The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-01

Columbus. 1t is believed that MANY
Of the letters captured Wednesday
contain Information concerning the
origin of the Black Hand mail which
vas forwarded to John Amicon when
the society attempted to relieve him OF
10000.
Inspector Oldheld, who has been
enc of the principal aggressors IN
running down the Black Hand society
leaders, stated Wednesday that he is
! convinced that this city is unquestion.
ably the headquarters of the organi.
"dtion. I'VE have other Italians here
under close observation and other ar.
rests are liable to follow" stated one
of the officers Wednesday.
Zoe Ignorfo, who is a shoemaker
by trade, IL about thirty-five years OF
age. He is married and has family
OF three small children. He was ap.
rarently in very ordinary circum.
stances and scarcely ever day
passed but he was seen plugging away
IN his little shoe repair shop. He Il
an expert workman and was always
busy.
Sam Lima, supposedly the ring lead
cr of the Black Hand society, was a
close frienl of Ignoffo. They were
often seen visiting together, and theli
Intimate relations led the authorities
to suspicion them us consplrators. Ig-
EUffo was lot arrested at the time
he first great raid was made in this
city, because the inspectors learned
that certain papers which were in his
rands had been slipped away. Not
having any particular charges against
Him, the inspectors decided to await
developments. Detectives have been
Ia the city for scveral weeks watching
lgnoffo and IL was their reports that
lcd to the arrest of the Italian
Wednesday.
If Isnoffo,s family is in the circum.
stances that is apparent they are ex-
Ccedingly destitute. The family was
solely dependent upon Ignoffo for
their living, and they claim that they
had been living from hand to
mouth. They reside in n fairly good
house, which l. located just north Of
the railroad bridge. on Leader street.
Mrs. Ignoffo says that Joe will not 0t
able to furnish bond and declares
that she is rot able to provide a living
for her family during the lengthy per-
iod which lie will likely lay in jail &.
Her story Is pitiful in the extreme.
Ignoffo will be removed to Toledo al
i.20 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
where he will be arraigned The in
spectors believe that the evidence
which will be revealed through Ig
nono's arrest. will be sufficient to
cllnch their case against the Lims
brothers.
IgnonO Interviewed.
When a Mirror reporter called upon
Joe Ignoffo at the county Jail Wednes-
day afternoon, the Italian broke down
and cried like a child. He declared
that his wife was cofined only two
weeks ago, and that she Is now dan
Cerously i'll. Il never done nothing
and | don't see why they take me
away from my family" sobbed Ignoffo.
When asked If he knew what he
was arrested for. Ignoffo declared that
ne did not. He stated that he has
been III tn. country over fifteen years
and that he has always been an honest
Lime in Italy and / married Sam
I.ima's sister. When Sam was ar
rested and taken to Toledo, his fam.
ily came out to live with me. / pro-
vide for them and now they will have
robody to look after them sta'eo'
Ignoffo as the tears gushed down his
cheeks.
You tell the mayor that l never
done nothing and that ! want to so
back 10 my family; | never wrote
Hiack Hand letter and know nothing
njout those people in the society. All
the letters that / have written or re-
ceived nave been in connection with
my business" exclaimed the Italian
lin broken English.
deputy Marshall owens and In
pcctor3 Oldneld and Pate returned t6
Columbus IN an automobile shortly
ffter placing Ignoffo under arrest. II
I, said that an Italians home in CO.
lnmbus will be searched late this at
tCrnoOn.