The Monmouth inquirer., 1917-11-22
FarineI|i's Given
Life Imprisonment

Contradicting a witness who had
testified that they were seen together
in a Ford delivery car. closely follow
ed by a new Ford delivery car occupi-
ed by one man. driving toward q wood
a mile east of Freehold along the Jer-
seyville road shortly before several
shots were heard and the body Of
James Casale was found, bearing six
bullet wounds, his clothing saturated
with gasoline and blazing on Aug. II
last. Antonio and James Farinello of
Jamesburg testified in the third day
of their trial that they we're not on
the road in question that day. Also
they denied the assertion of q state
witness. Miss Ruth Applega e, WHO
said she saw the two men. short
time after the murder was committed
turn to right from the Freehold
Hightstown road, two miles west
of Freehold, and return 10 minutes
later to her fathers farm and buy
some apples.
It was a few hundred yards north
of the Applegate home, in the direc-
tion indicated by Miss Applegate,
that County Detective Smith pulled
from a rnarshy bog five gallon oil
can which the state alleges the gaso-
line was carried in to pour over the
body of the murder victim Three
handker hiefs which Detective Smith
discovered buried under mud and
water in this bog. bearing evidence
of having been used to clean revol-
yer and wash oily hands. We're offered
in evidence. The Farinello brothers,
the defendants maintained on the
witness stand that they came from
their home at Jamesburg in the morn
ing of Aug. II. went to the Freehold
public farm produce market and re-
mained there until after 1 o'clock.
when they drove to the Charles r.
Applegate farm and bought some
apples. returning nediately to the
market.
In the expectation that the trial
would be concluded early Friday wit
nesses we're summoned for the trial of
Frank Santinello, Louis Vona and
John Cont on charge of numbering
Joseph Lasalle in house In West
Grove on June last When it became
apparent that the Farinello trial
would consume the better part of the
day Friday g. Saturday Justice Sam
uel Kalish, before whom the trial is
being held, announced that the Sa-
tinello-Vona Cont case would be
postponed to Tuesday Dec. 18. Court
remained in session until5 o'clock
Friday and resumed at 9.15 Saturday
morning.
1t is the contention of the state
that the defendants, the FarinelIo
brothers, were piqued because Casale
the murder victim had bought car
and was going to engage in the huck-
ster business like themselves. Casale,
brother-in- law of Sam Farinello, one
of the defendants, at the ii ne OF
the murder as assisting Mrs.
Adolpa Farinello in conducting a
grocery and green goods store at Old
Bridge, and, it was contended by
Prosecutor Sexton that her trade
would be diverted to Casale. Adolph
Farinello was murdered at Old
Bridge several weeks before the crime
was committed here
He left a widow and children. The
widow and Samuel Farinello's wifi e
both testified that Casale and the
Farinello brothers were on most
friendly terms and that asale took
dinner with his sist r and her hus-
band. Samuel Farinello and wife.
three days before Casale was Inur-
dered.
A number of Jamesburg residents of
more or less local prominence were
called as character witnesses, and all
testified that the defendants boregood
regulations in jaime sburg- The de-
PENDANTS were ably represented by j.
Mercer Davis and Charels M. Atkin-
son of Camden.
The jury On Saturday returned
verdict of murder in first degree with
a recomme ndation TO life imprlson-
ment. They we're taken to state
prison at Trenton.