The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-09-25

, sas lust been organized in -,
s sseret, oath,Oound brother her,
I t,1 Nd out the Italian criminal Ia
aD' They have sworn to Ut
Bo ...ninate the scores Of mar
'.aas that are making the
,.asro,,s with private war
/. ,aspcilessly levying blackmalI
], n Italians. The new organlza-
? ! I pven more relentless than
. ~ they are pursuing.
,anunerable blackmailers,
ni assassins who .h nave ea so per- Of
y yerae are not, howeve7' to
Minated : with pistol and still
4. new organizations plan IS
= them judicially. Through
acret agencies it will collect
/. against these men, assem-
b such magnitude , and SO con-
n that the "Black Hand oper-
Asye no more leeway. This
|.tsbOund body will have such
hat it will be able to protect rot {.
aflculty all those who aid IT,
natter of fact the BLACK
not an organization-there is
b men of that name banded
for any particular purpose.
sblv a convenient term that
applied to the acts of a thou
lpDendent gangs of vicious or
Italians. The name BLACK
i applied to a criminal soci-
coined some few years ago in
article. The criminal
y, we're quick to take it up and
as it gave a dignity and
ID their demands. So one after
ii the countless independent
ne groups of two or three, the
mes took it up and began sign
4, threats with La Mano Nera's
J name and emblem. Quickly
\ sDread throughout New YorE
laprlca that the BLACK Hand
Rst and immeasurably power
iisstion, with a single head
deutenants and innumerabl'
III But no such organization
L Il did it would be compare
ag for the authorities to brea
81 could hardly last a month
lned onslaught. It's unWield
would breed many enemies, b'
! would follow, its leaders Woul
be grip of justice, and all woul
suer.
With perhaps a thousand ma
shng bands operating in secre
oahg fear in countless ways
AOf bombs, stilettos and pisto
Too often making their threa
-ae evil has become a mena'
snore than difficult to stan
Where one band is caught
more spring into being.
u the tribute levied by the s
Black Hand" has for sor
been wrung from Italians
The recent spread of it's depl
snd prosecutions has touch
y almost every class Of Italian
v many other foreigners and
Rericans as we'll and caused t
q to become alarming.
eitacllty of combating 1tali
! greater than that of comb
crime of any other nationali
or class. The Italians, abe
races, are abnOrmally sec
aeF settle their Quarrels amC
lges, without recourse to
system of retaliation and 7
Rsment Of injury for injury
tome itself. 1t is therefore
lifting and quite in keep
aeir racial traits that the
aeuld have evolved this sche
as the difficult BLACK Hal
~ themselves.
plan of the great oath-bo'
aood has been set afoot
ae Italians of New York rea
as municipal government is
cope with the danger.
wand helpless before the re
~ q the criminals that bl;
Aa terrorize. Evidence car
siea at important junctu
sao endeavor to help the pc
upon at the first available
by the bands that |
s witness is not safe upon
secret sign comes from S
NE courtroom and there i:
loss of memory caused b,
loss Of life.
als will be changed, it is al
When this remarkable
a0od, the like of which n
lds been known in Anne
under way. For it wi
Nwerful than the crim'
It will intimidate t
SAT OF death, but by feal
y whole plan is only
We been anticipated-the
y good Italians of New