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Show BOY TOLD SECEETS AND 10 MURDERED BY MEMBERS OF "BLACK HAND" GANG. Most Cold Blooded Assassination, the Murderer 'Having Been Selected for the Purpose of Punishing the Lad. Salvatoro Bossoto, 18 years old, was shot to death at his father's restaurant In Park street, Now York City, by Carlo Rossatl, 35 years old, because ho had disclosed to tho pollco secrets of tho alleged "black hand." Tho father fa-ther wns knocked down nnd choked Into Insensibility by tho slayer, who then ran down tho street followed by a great mob. Italians to tho number of 1,000 later atacked tho Elizabeth street pollco station, hurled missiles nt tho police and prisoner, hurting two detectives nnd ono policeman. They would havo torn tho murderer limb from limb If It had not beon for tho nrrlvnl of tho rcservo pollco from two station houses, who wero forced to uso clubs and fists and threatened to shoot. According to tho pollco tho murder wns deliberately planned by an organized or-ganized gang, which Is alleged to havo sent to Toronto for Rossatl, who arrived ar-rived in Now York City tho night previous pre-vious to tho crime. After his arrival ho was seen about Mulberry Dcnd with Italians, nnd because qt his lm-menso lm-menso stature attracted attention, Bossoto Is nn enemy of theso organized or-ganized gangs, and his son Inherited his father's opposition to tho lawless clement of their countrymen. When not studying music young Bossoto helped about tho restaurant. |