Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-06-09
BLACK HAND
LEADER NABBED
Suspected of Com
plicity in Petrosini
I Killing
SENT THREATENING M|ss|VES
Seized Trunk Full Of Incrim-
mating Letters
in Ohio.

| Marion, Ohio, June 81. S. Secret
| Service Agent j. f. Oldiield, who ar
rested Sam Lima Marion, fruit mer-
| chant yesterday as the leader OF the
| Italian Black Hand Society, is taking
with him trunk full of discriminating
letters found in Lima's store and has
gone to Columbus. All but two OF
the seven arrested with Lima have
been released The two also had let
| ters signed with skulls and bleeding
hearts. Secret agents are still search
ing for other members of the gang in
the vicinity. One brother of Lima
has disappeared and another brother
has been traced to Italy. Letters
found in Limas store are all threat
ening and signed with skulls and
cross bones. Lima was not told the
cause of his arrest until this morn
ing when given paper telling Of his
arrest as leader Of the Black Hand.
Lima was suspected shortly after
John Amicon had received a letter
threatening his life When Lima saw
the paper he said: "Amicon is jeal-
Gus, that is ALL | sell more bananas
than he
Was Ring Leader.
Columbus, O., June 9.-Postal In
spector Oldfeld is positive that Col
longero Viccarrio. arrested as sus-
pect today at Belle Fontaine, was con-
nected with the murder of Joseph
Petrosin, the New York detective,
assassinated at Palermo. Italy. II
base my belief" said he, ION the fact
that this man left New York shortly
before Petrosini was killed. believe
him to be one of the ringleaders of the
Malta in the United States and con-
slider his capture one OF first import
ance. e. f. Diamio. Of the Italian
secret service who ranks with Petrosi-
nj, assisted in the capture of Viccar-
rio. The Black Hand letter sent John
Amicon is a sample OF all found in the
belongings Of Lima and alleged asso-
ciates. 1t follows: Already our
band has you down on the register of
dead. Take the street as your friend
Petrosini did. Ugly wretch that you
are that you content yourself with try
ing to avoid the payment of ten thou
sand dollars, but by blood and God
we are behind you. No one can be-
long to our band who has not killed
ten. We've killed kings and emper-
ors. Consider a fly like you, do not
think it. We know you are rich and
must give up some blood. Tell the po-
lice and you are dead"
Chicago, H., June 9.-An alleged
plot to assassinate Detective Gabriel
Longobardi, of the Black Hand squad
of the Chicago police force, was re-
vealed by Longobardi today. Longo-
bardi recently arrested two Italians.
one for murder and another for an
attempted Black Hand plot The lat
ter Italian today wrote the detective
telling him of Jail delivery plot. to-
gether with a project to kill the de-
tective and carry out the sentence Of
death of the Black Hand Society. Sew
eral weeks ago Longohardi was stab
bed by lettering Italians near his
home Longobardi has been success
full in the search for Italian criminals.
Cincinnati, Ohio, June 9.-What is
believed to be the opening wedge in
the prosecution of the monster Black
Hand organization with ramifcations
extending to all parts of the United
States, began today with the arrest
OF half dozen Italians, headed by
Sam Lima, of Marion, Ohio, on the
charge of extortion. The theory Of
the New York police that there is
no society but that the blackmail is
the work Of individuals is set aside,
and 1t is now believed that the Black
Hand is a powerful criminal organi.
cation with members everywhere ex.
tracing tribute from thousands of
fear-stricken Italians.
Lima is known to have sent $500
to Italy short time ago and his
business is not large enough to war
rant this
Federal officials say that they have
evidence that the fruit store of Joe
Rizzo Marion, was the headquarters
of the society in this country. Rizzo
is under arrest. Antonio Marsisi has
been arrested at Dennison and Tony
Bicherio in Columbus. The letters
confiscated will fill two pouches.
The officers say that they have evil
dence of a system of books kept show
ing the amounts extracted from vic
tins and how divided among the
members of the gang. The federal
authorities say that the society in
this country is directly allied with
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