Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-06-18

cross bones. Others were prepared
with neatly drawn bleeding hearts,
pierced by daggsrs. More OF the let
ters contained different designs of
threatening Black Hand mystery, all
intended to terrify prospective victims
of a band Of extortionists, whose COM
mander-in-chief In the stare OF Ohio,
the federal officers charge, Is Lima.
With Lima there we're arrested here
seven other Italians. -Four were later
released, but Sauel Rizzo and Sebas-
tlon Batazlio are held by the sheriff.
Both men are section hands employed
by the Pennsylvania railroad.
Allied With Malta.
Cincinnati, Ohio, June 1l.--Operators
In nearly every large city In the United
States n the r~amfications of the
secret service In Italy Will be laid bare.
IL is expected when the Black Hand
gang ~ brought to trial.
1t is said the officers have found the
society is an ~ironbound organization
in which membership is invested with
blood curdling oaths. grips. passwords
and signs.
The New York police officials, who
are carrying on the detective work
started by Joseph Petrosino, killed in
Sicily. nave been working on the theory
that there is no extensive Black Hand
organization, put that the operations
ihn We btNh A1tio0AAIA ny AAG AAoAAB IA
different cities who ave no n
ton with each other.
But the work of the Cincinnati Of
1cers tends TO show that the New
York experts have been wrong in their
theory and that not only has the Black
Hand a national organization in the
United States. but that 1t Is directly
allied with a similar organization In
Sicily and is working in connection
with the Mafia, or Order OF the Banana.
as ii has more recently been known In
this country.
All Over County.
Cincinnati, Otio, June lin several
arrests made in Columbus. Marion and
Dennison, Ohio, yesterday local federal
inspectors and detectives who worked
with them believe they have unearthed
the biggest and best organized branch
Of the Black Hand In this country, Ma
rion, Ohio, being probably the head OF
the organization.
Chief Postoaice Inspector Charles
Holmes. of this city, who Is In charge
OF the work which has resulted I'm tho
arrests so far made, is authority for
the statement that evidence has been
obtained showing that the gang. oper-
ating from Marion and with lines
reaching into a number Of big cities OF
the country, have fieeced different per-
sons In this and other states out OF
thousands of dollars In the last few
months by the application OF tie Black
Hand method.
Four Are Arrested.
Those arrested yesterday were Sam
uel Lima and Joe Rizzo. at Marion.
Ohio, and Antonio Vicario and A.
Marfis. at Dennison,
Marion, Ohio, June 9.-United States
P~ostofice Inspectors Oidfield, Osford
and Hutchess, all of Cincinnati, arrest
ed here yesterday Sam Lima and Joe
Ri:zo on Black Hand charges. A search
Of the safe In Rizzo's store. the in
spectors say, revealed documentary evf-
dence that Marion vas the headquar-
tiers or all the Black Hand societies In
the country.
Inspector Oldield states that he was
after one of the leaders OF the gang.
and that when this man had been APP
pretended he would give out the entire
history of the case, the ~ramifications
of which extend from one end Of the
n TO the other