The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-22

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and practices is similar TO the Black
Hand society, that most sinister and
feared of all secret organizations. has
invaded Utah.
II has sealed the doom of two men,
Thomas Panas and Angelo Rochobou-
| los. both Greeks, and marked them for
murder. Rewards of 1925 and $500, re-
heads and offered to the men who Stay
| them.
Driven TO desperation by sancied
grievances, A band of Greek miners,
who compose the BLACK Hand in the
| coal camp of the Utah Fuel company
at Winter Quarters, one and one-half
miles above Scofield, have sworn 10 end
the lives of the two marked men by
violent means. They have given the
two men notice that they have only
| ten days to live.
As several of the band are reputed to
be bad men," criminals who are said
| to be fugitives from justice in their ma
tive land it is feared thar they will
carry their murderOus threats into 6N-
ecution. The two men who have been
doomed knowing the desperate charac-
| tiers of the members of the band, arc in
daily fear for their lives and have ap-
pealed for protection.
In startling confirmation of the fact
that the BLACK Hand means business
when it sends out its death threats. it
/ will be recalled that the last man who
was marked to die within ten days. A
Greek interpreter. was foully slain last
! spring on the last day of the lease of
/ life that they gave him. His alleged
murderer will be placed on trial during
the present sitting of the court at Price.
An Amazing Situation.
The facts in regard to the threatened
murder of Panas and RochoboulOs are
| these:
Thomas Panas. an intelligent. well
educated and law abiding Greek, who
was recently naturaliZed as an Ameri-
can citizen, has been employed by the
Utah Fuel company for some time past
as interpreter between the Greek min
ers and the American bosses in the
company's coal camp at Winter Quar-
tiers. He succeeded the Greek inter-
prefer who was murdered by the Greek
miners last spring.
Only a few days ago a Greek known
as James Kurren was discharged by
| the mine manager there for careless
nses in his work. He was charged with
neglecting to timber his room in the
proper manner, thereby endangerins
the lives of other miners and mine Off
Gals He left his employment in 4 fl
of rage, threatening all kinds OF ven-
geance on someone in the future.
Kurren, it seems, has picked out
Panas as the man who was responsible
for the loss of his position. though
Panas asserts that he was not in any
way connected with the affair. and that
he never had but the friendliest of feel
ings for Kurren. Kurren, it is alleged
seems to think that Panas ought to be
put under
Letter Sent to Panas.
The letter to Panas wherein he was
notified that he was marked. and that
death was certain to overtake him
within ten days, was received Tuesday
night. Panas went down to Helper from
Salt Lake then. and secured it in his
mail in the Helper postoffice.
The letter. which was written in
Greek, informed Panas that a band OF
men in Winter Quarters had found hin
to be guilty of bringing about Kur-
ren's discharge, and had raised a fund
of 1925 and offered ii as q reward to thu
member of the society who would muir
der him within ten days. The language
of the letter was of the most scurrilou'
nature. and wound up by saying tina
he would ''soon be Waterman in {
graveyard a favorite Greek expression
which foretells approaching death.
On the outside of the letter was writ
ten four vile threats in Greek, all signet
by the initials -. K" those of the dis
charged man. The letter was also
signed by the same initials. The lett9l
was mailed on the 18th and misdirecteC
to Clear Creek.
Angelo Rochoboulos, the other victim
of the Black Hands" disDleasure il
doomed simply because he has takeI
out papers as an American citizen. II,
is an intelligent. studious miner. who i
anxious to improve his condition in life
, and is also DESTROYS of having the pro
lection afforded to American citizens
, His inclination to desert the Greek min
ers and their lot has incurred their an
ger and, finding it impossible to chang
: his determination by all kinds of argu
, ments and controversies, it has bee!
decided that the simplest way out o
the matter was to dispose of him 70
once and ali.
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