Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-08
SHOT TO SAVE SELF,
DEFENSE OF PAR|S|
Accused Slayer of hi Donate
Begins Fight for Life Be-
fore Judge Osborne.

That he fired the shots that killed
Antonio Di Donate in order to save
his own life will be the defense of
Henry Parish, young italian living
on Cutler street, who is on trial in
the Court of Oyer and Terminer be-
fore Judge Harry v. Osborne today,
for murder.
The killing of Di Donate, who was
originally named In the indictment as
Antonio Demonato, the ipdictnept
being amended 10 Di Donate t.siu1 N
motion OF Assistant Prosecutor AflRR
drew Van Blarcom, took place in
front of Is Cutler street on the night
of August % last According to the
stories told Di Donate, who is alleged
to have had a bad reputation, picked
a quarrel with Parisi and attacked
him. Both men were armed and it is
said that Di Donate pulled his gun
first, firing one shot at Parish. Parisi
then returned the fire, shooting twice,
one going wild, while the other took
ecect in Di Donato's abdomen, caus-
ing a wound from which he died a
short time later In the City Hospital.
Policeman Dennis Donovan, of the
Second precinct, who reached the
scene of the murder in the patrol
wagon. told of the arrest of Parisi
and his admission that he had fired
the fatal shot.
"when 1 got to Julianos saloon at
Is Cutler street where DiDonato had
been taken" said Donovan on the
witness stand today, II heard some
one in the crowd say, there's the
fellow that did the shooting at the
same time pointing to Parisi, who was
standing in a doorway
ST asked Parisi If he had fired the
shot, and he said he had. 1 then
placed him under arrest and walked
him to the station house, where /
searched him and found a revolver
with three loaded and two empty car
tridges in it."
James Aulisio. a friend of Parisis,
testifying for the State, told of hav-
ing heard three shots fired while he
was in an italian club-house on
Wood street, a short distance from
the scene of the murder. He rushed
there with several friends.
After being there for few minutes
someone called his attention to a re-
volver lying in the gutter and he
picked it up and put it in his pocket.
The following day he took the gun
to ]. Victor D'Aloia, who had been
retained as counsel by Parisi and
told him of the circumstances of the
finding of 1t.
With D'Aloia he went to the Sec
ond Precinct where the gun was
turned over to Captain John E.
Brown. 1t contained four loaded and
one exploded cartridge. Asked why
he had held the gun overnight with
out informing the police, he said he
was afraid to say anything about it
for fear he would be held in Jconnec-
ton with the shooting.
The special panel of jurors that
had been called as talesmen in the
case, numbering 48 names, was ex-
hausted when six of the seats in the
illry box had been filed. The rest
of the Jurors were elected from the
regular panel.
The jury consists of the following
men: R. S. Adams, Court street, ac-
countant, foreman; Harry p. Martin,
$40 Midland avenue, East Orange,
clerk; William T. Van Horn, 140 High
street, mason; George A. Newman, 124
North Sixteenth street, East Orange,
salesman; Charles w. Sales. 1853 Ward
place. South Orange, foreman; Will
lam Rockafellow, q Mt. Vernon ave-
nue. Orange, butcher; Thomas Bott,
1874 Mt. Prospect avenue, music dealer;
Julius Rito, 172 Irvington avenue,
South Orange, foreman; III. Olson, rs
Dover street. machinist; Charles A.
Foster, 400 Clinton avenue, salesman;
John H. Day 10 Conover terrace, Or
ange. real estate, and Thomas e. Lea
hey. 26o South Tenth street. foreman.
Frederick r. Lehlbach, former as
sistant prosecutor, and ]. Victor
D'Aloia are looking after the interests
of the defense and both claim they
are confident of an acquittal for their
client.