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Show LIEUT. JOSEPH PETROSINI OF ' ' NEW YORK POLICE FORCE . IS ASSASSINATED He Is Shot Down in Palermo, Italy, Near His Hotel and Dastardly Crime Is Attributed to the "Black Hand"--He Went to Italy to Work on Plan to Check Tide of Undesirables to This Country and Gained the Enmity of Criminal Class. New York, March 13. Relentless warfare will be waged against the black hand" societies by the police ol Ibis, and it Is hoped, other cities as a result of tlje murder or Lieutenant Joseph Petrosiuo, the noted detective in Palermo. For years Petrosino had been active In his work to bring to Justice members of his own race who carried on blackmailing operations in this country through threats of murder made in the name of the "black-hand." It Is believed that his murder was the result of a plot that had its conception In (he United States, and the persons indirectly responsible for his death tre still within the reach of tho American Amer-ican police. Deputy Commissioner Woods, upon receipt of notice of Pctroslnl's death, issued a statement in which he said: "It would be hard to overestimate the value of Lieut. Pctroslnl's work. Besides being a skilful detective, he was an honest, reliable man, and had the full respect of everyone. Devotion to duly and utter disregard of personal per-sonal consequences have always been characteristic of him, "It Is hoped that the assassination of I his faithful sen-ant of New York: City may bring home to the people some idea of tho seriousness of the 'black-hand' situation. Although the number of 'black-hand' crimes have been decreased about 50 per cent in ' the last few months. It Is Impossible to make any radical move against the outlaws until police departments can have tho use of the secret service, fund provided by tho city, and until congress con-gress will pass immigration laws which will keep criminals out and ..make it. passible, to put out-uuy. mat may slip In. "The Immigration laws today, as far as they effect the; entry ot criminals crim-inals to this country, go such a short way that they almost entirely fall in accomplishing the object intendod. If we are going to allow into this country men who, by breeding and inheritance, in-heritance, are accustomed to take the law Into their own hands, we must expect them to keep up their tactics when they come here." New York, March 14. A special cable ca-ble dlepalch to the Herald from Palermo, Paler-mo, Sicily, says: Lieut. Joseph Petrosinl, of the New York police department, was shot ; down and killed early this evening I near his hotel. j His assassins are unknown. He had ! come here on an Important mission, j viiicu nay tor us oujeci ine protection of peaceful Italians of America. Joseph Petrosini was the black ' hand expert of the New York police department and a terror to Italian criminals. It Is said that he had more convictions for murder to his credit than and five policemen connected with the detective bureau. In his work, It is believed he Incurred the enmity of all Italian criminals, and his death In Italy leads to the belief that he at last fell a victim to those whom he had so relentlessly prosecuted. He went to Italy more than a year ago to work on a plan, suggested by Police Commissioner Bingham, to check the tide of undesirable Italians and Sicilians Sicil-ians to this country and particularly to New York City. A native or Italy, and a man of great experience on the local force Petrosinl was the best all-around all-around man to accomplish the mission. mis-sion. A private subscription was started and $30,000. was raised. With this to defray the expense of the undertaking. un-dertaking. Petrosini left for his native na-tive land to establish bureaus through which it was hoped to keep such complete com-plete records that the news of the departure de-parture from Italy or Klcllv of anv criminal could be flashed to this country coun-try almost Immediately, no that the authorities could be on the alert nud prevent helr landing or place them under arrest. Petrosini was so accustomed to receiving re-ceiving threatening communications, and of hoaring of. threats against his "fe, that ho paid little atteution to them. It is said that ho had been warned against going to Palermo, where he is reported to have been aB-' aB-' Basfilnatlfd, but that he ignored tho threat and scofTed at the idea of being killed. Prominent Italians In the cily are of the opinion that the detective met death among his countrvmeu as a direct di-rect result of his untiring effort to .suppress the Mafia, the Camorra and the black-hand, but they think his sudden death will only serve to kindle kin-dle anew the feeling against these rlminalB, which will bring about even a moro drastic crusade against them than has heretofore been conducted. When ofllcial news of the assassin-a'ion assassin-a'ion In Palermo of Lieutenant Pet-the Pet-the black-hand, but they think hti Chief of Detectives McCafferty, he Immediately Im-mediately senate legrams to the chlets i t'f police in all the country's large cities asking them to round up every .'black-hand ' tuaiect In their locality. |