The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-03-25
CORONER NOTIFIED.

About o'clock, Fred Beaver. a po-
lCeman OF Dunmore, first heard of the
discovery and reached that section at
$50. The coroner and Undertaken
Letchworth were notified and the latter
appeared at 1890. Acting Coroner
Paine showed up at about II o'clock
and viewed the remains. He found
that the load from the gun had en-
tered the right breast, passing through
the lung and lodged in the spine,
causing instant death. The flesh was
scared and stained with powder grains.
A hole had been torn through the
| coat, vest. shirt and undershirt. while
| the wound is the exact size of the bore
| of the gun. proving beyond all doubt
| that when fired it had been placed fat
| ly against the chest.
The gun is an old double barreled
| shotgun and is a muzzle- loader. One
unexploded charge was found in the
other barrel. The weapon when first
seen laid partially under Cilibertfs
| body with the barrel pointed toward
the chest, while the butt or stock laid
] in the opposite direction. Just where
the metal barrel is joined to the stock
the weapon was broken. as if the
| heavy weight had fallen upon the old
| instrument of war and caused it to
| break in the weakest part. naturally.
The shot instantly killed him, as he
never moved after falling forward on
his face. with his arms and knees
| pressed toward each other.
GRIPPO'S HOUSE
Grippo's house in the second building
| from NJ. Picchiarallo's general store,
which is situated next 10 and just
south of the Erie and Wyoming tracks
| on Ash streets. There are but four
buildings all told in this block. and all
| are occupied by Italian families. On
| the other side of the street rises a
rocky ledge.
John Gilbert. or Giovanni GILBERT
as his Italian friends called him. was
% years of age, was married and had
| a child a month old. He was always
| a jolly, good-natured sort of an indi-
Ividual and quite popular with his coun-
| trymen. Until about a month ago he
was employed at the Bellevue washery.
| when he became section hand on the
| Erie and Wyoming railroad.
During the night, up to IL o'clock or
| earlier, Gilbert, in company with Tony
Chiavaromi. Sahara Naricco. Antonio
Riccardo and Michael Cassella. was in
NJ. Picchlarallo's store in social sas-
sion drinking "cider," according 10 the
positive assertions of the principals.
| When the affair broke up at ten min
utes to eleven Riccardo and Cassiella
| walked with him. Ciliberti's home is
about two hundred yards from the
| store.
They left him at his house and some
where between 10 and IL o'clock the
| wife was awakened by the husband
bending over and kissing the child in
its cradle. Saying he would return
shortly, he withdrew from the room
and the house, taking, it is supposed,
the shotgun with him. From this on
nothing is as yet known of his move
ments.
HEARD NO SHOTS.
All the Italians in that vicinity de-
clarad positively and vehemently that
they heard no shots, whereas a family
over in Petersburg, fully a half mile
distant heard a shot about II o'clock.
County Detective W, A. Phillips be-
lieves that it is a murder. In proof
of this he advances the following: That
a man wishing TO commit suicide would
not wander 10 this particular place.
and that there was no apparent cause
for such action. The detective believes
that the crowd in the store engaged
in a game of cards and that a disputa