Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-10
TWO ARRESTED IN TWO
HIGHLAND PARK MURDERS

NEW BRUNSWICK. July 10
The police of Highland Park and
the Middlesex county authorities
are today searching for the person
or 2ersons who killed two Italians
shortly before midnight last night,
following the close of a party which
started in the afternoon.
The dead men are: John Mauro,
twenty-seven years old, ~anetS,sx
bridge avenue. Highland Park, and
Joseph Voce or Vocci, thirty years
old, of Bernard street. Highland
Park. Two men have been arrest
ed as material witnesses, they being
Concetto Georgiano, twenty-three
years old, who lives directly across
the street from Mauro. one of the
murdered men, and Sam Morrillo.
twnety-seven years old, another
Highland Park man, living lei the
house in which the party was held.
AS far as the police and county
detectives can learn, Mauro's faith
er-in-law has been i'll for a long time
and has just recovered sufficiently
to allow the holding of a party at
the Mauro home to celebrate his re-
turn to good health. About 4 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon between twenty
and thirty friends came to the hCuse
for the party, including a number
of musicians.
The party continued until about
II o'cloc., last night when the guests
began to depart. The musicians
went outside of the house and sere-
nading the fa~ther-in-law of Mauro
after which they proceeded along
the street going to their respective
homes. The groups split up, some
going toward New Brunswick and
others taking the road towards Bon
hamtown.
Mauro accompanied the group
who went towards Bonhamtown.
What happened after the men left
the house is not clearly known as
yet by the authorities but shots We're
heard by people in the neighbor-
hood and Mauro's mother-in-law,
hearing them, started up n street
in the direction from which the re-
ports came. She found the body OF
a man lying in a pool of blood ana
at once recognized Mauro. lie nau
two Or three bullet wounds in his
head and his straw hat was crushed
in at the front giving every indica-
ton that he had received a blow on
the head either before or after he
was shot.
Patrolmen Weber and Smith heard
the shots and rushed to the spot
where they discovered the body OF
Mauro, who had died almost instant-
w. They at once notified headquar-
ters and county detective Ferd A.
David was called on the telephone
at his South River home and he IN
turn notified County Detective VIII
liam Fitzpatrick, at Perth Amboy.
The two county detectives were on
the scene of the murder shortly ar
ter it occurred.
The discovery of Mauro's body a
been made only a few minutes when
the police were notified that another
dead man was lying in the street
about 800 feet the other side of the
Mauro home. Investigation showed
the man to be Joseph Voce, another
one of those at the party. The po-
lice were told by residents near the
llaces where the shooting occurred
that nine shots were fired when
Maur5 was killed and three when
VOce met his death. Voce's JuSuiar
vein was severed by q bullet and
he died before medical attention
could be secured.
The county detectives visited rs
homes Of both Georgiano and Nor
rill0, forced them to get out OF bed.
and accompany them to New Bruns-
wick where they were lockad rp as
material witnesses. The formers
right hand was wounded and he said
he lad come out with the musicians.
According TO G~eorgiano's story. an
argument started in which four
shots were fired. Two OF these hit
Mauro, he said. and the otheS two
struck him.
Morrello told of going with Nick
Zeno in the opposite direction.
Three blocks from the house he leff
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