The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-19
AMERICA REFUGE
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iii. shot Big Franz" dead, and calmly q
took from Ills neck a bag containing
Isl, 100. Two cousins Of tho murdered man
|Snttempted 4 to Interfere. and were soon &
stretched out IN their own \ blood. s3ss The
lsremuining witnesses were terrified, and (;
tho nlurderers escaped WIKI
| Ri September 25. a g03, Contractor Samuel
III. Ferguson was murdered Ina peculiar
lyautrocious manner near West III duls-8s.
fscx, y I'a. He was carrying 50, 500 to pm y
oft tho men In a ilroad instruction
camp, When d dynamite mine was cx-5t
ploded In the road over which lie tray
clcd. NiiIovnr@ Kovovlck and htilovarE Pa t-s3
lftroyiclt,t both Croa tinns, were convicted /
ot5thsScrimc one OF murder ~, tho sec 4
Sond degree. Ell y. 5$S
3In#o October. 1900. n gang Of Sl,a ndits held /
up PaymaYt er yYiifred ~ Iioslcr. Of me 4
Southwest Comet ~ "a |. Coke. Cons
pany, and robbed Rim Of .a,E sum OF money
$he was carrying, 7 osle r.resstc ed q nd was
shot dead altl,onghglis companion, Mes
senger Burgess, was not hA rmed t @ II
Italians were arrested. charged win ms
crime. s3 #ss5tt l Sst ES SO rs \, y5f
without, however, the accompan ltnent Of
murder. may be found #in.the &. record o.
the last few years through y the II forei 81 Y
settlement sectiohs of Pennsyl va ne. U
M iThn victinrs include: Pat rick 81 ields,s
\ Gar IIazletoil, u bent ton Into ainsenpllity
and robbed OF 800; John 30 le.Is q ne
Same neghbor hood, = wa ylald. 4 beaten and /
robbed &c 500; John Stumpf and Florence
oswald. attacked In al lonely 4, spot rea r 81
Ea ton. robbed of Il 800 md left fors5
dead Jacob Dotar, ovcrpowered ana TOD
bed Of t600
superintc nGlen ~ & II. Ramsay ai,d sec n
sreta ~ Frank Howard. OF the JohnstoWn
water Company, while conveying w! le. oV9 E
ia 7t1le works lin June. 1868, were fir fired y
mon from 4 ambush and Ramse w wa wa = (
bndly ,youn ed. The men "
escape, but their horse was y pped5 ~
5hIghwa ylnel,. who sTrli into tIe .roa az.
a small SAFE containing the money was l',
e., f,,,,I, he wa gon and Ramsey anu
Hnwnrd n Tered to drive on " hen IN ~ Z
"a ron he'd tho scene some tune "a eEa
tha en- "a was found In the road bloWh
hi nE nieceg IA nd the money was Gonc 5 n,
III Il Aprll Mrs. Ciarfney8 q nd fler u
Is I, .yea rod 2sot, were driving near
#IInzleton with SIX to pas OH sos,loa
miners, when they were q ttackel aps
1taliars. The boy serious ~ .U, ~
Of the ba ndits before the the roppei =
lSaccomplls .ss u 55 e 1, /, !, e. t,,e
= I, \, tonallty was made Az -f.ll
f. !, ,ao,s Patterson, n. When Dana
WIT N nn>;mastcr OF Il New = oTk scon-Ss
.,,.,,s,t Ia, company, was held Up py Jour
sked forcl gners and robbie %.
one 81 tho men who MAS e 2 ptfs ro 81
charge OF being ,GomssrtlIIHp tatetient.
nv trl shed d great deal
Wn,ef, other wess hairs o. the KIM IN
Tia that an y, xea rs ago &c and
ta's, s9 the coa D cohce!yed
y asysteinatic scheme for robbi1ng
tiers 4, "a raj sid fconfederates
snnt IA of daring p S,,a
dis ana il choice gang q. OF the
catsaI teso i nj small Bands
scMes ~, thesa out upon their piaSlng
aid aid 'sT'alnIIi os share
ot o, the islstg rua II that
similarity eXistesq1, N .e
DDS Of nearly al the .Sana IN recent
aploits have 5 ne zen Is iosus'S
seIrhh s list or crimes cargcable 70 or-
cig1ers and IN to Immense length.
nlght strng 81 Noted ltpd 81 recent cases
Mil VIII ffectunllY illustrat MS ufp'evsAhs
chapte crime - & S,d shapiro, on Illz-
nhs slipsleps nj sw 'e York broad dsy
isht onan,a',si sRSSpltlnfR a al so.
ny i5a,ah5s y youhg John Mich
;9ssrenmn n pean s ~ mp
OCt SLGT,ia ~
idated Gas Company torla =. =! + ~
EIillng Of Leroy WA lianls, ne G drlver;
tI,n1n1n murders and OF her traces py
MI Es,es' iiunga rims, Slays and lta l'ans ~
ithnSCrpple Creek troubles. Z
tT1TrImr the last few weeks more or, less
ynnithVS Italians In different CIT les nave s,.
nest, tsrrorIzed sby receiving demands ion
,,,rnev - from the BLACK Hand ~ Society,
3nm A9rrnnizatton OF their. countryinen,
iiliIs socety, 1t As stated, allas ~ ssesse.l
cerflln sums a ainst prosperous y q lans'
2andsis proueedin g an Its own pc u pall-
dit way to epll ect, the penalty Tor no
IN being death,
y Tenr TINT these death threats are not
Idle greatly worries tho recipients OF the
Iiatiy IN January g woman vas &, fq 3
ftllo Several days before sl,e 1llformeu
srno Of her neighbors that she had Ee,
eoiVed a letter from the Blaok Hand,
demanding 1900 under fpanaNy of DEATH,
|'1rhreats of }ti,s illysterioas and ( blood
gthlrty organization carry. all 10 more
Wyeight because last year August Saliva
Ore Bossoto, an eighteen yearSo d. DON
was shot To death In hisS fathers 3restall-&
rant. iii Park Street New York ) because
lie iH'i lad d, disclosed "Blad IIandN secrets 4
10 tho police, !, u lseAs IA
Women Use The Sword, s n
All well educated Spanish women are taught