Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-26
fore ONCE ESCAPED
CHAIR THROUGH DEATH


yes or mo" to a question.
Judge Martin settled this argu-
ment by smilingly saying: I'VE have
heard the Italian language here on
several occasions and the court be-
lieves we are all good enough in
terpreters to settle this question. The
witness answered 'ci,' therefore her
answer to the question is yes.
John Henry Walker, a negro. con-
victed before Judge Harry v. Os-
borne this week on a charge of pass
ing worthless checks, was the proud
possessor of fine overcoat fitted
with what Walker called a Persian
lamb collar" The coat cut quite a
figure in the trial as a means of
identifying Walker as the man who
had passed worthless checks on
merchants
Assistant Prosecutor Andrew Van
Blarcom was examining Abraham Co
hen, tailor, who had been stung
with one of Walkers bad checks.
Did Walker have an overcoat with
Persian lamb collar on 1t when he
called at your store?" asked Van
Blarcom.
HE had an overcoat on" was the
reply, land it had a collar on it. You
might call 1T Persian lamb. but I'm a
tailor, and I'd call 1t plain astrachan. "
A new reason for postponement of
criminal cases cropped up in Judge
Osborne's court on Wednesday after
noon, and as far as the memory of
the oldest employees of the courts go
had never come up before.
On that day two cases had to be
postponed because 1t was not possi-
/ Bile to obtain the services of an Ital-
ian interpreter, the prisoners in Both
instances being Of that race and un-
able to speak the English language.
Usually three men are available for
service as nterpreters-Joseph Feder-
lei, the regular interpreter; County
Detective Ontonio De Rogatis and
Charles Basile, of the probation
office. Both Federico and De Rogatis
were engaged in the Fiore murder
trial and Basile was away from the
Court House investigating Juvenile
cases.
Mrs. Charlotte D. Wilkinson, in
terested as a plaintiff in a suit In
volving ownership of few feet of
land that took up the greater part of
Judge Frederic Adams's time this
week. did not allow little thing like
coming to court interfere with her
fancy work.
IIw4w eli n
brought her crocheting or tatting to
court with her every day, and while
seated on the front bench listening
to the testimony calmly kept on
working.
The question of whether Mrs. Will
kinson was doing "crochetlng" or
"tatting" work was left with Barney
Ford. the veteran court attendant for
decision.
"Ah, the lady's just knitting, that's
ALL" was Barney's decision, and all
arguments were settled.
Some curious condolences marked
the two trials of Antonio Fiore for
murder. In the first trial it took one
hour and thirty-five minutes to Sc
lect twelve men to act as jurors.
In the second trial the same opera
ton took an hour and forty minutes.
Both trials started on Monday MORN
ing, the first Monday March "a, the
second just four weeks later, Mon
day, April 81. In each trial .practi-
cally three full days in the taking of
testimony, the last witness in the
drst trial leaving the witness-stand
at 1920 Thursday morning. March 81.
while in the second 1895 Thursday
morning, April a. saw the closing Of
testimony.
Even more close was the time. the
cases were handed to the jury for
its deliberations. In the first trial it
was just 3:15 Thursday afternoon,
March 81, when the jury went out.
In the second trial the jury received
the case just four weeks and two
minutes later, the Jury retiring at
3:17 Thursday afternoon, April a.