Grandpa Bludgeons Easton Family With Axe
Elirio "Eli" Mantoni Sixty-year-old Elirio Mantoni of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, adored his family, especially his grandchildren, who lived across the Delaware River outside the Northampton County city of Easton. In fact, the jovial Italian grandpa loved all children; every Christmas season, the little ones of Phillipsburg, and their parents alike, would marvel at the elaborate holiday decorations he built with his own hands in front of his Columbus Avenue home. In fact, one newspaper columnist for the Easton Express , Ben Kizer, had written several articles over the years about the Christmas decorations in front of the Mantoni home. Elirio, who was known to friends and family simply as "Eli", was always good with tools, and he loved to keep busy. While most men his age contemplated retirement, he derived immense satisfaction from his job as a crane operator at the Ingersoll-Rand plant in West Easton, just a few blocks away from the home of his daughter, son-in-law...
