Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-29
FATE 0F DEPUTIES IN HANDS Of
JURY LATE THIS AFTERNOON;
DON'T DON | EXPECT EXPECT MURDER VERDICT
Jury viii be Charged by Justice Bergen About O'clock This
Afternoon Counsel for State Finished Summing up at 10
O'clock Sensation When Detective 7estifes = Juryman
Taken III Yesterday, Again in the Box.

after the shooting. He stated that
he saw shooting from the strikers
side, but heard shooting from all
sides later ~-
John G. Moran, another former
deputy on trial, said he was in the
cook house and went out to the gate
to attach a large hose about the time
trouble started January 10. He was
preparing the hose to direct stream
to keep back strikers, if necessary,
he said. At that instant he was fired
upon, he declared. He admitted on
cross examination by Mr.. Coan that
he had made statement on the day
of the shooting. The one time dep
uty said he had given himself up vol
unfairly.
Willard B. Keller, assistant super
intendent of the Williams G. Clark
plant, was recalled to the stand to
prove the making of statement by
Edward Conlon, former Office boy,
and strongest witness for the state
He declared that the statement had
been read to the boy and he approved
Of It.
One of the sensations of the trial
came when the defense put Edward
Parcos on the stand. He told of be-
ing employed by Jerry O'Brien to do
detective work at Roosevelt since
March l. He obtained employment
In the Liebig works and gained the
confidence of leading strikers. For
this he received SO a day, he said,
He declared that he spoke German
and Hungarian. While posing as a
laborer Parcos met Julius Jaeger,
strike leader, he said. He also met
Paul Babik and Andey Gancens. In
rebuttal to what Julius Jaeger had
said previously, Parcos made several
charges against the strike leaders
and their fellow strikers. Farccs
| said that Gancens had told him that
a red sweater was used to stop a
train with. He also learned that
Jaeger had signalled the train to
stop on the m rning of the disorder
and had said that the shooting by
the deputies was started only after a
shot ylad been fired in the air, He
also averred that Jaeger had told
him that he knew of several strikers.
he being one, who had revolvers in
their pockets during the strike dis
order and he knew a striker who
occupied position at the~end of the
train on the morning of the killing,
who was armed with a revolver.
Parcos swore that he was present
when Jaeger and Babik conversed
May 2, and Babik then said he knew
the men who had put the ties and
other distractions on the railroad
track, and he knew the men who
previously broke windows in the Will
1ior r. nI., r1f h,rf rA
tell, and If forced to, he would place
the blame on Carmine Bacyi, one of
the strikers shot to death. The de-
tective declared that he had also
been told by Jaeger on one occasion
that 1t was not known who put the
obstructions on the tracks, as it was
done at night. Parcos startled the
court and jury when he swore that
Jaeger had confided in him plan to
blow up the building housing the dep
uties on January 20 or 21, but that
the shooting On the 18th, put quiet
on the plan. He declared that Jaeger
said 1t was planned to use bomb.
Likewise did Parcos swear that Jae-
ger told him on May that he, Jaeger
was the life of the strike and one
of the leaders.
Paul Babik, who had previously
testified, was then recalled. In re-
sponse to questions from Mr. Strick-
er. he denied having told Parocs in
restaurant on Thursday that he,
Babik, had testified falsely so as not
to incriminate others. Parcos was
then returned to the stand and
swore that Babik had told him over
the dinner table that he had lied as
he did not want to put certain peo-
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