The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-06
case DRAWING TO A Close.
Prisoner Says He Is Prank LaBracka
and Not Mer0lo
MILL BE GIVEN TO JURY TO-DAY
Attorneys for Defendant Asked the Court
TO Withdrew q Juror and Continue
Case on Account of q Remark
Madc BY the Distriet-Attorney.


The man on trial Tor ms hte Tor the
murder OF Emanuei Loro at oia forge'
says ne is FRANK La bracSa. Inc ae-
ps w. w.sa. 80 ~. stoa., .,n,..','.s. LII 80
t,at 10 70 ~nt tha r,nrSarsr
Who, oa,'rt a,,,,anss In ~. v,orr,r,,
D,str,o. .,,o,a,, yohn d ronas ,ro
forn,ed I,dss TIu,orJs tho. tha CON-
,,ann.a,I.h,s nS A.
tornev Marin n,eadsd snrnrise and
asked to ha o,,duaa 20 c,II reflective
McSweenev for cross r,;retion He
was sent for and toor the stand MIR
Marin asred him what he did with
NaroIo,s nov ohaor which ves taten
from, h;y, on the u,av heya from BOSTON
Mr. McSweensv said he gave the paper
10 the district attorney
Mr. Jones ofsered in evidence two LET.
ters found an the nrisoner's nerson when
be was arrested The defense Objected
TO them and the court refused to admit
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papers found by Detective McSweenev
in Merolo's satchel in Mrs. Graeco's
boarding house Old forge. a weak q fter
the murder. were not admitted by the
court. The military certificate. which
was one of the papers, had Merolo's
fathers name as Domenico and !, 9
mothers name as Nunzio.
The Letter. ro,,a nm ,,,,,
w '''
oner the dav of bis orre,r T., pa..n.,
gave those nana. Mr NV, ,,o,,os,,.,
to still further astah,is,, tha n,,p,s ,aa.
titv nv neops of ,hoso ,o.to -.
ters were sent fror, To-, h,, - -,
signing himself Otor,orio To- po,.t,
They were Addressed 20 par;,n,,.'.
Morretti 1872 North street Ro.,on Mnsa
and they ane fror, III,
Morretti Ia tho MAN ,,,ho ,,,s
Forge. boarded of Josonh So,,,,,, 80,
at the time of the murder and wo. oua ar,
ployed after the crime to go TO New
iork TO hunt down the criminal but
VINO proved faithless and gave the
a,arm 10 the murderer, thus enabling
.,lih 10 get beyond the reach of the au-
'horities.
attorney Joseph Brown made the
opening address in the defense. No
attempt would be made, he said. to try
10 snow that Emanuel Loro had not
Deen Killed at Old Forge on Sunday
June IL, 1884, by man named Crezenzo
Meroio; but that the defense would
snow that the prisoner at the bar is not
Merolo. that 1t is q case of mistaken
identity
Inc prisoner he said is Frank La
Bracka, a man who was born in Italy
~ years ago and who came to this coun-
try In 1859. He worked in New York
ana Boston and in 1898 returned to
Iraly where he was married on May
"a. 1882. A few months before he was
arrested he came to America. worked
In Portland, Me-, for a short time and
then came to Boston, where he was mis-
taken for Murderer Merolo, and he is
now wrongfully on trial for his life.
Story Told by the Ir,,cn<r,
Mr. prorr o.,,.a o,,+ .r,..
prooro toLa 49, sta,s.n a, ..~N'' n Ia
stood nm and ,s.,,,aa a. nc ,.er
stand A,thou.h ha ..,Ls - E
Nsh ha Desired .o h.v~ an ,,'.o.o.a,.
IJ,s .tor,, th.n ,o,,o,vaS. IT, ..ap 49,.
IN Itaiv IN 1899. hi. yoothar L. Saaa b..
his Sother .. ,,vine ca ha, ,,o,r,o., !,
tho sanond tive n. - I,S..ho
,hroa s,s,ars
Tn 1900 ha nar o., Arr,o. ,eoo
ho r,ont hooL 20 I,oI,, Thos ~ ,,,"',
mo arr,aa m Mo, o. 100. M ..,o..,s
nor,a u,ho rar,orr,ad .ha oora.,,, p 80 :
To.h. p..o r. go -. ~. '
.ons ,vho rsra nrs.snt 40 ~ 30 r,,o & %
ceremony. and all the details with re-
gard TO IT,
SDeaklnR ABOUT returning TO america
aIter MS marriage III Itaiy ne SAID ne
LOOK passage trom Napies on Aprii
~ OF TINS year ana ianoed IN new York
on May II. AFTER snort stay IN the
metropolis ne went 10 BOSTON, ana was
WORKING there wheh an oilicer arrested
MIN ana TOOK MIN TO prison. ana TO this
ofncer ne said when questioned that
MS name was srancesco la Bracka.
he gave Boston lawyer >4V 10 ASSIST
him' knowing II was necessary 10 nave
an attorney " get out VI the tIoupie.
he never saw the disciple Oh blackstone
aiterward.
The wiIness denied poihtpianK ana
with emphasis that ne was ever IN
Pennsyivania De1ore' tnat ne ever saw
John Oakley. the miner witn whom ne
was supposed 70 nave IaDored elgnt
months; ana ne put IN an absolute ana
unequiVocai neRatioh that ne ever saw
or knew any OF the ltaiian witnesses
who swore that they knew him well,
and saw MIN commit the murder which
ended Emanuei Loros Ire.
District Attorneys severe Rem ark.
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