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Show MURDER THE COMMON RESORT OF THE MAFIA. An Arsensl of Arms Ussd by Msfls Murderers. Tho riH-ent Mnfla murilor lu New York city has aroused anew Interest In tlila tiiurh-ilremled Hlt-lllan aet-ret order. The Malta Is one of the oldest secret orgsulatlutis In the world, anil was started In Klclly with lbs purisise of lighting the Italian government. govern-ment. Ileaitiinarters of the society are at rulermo, but scarcely a village vil-lage on the Island Is without a branch, lu this country nearly every laige city has a branch of the order, anil fur isuny yeurs New Orb-ana waa Us center cen-ter In the United States. Originally the society did not resort re-sort to violent means, but grudually the members soiiulit to gain their ends In any manner possible, and Is recent times murder bus been frequent fre-quent as the result of this vicious organization. or-ganization. The fact that members of the Mulls aro hound together by the strongest natha and fi ar of bringing bring-ing down the aociety'a wrath makes Hie task of ferreting out and punishing punish-ing the crimes attributable to the order almost luitionslble. A ilccuile ago New Orleans was the scene of many vloleul disturbances because of the .Maiiu, -pd the trouble filially culminated the murder of Chlr of I'lilleo llenr.essey In ism. Sixteen men were arrested and charged wllh the crime, but the )uiy failed to rnnvlct any of them, viils ao enraged the people that a mob secured se-cured oloven of Hie men whoso guilt seemed Imllspuiuble aril aiinumirlly lynched them. This action cause L-a aerlous (tlploiiiailn altercation Viii tne Itnllan governmeft, but since it time New Orleatm has been sli,B. r-ly r-ly free from trouble with the M.. x. |