The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-28

Dtate's Attorney BENJAMIN 8.
n md the Moline police are dill
60lIy searching for . witness who
S(I1y havo seen James and Dominick.
Gloreu1o 1t any time between 2
o5clock Tuesday evening and 8
O'Clock Wednesday morning.
The brothers. who have made
1kGl1 home in Silvis, were arrai0ned
'l4 Moline police court this morn
~, charged with the murder OF
Angeles Frankvilla, Rock Island,
lit Tuesday night.
The states whole case depends
lloreely ON an accounting in . par
ftoi way OF the mems actions be-
tween the hours named above. which
HtIke in the time that Frankvilla
rs riddled with bullets on the rail-
Snad tracks q short distance east
10 Second street, Moline. and the
time that the two brothers left for
Be10lt, Wis. where they were ar
Ju1ted Wednesday noon.
Tales Differ.
Already the case of the state is
strengthened by divergence in the
tales told by the two men. One
says that they spent the time be-
tween Z o'clock Tuesday night and
8 o'clock Wednesday morning talk
NJ In their home at Silvis, while
Tho other has said that they spent
the time in sleep, preparatory 10
their trip to Beloit. James said
( that he and his brother spent the
time talking while Dominick said
this morning that they spent the
time In sleep.
Vary At Another Point
Otherwise the stories told by the
two men are nearly identical, ex.
Cept with regard to q visit made
by Dominick to Beloit late in July
Dominick says he made the trip tc
see Dan Torrisi, an Italian detec'
tive, whom he wanted to come tc
Moline to straighten out some
trouble that he thought was brew.
ing between bis brother and the
murdered man. Dominick, wher
asked II he wanted the detective t.
come for the purpose of straighten'
ing out Jim's trouble, said YES
but FASTENED TO add that there haG
been q lot of funny looking mer
around the Delorenzo home in Sill
Wis, and that he and his brother also
wanted Torrisi to come to protec
them.
Jim denied any knowledge o.
Dominick's intention in making thu
Heloit trip. He said that there wa:
q cousin, Jim Dolorenzo. living
there, and that Dominick probabl!
wanted to see him. He said he ant
Dominick had not talked about thu
trip. When asked directly if Dom
mick did not fail to bring Torris
back to Silvis because the latte
was busy, he hesitated a minut
H beeoro replying. Then he said tina
Oomtnick told him nothing about i
Would Trace Activities.
Acting Detective Larson state
this morning that he was still try
tuB " AitFu oOIiiC tAoCC VI tuc biOi
able route taken by the murdere
or murderers to and from the seen
OF the crime. Inasmuch as the DE-
lorenzo brothers say they were i
Silvis after six on the evening {
4 the tragedy, and that they did nj
4 leave their home until nearly tn
following morning, their stor
H would be shaken by witness VII
n had seen them going to or comm
n from Moline on Tuesday night.
II I'm trying to learn whether
X conductor on any Of the cars rul
ming from Silvis to Moline or fro
~ Fifteenth street east saw either
the men the night Of the murder
II Larson said. II have been at 4
car barns and expect to make a
4 other trip there today.
/ $50 far the first person who sa
Il he saw the brothers after Tue
l day evening is Henry Dirks. co
Il ductor on the street car that II