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Show fill) EXPLOSION CHARGED . TO BUCK HID SOCIETY Property Destroyed Was Owned by a Brooklyn Man Who Had Refused to Pay for Immunity. Now York. An Italian bomb explosion explo-sion Blmllnr in character to many which have taken place In this city within a year occurred In Drooklyn on Monday, when Peter Locnto's music store in Morgan avenue was wrecked. Locato had received many so-called Black Hand letters, but, having hav-ing refused to pay for immunity, his store was first blown up last Bprlng. In December last another bomb was left on tho Btops and tho windows and doors demolished. Since then he has received several letters demanding money, but has Ignored them, which resulted In tho third mysterious attack. at-tack. Tho lives of Locato, his wife nnd his three children, who occupied rooms in tho rear of tho store, wero endangered by tho last explosion, but they escaped with slight injuries. A) few months ago tho body of an Italian was found in tho street near Locato's store. Thoro was a bomb in tho pocket of tho dead man, and it was bellovcd that ho had been delo-gated delo-gated to commit somo outrage, had failed, and had been murdered by hla associates for his failure to carry out his Instructions. |