Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-21
DEPUTY SHERIFF
SHOOTS AND KILLS
MAN AF TER ROW
Argument in East Orange Club
Renewed Outside With
Fatal Results.

Waving examination of a charge of
murder, Aurilio Conforti, q deputy
sheriff, was today committed to the
Essex county jail to await the action
% the Essex county grand jury. The
committing magistrate was Police Re
corder Francis A. Mott, jr., sitting
in the East Orange Police Court.
Conforti was charged with having
shot and killed Joseph Landoscay yes
terday.
Conforti cried continually in his cell
and asked that six mourning handker-
chiefs be purchased for him. Fearing
he might try to hang himself, the po-
lice gave him only one handkerchief.
The shooting occurred yesterday
afternoon. According to stories told
the police, it appears Confort1 and
Landoscay, together with John Egi-
dio, son-in-law of Landoscay, were
In the rooms of the Third Ward Ital-
ian Independent Republican Club,
East Orange. Conforti is a candidate
Tor constable of the ward. An argu-
.nent over political affairs ensued and
Conforti is said to have slapped the
face of Landoscay.
Landoscay left the rooms and
walked to the street. When Conforti
and Landoscays son-in-law left the
place they saw Bandoscay standing
near fremont avenue and Bedford
street. The deputy suggested that
the pair walk over to where LandoS-
cay was standing and ask If he had
been offended by the slap.
Conforti Opens Fire.
Approaching Landoscay Conforti
started to talk to him, out before he
had time to finish a sentence, he says,
Landoscay grabbed him by the
shoulder and asked him why he had
slapped him. Thinking Landoscay
was putting his hand in u pocket for
q knife he claims, the deputy whipped
out his gun and opened fire. The ball
went un.scr Landoscay's left shoulder
near the heart, and he fell to the
pround almost at his son-inl law
feet.
TO the fact that Recorder Francis
A. Mott, jr., of East Orange, was at
police headquarters when call Tor
help came and the bravery OF Ike
serveman Robert Shannon may be at
trIbuted the reason Conforti, who the
police say had been drinking con-
gjderably, did not do additional SHOOT
ing. Realizing his act when he saw
his victim lying on the ground, the
deputy started on mad dash up
Fremont avenue. pursued by Egidio
and Louis and Fred Noll The latter
"a a special policeman of Newark,
Exhausted after a run OF several
blocks 'he murderer ran into the
home II Fred Wagner, of 1853 fremont
avenre,l by the rear door, and after
almost knocking down woman in
the house ran to the front stairs ana,
with the revolver still grpped firmly
in his hand defed anyone 10 come
near him Fred Noll started after
Confortl. but retraced his steps when
he saw the gun pointed at him.
Mo,nw'-l Recorder Mott was
speeding shannon to the house almost
as fest us hi4iausonobile could travel.
Ipnf ring the shnus of those sur
rounding tho house that Confcrti had
gun, Shanro on burst through the
mt door. and after a brief struggle,
estled the weapon from the man.
and handcuffed him, with the assist
ance of Recorder Mott and Fred Noll.
shannon aot the gun away from
7onfo~ti. AID Recorder Mott drove the
srisoner TO Headquarters
Afraid Of Victims Relatives.
When Recorder Mott arrived with
shannon n number of small BOYS.
about the Wagner house The boys
had big stones clinched in their fists.
Seeing Egidio when Shannon, Non
and Recorder Mott was marching him
down the front stoop of the wagner
residence. Conforti got greatly eX-
cited aud began shouting that Eeidio
had a gun and was going to shoot
him, He resisted the efforts of the
men to get him off the stoop until
-s.f4 lafa6
Aside from his work as deputy.
Confortj did jobs contracting The
dead man was we'll thought of by the
water department authorities because
of his work when in its employ. or
tie he has been lighting street lamps
for living.
Landoscays son-ip- law lives in a
fat at fremont avenue and Bedford
street. and Mrs. Egidio and her
mother were at the corner talking
The dead mans son. John, was lust
around the corner Hearing the shot.
the two women and young Landoscay
hurried to the scene. and Mrs.
Iandoscay became hysterical when
she saw her husbands body on the
ground The son picked up his
fathers body and carried it to the
rooms of his sister. upstairs. The
ambulance from Orange Memorial
Hospital arrived at the scene imme-
diately, but after examining the body
the physician pronounced Landoscay
dead.
Excitement in Neighborhood.
Great excitement prevailed in the
neighborhood The police had diff
Guilty in contre'ing the crowds Po-
lice from the Seventh Precinct, this
city, aided Roundslpsn Van Brunt. OF
E.n ct Orange in ouietin thn crowds.