Show origin of the black hand there was a historical foundation for the name naine black hand according to back in inquisition days daye in spain there was la mano nera a secret society which fought the government and the church it passed mid the he secret societies of southern italy were its heirs twenty years or more ago a false report was raised in spain that la mano nera had been revived the story lingered lit in tho the brain of a herald reporter jand and ono one tine day ho he attempted to nato nate waning interest in a puzzling italian murder case by speculating a as to the coming 0 jo o the black back hand among latin immigrants in america the other newspapers seized on the idea eagerly and kept it going |