Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-02

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face and neck bloodstained.
Across the hall a girl was
screaming. For 10 minutes
or more those screams had
pierced the night in the quiet
Carlton avenue neighborhood
of Brooklyn, n. Y. This girl,
too, was standing over a bed.
and on it lay the body of a
boy, his face and neck buried
in a red pool.
This was the ghastly tableau
that greeted Detective Jim Car
roll of the homicide squad as he
rushed up the stairs OF the De
Hall home on the night OF Nov.
20, 1880. The screams of the girl
had awakened the neighbors
from their sleep. and they had
called the police.
"DrOp that razor ." Carroll
cried to the pajama-clad youth.
Razor Falls to Floor
The fingers of the youth re-
Taxed and the razor fell TO the
floor. He shook his head as II
trying 10 clear his brain, then
he gasped:
"Mother--what :"
The screams Of the girl In the
other room continued. Detective
Carroll ran there and took one
lcok at the Joy on the bed and
ew he was dead. Then he
\ abbed the pajama-clad youth
by the arm and led him out into
the other room. And here he
heard the most amazing story
OF murder and death in his long
career on the force.
The youth gave his name as
Michael Filosa. 20. a sailor who
was home waiting for ship.
The dead boy on the bed was
Salvatore De Hall. his hall.
brother. The middle-aged woman
was Mrs. John De Hall, mother
OF E'ilosa by former marriage.
The girl was Catherine De Hall.
l6. n half-iSter 10 Eilosar
The mother said she went Ia
bed al IL o'clock and did not
hear Filosa come home
She Weakened with the feeling
feeling Of something warm run
ming down her neck: and upon
touching her throat she felt
blood In the dim bedroom light
she saw her son standing over
her. She screamed, then turned
the light switch and saw the
razor IN his hand. BY this time
,hc could hear her daughter
crcS IN the other room.
Catherine. a tall girl. nervous
and jumpy, told her story
briefly.
II awokc with the feeling of
terrible cut on my neck I
leaped out Of bed and heard
Salvatore grooming In the other
room and rushed 10 him. His
face and neck, were covered
with blood.
Story of HaF-Sister
Then Filosa came running In
the room. He looked funny.
like he was sleeping. He tried
To stop the bleeding I'm Saliva
torres neck; he told me 20 get
.ctor and talked crazy like.
Int know he had attacked me
while / was sleeping, but he had
razor In his hand. I got scared
and screamed and rushed out
TO mother then you came"
Carroll turned 10 Filosa. who
sat Slumped in a chair. his face
and eyes still dRzed, as II he
were still in trance.
IL don't - know Whist
happened" he mumbled. II
went 10 "A movie tonight. IL was
n Spook picture II made me
jumpy. came home one min
ute after l2. Midnight and
spooks. undrcssed and went
10 sIecp--and the next thing
knew was when you told me To
drop that razor"
According 10 his story. Filosa
was asleep by FIVE minutes past
IL The murder was commit
ted around a quarter past. as
Catherine remembered hearing
the clock strike the quarter
hour when she awakened.
arroll walked over and
picked up the razor from the
floor. II was old. the blade
broken in half. He looked at
the broken end which was
shiny. indicating IL had only
been broken within the last
hour.
Carroll went into Filosa's
room and found the bed musscd
up, showing that he had lain i'm
II. After making careful
checkup OF the rest of the
house, the detective took FTloSa
to police headquarters and
booked him for first degree
murder
No Question Of Guilt
II was a perfect case-there
could be no question about
oh Il