Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-10
TELEGRAPnICNEwS

CHICAGO. Jan. 6-The boldest
black hand murder in the history OF
Chicago WAS committed after daylight
today. when thre men entered the
home of Bendetti Cienni rich ltal-
Ian merchant and while one held up
his wife al the point OF revolver,
the other two shot CIenni 10 death as
he slept in his bed. The murderers
escaped. Cienni was 65 years Of age,
and for years has been n prosperous
dry goods merchant in the Italian.
quarter. Early today Mrs Cicnni was
awakened by the ringing of the door
(. bell OF their house, which adjoins the
store. She went 10 the front door and
was confronted by three strange Ital-
ians. They said they wanted to buy
some gloves and stepped into the
house. AS Mrs. Cienni started to
awaken her husband. one of the men
pressed revolver to her head and
told her he would shoot her dead if
she made any outcry. His two com
panions stepped quietly into the rear
bedroom where CiennI was sleeping
and closed the door A moment later
Mrs. Cienni heard two sho,e in rapid
succession then a third and the two
men emerged from the bedroom, each
Carrying smoking reyolvers. The third
man Joined them and they left tne
house at once. When Mrs. Cienni
went TO her husbands bedroom she
found him dead with two bullets in
his heart, and one wound through
chest. The Italians had evidently
stepped up-fo him as he slept, placed
their revoivers against his heart and
fired Two years ago Cienni received
a black hand letter threatening him
with death unless he turned over
5000 10 the agent of the society. He
ignored the threat. He ignored them
all and the letters ceased to come.
The black hand experts of the police
department stated today that Cienni's
murder had evidently been planned
year ago and that today was the first
favorable opportunity presented
Scores of detectives were sent
through the Italian quarter imediately
after the murder in an effort to locate
the murderers
LONDON, jan 6.-Scott's expedi.
tion In search of the South Pole is
now assured. the government having
promised today one hundred thousand
dollars toward the quarter of mil
lion which is the estimated expense.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Jan. e.
Eighteen degrees below zero was re-
corded In Kansas today, the lowest
Temperature In this part of the south.
west in twelve years. An intense cold
wave covered Missouri and reached
into Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas.
The railroad schedules are demoral-
lied.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Jan. e.
Wrecked suffering and dangers of
famine have commenced to settle
through the Northwest, over which
still hovers ominous threats of con.
tinued storms. Ecccntricities OF pre-
vailing weather up to tbs time have
few parallels In more recent history.
The most touching incident of the
past twenty-four years came from
Winnipeg in dispatch saying that
the remains of Andrew Coleman we're
found frozen cold under tree near
the Darwin ranch yesterday morning.
MADRID. Jan. 6.-Hundreds Of per
sons In Northwestern Spain who were
made homeless by the recent foods
are dying from exposure to the un-
precedented cold weather that now
has flooded the territory. The stu.
alton Is desperate, all attempts to fur.
nish adequate relief has proved un-
ayailing. Even harbors are Ice bound.
Unless the cold spell abates soon an
enormous death toll will result.
CHICAGO. Jan. 6.-Sherif Gunther
OF Kenosha. Wis. and squad of dep
uties today. led by a woman, who yes
terday prevented the lynching OF
non-union cook In riot of 300 ice har.
yesters by brandishing a shotgun and
poker. are searching the woods near
Twin Lakes, Wis, where the attempt
at the lynching was made, for the
leaders OF the mob which suspended
the cook from a rafter in an Ice house.
Samuel Roberts, the cook, became in
volyed In an argument with'a score
or more OF the ice cutters over union
ism, and several of the crowd dragged
him to the ice house. On the way
nearly 200 ice cutters joined the fren-
zied mob. When the rioters reached
the ice house rope was thrown
,NDout Roberts neck and he was
hanged TO a rafter with his toes bare
ly touching the floor. The leaders of
the mob were just about to hoist
Roberts form in the air. when n
woman, Mrs. John Andell, keeper of
the boarding house where most of the
The ice. ssatters lived. who had fol
y0wed the mob, dashed in and with a
leveled gun and stood in front of Rob.
erts. who was praying. and declared