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Show ITIIIH (RIMIML CMSsr.x. riiiliAfa IhonoUbl New Orliana tragedy baa rendered tb crime committed com-mitted by Italtaoj In thla and other cainlrlea more conaptcuotia than (onuerly, 11 thla aa It may, a number num-ber of drvdtc( lurpaniliig horror haro laldy been arpetrated In which Itallana hare lieen tho prlnolal. Home flghla they have ha J among themaelTM bar bon chariH.terltiid by th mottfrlghlful alrocllle. Hut tin Ir own conflict nr not o( ao much concern con-cern to the general I'Ubllo aa are lb liuUnce whore Ihelrmurderouantta ar dlrccteil agalnat other pimple. The account -of a tragedy thatliaa Juit occurred at Hoiithrt, an llngllali watering In, It Mood curdling; lu lie details An Italian named Cummlno Attacked a landlord named Bawyer w Ith a knife. The man who waa aamlled de-feuded de-feuded blmu If with a ilmlr, which waaaoonaiuuhed. Hawyer'a wife and daughter came to hla relief, when tb Italian drew a rorolrer and fired. All three of Ida rlcllnn were mortally wounded. In ihta country, of late, almllar acenea hare been eu icted. Tho butcherlei commute,! by th brutal claawa o llallaua aro rendered all the more repugnant, becaue they araalmoetlnrarlably aawclateil wllh lh UMo(th knife, or dirk, (rom an attack with which th brarrat people lu'llnctlvolyehrluk. Then la a natural nat-ural dread of meeting death by the proceHOfatabblng, cutting and earring. earr-ing. Much a method Inaplrea much mora tirrur than tho bullet. Itocent development allow that lion llita who hav aaaoclatcd Italian hiavytllUlnauf their lalra with tho etlh tto aiid Ken t aaaawluallon havo hi I eooio (oundatlon for audi porlrayala, Tho Matla rurrlatlont, providing a tllha of tbem oan be rolled upon aa corrnt, Indicate lhataccrrt mur ler Ii a thrlvlug bualni-aa with the vlllalnoua organUatlon. lleceutly tho rormpondent o( tbo lonJon Jluea nt Homo garo an Inter-eating Inter-eating ttatenieul of the prlticlpha upou which the Mafia la fouuded and which Inaplre Ita operation. It la Mated that IheaocletyhaalU gradta at clearly de-llliedaathoiraoeilio de-llliedaathoiraoeilio lioblllly. At lb roola of It la n prlnclplo of morality, uilled Umerta, which la reeogulted aa the flr.t quallllcatluu. Thla Maflote aUlractlou of morality "eatabllahea aa tbo drat duty of a mau to ilo hlmaelf Jiiatlcn with lila own hanJa (or all lijurlca received, and atampawllh Infamy aud holda up lu lublla execration and public engeanco whoever apwala to Juitlcu or aaalata Ita operatloua." Ha atrong a hold haatblt principle that or en lh hontat common people regard It aau virtue lo hide an uaaaaalu or to decline to littlfyagalnat hi m, thu colo of tho Omvita being that "when on man la dead wo niuit think of tho living one," and that "giving urldonca la good aa longaa U doe not harm thu uelgli-lior," uelgli-lior," Under tho operation of Hide twoconrenlant prlnclplct It would bo almont Impoaalhle to eeouro erllenco (orthaoonvlollon of ataaaalnavcru It not (or the free uao of money by tho police. Th lowwt member of the Mafia It tb man uteugola, who It tbo ttlon.1 who lilJve, or fitda, or aldt lh acllva agent ol irlme, ud euiui timet briu or Ihreateua the Jury when the criminal la brought lo trial. Thu next grade la tho malm-drluo, malm-drluo, wiiotaapoaltlvn (rlmlnal.cfltn of Iho wurt lyiw, and la III orginlter anldlriitornfbandaof brlgauda. Outwardly Out-wardly ho Uvea honittly, hat a buil-ni, buil-ni, It regular lu hta llfo, and U a cltl-xeii cltl-xeii lu full imaenlon of lilt rlghta and irlvlli'gi. It rotectaand aldt the brig tilde an I cittle atealert aud highway high-way robburi with whom ho la In con. nivanoo, au 1 aailata lu illainalnof th booty to lila own iwcuulary adranUge. rtiuMifla being Urgely male up of nurderera an I cut-throita, the rry xlalence of any community which the them abetter la menaced. Th blitcratloiiof audi n alulater organlxv linlaaaeriiuaqueatlon In tbltcoun-ry. tbltcoun-ry. It It a work mile more dlillcult ifttllalniiinitbythe(ucttbtltrecolVM ild an I comfort from a claw of Amerl- uia who will engige In any achenie, uomattor huw nefirloua, which will luture them auuiu lu money-niaklug, -Wg.'fii. |
