The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-03-18
DIBELLO
is FOUND
GUILTY OF
1ST DEGREE
MURDER
ConOicted of .Hssauifing I5-
Te0r.Oid Mary Jfanker
and DroDing Her in
Arkansas Rioer

The jury in the case of Mauro Di-
bello. charged with criminally assault
ing Mary Stanker and subsequently
drowning her in the Arkansas river.
at 10 o'clock Friday night brought In
a verdict of murder in the first is-
gree and fixed his punishment at hard
labor in the penitenliary for the terra
Of his natural life.
The jury was out about four hours
and but two ballots were taken be-
fore reaching an agreement, the first
one being eleven to-one for the convi--
tion of the defendant Two ballots
were then taken TO determine as a
whether he was guilty of manslaugh-
ter or first degree murder, the first
being ten to two in favor of the great
er crime. An agreement was reached
on the second ballot
Court was at once convened by
Judge Wilkin and the verdict received
and read in the presence of the az
torneys in the case, the prisoner and
a few spectators, after which the jur.
was discharged.
General Maupin and Judge 1. w
Ibbotson, counsel for the defendant,
gave notice of their intention to asi
for a new trial and ten days wera
given them by the court in which TO
file formal petition for reheariak
OF the case
Dibello. who is about twenty-sevel
years of age and unmarried, was
charged In the information under
which he was arrested and brought
to trial with having outraged the per-
son OF Mary Stanker. an eight year-old
girl residing on Rainbow Park, east
Of Florence, then choking her and
throwing the body into the river ID
hide the evidence OF his heinous crime
Dibello was taken into custody by
the authorities shortly after the girls
disappearance and lodged in the coun-
ty jail here. where he remained with
out bail until the beginning OF his
trial in the district court last Monday
morning.
The incidents relating to the mystic
rious disappearance of the girl are
well known to the people OF Cart'n
City and need not be repeated at this
time. A strong chain Of circumstan-
tial evidence pointing to Dfbello as
the perpetrator of the crime was
woven about him and 1t was evident
from the first that he could hardly
escape conviction when tried before
the bar OF the court.
The alleged murder was committed
on June 26th, 1914. and it was two
weeks later when the partly decom-
posed body Of the little girl was seen
floating down the river. fished from
the water and taken to Florence. An
inquest was held there under the d.
rection OF Dr. Thomas A Davis OF
Portland and verdict brought in Ly
the coroner's jury charging Dibel'o
with the commission OF the crime.
The jury In the district court en-
panelled to hear the case against Di
bello was composed of Frank Z.
Dixon. South Canon; Jas. Belknsp,
Hillside; Frank Emmerson, Canon City
Oscar Chase. Canon City; G. W.
Stokes. Howard; J. G. Kershner, Eight
Mile Park; C. NJ. Cover. Canon City:
John R. Waggoner. Howard; J. w.
Allen. East Canon; E. D. Hutton. Cal
cite; W. j. Davis. South Canon; H. l.
HaIsted. Canon City
The Court Proceedings.
The proceedings on the return OF
the jury to the court room at 10 o'clock
Friday night follow in detail:
COURT CLERK: Gentlemen. have
yau agreed upon your verdict?
JURORS: We have.
THE COURT: Let the defendant
stand up: you stand up. Dibeila. Read
the verdict, Mr.. Clerk.
COURT CLERK: state OF Colora-
do, County OF Fremont. ss. In the dis
trict court. No. 2740. The people Of
the State Of Colorado. plaintiff. vee.
sus Mauro Dibella, Defendant; We,
he fury In this case. do and the ie.
fandant Mauro Dibella, guilty of tie
tho crime Of murder in the first de-
eroa, 20 4 charged 70 the inforInatinn.
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