The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10
Italians Will be Run
 Down. OFFICERS PREPARE TO
 HOLD A CONFERENCE Believed That Leaders tn 0utrages
 Are Captured. scores of Men Are Suspected and Cow ernment Agent. win Exhaust Every Effort to Put
 Them i'm Jail.

Cincinnati, O.. June s.--Fteveiations in the extortion, plotting and murder by fhe Black Hand. as uncovered by the postoffice inspectors from the cin- clnnafi office. show conclusively that the gang in Columbus. Marion, Denni- son and Bellefontains and other ohio towns, was organized along the same lines as the old Mafia, but with q better system for concealing their movements.
 It is now known that the ohio Black Hand, or the "Society of the Banana" as its members style them- selves, had c branch in Pittsburg and one in Chicago. and a line that ex-. tended to South Dakota. Regular meet. ings were held and the money obtained by extortion was distributed to vari- ous divisions in this country and sent to relatives in Italy for safe keeping.
 we have found what I believe to be certain proof that the Black Hand outrages were committed by we'll organised society" said Chief Postof- fee Inspector Holmes to an Associated Press representative today. Tt has taken Inspector Oidneld and four other the leaders.
 we have no evidence so far that the American Black Hand in the West Is connected with the foreign organi- zation that killed Lieutenant Petfosini in Sicily"
 Nine arrests have been made thus far fin Columbus, Marion, Dennison ana Bellefontaine and Government officers in Chicago and Cincinnati are looking for Antonio Lima, brother of Salvator Lima. who was arrested in Marion. Ax- tonic Lima is held to be one of the chief Fingleaders.
 An effort will be made to have the EexA 4sA h. aAA evseu ur<E jury at Cleveland on the charge of conspiracy to commit extorticn. struek at Heart. Cleveland, O., June a.--United States l Attorney William Day, who win haye I charge of the prosecutton of the Black Hand Auspacts Arrested at Columbus
 and Marion, O. yesterday, Is of ths l opinion that the postoface inspectors
 have struck at the heart of Italian
 blackmailers and that yesterdayss er- rests will lead to many more. while do not believe there fs ac- tuaiiy Q Black Hand organization pos- sessing the dignity of society, yet there is every evidence that the men engaged in this nefarious and murder ous pursuit are more or less known Co
 each other and that there is Q sort of mutual understanding" the District Attorney said.
 Mir. Day firmly believes the letters found in the possession of Sam Lima, Sam Rlzzio and Sam Batasio will lead to the Identity of scores of other Itai- ians who may have been respofsibie | for the Black Hand methods which have been employed in other cities | throughout the country. He also be- 1 lieves that the trail win lead to the l identity of the assassins of Petroeinc | of New York in Italy few weeks ago. Fully determined to follow the ar l rests of yesterday with all vsgor and
 run down all whom he suspects of be- Ing connected with the depredationa | committed In the name of the Black | Hand, he has arranged for confer | ence here Saturday morning with the | postal inspectors when all of the evil | dence now collected will be gone over
 and a definite plan of action mapped out.
 Lima, Rizzio and Datazelio were ta- | ken into custody at Marion late today | by Deputy United States Marshal Wag- ner of Toledo upon warrhnts sworn | out here by PoBtoffice Inspector
 Hutches They were taken to Toledo | but will not be given preliminary hearing until next Tuesday or possibly
 later.
 No action will be taken in any oi ! the cases until all of the evidence now | in the hands of the Federal officials ia | gone over and considered at the con- | terence to be held Saturday.