The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-25
1nE MURDERER M.IRAN0.

Coroner Mix was busily engaged yes
terday morning examining witnesses in
the italian shooting case at Union
street, Tuesday night, when Antonio
Tangilli was instantly killed by James
Marano in a quarrel over a woman.
Marano fed after the homicide but
was captured in Derby early yesterday
morning and brought to this city, as
was stated in our yesterdays issue.
The arrest was the happy result of
some Ginning" done by telegraph
operators. Shortly after Marano had
"hoofed it" into Derby and arrived at
the station there, where he asked to
be allowed to rest until daylight the
station agent at the Derby Junction
held a conversation over the wire with
the New Haven depot telegraph opera
tor. The latter loosely said that he
had lots of company in the shape of
yard full of police who were looking
for an Italian murderer. A description
followed, and it tallying so closely with
the man who asked to stay all night,
suspicious were aroused so that the
remaining alone with so desperate a
man, and he telephoned for an officer,
who responded and kept company until
officers Williams and Herman of this
| city arrived and identified the man as
| being the one wanted,
The murderer is still locked up at
| police headquarters, where he will be
held until to-day, when he will be
given preliminary hearing in the city
| court and bound over.
| The Ansonia Sentinel, speaking of the
way the arrest was brought about. says
the operator at the Derby end was a
| Mr.. Keeling. Keeling hearing the news
! from the New Haven operator and .siz-
| ing up the man he had with him, tele-
| graphed back: "All right / have
your man here. Have police in New
| Haven telephone operator at Southern
| New England station here to send Off
Ger Tighe for him. Cannot leave and
dare not use my telephone as it will
| warn the man.
| To allay the suspicious of the man at
the unusual amount of telegraphing at
| that hour Keeling had muff1ed the
sounder and took and sent the mes
sages in whispers"
| Kellings suspense was intense until
the arrival of officer Tighe, who nabbed
the murderer. He had received in
structions over the wire to hold the
man at all hazards until the officer ar
! rived, and he stood guard over the
man, who had fallen asleep.
| After the capture Captain Wrinn
/ of the New Haven force called up KEEL
| ling and complimented him for his
| prompt action, which led to such i'm
portant results. His quick work ena-
| bled the New Haven officials to send
the two officers out on the freight, ar
irving at the junction at A "a. m. and
| to have the man brought back to New
Haven on the Pittsfeld freight at 4:30.
Keeling was yesterday overwhelmed
| with commentators. He has been in
the junction office but two months. He
is native Of Roanoke, Va, and came
| north about a year ago working in
| Danbury until he came here.
| The Sentinel says: "Morano endeav-
ored to mislead Officer Tighe, but the
persistency of the latter was more than
! the nerve of the murderer could stand
and, after answering a few questions
with subterfuges, he admitted his guilt
| and told how the horrible deed was
done The prisoner was remarkably
| cool and displayed no excitement dur
| ing the cross examination by the Off
Ger.
'aMarano said: We got into a dispute
! and I pulled out my revolver, and plac-
| ing it to his heart I let it fire. He blew
his breath out hard three times md fell
dead on the floor. Then l skipped for
| here
'sThe murderer seemed to only par
TALLY realize the enormity of his crime
and acted and spoke like one who an
tfcipated only a short term of imprison-
ment."