The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-08
Murder Witnesses
Out on Bail

Two links in the chain Of evidence
lbeing welded by police to prosecute
Mrs. Teresa Sicilano, 80, of Long
Branch and Astoria, l.. l., on a charge
of numbering Marie Nicolini, 10, watt
ress in the Naples restaurant, S14 Lake
avenue, AsburyPark, were secured FRI
day night by Police Chief Horace l..
Byram who arrested tive youths. At
ter six hours questioning was said to
have admitted witnessing the shoot
ing.
They are Carman Genovese, %, e
1877 Fisher avenue, Neptune township
s~on-in-law of Miss Minpse Siciliano,
of the same address, who is q rela
tive of Paul Siciliano, husband of the
woman charged with the crime, and
q relative of the S~icilanos, and Gennaro
Siciliano, IL, son of Giovano Siciliano,
/ who conducts a produce store just west
Fof the Naples restaurant, and also a
relative of the Sicilianos.
The arrest of.the two was brought
about after a search by Chief Byram
since ssthe44 commitment of the crime
A statement was prepared which the
two signed. it was said. They are
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ted to the county jail.
In their statement to Chief By
ram both Genovese and Siciliano adj
mitted being in the restaurant at the
| time the murder was committed, po-
lice announced. They were arrested
by Chief Byram Patrolman Frank
| Campanile after the chief had been
to the county jail at Freehold to ques-
ton Paul Siciliano, the husband of the
woman charged with the crime, who
Thursday night gave himself up to
Prosecutor John j. Quinn. Siciliano
is being held as q material witness.
The Statements made by Genoyese
to Chief Byram was in part. according
to police that he, Siciliano, Paul Sici-
liano and Marie, the murdered watt
! ress were seated in the dining room at
a table directly opposite the door about
l5.15 or $50 o'clock on the afternoon of
| Thursday Sept. "a, when the buzzer
sounded, signalling the door from Like
avenue had been opened.
Marie left the table, the statement con-
tinued, and went to the door, which is
al the head of the stairs, to see who was
coming in. She stepped back in the
| hall q few feet when she saw it was Mrs.
| Sicilano. Genovess further stated that
he saw Mrs. Siciliano fire ~pointblank at
Marie. The latter screamed and fell to
the floor grooming. Three more shots
were fired in rapid succession. He said
he sat at the table and saw Mrs Sici-
nano fire the shots.
frightened, Genovese told police,
he ran thru the dining Q to the
Kitchen and escaped leaving by a rear
window.
Gennaro Siciliano's statement con-
frmed the remarks Of Genovese Gabout
sitting Fat the table with Marie and
Paul Siciliano police said. He told
them that he was In the kitchen opening
a bottle of soda when he heard the first
shot fired. This was soon after he had
! heard the buzzer, which sounded when
the door from the street was opened.
He heard the first shot and scream,
followed by q second shot and cream.
When he saw G~enovese run thru the
| kitchen and climb out q rear window,
he followed, Siciliano stated to police.
The two met near the railroad tracks
and decided to go back to the restaur-
ant, police were told. They returned
and entered from the street door, which
was open. Later, it was found nailed
by police. Siciliano said that he and
Genovese went up the stairs and into
the dining room and saw Marie lying
on the floor, blood flowing freely from
her mouth.
When they saw her lying on the
floor they were frightened and hur-
lriedly left. They disclaimed all
knowledge of the mailing Of the door,
which was found barred two hours
later by police.
Genovese further stated to police
| that he had met Paul Siciliano at the
home of his mother-in-law, where the
auto to the restaurant, arriving about
4.S0 O'Clock. A few minutes after
| Giovano Siciliano entered and three
were with Marie, the murdered wait
ress were sitting at the table for early
an hour before Mrs. Siciliano, Accord
ingto to the witnesses entered.
It was the Siciliano children who told
police that their mother was in Long
Branch on the afternoon Of the day
Of the murder OF the Nicolini woman.
Mrs. Eiciliano has established an abb
that she had not been away from AS
ltoria two weeks preceding the murder.
With the release in bail OF Paul Sfc-
iliano, it was also learned that two Inn
! portant witnesses. Carman Genovese,
90, of 1875 Fisher avenue, Neptune
township, who told police he saw Mrs
Siciliano shoot at the waitress, and
Gennaro Sicilano, II, who admitted
being in the restaurant at the time of
the murder had been released in $4,000
bail each.
With the released in bail of the last
three Of the states witnesses in the case
all Of those believed to be connected
with the crime are out under bail
except Mrs. Sioilino. There are 10