The Detroit times., 1913-07-05
JOspeh Murcelli is Shot to Death
By An Unknown Early Satur-
day Morning
COAT AND UMBRELLA
SUPPLY ONLY CLUE
Police Seek for Rival of Shooting
Victim-Two Witnesses
Held

rush, early Saturday morning.
Guns barked, and one mans boCt
went to the county morgue. Two
others, who fought revolver duel,
are in st. aMry's and Harper hos
pitals, respectively.
Joseph Murcelli, shot and killed by
an unidentified assassin at Trombley-
ave. and the Grand Trunk tracks,
shortl yafter midnight, is said by the
police TO be a victim of tragedy OF
| jealousy, in which a woman, Fourth
| of July party and several kegs Of
beer figure.
Three men are in custoiN. for in
vestigation and detectives are seek
ing a fourth, with whom Murcelli had
had many violent quarrels over a
woman.
Murcelli, who lived on ST. Aubin.
near Milwaukee-ave had attended a
party at the home OF Mrs Fry, No.
926 Trombley-ave., Friday night Beer
flowed. according to the police.
Joseph Mascitell, of No. 926 Clay
ave; Cyril Foster OF No. sc Cam
eron-ave., and Samuel Cooper, Eos
ter's brother-in-law, also attended,
!. the latter two accompanied by their
wives. Murcelli formerly roomed at
the Foster home.
Dominick Delutis, for whom the de-
tectives are searching, roomed at the
Foster home. also
When Murcellis body was found
Mrs Fosters umbrella, and Mascitel
li'se coat, idrntifled through a letter
in the pocket, were found at the
scene OF the shooting
Detectives, following up the clue,
arrested Mascitelli, Foster and Coop
er, for investigation
Mascitelli explained that he had
loaned his cot TO Murceli. because
the latter's coat got soaked in the
storm
The presence of the umbrella was
explained TO the police by the pris-
oners. who said that Murcelli and the
rest left the party at 11:30, and Muir
celli accompanied them to the Foster
home, where he remained for 10 min
utes. borrowed Mrs. Fosters umbrel-
la, and started for his home.
Deluts, the police say, was Muir
celli's rival in love affair, and the
over the woman in the case
However. while they are looking for
Delutis, the police are not fully salts
fled with the explanation of the pres
ence OF Mascitell's coat and Mrs. Fos-
ter's umbrella at the scene OF the
shooting, and the prisoners now held
will be closely quizzed. Murcelli did
not wear the coat, which was folded
up as though il had been carried over
a mans arm.
Murcelli, shot through the right
breast, staggered fully 300 feet from
the spot where he was shot, before he
dropped b. G. Major and John
Smith, watchmen. heard the shots,
found the coat and Umbrella, and de-
clare that they saw man running
from the scene. Later they followed
a trail Of blood to the spot where
Murcelli's body was found
The other Italian shooting affair
occurred at $50 o'clock, Saturday
morning, at Rivard and Congress-sts.,
when Charles Perna, address ur-
known, was found with bullet
wound in his abdomen, and declared
that he had been shot by another
lIulJ peuu'I Will WuOll lie hdu hdu
an argument.
Police searching for some trace OF
Pernas assailant, later learned that
James Optic. peddler, ddress not
known, had staggered into Harper
hospital, badly wounded as the re-
suit of a pistol duel at Rivard and
Congress-sts.
Police are trying TO learn the cause
of the trouble that led both men to
blaze away.
Neither is believed to be fatally
hurt.