Evening star., 1950-11-19
New Jersey 10 Press
Prosecution Of Killer
Of 5 in Wife S Family
BY the Asseciofed Press

VINELAND, N. j., Nov. 18.-The
State late today promised quick
prosecution Of Ernest Ingenito,
accused Of slaughtering i've of
his wife's relatives and wounding
four others in a wild shooting
spree.
Prosecutor Milton Hannold an
nounced murder charges against
the 25-year-old appliance sales
man and excl probably will go
to the Gloucester County grand
jury within a week.
Earlier, Ingenito was held with
out bail on five charges of mur-
der In three-minute hearing be-
fore Municipal Judge George
Skunk at nearby Franklinville.
Then he was lodged in Gloucester
County jail at Woodbury..
Mr.. Hannold said psychiatric
tests will be given Ingenito some
time next week by DR.. Robert S.
CARRIER, assistant superintendent
Of the New Jersey State Hospital
at Trenton, and DR.. j. B. Sprad-
ley, former superintendent of the
hospital.
Ingenito Shows no Remorse.
Ingenito. a mild-appearing,
stocky man, sat in his jailcell with
no show of remorse while funeral
arrangements were made for his
five victims. The four persons he
wounded remained in critical con-
dition in Newcomb Hospital.
II did it," Ingenito told authori-
ties investigating the massacre.
II did it because my wife wouldn't
let me see my kids"
That, and a statement that he
was desperately in love with his
estranged wife, but she would not
be reconciled, were his only ex-
plantations for bursting into three
homes within a radius of six miles
last night and blazing away with
two Of four guns he carried.
HE wasn't allowed in" his wife
said from a hospital bed today.
HE seemed crazy. He said: You
don't want me to see the kids.
Here's what you're going to get"
Then Ingenito opened fire.
Pursued Mother-in-Law.
When the shooting spree stopped
20 minutes later. about $40 pm.
five members of his wife's family
had been slain. three others
wounded critically. Ingenito's wife
Teresa, %, from whom he was
separated, was wounded less seri-
ously.
He had pursued his mother in
law to a closet where she was hid
ing, yanked open the door and
riddled her with bullets. He had
shot down her uncle who was pur-
suing him with a knife. He had
critically wounded nine-year-old
niece.
Ingenito fed after the last kill
ing and became the object of the
greatest manhunt South Jersey
has seen in many years.
State policemen armed with
submachineguns caught him in his
car and he surrendered meekly,
saying:
I'm the man you're looking
for"
Had Attempted Suicide.
He had made a hah-hearted at
tempt at suicide. cutting his left
wrist several times with a razor.
But his injuries were not serious.
It was the second mass slaugh-
ter in South Jersey in little more
than a year. On September 6,
1949, another excl, Howard Un-
rub, stalked River Road in Cam
den dealing death to 13 persons,
some of them unknown to him.
Camden is just across the Della
ware River from Philadelphia.
Vineland lies IS miles to the
south, and is not far from the
river. South Jersey is a flat.
farming region dottec with sandy
stretches and scrub pine wood
lands.
Ingenito, blue eyed, brown
haired and weighing about 100
pounds, was a salesman. His rel
atives, and his wife's were truck
farmers.
Manhunt Organized Quickly
The manhunt for Ingenito was
organized quickly. State police
threw up roadblocks throughout
the area and at the bridge and
ferry terminals leading toward
Philadelphia. A policemen's ball