Evening journal., 1915-07-07
SAYS He killed
IN SELF-DEFENSE
Widow OF De Trio Denies
Story and Delneno Is
Held Without Bail
CATCH SLAYER
AFTER A CHASE

Joseph Delneno. aged a. years. Of No.
l4la Marsh road, was held without hail
bv Judge Churchman in City Court to-
day TO await the action OF the grand
jury on charge of the murder of Raltol
De Trio. his ueNi door neiehhor. ON Mon
day night Judge Churchman said the
degree OF murder would have 10 be de-
termined later.
Dclneno has wife and -four children.
De Trio is survived by wife and four
tecu children II Is said the primary
cause OF the trounlc between the men
arose four months ago over money
transaction. The men fought early
Monday night. Delnono shooting De Trio.
he fed but was captured yesterday
near Toughkenamon Pa
Dr. =. 4. NJ Rovitti testified in court
today that he made a post-mortom eN-
animation on tho body of De Trio and
found three gunshot wounds one IN the
abdomen over the liver. another in the
lungs and a third m the right eye
Death. he said was due TO pulmonary
hemorrhage.
Chief Black said Delueno made vol
untary confession an s o'clock last night
/ in MS office IN it Dclneno said that on
/ Monday evening he and his children
were exploding fire crackers and cape
and that De Trio told them to stop and
! threatened TO get n policeman. Dcneno
said that as the day was the Fourth Of
! July the children had the right 20 have
fireworks lie stated that quarrel
/ then started, De Trio, he declared, got a
/ revolver and struck az him from his
/ porch. Deluouo said he then fred three
shots AZ De Trio from his own porch.
/ IIc heard cries and ran away.
Delneno then told the chief how he
/ had fed along Sixteenth street 20 the
4 p. p and " Railroad and then went
to a point below Edge Moor. where he
I turned and ran toward Shellpot Park.
\ He hid in the Shellpot woods Mon
\ day night and started about 4 o'clock
yesterday morning for Avondale. Pa,
where his brother lives, to take ref
uge with him.
II Delneno was arrested about 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon by De-
tective Sergeant David Wardle. City
Detective Lorenzo King and PATROL
\ man John Testa. who found him walk
ing along the road in the vicinity Of
II Toughkenamon. When arrested Del
memo said he did not know De Trio.
/ The police had a good description Of
; the accused ana had been informed
that he had a brother at the Avondale
quarries. They learned that the man
was not there and were on the way to
Avondale when they saw Delneno. He
said the gun with which the shooting
was done had been thrown by him on
the roadway. but It could not be found
He offered no resistance TO arrest.
Mrs. Sophia De Trio. widow of the
, victim. said Delneno shot at her hus
band five times and that after he
, husband was shot she and her daugh
: ter picked him up. She denied tha
/ her husband had a revolver in his
hand previous to his death DelnenC
! asked her if her husband had mol
! been annoying him for five months
but she denied this.
! Bessie. the 1O-year-old daughter ol
the dead man, said Delneno shot five
times at her father When asked
, where she would so If she told lie
she replied. down to hell"
Theodore Di Gamble. who lives with
the accused. said that before Delneno
shot that, De Trio scratched him on the
head and just prior to this had
threatened 10 CHEW MS Hbcf dlh ldft
: He said De Trio had insulted Mrs. Del
memo. Antonio Picerilla. a boarder
in the Delneno home, said De IriC
had called Mrs. Delneno a vile name
and threatened 10 bite Delneno's nose
, Carmine Minutela, Of No. l40l
Marsh Road, said that after Delnen1
refused to stop exploding fireworks
Dc Trio said Il am a white hope to-
night and can do anything I please
Deineno said he did not want TO speak
, TO him. De Trio, he said then threat
7 ened 10 bite Delneno and kill him
Innocenzio Serieni said De Iric
called Delneno vile name prior "a
the shooting This was corroborsted
by Nicholas Grammecheli Mrs Del
memo. wife of the accused. said Dc
Trio called her bad" names prior "a
the shooting.
Delneno has a slight flesh wound
on his head which be said had been
inflicted by De Trio.