Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-07-20 | Page 1 | Black Hand Secrets Are Confessed by a Member

BLACK HAND SECRETS ARE I CONFESSED BY A MEMBER Chicago July 19 By lD-By By the confession of a murderer tho the police today to ay obtained for the first time actual details upon the manner in which the Black Hand Mandl houn hounds s its victims and kills them Tony rony Baffa a prisoner in the county jail made the confession and he lie implicated five other men Inen in the killing of Guiseppe 1 who was shot upon the night of April 12 last One of the men IBell he named is in jail laving having been arrested with Baffa at the time t of the crime Three others were arrested arrest arrest- ed 1 today find and another is being bein sought ht 1 by detectives The Time confession is hideous In some somo the belief belief be be- belief be- be of Its revelations Io It confirms lief of police pollee officials all over the time world that the Black Hand Is not lIot a large and concrete organization but that the depredations of Italian HaHan ex extortionists extortionists ex- ex aro are committed by b small and Isolated bands of the lowest social typo who prey Iro upon their Industrious countrymen Baffa who is only I 19 years eals old old says sn's when was carrying a baby he w wo was sot upon after his bis ignoring m of or a demand for 2000 and that tho the thoI gang game gall wont went after atter hint him with a club a ahammer ahammer I hammer a revolver olver and several stil- stil cUes The victim was cut cul down before beI be- be I fore foie the tho eyes eos of Qt his mother and antl live five other children Nor 01 was who was Wt a C grocer the tho only victim of the organization Baffa told of many other persona who fell foil before tho the stilettos of or himself olf un und and hl his companions who operated under und th time name nam of ot limo Iho Society of Justice an and resented b being Ing called Black Hand lIand Y