Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-06
BLACK HAND" SUSPECT
 TAKEN IN CHICAGO
Police Think They Have Made Most Important Capture
 in Purpura

 way toward clearing up the many Black Hand mysteries in that section of the clty that have tccu puzziing them recently
 Purpura Was seized as he Was wait ing for 8 uain on the platform Of the Illinois Central Railroad company at Ninety first street X few minutes before he lad taken a iecoy pack age that had leen left heh.rd a sign board as a response 10 letter Co Max Rice og S7ll Commercial avenue de manding that he give up $1.O0o
 Taken By Polish Detective.
 Vincent Skiha. a Polish detective, made the arrest. He has been on gaged .n the investigation of numer ous Black Hand cases recently in South Chicago. From the evidence collected by SkIha, it is said. Pur lura may Dc charged with the respou sibility for the sending of at least six other Black Hand letters. These six other cases are:
 MORRIS LIPPERT, in the bar sup ply business, at 9071 Commercial ave hue. received four letters, all in En giish. threatening to abduct one of his daughters unless he left $500 in hole under the sidewalk on East Nintieth street about fifty feet from Purpura's place of business.
 DIt. J. J STEDMAN, a dentist at S956 Commercial avenue. was threat eneG with a bomb in four different letters written during November and December unless he left s2,000 at designated spot.
 DRAEGER BROS, retail grocars st $500 Co=nereial avenue. were told their place of business wculd te destroyed unless they paid the Black Han6 S2.O0O
 Your Money-or a Bomb" THEODORE 2ASCH, a clothing dealer. 9O23 Commercial avenue. was asked to contribute s1.ooo with a bomb as Inc alternative.
 HYMEN LEvINKIND, SO6 East Ninety second street, a wholesale liquor dealer. was ordered to place s5.000 on the Illinois Central station platform, ihe same place in which Rice was directed
 TONY GIOMETETI. a grocer al 9353 Commercial avenue, likewise was ordered to place s1,00O at the same spot The letter to Giometti vas written in Italian. while the others were in good English. Following the arrest Of Purpura his two brothers. Joseph and Frank. were taken to the station and ques toned by Lieut.. McC3uley. They were later released. The three brothers are members of the firm of Purpura Eros, commission merchants located at 2955 East Nineteenth street All three Of the men deny any connection with the Black Hand.
 Purpurs's tsonse Searched.
 While the prisoners were Icing questioned a; the police station Ge tectlyes searched the Purpura rC dence. A find regarded as siGnii cant, was a writing tablet, the raper of which was the same as the sta tlonery used in the threatening let ter written to Rice
 4 number Of letters in Italian were : oorCsclteI by the detectives. When PurpuIa was confronted by these he said they were threatening letters written to his father by he Black Hand. and that his father had brought them to him to get his advice as to what to do with regard to them.
 Mir. Rice received his first mess age from the Black Hand two weeks ago. It said
 Tn Q few days we will call on you.
 .B. II. S."
 The next arrived a few days later. l. said:
 Take warning CT the danger you
 B. H. s"
 Told Where to Place Money.
 Then followed a letter giving him aa uctons to place s1,OO0 at a des . iguated spot in Grant rark ai the l feet Of Van Turen etreet- Tony Giom otti, at 9255 Commercial avenue. re ceived a letter on the same day direct ing him to put money in the same place The letter to Giomefti v2s written in Italian and the letter to Rice in English. but the hard writ ing was the same and the stationery | identical
 The letter to Rice read: INT. Rice-This is the final letter. It means the last notice to notified you that the head men of the B. H. s. order us to blow up ycur place and we thought that we would give you another chance. Maybe this time you will cool of a little and give the | sl,00O and be quie's because last week we wrote you and you report | 10 the poice. You must think that 1 they can get us, but remember we have been making thousands and thousands of dollars and nobody l knows. Ton know who been getting the booms and who been getting kill ca"
 ssaIshipt oysters-Tovres's.