The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-10
Cleveland Adds to Black
Hand Sensation.
COLUMBUS MAN IS HELD
Postal inspectors Busy Translatlne
Letters and Papers Captured In
Raid on Llms's store In Marion.
Conference to Be Held In cIeve.
land Saturday to outline Campaign
Against Society Proven to Be Far
Reaching In lts Ramlfcatlons.

Columbus, o., June 10.-Three ar
rests, one In Columbus and two In
Cleveland, with one each in Bellefon.
taine and Dennison, and three in Ma
rion and one in Dennison Tuesday,
make Q members OF the Black Hand
conspiracy operated from the store
of Sam Lima in Marion, now In the
custody of federal officials. Probably
as many more are being sought by
the postal inspectors.
The present plan is to base all the
prosecutions on a conspiracy to ex-
tort $4,000 from John Amicon. the
wealthy Columbus Wholesale fruit
dealer. The cases will be tried be-
fore United States Judge II. w. Tay.
Ter, probably in, Toledo, but possibly
in Cleveland. District Attorney vii.
liam Day will prosecute them.
All Of the postal inspectors and
other federal officials who have as.
sisted in running down the gang will
meet In Cleveland Saturday morning
for conference with District Attor-
ney Day. The evidence will be gone
over and a definite plan of action
will be mapped out.
Inspector j. +. Oldfeld, who has
directed the Black Hand work here,
and T. ]. Huey, deputy United States
marshal, went to the home of Sevario
Ventola 324 East Spring street, and
arrested him on a charge of using
the mails in conspiracy attempting
to extort $4,000 from John Amicon.
The affidavit was sworn to by lnspec-
tor Oldheld. Ventola was locked In
the county jail for the night. He will
be arraigned today before United
States Commissioner A. II. Johnson.
He IL expected to plead not guilty.
In the private office OF Postmaster
II. w. Krumm, Inspector Oldfield,
Postmaster Krumm and other Off
cials, with an interpreter, went over
the mass Of letters and documents
captured In the different raids. All
available space In the rooms was
covered with the immense quantity
of evidence.
Beyond declaration that the In
vestigation was tightening the coils
about those in the Black Hand, the
officials refused to discuss the reve-
lations Of the interpreter. The names
OF many OF the victims and the
amounts paid are being revealed to
the authorities, but for the present
this information will not be given
out.
A hurried examination of all ma.
terial now In the hands Of the In
spectors will be made before the
Cleveland conference Saturday. AS
fast as possible translations will be
made of these documents, which are
considered Of Importance. All hear
ings before United States commits.
sioners of the Italians arrested will
be postponed as long as possible. to
give opportunity for the work of the
interpreter. II IL probable that the
results of his work will first be made
public through his appearance on the
stand In the hearings.
In Cleveland, United States mar
shals arrested Guiseppi and Giacomo
Nuzzo, brothers, operating a commits.
sion house, as members OF the Ma.
rion gang, on afiidayits sworn to by
Inspector r. f. Hutchess, who went
to Cleveland, taking all of the letters
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