The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-01-29
FOUR ITALIANS
SUSPECTED IN /
MURDER CASE

week Tuesday morning while on his
way to work and but short distance
from his home, died Friday morning.
DR.. Strong of Medina held a post
mortem examination and states that
any one of the wounds doubtless would
have caused death. Burial was made
in Woodlawn cemetery. Wadsworth,
Saturday afternoon. The funeral was
held at the boarding house, Father
Ryan, of the Catholic church, conduct
ing the services.
Lanzo had no relatives in this
country, but large number of his
Italian friends in Wadsworth paid
respect to the dead by escorting the
body to the burying ground in the
Catholic portion of the cemetery.
The sweetheart of the murdered
man, 16-year-old Antonio Arrego, is
broken-hearted over his death, and
refused to be comforted during al
day Saturday, when she remained at
home weeping.
Frank Boota, the Cleveland italian
who was arrested and brought to
Wadsworth on suspicion soon after the
shooting Of Lenzo, proved conclusive
ly that he was in Cleveland at the
time of the murder. He was given
freedom, and has remained ever since
at the Lenzo boarding house, which is
kept by Boota's sister, Mrs. Arrego.
Boota declared Saturday that he
was a friend of the dead man, and
was entirely taken by surprise when
arrested by police in Cleveland. Boota
had shot and killed Lenzo's brother
about year ago, and this, together
with the fact that he objected to the
friendship Of Lenzo with the Arregs
girl, who is his niece, was the ground
on which he was arrested.
Determined to find the slayer Of
Lenzo, Wadsworth officials have call
ed in Detective George Martino, Ital-
ian of Akron, who has already success
fully brought to justice several Ital-
ian offenders.
Authorities are convinced that Lem
20 was Black Hand victim.
That Prosecutor Underwood made
no mistake in engaging the services
of Detective MARITIME was evidenced
Tuesday morning, less than two days
from the time the latter took hold Of
the case, when he ran down four mem
bers of recognized Black Hand gang,
grilled them and was ready to turn
them over to the county authorities.
In the absence of Sheriff Gehman,
Deputy Floyd Pelton and Prosecutor
Underwood went to Wadsworth Tues
lday morning, brought the quartet 10
Medina and placed them in the cotntg
Jail. s
They gave their names as Lofidice
Onofrio, Dominica Cacciala, Salvatore
Cattaffi and Antonino Orisofullo.
Through Sam Arrego, at whose
home John Lenzo lived, Detective
Martino learned that Arrego had been
held up some time ago by gang Of
which at least one of the men now un-
der arrest was member, and money
extorted from him. The same gang
later, it is said, extorted, or at least
attempted to extort money from John
Lenzo. In both cases, it is alleged,
the victims were threatened with
| QedCn II Jney reIuSed.
One of the men arrested-Dominico
Cacciolo, whom Detective Martino re-
| CARDS as the ring-leader, is wanted
in Fulton, New York, for having
nearly killed a bartender. MARITIME
had picture of Cacciolo in his pos
session when the latter was appre-
hended and when confronted with it
Cacciolo admitted, it is claimed, that
such was the case.
| Detective Martino, though an Ttal-
ian, looks more like a native Ameri-
can and speaks the latter language
! fiuently. Thus the four men arrested
discussed their predicament rather
freely in the presence of the detec-
tive before they discovered that they
were speaking in the vernacular of
fellow countryman. The latter, it
is reported, CLEANED sufficient evidence
from the conversation to warrant
holding the men.
| While the men were unarmed when
arrested, each had a gun in his room,
besides knife. The guns were load
/. ed.
, 1t is known that there are at least
! six members of the gang, two of whom
have been missing for several days.
1t does not appear at this time that
any one of themen under arrest actu-
ally perpetrated the crime, but it is
: practically certain that one of the
gang, to which these men belong, did
: it and that one or four know every
detail leading up to it.
The Sentinel commends Prosecutor
Underwood in his initiative in en-
ploying Detective MARITIME. However,
the expense attending the detectives
work may encroach heavily upon the
prosecutors regular allowance, and
we believe that the County Commits
sioners would conserve the best in
terests of the public were they to
authorize Prosecutor Underwood to
make any move that appears to be ex-
: pedient in the bringing to justice the
slayer of John Lenzo, regardless of
expense. The crime was one of the
worst and done with boldness that
) is amazing,
Detective Martino arrived in Me-
dina Wednesday noon and went at
once to the office of Prosecutor I'm
derwood. Shortly afterward. in
company with the prosecutor, Deputy
Sheriff Pelton and the editor of the
Sentinel, Detective MARITIME visited the
Jail for another conference with Tie
prisoners. Cacciolo was singled OUT
/ for another grilling and the writer
was detailed by Detective Martino ia