New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-19
CRIMES STIR ITALIANS.
NAY HIRE DETECTIVES.
did to Police IN Running D0zcm
kidnappers Is Urged.

On behalf of the italian business men OF New
York and III the interests OF the better element
of Italians everywhere. the executive committee
of the Italian Chamber of Commerce took Off
c!al action yesterday afternoon condemuing the
epidemic Of kidnapping and blackmait which
has prevailed here for several months At a
meeting held at No. 81 Broadway resolutions
were adopted upholdirg the police in the- eff
forts to bring the criminals to justice and urg-
ing the police TO greater efforts. Italian citi-
zens were called or to lend every assistance TO
the constituted authorities 10 apprehend and
punish the guilty persons.
The resolutions adopted hardly reflect the
feeling which was shown Al the meeting. The
members most bitter against the gangs
which at work in this city. Some of them
favored hiring special detectives TO gather evil
denCe for the regular police. Others wanted
the chamber 10 offer a reward for the return OF
Tony" Manniuo whose recent kidnapping seems
70 battle the police. one of the members held
out for some time for a meeting OF Italians
TO denounce the kidnappers and arouse interest
in the search for the missing boy.
The conservative element prevailed. however
and the resolutions take their tone from the
stand OF the Italian Ambassador. some OF his
cent utterances being Incorporated in the docu-
ment- There seemed TO be a feeling that the
fair fame of the Italian population was i'm
periled by the acts Of few laWless ones and
the resolutions were offered as a vindication.
The committee may have taken some action re-
garding the employment of special detectives
TO work against the kidnappers and bomb throw
ing blackmaiIers. The members would not b.
likely 10 disclose any move in this direction, as
ii would forewarn the criminals they desire to
reach.
An italian resident of St. Louis spent the
aft ar h. rhar b1if wa adT IL
ted TO the committee meeting. He said that
New-YOrk was not the only city which was
suffering from the lawless Sicans and Nea-
politans run out OF Italy by the government
secret service.
The people from the northern and central
parts Of Italy very bitter against those who
come from the southern provinces he de-
cIared. We call them black Italians, and have
nothing to do with them socially or frater-
naIly. Practically all of the Italian crimes can
be traced TO immigrants from the south coun-
try. and it would not surprise to see d
race war in this country between the two fac
lions If the crimes of the latter continue"
The president Of the chamber. Antonio yucca,
former coroner. now fruit importer at No. 23J
West-st. discussed the situation before the
committee went into executive session. He
said:
several hundrreed, thousand ern,grants came to
America from Italy last year and there little
wonder that some rev Of them are criminals. The
Secret Service police OF Italy have been active
leave itaIV They come to America aud The drst
thing they notice is the element OF personal liberty
~ ana & bne Ss Ice sScs2omed OF @ rhe P6tSs nS
seem lax to them, and even an encouragement to
criminal operations.
II the police suspect them and make arrests they
speedily obtain their liberty IN the courts. The
New-York detectives right TO search is limited, and
whiting them It is a mistake TO believe that they
Hand society /. a bit Of fiction and that il has
TO real existence They are in touch with one an
as rramns bsve II The police can ever get the
n2per hand and make the crimes of kidnapping
and blackmall dangerous these men VIII either
must be given 10 understand. however, that they
cannot operate with irnpunity The arrest and con-
great step ii this direction
The resolutions adopted yesterday read fol-
lows:
Whereas The % %ecTnmisasj0R 81 p Qt crimes ~ certain
and vicinity. particularly the crimes OF kidnapping
en given them AZ RaTe brought dscredit upon @ fe
many thousands OF honest, industrious and frugal
men AID womeh of ltaIi an birth VINO have emf
grated :he United States to establish homes for
themselves and families.
Whereas The frequency and atrocity OF these
crraes, the mystery surrounding Them and their
have a tendency TO cast an unmerited stigma upon
ts w0.e i'af Tha9 vac deBTeeafe and enounce the
crimes committed by these criminal degenerates
! and d4pore the wholesale ana unqualified coudem-
~ation OF italians. in which. doubtless from lack
Of Information. some papers and many persons have
indglged-
p-ovsl 10 TIE police and oth@r authorities in their
sYords 20 apUrchend and suitably punish the of
tenders ana
AVAILABLE means to stamp ort such crimes rid
! the community Of the criminals
Raso,,ed That We heartily iudorss the wise and
,.rH-c~o.e yiews expressed by Baron Mayor des
! Planches Ambassador 70 the United States. ex-
pressed =. these words:
f..Nobody could dcpIorc more than myself the
harm wrought by few Italians who terrorize a
! iarlse pouulatior ard prejudice the good OF
the immense jority Of their honest and laborous
fo,Intr-r3nu I do believe in the existence III
! Nez-. .Yo-k and surroundings OF Malta
(,aruo-r associa tiOr. The capture or two three
! individuals woIid put an end 10 all This trouble
! l;aliane who are tna first and most frequent vic
tins OF tho rer scoundrels should In every be
more coniident - efficiency Of tho police end re-
sis: the scoundrels' threats instead Of submitting
( to them they too otten 90.
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