The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22

son that he would be killed If he
pushed the investigation On January
p E daring attempt was made ar this
Two members of the gang disguised
themselves as women and set out for
Bimsons house. Meeting Miss Isabel
Forman, a girl of IS. they endeayored
TO persuade her to deliver a package
for them, which she describes as hav-
ing the appearance of a packed UNI
brella She penetrated the disguises
and refused making so much outcry
that the two men. picked up their skirts
and fed.
Mustol has been Identified by an ex-
press agent at Newark as the man who
shipped the box In which was the in
fernal machine that killed Cortese
The theatrical killings in connection
with the barrel murder mystery show
low deeply the Italian can hate and
also how keen is his sense of the dra-
matte. When Beneditto MADONNA was
done 10 death at 156 Elizabeth street
and his body carted TO Avenue and
left in a barrel. dressed in clothes fur
nished by the men who killed him, his
brother in law. De Primo, then in Au-
burn prison, gave the police much val
liable information, and when the courts
failed 10 convict any one Of the men.
notably "Petto the Ok" against whom
swore vendetta against the murder
Gus clique
.'Petto the Ok" Slain
"Petto the OK" and his men fed from
New York, fearing tEat one OF their
number might be cornered by Petro-
sino and forced TO confess When
De Primo was released from prison
they moved on again. but three DAYS
a ha =
~Petto the Ok" and killed him The
famous wrestler was hiding in a
shanty in the outskirts Of a little min
ing town in Pennsylvania The morn
ing of the day of his death he heard
the old familiar signal cry Of his band
and with his revolver in readiness he
stepped 10 the door. Coming up the
path was De Primo Their guns spoke
at the same instant. The pistol hand
of the Ok was shattered and his weapon
was knocked into the brush; then De
Primo calmly shot a row of bullets
into him from his knees up TO his
heart.
The only one of these men who met
his fate in or near New York was
Lupo, the wolfish tailor. the financial
man OF the band. who was found one
morning in an east side doorway. on
August his brother. Giacono Lupo.
killed his wife. Aurora, at 345 East
Twelfth street, for having told a friend
of De Primo where the avenger could
find his man.
AS I have said, the dispersion of the
barrel murder band spread the Black
Hand Infection Wherever each man
went he collected the local criminals
about him, taught them the improved
American methods developed in New
York. and in a few months dangerous
Black Hand bands were thriving every
where.
The services of trained hunters and
slayers- men OF higher mental at
tributes than they possessed. were
sought by leaders in different parts
of the country, and they began 10 draw
recruits from the Malta and Camorra
IN Italy On December 5 the italian
secret police arrested in a little town
near Naples Antonio DeIucia- the newly
elected head Of the Camorra. the sue
cessor of Enrico Alfano. who was cap
tured in New York Delucia was in
possession OF $40. 900, and he admitted
that 1t was part of s5o.0e0 which he
and Alfano had collected in fees for
supplying able. trained men TO Ameri-
can Black Hand leaders Any Grim
-inal who has done some atrocious
deed for which he has served a long
sentence in prison. and whose crime
has made his name famous. is most
valuable to blackmailing gang
Money getting by the use Of his name
Is easy