The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-08
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BLACK HAND STAYS
DEAD Boys FATHER
Wreak Vengeance Oh Peter La
mana, Whose Body is Found
III River.
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FOUND BADLY MUT!LATED
Illustration Of Plot to Fleece
BADLY MUTlLATED
Illustration of Plot to Fleece
Wealthy Italian Believed to
Be Cause of Crime.

II BE CatlSe OF Oflf11e.
NEW ORLEANS. LA. September o.
Peter Lamana, father Of Walter La
mana, an eight-year- old boy who was
Kidnapped by members Of the BLACK
Hand" and later choked to death, Is
now beloved to be also victim of
the kidnapping plot. and the imprison-
|ment OF Black Hand members is as
cribed as the motive of the MUIR,
der
A mutilated body. answering the de-
Iscrtptionfof the father of the murdered
boy. was found in box in the Mis-.
sissippi River yesterday. The box
was seen floating in the water at
Jamestown, La. and men along the
riversf front went out in skiffs and towed
the body ashore. 1t was found to
contain the body of a large. dark COM
Iplexioned man, who, to every appears
ance, had been murdered. Despite the
fact that the body was badly mutilated.
\ It was readily seen that 1t answered a
close description of Peter Lamana.
Boy IL Stolen.
4 The river steamer Trudeau brought
the news to New Orleans from James,
town this morning. Friends OF La
mana here, on hearing the description,
Il
several started Off at once for James
town to identify the body and bring It
home.
It was on Juno Sth that Walter
Lamana disappeared from his home.
At first 1t was supposed no had been
lost and the city was searched for
him. No trace of his disappearance
was discovered until June 10th. when
| Peter Lamana, the father, who was a
Ht,n foIio ~nN t,,nI a Jnt
signed by the Black Hand demanding
| $4,000 for the child. The father of the
| lad was frantic. Attempts were made
by the police to decoy the kidnappers
and bring them to Justice. The whole
| city was stirred and vigilance commit
| tees were formed to search for the boy
and to catch the members OF the Black
! Hand.
The kidnappers became frightened at
the furore they had caused, the city not
| having been SO stirred up since the
| famous Malta murders, and ceased
their efforts temporarily to get the
ransom. The child was kept in hid
| Ing. however. the Black Handlers hop
| ing that in time the excitement would
die down somewhat and they would
| then find opportunity to barter the lad
| for a large sum.
Child Is Murdered.
The boy was kept under guard by
| an Italian and his wife, but he was
so miserable that he cried incessantly
and finally the Italians became SO an
noyed at him he was murdered. The
| headless body was found IN q swamp
| Just outside of the city. The head
! was near byss-A was supposed that
the .boy~was strarEled and his neck
| broken. and that the head was then
| separated from the body by decompo-
sition.
The first evidence against the band
of kidnappers came out through q
| woman, who discovered that her
sweetheart had been implicated In the
| affair. She told the police. Five per-
sons were arrested and several es-
capped by leaving New Orleans.
Confessions of Plotter.
The arrest of one of the principal
police to the spot where the boys
body was found took place in tho
night. On the information Of Nicolina
Gebbia. the woman who discovered
that her sweetheart was implicated In
the kidnapping, the police learned that
the boy was in hiding at ST. Rose,
where Ignacio Campigciann kept a
sugar farm, The police. with vigil
ance committed. which insisted on
joining with them. were taken to
Campigciana's house on the railroad
i by Frank r. Mooney. Of the Illinois
4 Central. Mooney afterward told the
story of the capture.
1--WE stole up quietly to Campig.
ciana's. home in the dark" he said
j"fearing he would hear us and either
escape or injure the boy. The house
& was surrounded and Judge Patoron
!! who led the searching party, raped
nt fJn
/ We kicked and battered the door fol
!. fully five minutes before any one ap
4 peared.
n Light Appears.
Finally a light appeared upstairs
"A Campigciana thrust his head from thu
A window and asked what was wanted
4 He was told to come down. He refused
4 When we threatened to break oper
4 the door he finally consented. and ap
peared in his night garments.
1--WE told him we were after tn,
4 ders and declared he knew nothing
whatever of the case. The police
4 wanted to arrest him, but the yigi
4 lance committee interfered. They out
"A numbered the police ten to one, ant
were determined to find out the truth
"Campigclana was bound hand 3ant
foot, rope was put around his neck
and he was dragged out into the yart
toward a tree. He became frightene,
then, and said he would tell all. W.
!. took him back to the house and un
bound him. He again declared he
knew nothing. Again we bound hin
:. and swung the rope. which was tiee
: about his mack, over a limb. When hi
felt 1t taut he begged for mercy. Jus
then his own child, who was In the
house. began to cry.
eve told him he would never see the
chtld again II he did not confess i'm.
medlately. He asked to go back into
fbo-- hon t-1Ike cd he