The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10
Eleven Arrests Made.

Etevem Arrests wade.
 Columbus, O.. June 9.--Sam Lima, Sam Rizzo, Sebastian Bataglia and A. Marflsi. leaders in the Ohio band of Italian blackmailers srrested by the Federal authorities, were today served with Government warrants, charging them with fraudulent uses of the United States malls and unlawfuily scheming to extort money from John Amicon. Columbus fruit dealer and threatening him with bodily injury.
 Lima, declared to be the censor and chief of band of blackmaiiers. Ar- rested Tuesday Tn his fruit store at Marion, Ohio; Rizzo and Bataglia, his fellow townsmen and alleged co-con- spirators, were taken to Toledo today by Deputy United States marshals. where they will be given hearing before United States Commissioner Gaines Monday.
 As Lima, a crafty appearing Italian, was being led, handcuffed from his cell in the Marion jail to carriage, he raised his cuffed hands above his head to the crowd ofs citizens as made to view his departure, and exclaimed dra- matically:
 Black Hand? Black Hand9 Sec, my hands, they are white. My perse- cutors have black hands. They try to injure me and my business. They want to ruin my family"
 Deputy Marshals owen and Wagner rushed the prisoner into a carriage be- fore he could say more to arouse the feelings of score of Lima's Italian friends who were present in the crowd.
 The. Federal warrant charges q specific offense. Its declaration says that Lima. Rizzo and Bataglia sent through the Marion postofflce and that the letters were enclosed to A. Marfisi at Dennison, O., one of the band. who was asked to forward them to Amicon. This he did.
 Marfsi was arrested today at Dem nison- after 8 running revolver fight with deputies and secret service agents, When the officers reached Marsif's quarters the Italian took to his heels. He ran through a back door and into an alley.
 Several shots were fired. Marfisi re- turning the fire. He surrendered. how ever, and Is being held at Dennison awaiting the arrival of the deputy marshal.
 Antonio viccarrio. partner of Mar fisi, who was arrested at pennison Tuesday. was today taken to Canton and arraigned before the United States Commissioner. He was held in bonds of $S,0o0 on charge of using the mails to defraud and locked up.
 The Marion leaders of the band ob- tained legal counsel before they were taken to Toledo and an effort will be made Ay ther attorneys to recover the letters and documents confscated by Inspector Oldfield and his assistants in the Lima rendezvous of the organiza- ton. Inspector Oldheld is here to- night experimenting an examination by experts of the sacks of mail matter taken from the Italian fruit store in Marion. All the letters are in Ital- ian. The mail is being examined in the Federal building and is. being closely guarded, lest friends of the accused Italians might seek to regain possession of the suspicious documents.
 Late tonight Inspector Oldheld and local police arrested Calvatore Ventola- a Columbus Italian, whom they believe is implicated in the operations Of Lima and his band.
 Eleven arrests have now been made by the Federal authorities and thus far there is no trace that any attempt has been made to extort money from any persons save Italians. and none outside of Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.
 Inspector Oldield declared that he did not credit the first report that Coll leeero viccarrio. arrested at Bellefon- taine, had anything to do with the murder of Detective Petrosino of New York, In Italy.