Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-29
STORED PLUMBER
IN Jersey TOWNS
Dynamiter Tells in Court How
New York Gang Transferred
Its Booty.

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-The oral au-
photography of an all-round criminal,
Z anthony Sadaitya, horse thief, bur
+ glar and dynamiter indicated to Judge
ElosalslSy and a Jury in the Court OF
General Sessions yesterday how cas-
s lily homeless, fatherless boys are grad
uated by prison schools Of crime from
petty thievery to murder.
sadaitys. laying some claim to
8 tenderheartedness, in that he never
knowingly planted q bomb where life
was endangered" was the principal
witness against Angelo Sylvestro, "a
leader Of a gang that thrived through
blacEmail and dynamiting and prac-
tised burglary, arson, counterfetung
and white slavery as side lines.
syg-os:ro wan Ttsst;fy.
syIvestro will testify in his own de-
tense when the State finishes its case
against him late today.
All OF the members Of the band save
two, Giuseppe Farrara and Giuseppe
Polaro, bomb makers and cunning
planners, are under arrest, and Syl-
vestros trial Is the first prosecution
of series which is expected to rid
the city OF so vicious a crew.
He summed up the criminal achieve
ments Of his own particular gang by
telling the fury that he had taken
part In stealing thirty horses, in five
burglariss and IN from thlrty-f1ve to
forty dynamitings in the last year.
Farrara and Polaro we're the plan
ners and strategists.
Took Booty to Paterson.
Horses and wagons stolen on the
East Side were hurried to Paterson
or some other city In near Jersey and
speedily disposed of for a small part
Of what they were worth. For reali-
zation on burglaries, the gang had
In this city dependable fences, crooked
proprietors of clothing stores or Of
pawnshops.
"And we never got caught" said
Sadaitys with obvious pride.
The gang took up the business of
hiackmailing and dynamiting in earn
est q year ago this month. Polaro,
Sadaitys testified, was the bomb
maker, having knowledge Of me-
chanics and of electrical devices. Sa-
daitys and others were sent out to
steal sticks of giant powder.
5adaitys's first experience In dyna- |
hitting was on January 3, 1913, when |
he exploded a bomb at $40 Fifth street. /
a factory, where q strike was in prog |
ress His next employment was in |
rigging up an Internal machine under |
a tenement house at Sc Elizabeth .
street. He planted 1t deity, igntted 1
the fuse, looked around, so he says, /
20 see II any lives were in danger, and |
then strolled to Grand street to wait |
for the explosion. 1t came In five
minutes. He detailed other outrages
Of smaller character.
$50 you were careful about human
life, were you2" sneered Sylvestro's
lawyer.
II wouldn't knowingly hurt any
body" said the witness, smilingly.
And you tel the truth. suppose?
You don't lie?"
Claims Respect for Courts.
sOh. I never lie in court" replied
Sadaitys, easily. IT have great re-
spect for the courts. OF course, [
would lie outside, In a business way"
A supplemental confession was
made yesterday by Alfred Lehman, !
Schmitty. a member of the
gang, who gave amazing testimony /
on Tuesday regarding the widespread |
operations of the blackhanders to Cap
tain William A. Jones and Lieutenant |
John ]. Fogarty in the House of De-
tention, where members of the gang
who are witnesses for the State are
being confined.
Lehman described the operations of
the supreme court of the dynamiters.
They had, he said, a well-organlzed |
court for the trial of members of the
band who had "squealed" or who had
been disloyal in any way, and for the I
trial of victims who declined to pay |
q ransom or who complained to the
police.
Farrara or some other leader of the
gang acted as judge. The accused |
was permitted to have counsel, a |
friend in the gang, and Farrara or
whoever was presiding appointed an
other gangster as prosecuting attor-
uey.