The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-22
BELIEVE BLACK
HANDLERS GUILTY
Federal officers Follow Pc
trosini Case.
EVIDENCE FOR GRAND JURY
Local Men Charged With
1.-The Crime4c
Frequent Alluslon to Pctrosini In Let
tcrs Taken Here and Elsewhere
Gives Evidence of Bands Connec-
tion with Detectives Murdcr--Norc
OF the Case.

The most complete evidence with
which the government has ever gone
into court with BLACK Hand" case
will go before the federal grand jury
week after next at Toledo The half
score of Sicilians arr ested by postof-
flee inspectors last June on the
charge of sending threatening letters
through the mails to John Amlcon,
wealthy fruit dealer, of Columbus.
will face n mass of testimony that
United States District Attorney Day
and his assistant, Thomas Garry, be-
lievc Is absolutely certain to convict.
To ensure against loss or mutila-
tion of the hundreds of letters which
were found. all have been photo
graphcd. Accompanying each photo
graph is n typcwrltten translation
into English of It's literal meaning.
Two Cleveland men are included In
the ten men suspected OF being
"Black Handlers. !" They are Joe and
Antonio Nusso, No. 1855 IL. 9th street.
They, with Sam Lima and Salvatore
Lima. said to be the leaders of the
Society iii Banana, will be tried at
Toledo, o.
That the affairs OF the society were
managed with skilled cooperation In
Columbus, Cleveland. Cincinnati
Lima and Marion is shown by the
correspondence which reveals the
whole system of communication be-
tween tho members OF the society.
Find Peirosinis Name.
rI,. frnnuont lIncinn nf tha lpttprg
to Lieutenant Petrosini OF the New
York police. who was murdered In
Italy. now inclines the district at
torney and his assistant to the opln-
ion that the organization actually
had connection with kindred society
in Sicily at least. The opinion Is
growing among the federal authori-
ties that the BLACK Hand Society"
which was only scattering of bri-
gands few years ago. may have
definite national organization.
This belief is strengthened by fol-
lowing out the threads of the cor
respondence which have been found,
IL Is said, not only to ramlfy all over
Ohio, but extending east In Pennsyl-
vania to have crossed that state and
to have reached as far as Maryland.
Since the arrest of the ten men in
this tate. there has been a marked
falling off in bomb throwing. but II
was aid yesterday that threatening
letters were still being sent through
the mails
In Cleveland there has been little
activity within the last few months,
although one Italian Is suspected of
having been blackmailed into paying
money to some of the brigands. This
man. when asked about the alleged
trasaction said that he had not paid
over any money NOT had he been
threatened.
Witnesses Unapproachcd.
The federal authorities are of the
impression that everything Is being
held in allegiance until the fate OF
those under arrest is determined
Intimations have been made that
those who are expected to testify
against the men under arrest VIII
not appear I'm court against the gang.
John Amicon, of Columbus. who in
formed the police after he had re-
ceived "A demand for $4,000 has not
weekend in his intentions ana VIII
be ready, II is said, when the time
comes TO tell all that he knows All
OF the alleged BLACK Handlers with
the exception of two, are out on bail
but so far as Is known. none Of them
has left the country. ..ur
The men under bond have been un-
der close surveillance and have not
made any advances to the witnesses
that are to appear against them
single move of this kind would nave
caused their Instant rearrest.
Postonice Inspectors j. II, Oldheld'
f. T.. Hutches and II. X. Cochrano'
who worked up the case against the
men, have been quietly engaged dur
ing the last few months In picking
up the loose ends
In the threatening letters sent
through the mails. attention was
called to the fact that no man could
be a member Of the gang until he had
killed ten men. The records of some
of the men show that while they
probably did not reach that figure,
several of them were believed to have
taken the life of more than one per-
son before neenig to America.--Lead-
er