The record-union., 1894-06-04

WAS DuI Ln6n aDprlSeu Vi bIo lhuiuci,
calmly exclaimed, pointing to the corpse,
Me no want; dead Hun no good ~
This expresses the sentiment OF these
foreigners. They seem to be actuated by
the philosophic reflection, "Dead man no
good; let live man live" They live up TO
this by refusing to recognize their muir
dered relative and protecting his muir
derer.
ITALIANS MORE PATRIOTIC.
Among the Italians there is more patri-
otism and more love manifest, though
they are clannish to an extreme degree,
hiving also in settlements in which few
hundred are gathered together. They
have few fights among themselves, but
they are always willing to draw stlletto
behind tile back of fellow cOuntrylnan
from neighboring settlement.
The rivalry between these settlements
is intense and whenever men from each
clash there is sure 10 be tight There
are numerous feuds between the Huns
and Italians also, and many Hun is
found on the mountain roads with his
abdomen ripped open and no clew to the
perpetrator OF the crime.
An Italian very seldom quarrels with a
man of his own settlement, but il he does
and kills him he is ostraciZed by all the
Italians in the region, and they lend all
their efforts toward his capture and pun
friend TO death in a quarrel over game
OF cards five weeks ago. He escaped, but
was pursued by officers and number Of
Italians who volunteered their services.
For six days he managed to elude them
in the woods, and then, penniless and
starving, with no hope OF escape, threw
himself in front of a locomotive and was
crushed 10 death.
If, however, an Italian kills a rival
f,-O, hQ la
catches him, he is SO well protected by his
friends.
Free from nearly all dangers of arrest
and punishment, the murdererS are be-
coming more and more numerous. Be-
low HaZleton, where many foreigners are
engaged in the mines, and on the strip
pings the lawlessness is widespread, and
little if any attempt is made to cope with
it. Not only are the victims Huns. Slays
and Italians, but citizens OF respectability.
Now as | write the news comes that
pedler has been found on the mountain
road, near Etervale, with his skull
crushed and his pack stolen. AS usual,
there is no clew.
These attacks by the highwaymen are
attributed to the Italians. many OF whom
were brigauds in their own country and
cannot resist the temptation to carry on
the same pursuits here. Indeed, | have
it from good authority that there Is a reg
uIarly organized band of brigands near
HaZelton, who in Italy were members of
the infamous Mala Vita and were COM
PEELED to flee to this country after COM
mitting some crime.
Nearly every Hun and Italian in the
coal fields is armed with revolver or
knife. Perhaps there is no better evidence
of this than an interview l had week
ago with the sales agent of the largest
arms manufacturing establishment in the
East. l asked him how business was.
81 find 1t better this year." he replied,
than it has been for some time, despite
the financial depression, and We have to
thank the coal regions for it. Not very
many years ago our trade was chiefly i'll
the West; then every cowboy and every
miner wanted rifle or revolver. With
advancing civilization the demand rapidly
decreased, but as we lost our trade liz the
West we gained it in the East, and it is
steadily increasing. Our customers are
in the coal regions, and they retail to the
foreigners employed around the mines.
Last year in this part of Pennsylvania I
sold $4,000 worth of revolvers, and this
year / expect to add SIC. 900 to that figure"
With nearly every Hun, Slav, Polander
and Italian i'll LuZerne, Carbon and
Schuyikiil Counties armed, it is not sur
prising that SO many-of them suffer vio-
lent deaths.
DETECTIVE wHALEN's TALK.
I had long talk with County Detective
Michael Whalen on the subject. He said
The local officers seem utterly unable TO
cope with this flood of crime, and it is
constantly increasing. / am, of course
notified when a murder is committed,
and go to the place. The body is there.
shot or stabbed. as the case may be, the
evidence perfectly apparent that there
had been foul play, but, as usual, nobody
knows anything about it. 1t is difficult
to get any story from those who must
have been nearby; or If they speak at all
it is with the careful intention of exon
Grating themselves OF all knowledge OF
the affair.
well, put the local men to work in
search of clews and work myself. Two
or three days pass, or week, and we
have managed to collect a little evidence.
Then there is another murder in another
part of the county and l am of to that.
Between them all and the disadvantages
under which we have to work we accom-
plish little, ii anything"
There have been but one Italian and
one Hungarian murderer convicted in
the first degree and hanged in this
county. The Hungarian, Volkavitch,
was bright, intelligent fellow. He was
Jealous of boarder at his house, and one
night followed the fellow from the house
and Drained him with an ak. While
placing the body on the railroad track he
was caught.
MURDERED THE PAYMASTER.
The Italian, Michael Rizzilo, or "Red
Nosed Mike,' as he was called, headed
band of four men who waylaid Paymas-
ter Mcclure OF Philadelphia and his as
sistant. Hugh Flanagan, on the mount
aims near this town, shot them dead and
stole Sl2, ,0G0 they carried to pay the rail-
road gang to which the murGerers be-
longed.
Captain Linden and eight Philadelphia
detectives were engaged on the case, and
after several months fastened the crime
on RiZZilO. lie was tried and hanged.
His companions escaped to Italy, where,
after q long controversy with The Gov
ernment. they were tried over there, con-
Yicted and sentenced to various terms of
imprisonment.
For all the murders committed since
these, the officers have been unable TO
convict any hungarian, Polander, Sav
or Italian of murder in the first degree.
Besides the general alarm which these
crimes are causing throughout this region,
there is another feature which has ma
terial weight with the people-tbat is the
ex pense. The Constabes and borough
and township officers, if they cannot con-
vict any foreigners OF the murders, can
made arrests on suspicion by the whole
sale, and do not fail 10 do so for the fees
they get. The result is that daily the
county is put to great expense to iced the
prisoners, pay their car fare and the Con-
stables and AlderInen's fees.
Tie expense or arresting Hungarians,
Italians, Slavs and Poles, and maintain
ing them in Jail pending the action of the
Grand Jury, in 1892 amounted to nearly
So, ,O0O; last year the sum total was S31 ,35e,
and this year. in proportion to the alarm
ing number of crimes committed by this
clement, the figure bids fair to be double.
New York Herald.
Hired Farms.
Edward Atkinson. in the Forum, has