The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-22
NO DOUIT ABOUT IT NOW
Murderer MerelO Positively ldenti.
fled by Seven Witnesses.
REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE THEM
McrclO Still Maintains That lie Is Not
tho Man Who Murdered Emanuel
LOrO ut Old Forge Committed
to the County Jail.

Seven witnesses, and very satisfac-
tory ones at that. were sworn at the
hearing given Crincenzo ,Merelo by AL
derman o. b. Wright yesterday after
noon and the identity of the prisoner
was established beyond question or ca
vii. He was formally committed to the
county Jail to await trial. In the an
rails of crime IN Lackawanna county,
,Merelo's deed is unparalleled for cold
blooded disregard shown for human
life.
On Sunday, June 10. 1894. on Main
street, Midtown, in Old Forge. Loro.
the murdered man met Merelo and
asked him for IL cents due for shaving.
The response was a sudden and wilful
whipping out of Merelo's revolver; it
was aimed at Loro, and every chamber
was emptied before the cruel murderer
quit firing into the mans body.
Merelo escaped quickly. and although
hotly pursued, eluded the authorities
until Saturday. Oct. IL. when he was
arrested in Boston by detective Bauer.
of the Barring q McSweeney agency.
Mere!o had been shadowed for some
time.
Doubt rs to His Identity.
When Merelo was arrested there were
many douLts as to whether the right
man was in the tolls. Witnesses Were
taken to Boston to prove his identity
and the fact that the Boston authori-
ties allowed him to be taken here was
prlma facle evidence that these wit
nesses gave sufficient evidence to war
rant 1t, Merelo was given a hearing
before Alderman Wright Saturday, but
the outcome of it was not satisfactory
enough to be absolutely convincing that
he was the right man.
District Attorney John R. Jones de-
termined that there should be no doubh
about this all-important feature of the
case had the hearing continued until
yesterday afternoon at O'Clock At
that hour Merelo was brought down
from The county jail, with handouts on
his wrists, in charge of Deputy Warden
7. j. Price and Detective Bauer, who
captured him.
Merelo at casual glance, has a
handsome appearance. but the good i'm
preston formed at first sight fades as
one studies his features His mouth in
dicates brutality. and his dark eyes are
fierce and restless. His nose Is well
shaped. a curling mustachc does muoh
to hide the thickness of his lips. He
was poorly dressed. had on a battered
straw hat, faded sack coat. black calico
shirt. cheap pantaloons and shoes.
He possesses greater amount Of In
difference or nerve than any man ever
seen under similar circumstances. AL
though he was unequivocally identified
yesterday. he was as resolute after the
hearing In his denial that he Is Merelo.
Ills Identification Complete.
Merelo was not represented at the
hearing by any counsel. He sat close
To the alderman and watched the wit
resses d0ggedly, but no sign OF recogni-
tlon was noticeable on his features.
District Attorney Jones questioned the
witnesses. The hearing was brief. SAL
vaitore Blanco was the first one. Mr..
Jones asked him II the prisoner was
Merelo. Yes. that's Crincenzo Mer-
elo," was the reply
Mary Delaney. n 1T-ycar-oli Italian
damsel Of Old Forge, who knew Merelo
in his better days, Identified him. John
Abplanap, n young boy, who was an
eye witness of the murder testifi ID
that he knew Merelo long before the
crime, saw him on the Sunday after
noon of June II last year fire five slots
in.o LorOs body and afterward run
away. Young Ahplanap was very posi-
tive that the prisoner and Merclo was
one and the same. Medalo Teloso was
present when Mcro,o killed Luro. He
had know lMerelo for several months
prior to the murder, He identified him
positively,
The mcst thorough and convincing
proof that the man Is Merelo was that
given by Mrs. Amelia Lupivo. with
whom he boarded when ne committed
the murder. There was no quavering
about her testimony. She took one look
at him and said Yes. that's Merelo."
In, S,t,i licutif;,s iti,v
If any further evidence was wanting.
the need of K was done away with when
DistriC; Attorney Jones called Joseph
Salvl forward. Salvl IS the one who.
1t was not long ago charged had paid
Merelo 5000 to kill I.1ro and put him out
of the way, because I.oro was running
opposition to Salvi In the barbering
business and had cut the price of a
shave down to cents. Salvi swore posi-
lively that he Is the right man. Salyl
was suspected of being largely instru-
mental In aiding MCrelo to escape.
Mrs. Salvi was sworn and she identi-
fed Merclo Salvi was committed Ia
the county jail in default of 81 600 bail
to appear as 4 witness when the trial
OF the prisoner comes up. ,Mcrelo was
taken 10 Freys photograph gallery and
photographed He was then taken back
to the county Jail.