The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-28
A TERRIBLE SOCIETY.
THE MALTA SPREADING ITS ORGANl-
EATON IN THIS COUNTRY.
Secret Service Men Have Discovered That
the Secret italian Society OF Assassins
and General Criminals Proposes to Flood
the Country with Spurious Money.

the Secret italian Society OF Assassins
and General Criminals Proposes to Flood
the Country with Spurious Money.
Tho secret service authorities, of which
Chief IIazen Is the bead, recently received
Information from n trustworthy source
that tho Ma1a-that terrible secret society
OF Italian a~ssassins-has perfected It's
organization i'm this country In a stronger
manner than ever before, and has planned
a gigantic scheme of crime. The fresh
impetus TO the Malta Is tho result OF tho
recent discharge from tho Erie poniten-
tiary ord several Other prisons where
federal prisoners arc confined of a number
of desperate murderers and leaders of
counterfciting gangs who have just I'm
ishcd long terms OF imprisonment for max
ing and passing limitations OF Uncle Sans
good money.
Although the police In this country have
steadily denied that the Malta has obtained
q foothold here, the secret service opera
tors have been convinced by the most pos
tive evidence that the society Is In a most
fourishing condition and is prepared TO
carry out its scheme of crime upon "a stu
pondous scale.
Tho recent arrest In New York Of nm
Italian, upon whom was found a letter
such as was for many years used In send.
ing a threat Of punishment TO traitors In
Sicily confirms the information which has
boon received by the secret service al r.
tiles.
The evidence collected by the secret ser :
ice men shows that the Malta has its
agents in every locality where Italians
oongrogato and hds very strong and active
organizations In Now York, Chicago, Now
Orleans, Boston, st. Louis, San Francisco,
Buffalo, Toledo, 81. Paul, Kansas City,
Pittsburg, Charleston and other large cit
los In tho east and west.
Tho new scheme Of tho Malta Is In the
cornterfeitlng line, and tho plan involves
a simultaneous movement In all parts OF
the country. A largo amount of spurious
coin and bank notes Is to DO put out at the
same time, in order to flood the country
before any report Is made to tho federal
authorities of the existence OF tho spurious
money.
The Mafa's plans arc disseminated by
messengers, who know full well that
death awaits them II they arc discovered
or give any information about their bust
ness. Tho only work Of the society that
is ever put in writing Is the threat to kill
a traitor, and this is only done to torture
him before the death stroke falls.
The records of the secret service show
that nearly oil tho oounterfeiting done in
this country IN tho work OF the Malta.
The soorot service agents arc bafiod In
their investigation Of tho Mafla's work by
the scarcity of informers among them.
The Italian who turns informer condemns
himself TO death, and tho murder will be
dono In u way which will prevent detec-
tion. Tho records In police headquarters
show that there are among tie Italians
moro murders and felonious assaults for
which tho perpetrators have boen unpun-
ished than among all other nationalities
put together.
The murder Of ~F1accommia, Locio, Me-
zaro, Antonolli and n half hundred others
in New York, who were killed mostly by
accidental" discharge Of revolyers and
the falling of s~tilcttos out of a clear sky
into tho hearts OF the victims, are known
TO Italians and tho secret service agents TO
have been tho work of vengeance of the
terrible Malta, inflicted upon the informer
or its enemy.
The secret service agents, though handl-
capped, are doing splendid work In get
ting the bottom facts In this stupendous
conspiracy Of tho Malta, and they conf
IDENTIFY expect TO block the game and arrest
at least n few Of the ringloadors in tho
scheme.
ut Is mover the policy Of the Office"
said Chief Operator Bagg, who Is In charge
OF tho secret service In Now York, 'to dis
ouss the work that IL may be doing In the
detection of crime. There Is no doubt that
the Malta exists and Is "a powerful organ-
ization In the commission OF crimes as
we'll as the hiding Of them. About all the
counterfeiting that Is done now, either In
silver coin or bank notes, is the work OF
Italians, and i have no doubt that they
belong TO this secret organization. i be-
lioye every italian thief belongs to tho
Malta. New York Recorder.