Guiseppi Aiello was born in Sicily near Terrasini, a son of Antonio Aiello and Catarina Parisi. He immigrated to the US with his wife Mary and daughter Catherine in 1909 and lived in Battle Creek, Michigan. He was a stoker at the Gas Plant, which meant he shoveled coal into furnaces there.
He was by all accounts a good and honest man. He pronounced his name Ay'-lee-o, as opposed to I-yell'-o. He and Mary had four children by 1914.
He went by Joe Ellen for convenience, as that is what people called him in Battle Creek, and he is listed as such in the 1916 City Directory.
In 1917 on a Friday in late September, he left work at 4:00PM as usual and never made it home. Joe's wife had the police out looking for him, because it was very unusual for him to not come home at night. A co-worker seen walking with him told police Joe suddenly parted from him saying he had to "go see a man". He stated that he thought Joe had a bottle of liquor he didn't want to share.
His body was found the next morning on the bank of the Mill Pond near his house, and also near where he rests today.
His murderer was never publicly identified, but the main suspect named in newspaper accounts was later committed to insane asylums until his death in 1945.
(bio by: Census taker)
He was by all accounts a good and honest man. He pronounced his name Ay'-lee-o, as opposed to I-yell'-o. He and Mary had four children by 1914.
He went by Joe Ellen for convenience, as that is what people called him in Battle Creek, and he is listed as such in the 1916 City Directory.
In 1917 on a Friday in late September, he left work at 4:00PM as usual and never made it home. Joe's wife had the police out looking for him, because it was very unusual for him to not come home at night. A co-worker seen walking with him told police Joe suddenly parted from him saying he had to "go see a man". He stated that he thought Joe had a bottle of liquor he didn't want to share.
His body was found the next morning on the bank of the Mill Pond near his house, and also near where he rests today.
His murderer was never publicly identified, but the main suspect named in newspaper accounts was later committed to insane asylums until his death in 1945.
(bio by: Census taker)
Guiseppi Aiello was born in Sicily near Terrasini, a son of Antonio Aiello and Catarina Parisi. He immigrated to the US with his wife Mary and daughter Catherine in 1909 and lived in Battle Creek, Michigan. He was a stoker at the Gas Plant, which meant he shoveled coal into furnaces there.
He was by all accounts a good and honest man. He pronounced his name Ay'-lee-o, as opposed to I-yell'-o. He and Mary had four children by 1914.
He went by Joe Ellen for convenience, as that is what people called him in Battle Creek, and he is listed as such in the 1916 City Directory.
In 1917 on a Friday in late September, he left work at 4:00PM as usual and never made it home. Joe's wife had the police out looking for him, because it was very unusual for him to not come home at night. A co-worker seen walking with him told police Joe suddenly parted from him saying he had to "go see a man". He stated that he thought Joe had a bottle of liquor he didn't want to share.
His body was found the next morning on the bank of the Mill Pond near his house, and also near where he rests today.
His murderer was never publicly identified, but the main suspect named in newspaper accounts was later committed to insane asylums until his death in 1945.
(bio by: Census taker)
He was by all accounts a good and honest man. He pronounced his name Ay'-lee-o, as opposed to I-yell'-o. He and Mary had four children by 1914.
He went by Joe Ellen for convenience, as that is what people called him in Battle Creek, and he is listed as such in the 1916 City Directory.
In 1917 on a Friday in late September, he left work at 4:00PM as usual and never made it home. Joe's wife had the police out looking for him, because it was very unusual for him to not come home at night. A co-worker seen walking with him told police Joe suddenly parted from him saying he had to "go see a man". He stated that he thought Joe had a bottle of liquor he didn't want to share.
His body was found the next morning on the bank of the Mill Pond near his house, and also near where he rests today.
His murderer was never publicly identified, but the main suspect named in newspaper accounts was later committed to insane asylums until his death in 1945.
(bio by: Census taker)
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