Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-29
FAIL TO PRODUCE
ACCUSED IN COURT
Prosecutors Office Makes No
Arrangement to Have Ger
CELLO Hearing Today.


Unwillingness on the part of the
county prosecutors office to disclose
any of the evidence against Angelo
Cerciello, confined in the county jail
on charge of numbering his bride
of a few months in Bloomfield, on
May 30 last, resulted in a funny mix
up before Recorder James b. Mckee
in the Bloomfield police court today.
vincenzo Cerciello, a brother, who
is also in Jail jointly charged with
his brother of the murder, was to
have been produced before Recorder
Mckee for an examination as to his
connection with the crime. This ex-
animation had been set for IL o'clock
and at that time Frank M. McDermit,
Frank NJ McDermit, jr., and William
o. Azzoli were present as quite an
imposing array of counsel for
Cerciello.
But the prosecutors officials were
nowhere In evidence around the little
frame building that Bloomfield calls
its police headquarters, although
County Detective Thomas P. Meyer
had been present earlier. in the morn
ing. He informed Recorder Mckee
that Cerciello would be produced at
II O'Clock and that there would pc
no objection on the part of the pro-
secutor's office to the warrant charg-
ing vincenzo Cerciello with murder
being quashed and a new one holding
him as a material witness being ac-
cepted in its stead.
Prisoner Not in Court.
At eleven o'clock Cerciello had not
been produced and Court Interpreter
Joseph Federico who was present to
swear out the warrant holding him as
a material witness called up the coun-
ty Jail to find out where the prisoner
was. He was informed that he was in
the jail and was going to stay there as
the Jail officials had no. orders to
produce him in Bloomfield.
Recorder Mckee by this time was
angry at what he termed the fool
ing of the prosecutors office" and
called UP Chief Frederick Weimer to
find out how things stood. He was
informed by Weimer that the prose-
cutor's office would not be represented
at the hearing and that. II Cerciello's
counsel McDermit, wanted him pro-
duced It was up to him to notify the
Jail off1cials.
This startled McDermit into the
statement, lit is the first time
ever knew / had the right to order
men taken from the county jail
without a court order. l am glad
to know 1t, for 1t may come In
handy at some future time"
Postpone Case.
Recorder Mckee, however. did not
see his way clear to allow McDer-
nit to produce the prisoner without
the prosecutors office being repre-
scented and after further telephone
conferences with the prosecutors Of
flee it was agreed to allow the entire
matter to rest until 8 O'Clock to-
morrow morning when Cerciello will
be produced in court, the warrant
charging him with murder quashed
and bail in the sum of $500 FUR
nished for his release as material
witness.
The actions of the prosecutors Of
fee were peculiar in that 1t had
been stated at the Office in the
court house at 10 o'clock by CHIEF
weimer that Cerciello would be at
the Bloomfield police court at IL
o'clock 1T is known that the prose-
cutor's office did not like the idea
of an examination of Vincenzo Ger
CELLO for fear that it would be
necessary to show up some of the
evidence against Angelo Cerciello, the
husband who 1t is now admitted is
believed to have committed the MUIR
der all alone. The bloody finger
prints on the Ratchet handle with
which Mrs. Cerciello's head and
arms were slashed almost to rib
bons have been positively Identified
as those of the husband, but at the
same time it is believed Vincenzo
Cerciello had knowledge of the crime
either before or after 1t was COM
mitted For this purpose the prose-
cutor's office was anxious to have
him detained as a principal in the
case, but when the request for an
examination by McDermit forced
their hands were willing to have
Vincenzo released on bail as ma
terial witness rather than disclose
any part OF the case against the
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