on May 80 last.
The best known prisoner in the row
is undoubtedly George F. Drum, for
mer county engineer, who, on July IL,
shot and killed Policeman John L.
Mcdonald at Central avenue and Sec
ond street. Alfonso Laudise, one of
the men confined in the row, has al
ready been found guilty of murder In
the first degree and is awaiting the
imposition of the death sentence.
The twelve men in murderer's row
are kept segregated absolutely from
the other prisoners in the Jail. In
front of the twelve cells there Is six
foot corridor, heavily barred and
screened with a strong steel mesh net
This is used as an exercise corridor
by the prisoners. Beyond this is an
other corridor extending to the outer
wall of the Jail, with several barred
windows in it eight or ten feet above
the level of the floor. The prisoners
are never allowed in this corridor, 1t
being used by the guards who have
charge of the row and gives them an
opportunity to keep close watch OF the
prisoners at all times.
Prisoners charged with murder are
not allowed to have visitors, unless
they be accompanied by a representa-
tive of the county prosecutors office,
and even then the conversation is car
ried on through the heavy bars and
thick screening so as to prevent the
possibility of anything being passed
10 the prisoners. OF course, counsel
for accused murderers and their spir-
itual advisers have access to them at
all times, but even this intercourse is
through the bars and screen.
Balderassare Saraurso, a Sicilian, is
the dean of the prisoners now in the
row, he having been confined there
since February last. Next to him in
time confined awaiting trial is Peter
Deschkowich, the Nutley man, who,
on March Is, killed his wife by throw.
ing gasoline over her and then touch
ing match to her clothes. He has
been in Jail since March II.
The best educated man in the row
is always made secretary" by his
fellow prisoners and does all the
writing and correspondence for those
who are unable to write. At present
George f.. Drum Is the secretary"
as we'll as being the confidential adj
wiser of the other men who are in
the same serious position as himself.
The prisoners now confined in jail
awaiting trial on charges of murder
in the order of their reception at the
Jail are as follows:
Balderassare Saraurso, who on
February 2 shot and killed Stefano
Cristello in a River street saloon.
Peter Deschkowich who burned
his wife to death in Nutley on
March 10.
John Dolan, who cut his wife's
threat at their home, SO Bruen street,
on March %.
Adolph KabaszewslSi, who shot and
killed his affinity, Mrs. Mary Ber-
linshy, at her home, Sc Charlton
street, on April 10.
Oscar Bauer, who shot James ].
Halligan on Central avenue and
Morris avenue on April % following
a quarrel over a pack OF cigarettes.
Halligan did not seem to be danger
ously wounded, and Bauer was nrst
held for assault and battery. Hal
ligan died on July 10, and the charge
against Bauer was changed to muir
der
Mrs Mabel Moser, who on May 3
shot and killed her husband Ferdi-
nand c. Moser, at his boarding house,
471s Sterling street,
Nicholas Callan, who on May %
shot Charles Hinderer after a row
in saloon at Centre street and
Division place. Hinderer died several
days later at the City Hospital.
Angelo Ceceriello, who is charged
with the hacking to death of his
wife, Alvira Cecerello, in a vacant
lot on Chester avenue. Bloomfield,
May 30.
vincenzo Cecerlello, accused of
completely in the above crime
George f. Drum, who on July u,
shot and killed Policeman John T,
Mcdonald at Central avenue and
Second street.
Charles Mack, a negro, who killed
his wife with an axe at their home,
on Mulberry street. on July Is.
William Corduan. charged with
beating his wife and leaving her to
die in their Walnut street home, on
July %.
In the thirteen cases above the
l.illinn ie admitted by Desch knMich