The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-15
MURDERER MEROLO
NO LONGER DENIES
Admits he Is The Man Who Killed
Emaauel Lor0.
ASSIGNED MS WAGES TO Mr.. MARTIN
when He Left Old Forge Two Years
Ago There Was a. Amount Of fel4.4O
Dus Hin from Jernyn 4 Co. ..He
Promises to Make Confession the
Day Before He II Executed.

AL doubts can now be ,lispelled con-
cerning the identity of Murderer Gre
zenEo Merolo. now in the county jail un-
der sentence Of death to be hanged on
Wednesday. July l, for the killing OF
Emanuel Loro, Of Old Forge. on Sunday.
June II. 1894. The prisoner has admit
ted that he IL Msrolo by signing an or
der In favor Of John r. Martin for the
money he had earned In Jermyn No.
shaft, Ola Forge. which he had not been
able to get on account Of making his
escape Immediately after the murder.
The amount II $l4.40 for wages In June.
1884.
Merolo has promised to make q COM
plete confession the day before he IL
hanged. and 1t remains to be seen
whether or not he will implicate Joseph
Salvi in the murder Of Loro When the
crime was committed. Salvi was sus-
pected Of assisting the murderer to es-
cape: and even further than that, was
accused later Of having through envy
planned the crime and secured Meroio
to do the Job for $500. salvi was twice
arrested and brought before AL
dermsn Fuller by County Dstec-
tive Thomas Leyshon on the
charge Of being an accessory. but
the evidence was insufficient to send
the case to court. Salvi 10 In Italy at
present out Of reach Of the law. He
went there month ago. skipping away
from his wife and helping himself. as
she alleged, to her money and personal
property. Salvi and the dead man were
rival BARRIERS. and the latter had more
customers, because he charged only five
cents for shave.
MEROLO ADMITS HIS IDENTITY.
When Merolo wss arrested in Boston
on Oct II. 1896. he stoutly denied that he
was the man who murdered Barber
Loro. and insisted that he had never
been in Scranton, and at a preliminary
hearing before the alderman here, he
persisted In his denial and continued to
persist during the trial in court. The
time Of his execution Is not far distant
and realizing that 1t IL useless to con-
tinus In his protesta tion Of innocence.
and In order to give Mr.. Martin the
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COLLECTING THE EVIDENCE
Ii required a great deal Of hard work
to collect the evidence and present II
clearly to the Jury. Mr.. Jones met with
many difficulties in the way Of unwilling
witnesses. When the commonwealth s
case closed and the defence opened Mer-
olo went upon the witness stand and
boldly asserted that was not Merolo
he said his name was Frank La Bracca
and told a story OF his life. When ne
% Ives ~ sor cross.ex. m,nation. Mr.. ZONES
d, aa,,haroto voice and with a wave
- h,s hand ordared hin, TO come down
s.or, tha ,,,,,noss stand saving tina,
he d,a not want 70 see him add perjury
to the crina of murder.
Nit. rs,norL wos n,oted nv the de-
fonaant,s oo,,nss, 40 ono of the reasons
son ne,,, trio, hwt NJ the are,,ment
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tool IN Tho thread of the evidence and
convinced the court that the remark
wos justified in view OF the testimony
NJ over thirty witnesses who had pre.
oaded Mero,o on the stand and had
sworn that no was the right man.
Tho trial was berun on Dec. 9. 1895,
Assoc,ated with nv tones for the COM
,,onwoa,tb was Attorney John J. MUIR
nhr n talented vounp member Of the
por N,ero,o wa. renresented bv Attor.
nav. Iohn n Martin and Joseph U.
p,oT,n The c.se Ia sted four davs, the
,.ar1,a. ,o,ng rendered on THURSDAY ot
tha same week Reasons for a new trial
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