The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-05
LUANG0 UNDERWENT
A SUDDEN CHANGE
Confessed His Guilt, and Ten Minutes
Later Denied II.
1T, HOWEVER, AyAILHD HIM NOT
The Alleged Murdcrous Assaiiant of
Grayanni Ceieberti Brought Back
from Boston and After a Two.ses-
sion Hearing is Committed to the
County Jaii-- Gave Chief Robiing a
Little surprise Party at the Alder
mau's Office.

After evading the ponce Tor slx
months, Giuseppe Luango, who is ac-
cused of the brutal assault that Kept
Giovanni Celeberti, of Dunmore, on the
verge of the grave for five weeks, was
yesterday safely landed behind the
prison bars here to await trial for his
murderous deed.
He arrived in this city at 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon in custody of De-
tective John Moir who went after him
to Boston, where he was captured Tues
day last by the detectives of that city.
Word of his coming had spread among
his countrymen and when he was taken
off the train at the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western station he was
Immediately surrounded by a large
crowd, all of them apparently kindly
disposed toward him. He was taken to
the central police station and locked
in the women's ward, that he might be
the more secluded. Word was sent to
Celeberti to come up from Pittston,
where he now works, but at 7.30 o'clock,
the appointed hour, he was not on
hand. Chief Robling was thinking of
putting the hearing over until morn
ing, when, to his great surprise, Luan-
go called him to the cell and made a
full confession.
MADE A CONFESSION
on the wav from Boston he main
tanned that he was not implicated in
the shooting, but to Chief Robling he
made a full breast of the deed. He
said there was fight and that Cele-
berti attacked him with a knife. He
drew his revolver to defend himself,
he. Chn hi n n
tagonist. In dropping to the ground,
after being shot, Celeberti fell upon his
own knife, so Luango averred, and thus
sustained the stab wound.
This being all that was required for
a formal commitment, the chief and De-
tective Moir took Luango down to AL
| derman Howes office and had the al
derman make out the commitment
| papers.
you admit you shot the man?" the
| alderman asked.
| "Shoot de man.
'"Yes. you admit that you shot Cele
berti, don't you?"
| What he say? l don't speak de good
English" remarked Luango, appealing
to Chief Robling.
| "Why, he wants you to say what you
| JOlu me. 1Ou SnOOI NIlONd
you understand"
Il no shoot. l don't shoot no man,
Thinking that Luango did not under
| stand the questions Chief Robling re-
peated the interrogations.
IL don't know about 10 shoot de man
l no shoot. 1 no say L shoot"
RETRACTED HIS WORDS.
Chief Robling was the picture o
chagrin. Luango hai changed his
mind. He was foxy enough to realize
that neither Celeberti nor any of his
witnesses being present, there woult
be difficulty in committing him, so III
resolved to make the most of the op
portunity. He stuck to it that he haC
not shot Celebert and that ne haC
nothing whatever to do with the as
sault; anu further that he had no
admitted to the chief that he did tn,
deed
Questions We're piled to him by tn
chief and Detective Moir concerning hi
flight and the like and before man!
minutes the alderman was convinced
that Luango was the nssailant. II
took Chief Robling's testimony as t
the admission at the station house an
then made out a commitment.
When Luango was taken back to tn
station house, Celeborti was found i
waiting. To make assurance douil
sure the party went back to the al
derman's o'hce and re-opened the hear
ing. Celeberti identified Luango as th
man who shot him and two other Ital
ians, who were eye-witnesses of the al
fray, corrohoratefl him.
"Take hi'n mp, yOu nave your com
mittment." eaid the alderman, and u
went Luango. He rem aimed in the sta
ton house over night and tins mornin
will be taken to the county iaiI.