Bridgeton pioneer., 1914-05-28
TELLING THE STORY
OF GREEN'S KILLING
The State Presents Strong
Story.
THE MOT|vEFOR MURDER
Many Witnesses Show that the
Three Defendants Had Threat
ened Green's Life.

All yesterday the trial of Frank Pa
tella was on at the Cumberland Coun-
ty Court House with Justice Samuel
Kalisch presiding.
The States case was presented by
former Prosecutor J. Hampton Fithian
and he showed that he was absolutely
master of every detail of the crime.
The jury to try Frank Patella and
Joseph Veni for the murder of Tom
Green, was secured at 1890 yesterday
when court adjourned for dinner.
Samuel Hartley and David English
were the two first drawn, after that
there were many challenges until
Frank Davenport was called as the
third juror and James Doughty as the
fourth juror, and Geo. H. Clark as the
5th juror.
The defence was allowed 20 chal-
lenges for each defendant and they
used it until the panel was exhausted
A special venire was ordered and the
12the juror was drawn from the audi
ence. He was Elmer Foster, and he
was challenged by the prisoners them
selves. He was the only one chal-
lenged by them.
| At this juncture Attorney Ward
! stated that they were in a position to
accept Chester D. Sheppard, whom
they had previously challenged, and
he was accepted as the 18th man.
The jury in full is as follows:
l. Samuel Hartley
David English
Frank Davenport a%
| James Doughty
George w. Clark
Geo. SmalIey
Ferdinand Fix
Harvey DeHart
Lewis NJ. Ferguson
Clifford E. Simpkins
William Adams
Chester D. Sheppard
Judge Kalisch appointed Constables
Robert Y. Bath and Joshua Clark to
take charge of the Jurors.
VIM. s. Bacon, the surveyor, was the
first witness called, to testify before
the jury, identifying the map he had
made of the localities, streets and rail-
road route, ETC., involved in the trag-
edy.
After the examination of Mr.. Bacon,
former Prosecutor Fithian, opened the
case before the jury who explained the
crime and the facts which he proposed
to present evidence to prove.
He stated that in this vicinity and
Salem there were number of Ital-
ians, Sicllians, mostly residing, and in
various employments; among them
was an organization Of some sort,
whether Black Hand or not, the State
would not show. He said for some
reason, Tom Green, the murdered
man, had engendered the enmity of
members of this organization and that
his death had been determined upon.
He then detailed the circumstances
which occurred on the night of Octob-
er 18th last, and Tom Green was
killed.
George Denges was the first witness
tn toll oil he a,-sr,1 CoiG C.xx.
day morning, October 10Th, took a
walk out in the country and bushes;
came upon the body of a dead man.
Gave out the information. reported it
to Geo. Hamlyn, an officer.
Described how the body was lying
when he found it, was there when DR..
Charlesworth and Mr.. Ward, the pho
tographer arrived. There had been no
change in the position of the body.
Mr.. Denges was cross-examined by
Mr.. Tomlinson.
Daniel c. Ward, the photographer,
testified to taking the photographs of
the body of Green lying in the woods
near Mannheim Avenue, on Sunday
morning, October 10th last. The
photographs were taken between 12
and o'clock that day.
Identified other photographs, taken
on the goth of the same month.
DR.. Charlesworth, the county ply
sician, testified to going out to the
place where the body of Tom Green