Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-23
DUPED BY AN AGENT.
Angry Italian Miners Looking for the
Scalp Of Luigi Casabona,
WHO G0TTHEIR HARD-EARNED PAY
The Police After Boys Who Robbeda Sicilian
in Allegheny.
WORK OF THE COPPERS IN TWO CITIES

There are numerous Italians within the
region through which THE DISPATCH cir
culates, and possibly very much further
afield still, who are much interested in as
certaining the whereabouts of one Luigi
Casabona. From Casabona's treatment of
some Of his countrymen it would not be
good for that parsonage to meet his INJURED
compatriots. Luigi is one of pretty
numerous class of Italians who live on
their fellows. He works the employment
racket" over the country, and, being en-
riched himself, finds a change of scene essen
tial to his continued good health. His latest
victims are 45 miners of Larimer, whom he
brought there from Wisconsin. He went
up to the ore mines, and represented him
self to his countrymen there employed as
the agent of coal company at Larimer. He
depicted the great amount of money to be
earned in the coal mines of Larimer, and
succeeded, ultimately, ip inducing 45 Ital-
ians to abandon their steady employment
there and agree to go to Larimer.
Made All the Money He Could.
Casabona was supplied by the company
with transportation for all the men he could
get, but that style of earning livelihood
was not sufficiently exciting for that enter
prising emigrant from Naples He told the
miners they should pay him $11 so each for
finding them such lucrative work. The men
had not the money, but they agreed to allow
Casabona to draw their wages at Larlmer
until he was paid. The unfortunate victims
went to work and labored for over a month
to pay the vampire, who, as soon as he had
drawn all the money, amounting to about
5000, it is stated, left for parts unknown.
The foregoing recital of facts was related
to DR.. Nardyz by some of the men who
came to Pittsburg to see if they could OBJ
tain redress.
'The country is full" said the doctor,
when he had related the incident to DIS
PATCH reporter, "of thieving Italians who
act like this fellow. They travel around
from city to city and district to district i'm
posing on their countrymen and making q
livelihood out of systematic robbery. This
is not an isolated case; only the other day
there was similar affair in this city, and
they frequently crop up.
Don't Find Their Work Very Hard.
sThese fellows are clever rogues with
smooth tongues, and they find little diff
Guilty in gaining their point with their
ignorant countrymen. The victims know
nothing of English, and so never report
these embezzlements to the police"
'tRegular thieves, doctor ?'
GAS much thieves as the Camorista of
Naples, who make a practice of blackmail-
ing and doing the dirty work of their richer
brethren. The Neapolitan Camorista are
not vicious; they do not kill, declare no
vendetta Ii Ike the Mafosi, or take the ex-
treme punishment of criminals into their
own hands. If Neapolitan has grudge
against his neighbor he just gives the tip to
the captain of the Camorista, and inside of
"a hours the neighbor has received as severe
a beating as he could desire. The Camorista
are thieves, and the biggest thief is the
biggest man among them"