Show nack HAND IS ON TRIAL FOR 10 R I 1 CRIMS HUNDREDS OF foreigners HAVE LIVED IN TV TERROR 1 N Wilkes barre pa Is U uprooting root irig the organization by a vigorous prosecution pa ap april til 22 more alore than a score of foreigners charged with being members of alo th f blackland Black hand and responsible for Tor a large number of crimes crima s in this vicinity were placed on trial here today thirteen casks of shooting with attempt to hill kill thirteen of conspiracy six of dynamiting and tw two 0 of robbery by threats and menace ac es are charged the men who are alleged to be the leaders hundreds of foreign families in this section have for years lived in a state bordering on terror a a result of threats made by this mysterious stranger which in many bahe canea j have boen been followed up with murder the men who exposed the personnel of the society aroCh art charba Ch dil arja salva toye tom and joa jos ritz brown T bovyn own the persecution of these men began in the early part of last year when a idler letter was placed under their door demanding unless the entire ritz family desired to be annihilated the principal witnesses in the case have been placed under ball to appe appear arand and families that were driven away hy by the socie tys persecution have been brought from many cities as witnesses |