Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-05

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A feature os the Mana. thss famous sr-
eaaizafisn Of ozneirsi, which driven az
the bayanst's point from tts birth place
IN Sicily has established = home In New
Ysrk. New Or.sans and the other cities of
thu United States, Is the determined and
aascrupuloas opposition IL e6sry 20 the
ef1lcsrs Of the Law.
A cauntsrfsiring cass tried some time
azo well illustrates this pscGiiArity. A
sieili4n Was arrested tor utrerinz base
coin. Ths officers Of the Governments
were secretly warmed mat ths prisoner
bsIongei 20 the NADIA And IN consequence
took every prscaurioa 70 prevent al es-
cape ana u ensure . conviction The
first move by the criminal was Offering
bail This peared good as frss sight.
bus on . careful iavestsS alton proved TO
bs sof straw" Nothing daanted by ths
failure, tns friends Or colleagues of the
countsrfeiter attic pied 10 falsify the dies
and coin which were 70 BE- used in evil
dsaes. This vas also prevented BY the
odicsrs Of the law.
. A shird step WAS a sndesver to cor
sups the complaing witnesses. This
proving ine5ecta they tried intimida-
siou, but with no grssser success A con-
spiraey was next hsscaed 20 kill the chief
witness. and likewise turned ous abort
i've. The Governments stsSrney began the
trial feeling certain Of . conviction, and
presented very strong case. from which
there seemed to be nos loophole OF co
cape. Cpoa the defense, witnesses were
produced By the accused who swors that
he vas Innocent. aad thai his daughter.
. girl Of about %. was the real offender.
The girl herself confirmed the story,
and no coufr1dlctory witnesses could be
obtained hJ The prosecution The jury
found tho prisoasr innocent and con
vfcsed the woman, whom neither the
fudge nor the c.ncsrs believed to be
guilty of the crime.
In SPEAK ng Of this society, George Rid
die. New York detective, said: "One
Of their ofdsss habits Is 20 settle their
own quarrels withoas appealing to the
courts The systsm they follow isnsither
the duel, tho vendetta nor b.ood-fsud
but altogether original recall . case In
Mulberry Bend. A GAMBLER belonging to
the Iombardi gang. at No 50. In that
street, robbed . member OF the FrAnci
gang &c No. 35. Of watch, revolver and
considerahle cash. Tue victim was
asleep when IL occurred, but On avalon
ing went resolussly to work 90 md oui
who Was the thies In 81 hours he had
identified the thief TO bis own satisfac
ton. Getting two friends to Join him
he ambushed the plundercr and, with hts
xnifs as the latter's throas, recovered the
revolver, bat not tho watch As this had
In all probability been disposed Of, HI
took what money and vsfuablss his cap
tive had and went back to his home Tbs
vanquished thief swore to have revenge
and . few nights aftsrward. when he
found his euemy alone IN . low dive, At
eacked and slashed the latter with
q razor. The police appeared upon hear
tng the outcry oecasioned By the brawl
bus assailans escaped The wounded man
~ carried to the seAtion house whsre his
cuts were treated BY the police surgeon
though Questioned and threatened By
tAs sergeant be refused 20 give any In
formation eoncsrning the ARRAY. The
his strength, he put bis travelling arsena
Into good order and went with his friend
In search Of his fos. The latter had IN
ticipated q retaliatory attack and nsve
went anywhere without . body-guard
On this occasion the forces were equal,
matched. They met ~ night in . dara
alley, which was 30 narrow that Only TIVE
Of each side could reach one another with
their weapons A quick exchange Of
blows and stabs resuf.ed In tho thief and
his pal on one side and one cf the othe,
being severely cut The noise drew q
crowd. on whose appearance the com
batants separated rs quickly. The polics
appeared In time and captured two 81
the injured, who were streaming with
blood. They behaved exactly a. had the
other member Of the quarrel when he wa
arrested There being no evidences
against them the authorities were COM
psflsd to discharge them with . s,ighs
fine for disorderly conduct and carrying
concealed weapons The thirst 70 blood
was etiu unassu~xed. In the ensuing
fortnight the two crowds had third aud
much more serious encounter, all being
injured snd two being almost killed.
During all this time Franci and Lom-
bsrdi sat still enioyiug the tragedy going
On under their eyes. The skill Of the
braves. their fortisusie. bravery and blood
thirssinees were discussed and landed or
deprecated according 20 the faction 70
which the critic belonged After the
third ssssuIs shesc was - much comment
and gossip in the neiyborhood so ~ 10 At
srscs the attention Of both the press and
police. Then and not until then did
Frsnci aud Lombsrii interiors and make
peace Mutual forgiveness was sworn by
the late enemies aud quiet again reigne,i
IN the two cellars whsrs the cut-throats
live when they are not drinking, gambling
or committing robbery
There IL q couicsi side 20 these knaves.
While they are not afraid Of the revolver,
and really enjoy q knife or stiletto. they
tsvcs holy horror Of the human fist and
~ The club. Captain Mecailazh and De-
sevivss Crystal and Gsrow Of the Esiss-
beth street precinct. which includes the
low Isssisa coiony. seldom resort to
weapons Of any sort in governing and
punishing shess niscrcsnss. On several
occasions they have individually bested
two armed rufInBs by weli-directesl
blows from the shoulder. Such action
deserves mere than comment on account
81 The cscl courage reaaissd Thess
brawlers are seldom satisfied With .
angie weapon. but always % provided
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