Show BLACK BAC NAND HAND IS PLOT NOT AN ORGANIZED BODY NEW YORK June 9 The The police officials of of- officials in in this city who are carrying carrying- on the tho detective work start started a b by Joseph Jo To seph Petrosino assassinated in in Sicily and who are considered the best authorities au on the Black Hand are inclined in inclined in in- dined to discredit the tho dispatches from Cincinnati which sa say f y that the Italians arrested there and in n other cities are arc tho the leaders of the tho Black Hand s syndicate syndi syndi- cate cato which has hus terrified this country for foi several years jears The They say sap that there is is no extensive Black Hand or organization that most frequently frequently frequently fre fre- the Black Hand consists of one or two or three persons who conspire to obtain money from rom a certain victim by the tho use of throats threats Had there been beena a national or organization of any kind hind these theBe officers say it would have been broken up long on ago but the tho fact that this character of Oj Bg b blackmailing is conducted conducted con con- conducted ducted by numerous individuals who have no connection with each other but simply copy ono one another's methods has hascon con contributed the principal difficulty difficult in uprooting tho the evil |