Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-07

emperors. Consider a fly like you? No,
no. Do not think it. We know that
you are rich. and you must give UP
| some blood. If you wish to avert your
death you will search for an honorable
person to come to Pittsburg. Pa. and
while he is searching for he will be
| found. We advise YOU that if you go to
the police you can count yourself dead
| That is. you die first Wretch. DO
your duty without the police and 1t
| life In short time you will see that
| we know how to do it.
/ THE BLACK HAND"
Early in June a general conference OF
| the inspectors was held, and skilled
men went to Columbus, Dennison, Ma
| rion. Cleveland and Bellefontaine, and
| with search warrants swooped down
upon the unsuspecting conspirators.
papers found on their premises. to-
| gether with great mass OF CORE
spondence. 1t was found that the Black
Hands suspected one man. for a letter
| was found addressed to him informing
| him it was his time to die for inform
ing the police. and he would shortly feel
| a bullet in his stomach. Not only was
| a vast amount of discriminating evil
dence found. but also large quantities OF
| the very paper that had been used In
sending the threatening letters. Impor-
| tant evidence was found at Lima s house
( in Marion; at Nuzzo's, at Cleveland. and
at Marf1si's. at Dennison.
Expect to Convict All.
| Armed with this proof of guilt the
inspectors say they have no doubt of Sc
curing the conviction of every italian
under arrest.
| A peculiar plan of correspondence had
| been designed by the society, whereby
| letters. money, victims and the like were
always referred to by some term used In
| the banana trade. such, for instance. as
| a bunch of banans" when letters were
meant. merchandise" when money was
meant and the like. All through the
| correspondence run references to 'ba-
mana bills shipments .'buzzards' and
| like terms. all of which are perfectly
clear when the key is referred to.
| Whether there was to be general
union of the branches or not in the coun.
| try at large, or in Ohio. may be fndi-
Gated by the following letter which was q:
last by Salvatore Lima, then the unQues-
i toned boss for that section:
Il believe that Turida told us, who
have the establishing. not to make any
soon as you get this. and see If he car
leave Sunday and go to Bellefontaine as
usual. as I and my father are going to
see the beef. Turida has a beef to sell
would be in Bellefontaine that we could
buy it. Our Society of Bananas Is com
posed I am president here and Cleve-
land. and the old man Menitta president
| in Cincinnati. However. in case we
must unite Menitta president over all
/ pray you to telephone me and let me
know whether Turida will come or not.
| There is nothing of the threat or arbi-
trary order about this letter. 1t reads
rather as if it we're addressed to an equal
and that Turida. whoever he might be
were a superior. Perhaps Lima had in
mind his own predecessor. Salvatore Cera
who was shot in street brawl in Belle
| fontaine about a year ago by one Charley
De Mar, a fruit vender. Cera was for
merly an italian brigand and leader in
| the Black Hand in this country until he
was killed He always had the air OF
| a bravado. He dressed in a way to ter
| rify the timid. 1t was he who used TIC
1 wear the leather belt full of stilettos.
Right on the Trail.
The inspectors were at BelIefontaine al
| the time appointed. and SO were Saliva
tore Lima and Antonio Lima. his father
They were met there by Antonio DE
Mar. Salvatore De Mar and Charley De
Mar; but there was no beef Sold or al
| least. the inspectors did not see it. The
party repaired to the house of the De
| Mars, however and remained there al
day. The Monday afternoon following
! Salvatore Lima and his father purchased
| nineteen money orders of 500 each ano
one for $50, payable at Trabia. Palermo
Italy to Camilla Nunzie Ogi A. Lima. a
| relative The inspectors are of the I'M
| preston that this $3.50 with $40 more
| that was paid for fees. was paid in tina,
Sunday afternoon by some one. possibly
Matteo RIM. at Cleveland. who had beer
dunned. RIM. however. as we'll as the
other Italians in Columbus the inspectors
know, paid money. denies the fact.
/ The inspectors also note the peculiarly
| roundabout manner in which the threat
ening letters were sent to intended vic
Tins. First letter was sent to Sal
| vatore Lima at Marion, Ohio, and he
| would incloSe 1t under cover to Marfis
at Dennison. who would either take il
| himself to Pittsburg to mail il, send
II, in the same manner as he had re-
ceived 1t. under cover, to Orazio Run
| fola, some other member of the So
city. according to the place where the
intended victim lived. Some letters were
even sent as far west as Portland. Ore
| and by a roundabout manner to Pitts
burg. to be mailed there to the victim
\ Late in May, it seems, Salvatore Ven
/ tola and Salvatore Bova of Columbus
| learned that John Amcon visiting
! the post Office, and they suspected tina,
an investigation was being made. They
endeayored to persuade Amicon to with.
!! draw. but he gave them very little in
formation. and said he knew nothing OF
| what was going on. a few days later
| Salvatore Ventola wrote Marfisi, fol-
lows: Il pray YOU earnestly If any mer.
| chandise arrives. do not send il to Co.
/ lumbus. as the weather is too warm
! and it will be lost. l received the to-
bacco and thank YOU"
That the evidence secured is enough
| to convict every one of the men be.
longing to the organization Is the as
| serted belief of the district attorney, as
we'll as of the inspectors.
May Have Killed Petrosino.
4 startling fact in connection with
the arrests is the statement made thai
Charley Vicario alias Collogero, and Au
gustino Marfisi were in Palermo. Italy
| when Lieut.. Petrosino Of the New York
| police force was murdered. They re
turned Immediately afterward. 1t II
claimed they know who killed him, anC
have been sending over money for TIT
defense Of the assassins. One Of the in
spectors in the case. who left the cit,
last night. said before leaving that wher
these two men were arrested a Letter
was found written by one of them which
referred in graphic manner to a stree
scene in Italy that might easily have
been the one in which Lieut.. Petrosint
was killed. Indeed. it is said tina
81 $50 in money orders which wer,
sent by Salvatore Lima and his fathe
to Italy were sent TO the wife or sis
ter of Antonio Lima, and were intend
ed for that purpose. The inspector
claim to have discovered that 1910
more has been raised since the men II
this country were arrested to be usee