The evening Republican., 1902-09-11
LEMON Tells HIS
STORY ON STAND.
Saw DeLucca Get Eighteen Dollars
From Four Men With Which to
Secure Naturalization Papers
In the Upper Court.
To the United States Court vester.

QAy Mberuoou uoSp tate'e"o Wa"
shown in the trla! OF DeLucca
aud Vanuucci. Govanni Petalichlo
alias John Lemon who is waiting
sc q tence was the next witness called
He testified tina. he had known JOS.
eph A. DeLucca aud Joseph Van.
nucci since 1907, and also knew the
meH who ha ! natUrlazed. The men
were naturalzcd OH the second SIT
urday in January last. lie saw the
men with Vannucc and DeLlcci,
Later he had a conversation with De-.
Lucca AMI Eannucci.
Lemon said he met DsLucca IN
the court house. DeLu:ca said he
did not know Valerie aud suggested
thai Lem)n vouch Tor him which he
did. lie suggested later to Valerie
to "seL" EN- up, but he said he had
paid s. for his papers and that *as
enough. Ga the MOndly following,
be met DcLuccl aud DeLucca said
he got SIS for the four papers and
he paid $40. which left him IS. De.
Lucca then took INN and bought
him drink.
Mr.. Whltemon asked Lemon if he
was not the man who bad pleaded
guilty to making false oath TO naLar
. alizat;cn papers.
Mr.. Byrne objected on the ground
that the witness could no. be made
to degrade himself, Inc objection
was later Withdrawn and lemDnAa-
nounced that he was the same min.
lie had tod Secret Agent Barns
everything which he knew Lemon
declared that he saw D4LuCca re.
ceive the SIS and theG-ht h. was
gong to get a dollar, but Dllactl
did not give it to him.
Secret Service Agent l'ccke was
recalled and SAID he first saw Joseph
Vaunucci in AyondAlr. Tle witno5;
was accompanied b. D1tcillVa Fran.
els aud VanuuCci loii hun tina. n0ae
Of the men for whom papers had been
secured lived in ArUndale. Later he
found the men did not live in Avon.
dale. AfterwarI he saw NannuccI
in the police station, but nothing
was sad IN the way Of admissions
The witness first saw DeLucta wH@N
DeLucca was arrested. lie read the
names Of The mcn na'urt,Nel BY
DeLucca to him and CLAIMED that
all lived III Bellevue.
When the testimony Of Agent
Heekc, the government rcstei and
Mr.. WhiLeman opened lor LA2 d..
Tense. He said that lefGn33 wouIl De
willing to argue On The case as it
stood but it felt that the jury Should
have the whole story. IL would he
shown. he said. that aLhoIgh D..
Lucca aud NaunuC1i are inflicted
for conspiracy they scarcely knew
of each 9th CT until they were ar.
rested |, won.d also be shown that
DeLuCca bad seen th:i: natncAI.lcl
Italians in this city dally, and formed
his Knowledge Of their residence from
that fact.
Joseph A. DrLmccA one Of the
defendants, WAS the first witness.
He testified that Ia rlm1 hare in
1897, in charge Of the cOmmis5ary
department for Hughes, Brothers 4
Blngs. On the first day he was
here. he sent out t. emrlJy men
and met Antonio Malo. Later, he
left the company and engaged IN
), the macarDni business. he hai Gone
business with Maiu an believe
his residence was in Wilmington.
He had known Antonio SartrpDi
since 1857. The witness denied tina,
he had told Mirhhel Valerie that H.
should say that he liyol in th-
country for five years and in th;-
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