Evening star., 1905-09-21
DYNAMITE OUTRAGE
Fellows a Black Hand Letter
in New York.
BARBER THE VICTIM
BUTCHER SHOP BLOWN UP uE-
ExPEcTEDLY.
Front Torn Practically to Pieces
Whole Structure Mass
Of Wreckage.
'ER THE VICTIM
Special Dispatch to The Star.

NEW 1OHh- september Zl.-Anotner
dynamite outrage terrorixed the East Side
last night. 1t followed a series of black
mailing letters signed BLACK Hand" and
the police place it against the account of
the same gang which is suspected Of hav-
ing perpetrated six other similar outrages
within the year This last bomb, 1t ap-
pears. was exploded a warning to Sal
vatore Scarito. well-to-do barber, with a
shop on the ground floor of the hve-story
dcEble-tenement house at SO 1st avenue:
but. as promiscuous dynamite often accom-
plishes the unexpected and undesired. 1t Is
NJ wonder that the butcher shop of Harry
Blumberg. in the same building. lacks
front this morning. and that the delicates-
sen store Of Joseph Frieber. on the ground
,ncor OF "a. has no glass in the show win
dow or In the door
As for Scarito's shop. its mirrored and
frescoed walls are a memory The front
is torn practically to pieces. All Of the
hallway between 1t and the butcher shop Is
q mass of splinters. The tagging on the
front is cracked and torn up in places. The
floor OF the shop itself is a mass of wreck
age Chairs are overturned, and mirrors
and bottles smashed.
Heard for Blocks.
I So powerful was the explosion that It
was heard for blocks around, and although
1t was after 1 o'clock in the morning. and
the neighborhood retires early, the hap
pening brought a big crowd Of frightened
persons on the streets. 1t aroused Captain
McDermott in the Fifth street police sta
ton and brought him to the rescue with
the reserves at his heels Even in police
headquarters, blocks away on Mulberry
street. the detonation was distinctly audi
ble
Detective Sergeant Petosino of the italian
squad is in charge of the case. and is
making every effort to run down the per-
petrators of the outrage. but this Is
clever gang of rascals, and SO carefully
have they covered their tracks. not only
in this instance. but in similar cases. that
the police have scarcely clue on which
to work.
1t appears that there is a we'll organized
society of italian blackmailers which tries
to make a living by preying on the Tears
of those. of their countrymen who have
worked hard and acquired modest fortunes.
In all of the dynamite outrages OF the last
year which bear the marks OF this society
the victims have been Well-to-do Italians.
Been Hard Worker.
Scarito during the years he has been In
this country has been a hard worker,
which. combined with his thrifty disposi-
tion. has given him a modest little compe-
tence. Working practically always In the
same neighborhood. the growth OF his busi-
added another chair to his shop and made
the boast that he had the most complete
place Of its kind in the section People be-
gan to say that Scarito was getting rich.
and Scarito himself, for that matter, made
no secret Of his prosperity.
But Scarito got his first letter signed
BLACK Hand on September TO- and, began
to regret the opepness with which his
wealth had been commented upon. Another
was received on September 13, and still an
other on September Is. This was the last
Each letter contained threatening language
and warned him that If he did not give to
be blown up
The strange feature about these letters
was the fact that none Of them named
meeting place where the Italians might
turn the money over to the blackma1lers.
Scarito says that as far as that was con-
cerned he was helpless, even II he had
cared to give up the money to buy peace
of mind Here is a sample Of the sort OF
reading the postman brought to the DarDer; a:
1--WE live up to our word. we are tne
men who visited Pailabino IN Lloth ", s.Ies'
and Giro the grocer. in Elizabeth street.
You know what we did to them. We Woot
sit ON the table any longer.
s.You know what we did to them, and the
damage You pay the 5000 or we will
asieneSS BLACK HAND"
Reputed to Be Wealthy.
Pallabino Is reputed to be the weaHhiest
Italian in Harlem. He Is retired con-
tractor and owns a great deal of real estate.
After he had ignored several blackmailing
letters he was aroused shortly after mid
night on the morning Of August 81 by the
explosion OF bomb, which practically tore
away the door Of his house.
Giro had the front of his Elizabeth street
grocery store shattered by bomb just
about a year ago, after he had tried to
trap the writer's OF the biackmailing letters
he had received.
Scarito. the barber. turned his letters over
to Captain McDermott Of the 9Th street sta
ton. who gave them to Detective Sergeant
Petrosino. who. himself an italian. has
been unusually successful in running down
Italian criminals. Petrosino. however. had
little to work on, as no meeting place was
letters were written on ruled paper in
big round hand, which spoke OF careful
attempt at disguise. The letter &C." was
at the head Of each page. as though placed
there for sort of monogram
There was never better example OF the
daring of these men than last nights out
rage, for they must have guessed that the
barber had turned his letters over to the
police The place was carefully watched.
The man on post had instructions to watch
for suspicious characters. But these men
crept up. placed bomb IN the door. ngnt.
once disturbing the reflections OF the po-
lice. Captain McDermott was retiring in
the station house. soon after 1 o'clock
when the explosion occurred. He shout
Ell for the reserves and set forth on the
run The street in front of the tenement
house was in confusion when the police
arrived.
Thirty families live In the house. and all
of them had been aroused and sent scream
ing in their nigt clothes down to the street.
After a hurried investigation OF the dam
age. Capt. McDermott quieted them and
sent them back to bed. In the rear Of the
butcher shop the policemen found Max
Lipschitz, the butchers helper. who had
been asleep in the rear room. He was on
his knees praying when the men broke IN
ON him.
Scarito said this morning that he had al
ways been peaceful man and that he had
no enemies as far as he knew. Several of
his friends, whose names he did not care
to mention. he said. had received similar
threatening letters and had paid up with
out reporting the matter to the police.
ODD FELLOWS SELECT TORONTO.
Washington May Be Urged for 1908
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