New-York tribune., 1903-04-24
DOUBTS MAFIA Is HERE.
KNOWS SUSPECTED NAN.
James f. March Thinks InseriHo In
noceHt of Murder ImpEication.

fleter Inzerllio' one of the prisoners held on
suspicion of knowing something about the muir
DER OF Benedetto Maduena. is said by James E
March. Republican leader of the With Assembly
District to be man of good reputation
1naer1uo is all right" said Mr.. March yester-
DAY to Tribune reporter. Il have known him
for several years, and know him to be a man of
good reputation 1 think it was great mistake
for him TO be arrested in connection with the
murder Of Maduena. Inzerillo has been resi-
dent Of the With Assembly District or this i'm
mediate neighborhOod for many years. He is a
naturalized citizen, and has served as a Republi-
can watcher at the polls several times
L doubt very much the existence Of a regular
Maha society N this city. as alleged in some OF
the newspapers Italians murder one another
just as passionate men Of other nationalities
murder They also are secret about it. But
they any more secret about it than those who
few weeks ago murdered Burdck in Buffalo?
Assuming. however, that it is fact that there
is Malta society and gang of counterfeiters
here, and that they banded together to
protect each other and to commit murder il
necessary. Right in this connection I wish to
suggest to General Greene that the best way to
find out bout such a condition Of affairs is for
him TO appoint eight or ten Italians to the force
and keep them in the distinctively Italian quar-
ters
crime among Italians be detected. There
is a large Italian population in this city, and 1t
is increasing all the time. Probably there are
two hundred thousand Italians of all kinds here
now. and more are coming by every steamer
from Southern Europe. Under such circum-
stances. think that 1t would be good plan to
have ten fifteen Italian policemen"
Are the Italian immigrants landing here this
spring likely to stay in or near New-Yorl1?" Mr.
March was asked.
NO; the great majority go to other parts of
the country said Mr.. March. 4 notice that
more families are coming here than ever before.
Hundreds of men and women come to my place
OF business here in Marion-st- with letters from
their relatives IN distant parts Of the United
States. Many Of the men who have worked in
this country for five or six years and have kept
their families the other side have this year
brought their families here to live. The Ital-
ians in this city are rapidly becoming well to do
There are few houses in Mulberry-st-, between
Bleecker-st and the Bend eight nine blocks.
mat are hot owned by llaHahs sIlouIo say
that fully 20 per cent OF the houses are so
owned. and the same thing be said Of other
localities in the city
The Italians are becoming liberal spenders.
When they first come they are poor as d rule.
and have to he economical As they prosper
they spend more and more money in good living
I know twenty or thirty young fellows VINO pay
SEQ suit for their clothes The tunes are
hard in Italy just now. Industries are depressed
and labor is idle 10 a large extent. The taxes
remain as high as man who Will earn
81 30 a day here will get only so 60 cents over
there for ten hours work.
When they hear from their friends over here
that good wages are being paid they soon make
up their minds come over. We are getting d
rather better class than were ten years ago
The Italian Government has been giving more
attention education among the masses 1haH
Il used to. and the difference is notlceAoie
among the younger immigrants
IT is not true that the Sicilians are partlcu-
IarIy dangerous class. I have between five hum
drad and six hundred work for me. and nave
no trouble with them. / think that the Gus
ror1 among many Of the men of going back TO
Italy for January and February will Keep up
for a long time. The cold weather OF those
two months makes many Italians sick, and II
they stav through they contract rheu1llat atiSlh
erf kindred Ills and have to pay heavy DOC
tors bills Then they begin the spring den1l7
80 AZ Ii++ie expense. and come back in March
and April in excellent shape for the year
work They have figured il. all out and they
know whether II pays them 10 go pach ioI '
exr-er77eIy cold months