New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-08
ALLEGED BLACK HAND
KING HELD WITHOUT BAIL
CostabiIe. Minus His BravadO, a
Mild Looking Specimen
in Court.
SWIFT ACTION IS PROMISED
Whitman to Take Case to Grand
Jury To- day and Proceed to
Trial at Once Upon
Indictment.

Trial at Once Upon
Indictment.
After America gets through with Gu
seppe Cosrabile italy will get him. and
outside of prison he never again may see
daylight The Justice which he is said
to have deflej so long made short work
os him and Of the contentious Of his
lawyer yesterday and the alleged leader
of the Black Hand was held without bail.
lie will be indicted this morning, and on
Monday or Tuesday may find himself on
trial FTictionless. once the wheels OF
Justice began TO revOlve, was the har-
rnony between the police and the Dis
trict Attorney, and in the Tombs court
where Costabile was up for examination.
Magistrate q Cornor. repressng quibbles.
The man ll1ested on Tuesday in Prince
street 10y Detective Carrao for carrying
a bomb under his coat may he every
thing that the police call him, but in
appearance he is the mildest looking
specimen Of humanity ever accused OF
serious crime. 1t was said that when ne
was arrested his hair was pomaded'
that he was "starched up TO perfection
and that he looked like a little dandy.
Il ca. the Tombs must have taken the
pomade out of both hair and character
wisp Of a man. small of face and OF
feature. weak Of chin and of mouth
with furtivc, faded blue eyes and with
q shock If tousled hair, edged around
from ear 90 ear by Il Tombs growth OF
heard. II seemed almost absurd, as ne
llinked licked his parched lips and held
IN tho bar 10 keep himself from falling, |
10 believe that the police were Justined
ir their assertion that all the good ltal- |
ians Of this city were thanking high |
heaven thlt the "cornered rat at last
was in cage.
Happy He s Behind Bars.
Iusrectc. Hughes and Carrao are
happv. though, that he is there. and |
their friends said last evening that the /
sending away of Costabiie would dampen |
for a long time the ardor of those ltal-
ians who. under the genera. term Of |
Black Handlers. prey upon ne honest
and frugal members OF their race Tor
some sort Of an existence.
Hughes said that Italy wants Costabile
for forging certain military papers,
meaning one document and that if the |
little Dago" is sent to Sing Sing he Will
bo taken away at the end Of his term to
another prison i'm his native land.
hughes and Carrao yesterday seemed
certain of this. saying that their case
against Costabile had been strengthened
not only 10y the action of Magistrate
O'Connor. but by the fact that they had
So far overcome the fears of Italian VIC
tins # the Black Hand as to induce
Basilio MachelH, twenty-five years old
Of Darkest Italy" this city, TO appear
to-day before the grand jury Is Wit
ness against the prisoner
This point. of real value 10 the police
vas gained through the cooperation of
the Italian Consul To him Machelli |
complained that several months ago he |
was approached by an Italian who asked
him if he had not escaped military duty
i'm Italy This man, according TO Ma
,helli, said that he knew friend who,
for a small amount Of money, would get
l!acheln clear Of military duty The |
friend was introduced, proving, Macheili,
says. To be Costabile To Costabile, Ma
Chelli asserted in an affidavit made to
lie Italian Consul. ~ paid 500, at diff !
ferent times. in small amounts, and that !
Costabile one day in Delaney street
gave TO Machelli a release from military |
duty. which was signed by the proper |
Italian authorities This, Carrao last |
night said. had been forged, Costabile |
having erased another mans name and |
instead written i'm that Of Machelli. For !
this reason the police believe that the |
future holds little liberty for Costabile.
CostabiIe Minus tis Bravado.
The proceedings i'm court were brief.
Across the Bridge of Signs, wan, dressed
shsbbily. the frightened King Of the
Black Hand was brought. Whatever
CostabIes bravado at large. it oozed
OF of him when he FACED Magistrate
OConuor Costabile's lawyer. John Car
done talked of missiles instead OF
weapons. in an effort 10 get around the
recently enacted Sullivan law. but when |
he was asked if he didn't think that "A
sick Of dynamite with a fuse attach
ment or a giant frecrackcr wasn't
weapon ne changed his tactics.
We must consider the pu,pos OF the
'h.ng,' said the court.
Professor Joseph \. Du Ghee, ol the
Health Department laboratory, followed
Carrso ON the stand and told about the
composition Of the bomb alleged to nave
been found on the prisoner at the time OF
his arrest The professor said that ne
nd the thing a highly explosive
mixture which would cause consluerao'e
camage if confined and igHited.
Mr. Cardone suggested for the time AT
NdSt his client might consider hlsue-
meanor charge. but never a felony.
My duty as IL committing maSls-
udte,' said the court, vigorously, is 10
no.d this man for the grand jury WIFI
out bail"
Costabile was taken bach over the
bndge. District Attorney Whitman ana
we u!e delighted police met at once. M
whitman told them that Costaplle
.dSe would be before the grand jury Iin7
nm"hlng. and that if the prisoner Is III
days.
ANOTHER BOMB FOR ITALIANS