The evening world., 1913-03-22
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FORDEATHTHREAT
TO ROCKEFELLER
Westchester Sheriff Thinks He
Has Brains of Terrorists
All Rounded Up.
6 HELD FOR MURDER.
Black Hand Feud Aids Officers
to Capture Men After
Long Hunt.
6 HELD FOR MURDER.

After doseins for thirteen months vAs
steps a the band OF terrorists Whose
trail OF murder. dynsnftins. robbery.
asssuit. kk,napping ana other crimes led
ever most OF westchcstsr County.
Sheriff william J. Doyle and CfAsf oe
Police John Harmon Of White Piaias
have captured thirteen men who tAsy
believe are the leaders Of ths much.
sought gang. The men are In The
White Plains jaii.
1t IL this gang. In the opinion Of Chise
Harmon. tha, sent the death threats 10
John d. Rockefeller and his son last
september and caused the oil king TO
employ q big armed guard At his estate
on Pocantico Hills. Dunng that reign
Of terror that lasted for several weeks
two men we're shot TO dsssh. In ths
winter the Rockefeller guard was re-
ducsd and since then there has been ~
cause to increase Il.
Even before the beeiegin9 Of the
Rockefeller homo by the terror1sts. who.
besidss their other threats. promised 70
kidnap John d. Rockefeller jr.'s two
children. Shenn Doyle and Chief Har.
mon had been on the track OF the Black
Handsrs. But Just when they thought
they had the clan rounded up che lead.
ers would vanish and the work would
have to begin all over again.
Elk ARE HELD ON chARoGO OF
MURDER. r
Chief Harmon does not believe that
his prisoners actively participated In
the tsrrorisinE Of the Rockefeller o. In
many OF the crimes laid at the doors
Of the SANG. but he 10 convinced they
wsrS the brains Of the olan. eix Of ~
mon In the White Plains Jaii ass &C.
cussd Of being accessories to the mur.
der OF Philipo CaridA at White Plains
Ia February last. and II 10 baiisvsd they
are connected with three other murders;
In White Plains that were committed
while the hunt for the band was soiuy
on. -
Ihs reign Of crime I'm westchester
County by tho Black Handlers BEGAN
about two years ago. but is vas not
TN year later that tbs police picked
up threads that led them to the resIi.
xAtion that there WAS an organised band
OF criminals working In the oommuAity.
Then came the staying Of Carsda. which
gave them the long looked for clue.
They followed this up and were closing
la Oh the men they had marked a. tAo
murderers when trouble on the Rocks.
feler estate claimed most Of their st.
tention.
BLACK HAND PEUp Atos IN
BANDS CAPTURE.
When ems VAS settled they again
took up the trail Of the Cartds affair.
but II was cold then. They had litt.s
hope OF ever clearing up the mystery
whom . most unlooksd-for event took
placo and played directly into their
hands. This was . feud which broke
out among the terrorists. Some Of those
who had been tho most successful rob-
bers and biackmailers suddenly found
they were the Victims OF their own
crimes. ." -isA,
Unable TO retaiiats In kind. they made
reprtsals by going to the police and be-
trayins their brethren. Three weeks
ago Tony Mario was murdered In day.
light IN the streets Of White Plains. De-
tsctive Fritsitl arrested Pistro Rel.
pucci. who was Identified - the slayer.
Just previous to this killing Marro's
brother died Of poison. This crime waA
ch arged to the band. The father Of the
mon swors TO avenEe their murder.
Soon after this the feud among me
Black Handlers became moro violent.
Night and day the fiRhtin9 between the
members Of the divided band has been
going on and Il 10 feared the spread Of
ill-feeling will have serious results N
the county. Blu, while the blackmatlsrs
have fought among themselves they
have ignored the rest Of the community.
There II also apprehension that the
quarrel will spread TO the thousands Of
men employed on the Catakili aqusduc:.
where the members os the murder
trust" have reaped their Richest harves..