Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-06-07
Bail Set at So, 900.

Justice Bergen agreed to let tho
nine convicted men be admitted To
bail in the amount OF 81 600 each eza
the charge of killing Tessftera and
$500 each on the charge of .fl}jji jfI11
Carmine Racyi. He held that none
Of the men could ever be eonTfctsss
Of first degree murder under cireaTn-
stances in the case The justice will
rule later with regard to letting the
accused men give bail on their own
|recognizance on the charges Of afro
cious assault and battery for shoot
ing more than twenty men He
agreed to permit Harry Patterson,
alleged deputy leader, to be released.
probably Wednesday, when bail is to
be given in all the cases, for 81, 900
on the charge of killing Tessitora
and 5000 on the charge of killing
Bacyf. The remaining one time dep
uties held in jail on charges of kill
Ing Tessitore and Bacyi and commit
ting atrocious assault and battery
on more than q score of others, viii
be admitted to bail in the amount of
$500 each on each of the two charges
of murder, making a total amount
81 600 for each man. 1t is held that
without the boy. Conlon, being abIe
to identify any of them as being in
the crowd seen coming from the VIII
liams & Clark plant on the morning
of the shooting, the men can never
be convicted on the other evidence
which the state has. Smith viii be-
admitted to bail in the amount of
$500 on the charge of Killing Baeyi.,
the prosecutor refusing to let him go
following his acquittaI. Mr. Stricker
intends to have the bail subject ar
ranged on Wednesday through
surety company.
When Justice Bergen took the
bench today in the new court house
where the men were tried more than
a week ago, Prosecutor Florance
moved for sentence. Attorney GEN
eral Wescott and his staff, including
Mr.. Stryker and Mr. Baekes, Prose-
cutor Florance and Assistant Prose-
cutor Coan were on hand as repre-
sentatives of the state. Mr.. Stricken
and Mr.. Delaney were on hand for
the defendants. former Attorney
General McCarter, who assisted Mr..
Stricken with the trial, being absent
Are Not Criminals, He Says
When the court asked Mr.. Strick-
er if he had anything to say before
sentence was passed. the attorney
stated he had very little to say. He
held that the court must recognize
that the defendants we're not crimi-
mails and he believed that they were
not even law-breakers.
The attorney for the defense
stated that turles did make mistakes.
as had often been shown. He had
noted during his term as assistant
prosecutor of pleas of Middlesex
county that two 5uries had been dis
charged without thanks.
Question Boys Reliability.
The states case resolved to g
question OF reliability of Edward
| ConIon. the states star witness. Mr..
Stricken held. He questioned that to
the extent OF declaring that he knew
for & fact that William Mclaughlin.
one of the convicted men, was not
anywhere near the scene of the
shooting when it occurred. In con-
cIusion, Mr. Stricken said the ac-
cused men ware all first offenders, no
evidence having been given to prove
that any of them were ever convicted
of crime before. and he asked for
the mercy of the court.
Mr.. Stricken held that their con-
viction was a mistake. for which he
gave several probable causes. He
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