Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-03
Black Hand Outrage Causes
Panic in italian Settlement
and Police Raid Headquar.
ters.
GUNS. KNIVES AND PIS-
tolls FOUND IN ROOMS
Residents Of Infested District
in Fear of Lives But Secret
ly Aid Police in Effort to
Catch Murderers.

kansas Cny No. Apjl 8 Twenty
one of the uft.-,ieht m.n arrested in
ycstcrday's RAID upon the Italian quar-
t'g are sim helng hrld by the police
The men were released during the
night. satisfying the officers after a
gruclling cSnmination that thsy knew
nothing uf the murdrg last Tuesday
uf Joseph Kaimo. an italian police
man
Raimo h believed tu haV, been the
victim of an orsaniz,d Italian Black
Hand gang vita headquarters Ia KAN
mS Ci,y Mans shot gun-. rc,ol,-rs,
rifles aud knives were seized during
the raid.
with the b rest ot thcs, men thc
police announce that they nave start
ed the preliminary work which Is 90
re" "Llttic ltaly" m this city from
reign of terror Which has been in ef-
feet for many months.
II has developed since the killing ot
o,S has brcn IN terror tor many
months. many members having paid
trbu'. aud several having been inur-
d.rtd 80 great Was their fcar that
frw of the threatening letters were
turned over 1 the police aud until
,hv killing OF ;simo. IN. police did
a. IA
situation
The Organization OF terror here was
composed of SlciiaNs II was - typi-
cal rlack Hand Gang IN, not q part
~ the Camorta which ~ on trial in
itaiN up~ Italians h,r" have told
tie police that the Camorrn was Neu-
polltsn Nhcrcas the Black Hand was
Sicilian \ i,iter 81 .it,sn hy two Siril-
isns and threatening Raimu. Was found
In his room aftce 10. murder II has
J.yrloped that officer knew enough
to colVict al member ~ the gang
and that he had foarieSSlN undertaken
To singh, handcdly break up Ia" gang
acre ana relirvu his countrymcn from
their poriinus situation H. knew that
a., would likcly BE- KILLED and Ia ac-
rcptcd death stnlcalA, knowing that
u would bring not onlA his siaycrs
hat thr entire gang 10 Judgment,
Thu prorn inont Italians here have
been assisting ~. police w every way
su fear sirick'n are thcs that tlrN de-
mand IN, utmost scc.VCA They fear
their children vill bo kidnapped. th'ir
homes dynamltcd or members nf their
families murdered Even the officials
at work on the cases. ar, moving
with The utmost canton.
The following story told hy one OF the
members Of the italian colony here Is
ty pical of many the police are hcay-
NIX
~ year ago hr said. II woulo
have told you there Nas no Black
Hand here cannot say 50 and
am r,tdy to tell an I know ~ Il viii
h.lp tn MAX. Kansas Citv an easier
plac. Ia ilV. In Only no names, II
YOU want ~ Tor the u'wspap'r.
"hs Ia myself will saN nothing
hat ! know ~ several men Who have
received BlacH Hand letters
some eases YOU have heard about
others not That Is NOT right. ~
should hr made public. The police
make mistake 10 hush things up
Even nuW the Italians aye whispering
that TIL gang" has got the better %
thcm. that the nolic, are afraid. an,
II that idea goes much farther th'
ones who are easily frishtened--an,
who is not afraid where the Blacl
Hand H. concerned the peaceful
frigh,.n,d linlians wtll begin to zee
that the, would he safer con,ributini
"a the gang tiHn trusting To- polio