New-York tribune., 1909-06-09
MILO BLACK HAND RAID
1IFVED TO BE 4MERI-
CaN HE4DQU4RTERS.
n.,toHce authorities attach I'M
norfance to 4rrests Tribute
from Many Cities.

....,rnati. June Sin several arrests made
.,.-;or and Dennison. Ohio to-day postotf1ce
SNl. and detectives believe they have un-
-, the biggest and best organized branch
tN 9locl- Hand in America. Marion, Ohio,
y 20 be the headquarters Of the organiza-
dr a.. ,.snoc+o- Charles Holmes Of
-e,-7ati. who Is in charge of the work. says
% Evidence has been procured showing that
y ,g operating from Marion, with lines
s,,e into A number of cities. has robbed
IS IN Ohio and other states Of thousands
.,nars in the last few months by the apph-
-..,,, # Black Hand methods.
-. men arrested to-day are Sam" Lima and
- Rizzo a. Marion. and Antonio Nicario
Narfs. at Dennison. Lima is alleged
;, +be head CT the organization. The con-
- of the safe in the store of Rizzo, il is
"a snovr that business men in all parts Of the
s~,.s have been paying tribute to the gang
might Inspector Holmes said he was ex-
.t-~ word from Bellefontaine Ohio OF two
~. arrests and these two he said would be
.,rsllr important with those already made.
rs,sctor Holmes says that the gang which
,.nsrctea its operations from Marion was com
,..s ~ Italians and worked exclusively on
...+- eountrynen. He has obtained evidence
-. - ate as two weeks ago they sent from
,bs Marion. Ohio. postofice money orders ag-
r-.s.,inr 81 900 TO confederates in Italy. this
,s,ne the division Of bIackmaI funds in one
,.se MANY such bits OF evidence, it is said,
,-e ii possession OF the inspectors.
Inspector Holmes said tonight:
..7-be Droof We have found against the Marion
rs,z eonyinces US that they have worked their
rsrs successfully on many Italians. principally
r,u-to-ao sicirans. We have not found where
.bsv threatened any American They meant
h.,sss when they made demands for money
y Their demands were ignored they resorted to
,bs bomb to bring their victim TO time or TO
rarish 2 persistent refusal to submit TO black
mai"
The arrests were made simultaneously to-day
n the two Ohio towns after a search Of SIX
months FOR the men who sent threatening let
,srs to John Arnicon. q fruit dealer Of Column
bus Ohio. demanding that $4,000 be paid IN
Pttsburg. The handwriting in the letters 10
,ncon is identical with that in the letters re-
fsived hy Antonio Rizzo fruit dealer Of en-
ennsti VINO died suddenly several weeks ago
ahe- refusing to obey the demands Of Black
Hsad letter 10 pay s. 600 forfeit his life He
iis5 after eating a banana given 10 him by
Etnnge-
sa!nE in harmony with the government off1-
TX The Pittsbarg police recently entered the
E,rls Hand bsa 5glIarters- there and made t1yen-
tyoue arrests it Is said. A dispatch from Pitts
burg tonight failed to verify Jhis. however
The men arrested today were charged with
attempting 70 extort under the federal statutes
The Black Hand gang recently ordered Fred
Cianciolo. a Cincinnati fruit dealer, to give up
SI000o on penalty Of death for himself and fam
iy if he refused
CiancoIo gave no thought TO the letters. and
few nights later dynamite bomb was ex-
Tloded n the doorway Of his home. No one was
injured but an adjoining saloon was wrecked.
Joseph Annarfno. Cincinnati fruit dealer,
vas warned TO give the Black Hand $4,000 or
his child would be kidnapped.
Columbus. Ohio. June S-Aneged evidence
found in Black Hand searches to-day at
Marion ard Dennison includes two fun mail
sacks Of correspondence. which were brought
70 the Columbus Pcetofica tonight along with
some books Proof of the alleged doings Of the
Black Hand may he found in the uninterrupted
Italian letters. These letters are said TO be
written 10 Italians IN Columbus. Cincinnati and
o'her cities - the same person, with the same
Mk and On the same kind Of paper Al Marion
HA and paper were captured which are identical
Siih these used in making the demands
,2csi q the letters received in Columbus and
ahtr Ohio cities were mailed in Pittsburg. where
ee money Was to be paid It i believed that
ms were written in Marion and passed through
ms hands of several messengers in different
oues before mailing. For this work Italians in
Selisfontaino. Dennison and other places are held
responsible
Postal Inspectors have been assisted in the
'2s5 by Italian spies = P Dimaio. Pittsburg
superintendent Of a detective agency. has been
Fo'Ains with the inspectors.
BLACK HAND METHODS.