Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-28

" taO LAA0 man oAbCA AaAAJ
hours of hunting with no results,
Hess was cornered by them and ad-
United that the child had been taken
to South Amboy by him, and that the
kidnapping story was a fake.
Following his the Children's So
ciety of Staten Island took the child
for a time, the case was brought to
trial and the child taken from Hess
and placed in a home.
1t was his business and not Lengyel's.
Lengyel then told Csipo not to abuse
Gods house, to which Csipo answered.
Its not Gods house we're abusing.
but Father Gross"
After saying that. Lengyel asserted
that Csipo, selling a revolver in
hand and iron bar In the other, came
from behind the railing n ordered
him OIL of the place. Lengyel then
went out to the crowd and told them
of the proceedings. following which
the whole mob went into the store. A
little girl In the crowd, according to
Lengyel, then pulled the paper down
and crumbling 1t up, threw 1t into
Csipo's Office.
blank into the mob, which fmmedi-
ately left the building, as he went up
the back stairs.
Lengyel testified further that he saw
one man lying dead In a ditch and an
other n with a wound in the head.
He declared hat this latter man, then
heaved a rock through Csipo's win
dow and that Mrs. Csipo threw a pail
of water ON the heads of the crowd.
On cross examination II was learn
ed that Lengyel was and still is a
member of Gross congregation. The
state asked IL the witness was a citf-
zen of this country. Brown objected,
ih.t mae not o,YCfa noI ond tho anqUQF
of Lengyel was II have been six years
last October in this country
In answer to another question by
the state Lengyel replied that he
heard Gross say in the church. go to
Csipo's and have the paper removed
from the window I trust In you be-
canes he won't listen to me-"
Testimony Yesterday.
Csfpo's testimony yesterday told OF
Father Gross coming into Ais store, In
company with two sisters of the par
ish. demanding that he remove the OBJ
~jecttonable papers from his window
Immediately. Csipo refused saying:
IF you var those papers removed
lyou will lave to go to court as we are
living in a country wher we have
law and rider"
Father Gross Is then alleged to have
Ipulled an iron bar from in d his
Icoat which he branished in the air
Threatening to break the windows
and Csipo. At this time the bar was
struck on a desk, breaking an ink well.
Csipo Iaso claimed hat the priest put
his hand into his right hand hip pock-
ct disclosing the butt end of a re-
volver.
Being frightened at the attitude of
the priest, Csipo said, he ave his
word of honor to remove the objec-
tionabie papers If the priest would
stop slandering his wife in the
church, to which Father Gross agreed.
The papers were then taken down, but
were later put back.
According to the testimony on FRI
day, the day of the riot the nephew
of Father Gross entered the store
demanding the removal of the papers.
followed by a crowd, who yelled:
up for goulash."
A 9Th in the crowd then started
to tear down the papers. and Csfpo
was strurk in the face by something
which caused his face to become COW
cred with blood. He then being excft-
through the windows. not al
fecting the mob. he then shot into
them.
Csipo told of being on friendly terms
with Father Gross prior to 1918, and
said that Gross often sent him Gus
toners. The nan spoken of as the
nephew of Father Gross, Csipo claims
to have been introduced to In the
priests home. On cross examination
the witness told of buying a box of
fifty bullets from Louis Kemeny, OF
, Smith street, Perth Amboy, these for
protection IL necessary. In reply to a
! question of Mr.. Brown asking If he
had not been convicted of perjury In
Somerset county, he replied that he
, had not although he had SO testified
at the former trial.
Reichmann Testifes.
Arthir Reichmann editor of the
New Jersey Hiraldo. told of the last
office, which was ON October. so.
which was two days before the alleged
riot took place, leaving him In a
bloody condition after being hit oyeT
the head with a blunt instrument
Reichmann identified papers. which
were offered In exhibit and testineo
as to having written the articles to
which Father Gross had taken issue
but he was unable to say whether OIL
not any of these papers had been on
exhibition In Csipo's windows
One of the phrases of which Father
Gross had taken exception and wnicr
he had translated and was made q
part of Father Gross appeal to thu
citizens of Perth Amboy. copies o.
(which have been received by pracft
1 caIly every Juror on the panel was tina
Father Gross is a degenerate and ca
pable of any vile villany. A denia
twas made hat this phrase was con
, ltained in any issue Of the Htraldo
. la literal translation given by tn
WITNESS follows:
Gross, one degenerate for every
|: thing capable person."
{ Another passage objected to
"Father Gross Is hiding behins
, Roses skirts"
And stfl anothert