Show ITALIAN ATTEMPTS BLACKMAIL BLACKf A L AND LANDS IN JAIL IN SAN SAi SA FRANCISCO San Francisco Jan 12 On last Fri En Friday Enday day morning a letter was delivered to Antonio Brenta a prosperous Italian proprietor of or the Hotel Glan Upon opening It he discovered that hut Ii It w was s a demand for and time the lIVEs of himself his wife and amid his Were welo threatened unless he carried the th amount in a sack tonight and deposit deposited ed It at the foot of a certain electric light pole In Washington square TIme Tie fetter tetter was signed El Mano Nera the Black Hand Brenta Bren took the letter l to Policeman Rocca who advised him to go so on with the program and offered to as assist a him bim Brenta took a sack filled a 4 with poker polier chips to the appointed place l ce tonight and then he and Pollee Polk nan man Rocca hid themselves nearby rb At the appointed time a an ap appeared appeared appeared to secure seure the money aVd fi ad ld was promptly taken into custody by b the officer He Ho proved to be John B na nan in an n Italian who claims to have come here from New York City on Nov 6 He says that he acted alone in tn the matter although ha ho alluded to the society so in the t e letter He says rays he ho adopted this method of securing money because It seemed tOmed easy to him He Hels Heis is being held b ld and a id an investigation of his record will be made by the tho th r po lice licer r I T |