New-York tribune., 1909-03-18
WANTS ITALY TO ACT
WILL SEE AMBASSADOR.
BeLsito to Urge That Photographs
Be Reqnired zcith Passports.

2 G Relsito will desve this city today for
Washington. where he will urge upon the Italian
Ambassador the necessity of new legislation IN
Italy requiring photographs attached to all pass
ports The action is occasioned by the desire of
the respectable Italian American citizens OF New
York 70 rid this city OF the Black Hand
Mr Reslto said yesterday that bad man from
italy borrowed or bought passports, evaded the
italian authorities boarded vessels and succeeded
in landing in New York Although the passports
are supposed to give accurate descriptions OF
their owners. the descriptions are more or less
general in character and may ht other men Just
as well the owners
Commissioner Bingham received last night from
Baron des PIanches. the italian Ambassador at
Washington. the following telegram relative 10 tne
efforts of the italian government 70 run to earth
the slayers OF Petrostno:
entitled by government Re + to s inform G61cs2g y2g
that Immediate steps, which we nope WI! 9e eiteG-
thofities for the discovery and capture of the
murderers Of Lieutenant Petrosino Inc genera
on receipt Of news OF the natter. with severe in
st ia 1sS s4d stses @ R"ma Is acquainted With
the measures in course
fsienedD F. MAYOR DES PLANCHES.
Royal Italian Ambassador
At Police Headquarters yesterday this cable was
received from Police Chief Ceola: I have sent TO-
day full particulars OF Petrosino's death
Commissioner Bingham called upon by a
coroittee Of three representing Petrosnos civilian
friends Mrs Petrosno and James E Marsh. VINO
will personally represent Mrs. Petrosno IN max
ing all funeral arrangements Mr.. Marsh said
that Lieutenant Petrosinos body was ready for
shipr1ent and that cable had been received from
Palermo ASKING on what steamer II should be
shipped The body Will arrive about next week
Friday said Mr. Marsh. and II will be taken
directly 70 old St. Patrick's Cathedral in Mott
street where It will lie overnight The funersl
will bs held the next day. Burial will take place
at Calvary Cemetery.
Al commissioner Binghams Office it was said
that the funeral would be police ceremony. The
hodv will be met at the pier and escorted by
mounted detachment of police to old st Patrick s
Cathedral The funeral procession Vtll be IN two
sections-poce and civilian.
commissioner Bingham said he had no knowledge
~ the man who was reported murdered by the
1Iaea in Palermo He received no dispatches from
Rome in confirmation of it The murdered man
was said TO have been associate OF Petrosino s.
b,t there seems to be absolutely foundation for
this report
commissioner Bingham gave out the record OF
francesca Paolo Palazzotti. who has been arrested
IN PaIermo on suspicion in the Petrosino case. Pa
Iazzotti arrived in New York from Palermo on the
steamship San Giovanni January q, 1908 he
was arrested on December %, 1908. as nj suo1ec'
for deportation for learned from the Italiah
government that he had served three sentences VI
TtaI, for assault and outrage with violence and
threo+ He was deported the steamship Flor
,d Tanuarv 30 1909 nine days before Petrosno left
this city for Italy -,
while Palazzotti was in this city he lived IN Brook
l,n where he was the victim of an assault and re-
fused to give the names OF his assahahts. Faiaz-
zott! arrived in Palermo March with eleven
-. denorted Italians He photographed and
,sed on the night of the Petrosno's murder
-ll.zzotti said ne visited the saloons of Palermo
up to IL o'clock
Or. Joseph Lapertas former medical offioer and