Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-28
SIX VICTIMS OF
THE BLACK HAND
Were Greeks or Syrians and
Were Slashed to Death
In Minneapolis.
MOTIVE PROBABLY REVENGE.
Bodies Horribly Mutilntcd and With
Cold BloOded, Systematic
Tboroushness.

Mlnnedpons, Mnfcn N,-ln "a llitle
ramshackle frame building at ?i3 Tenth
avenue, South. six Greek or Syrian la
borers were horribly butchered some
time between midnight last night and
o'clock this morning. The dead
Nicolo Demetri.
Krl Demetri.
Agne kafoill.
Kerstan YoVke
Baakon Kapanni.
Unka Naudaba.
The bodies were found this morning
mutiated with Systematic thorough
ness, which, together with the fact that
there was no robbery, points to revenge
as the motive of the crime The TRACE
dy occurred in frame shanty at 2lS
Tenth avenue.
II. Magnusson, a vegetable peddler,
rented the shack TO nine Italians or
Greeks, recently. The new tenants
were absent daytmes, but were togeth-
er every evening,
II Is believed nine men constituted
Malta, or Black Hand organization, and
were searching the city for man
marked for death. The gang evidently
found their man last night, for there
were three new faces amongst them
when they returned from yesterdays
search.
The evening was spent quietly At
midnight, however, night started evil
IDENTIFY lasting but a few minutes.
Shortly afterward six men were seen To
leave.
This morning when the police
ghpnpaH hputg hn officer heard
that six men We're seen running from
the building He broke IN a door and
there discovered that wholesale murder
had been done. In the center OF the
dark and dingy room lay side by side
four dead bodies. Blood lay In thick
pools all about the room. The officer
literally waded through It TO reach the
bodies. He found three long black
handled knives beside the bodies The
murderers had evidently let the in
iured bleed 10 death. for the wounds
were not deep but rather in long. sys-
tematic slashes which run lengthwisc
along the bodies. The faces were mu-
tilated. None OF the wounds was deep
enough to be fatal, but the loss of
blood must have been frightful.
When the search was concluded on
the ground floor, officer Peterson went
into the cellar, Here two more bodies
cut and slashed IN a similar manner,
were found lying in pools OF blood.
In a tin box upon the floor In the
first story room was found q check for
1878. 60. made out to Nicolo Demtr.
evidently priest IN the Greek Catholic
church, The box also contained $500 In
Italian gold pieces and t40V in Ameri
can currency. The room contained
several satchels. one was marked
t,. a .,
pete vestments of Greek Catholic
priest. even to the costly mitre and
robes. In this grip We're found pass
ports in Turkish, Greek and French,
Addresses to Demtri were also found
as follows:
Lincoln, H.. Box 3452;" Chicago,
ILL.,, 3lj Austin avenue ana New
Salem, ~ ID"
An address of "Kersten Rouvko. New
Salem, ~ D." was also found.
Another grip with similar vestments
and garments was found labelled Car
SEQ Demtri. Other grips were marked
Dakon Caponi and SAM Yesymi.
The police believe the victims were
lured to the spot and then tola that
they must die, A fight was started
during which not only three victims
hut three of the assailants were killed
Robbery was not the motive, for the
money was left untouched and the vic
Tins al had small sums on their per-
sons
The nine men who rented the place
We're mysterious in all their movements
during the two months of residence IN
Minneapolis. They stayed up all night
Monday, but Tuesday there We're no
lights IN the place despite the fact of
the presence OF the three extra men.