| Show INO NO HEADQUARTERS I OF BLACK HAND Police Denounce Idea of Assassination Assassination Assassination Assas Assas- School as a Myth SOCIETY WITHOUT A HEAD Grafters of all al Sorts Use Dread Oread Insignia in Their Op Operations Op- Op S Now New ew York Dec Dee 25 Tho Tho police h hire here r. r scout the Idea that there thero Is a a central headquarters of or the Black Hand society In i as S s tho the constabulary of or that cI city declared after aCer the arrest of ot a band of or 19 heavily armed armell men Nor do detectives of ot tho the Italian bureau who have taken part in hundreds of or raids of ot blackmailing and throwing bomb bomb gangs gang believe there Is any such thing tiling as a n school of or assassination where Black Dack Handers Honders arc trained in the tho art artof artof artor of or murder The head of f the bureau Lieutenant Petrosino said sald toda today There Is no national or even oven local head of the Black mack Hand society that has hns an any control over the tho hundreds of oC little bands which 11 ply their trade of oC blackmail blackmail If I there was any head It I would be right here in iii New York of oC Arrests Within the past year car we have havo arrested arrested arrested ar ar- ar- ar rested more moro than 2000 Black Hand Hane criminals and obtained a fine fino percentage percent percent- age ase of or convictions Going back over the records and crimes of or these men however it Is manifest that they hano have ha no central or controlling organization Grafters of or every overy s sort rt nowadays use tho the dread Insignia of or the Black Back Hand Handas as a threat though they the never heard jf of the Camera of Naples or an any ot at the Sicilian societies of or brigands In Italy there here l Is itt a a big organization Last April AIrl ive we e got Jot Alfano the leader of pC ho tho Camara who is now now- on trial for Cor murder in Italy r Needed Ie Regulation After tho the assassination of or President McKinley continued Petrosino I r warned warned- the United States government Jo that some arrangement should be made and check between this tills country Italy Ial to the coming to this country countr so BO man many de desperate dr criminals ci Some law should be passed that w-uld w wull mako It I easy Corus for Cor forus forus us to deport these 1 men el brand them ns as a criminals ami 1111 keep them out of or the country for tor nil all ni time So far fair tHI as New ew York Is concerned we lVe uro 10 driving these men out of ot tho tim cf city or sendIng them to jail j 1 as fast Cast as 8 J I V i Jc- Jc |
