Show M MY NY KillED 0 ON N HOODOO BLOCK lO K Plague of Crime Produces one Twenty Deaths By HERBERT LITTLE United Press Staff Correspondent CE CENTERVILLE TERVILLE In la Aug 27 lowas lowa's Iowa's murder block In the tho residence district in this little town of or has seen seem twenty one tragic tragic deaths deaths In thelast the thelast last fifteen years ears Beautiful young Italian girls have o been the that caused eight of or the murders In the tho lethal area ea and eight young suitors lie Jle in a nearby gra graveyard The mood of killing has hung heavy y over o the spot Most of or tho murderer murderers have ha been ben erstwhile friends of oC the victims victims vic vic- tims turned traitor to friendship by green breen passion jealousy jealous and the tho green- green eyed eNl god of ot cn envy Camilla Russo pretty prett schoolgirl who broke Into newspaper headlines i ia a year ear ago aso slew her het man in th the fatal district She lived on a corner I nearby I The last crime was three months ago when a Mexican laborer refused credit b by an Italian HaHan ice Ico cream peddler shot I and killed the peddler as he was across the street Intersection Three Throe of oC the tho deaths resulted from shooting duels following arguments over o honor One man was found dead In tho the str street et pockets pocket ransacked cled and antI a pick run through his back several several sev sev- everal ev- ev I eral years ago Two Italians pals pats for I years met with caliber 38 automatics one sultry n afternoon and shot it out II Both were killed One Italian unidentified was found lying Iring across the crossing with his throat cut There were whispers of a vendetta vendella Four of or the tho slayings re resulted resulted resulted re- re from Crom drunken debauches when knives s and arid J revolvers ers were too easily available The hoodoo block Is avoided b by I Centerville citizens Deliver Delivery boys will travel yel four or five rIYe blocks to a avold oid avoid tho spot I A l Ibcal cal photographer refused to take a picture of the street I dont don't think It would be advisable he said I |