The evening world., 1913-10-09
BOMBS AND FIRES
FOLLOW REFUSAlS
T0PAy BLACKMA|L
Feud of Blackhands.s on Gus
umano Brothers Continued
by Explosion To-Day.
THE DAMAGE Is SLIGHT.
But Police Believe II Is Only a
Warning Of More Deadly
Ones to Come.
THE DAMAGE Is SLIGHT.

The Black Hand warfare wased TO-
the last year against the Cusuma 10
brothers. salvatore and Charles. grorc-s
and saloon keepers in East Thirty-nin'h
street. was reopened early to-day with
the explosion Of A bomb In the doorway
Of their cafe at No. Sol East Thirty
ninth street
The enmity OF a band OF Sicilian black
mailers was incurred by the Cusumanos.
the brothers say, because they refused
TO contribute to the defense fund OF q
man who killed his wife. That man
pleaded guilty and Is now In Sing Sing.
bat his friends do not forgive or forget.
The bomb OF morning was small
and the damage It did was inconseauen-
tial-a couple Of windows broken. mere
ly-not to excee 80 worth OF property
injured. But the explosion IL regarded
by the Cusumanos and by the police as
an earnest OF deailler and more de-
structive ones to come.
At the same cafe there was an In
cendiary fire late In 1912. and on July >
last a bomb containing three sticks OF
dynamite, imbedded in a concrete block.
was found at the threshold.
The Cusumanos own a pool room at
No. 81 East Thirty-nlnth street. There
an incendiary hr~ was discovered short.
ly before New Years. The brothers have
q grocery at No. 3i2 East Thirty-nnth
street. Two bombs we're exploded there
on different occasions. but close to-
gethsr and about the time o: the other
outrages on Cusumano property
MURDER OF WOMAN LED TO
SENDING OF BOMBS.
The murder Of Carmeiia Geracci on
Nov. .. 1912. was an event which the
intervening months have proved was OF
sinister consequence to the Cusumanos.
She was killed with a spike driven into
her head. and her body was dumped
into q mill pond at Georgetown. Conn.
where II was discovered the next day.
For q long time It lay In the Morgue.
unidentified. The woman was the sup
posed victim OF white slavers.
But she was killed by her husband
Salvatore Gsraeci nth whom she for.
meriy lived 1t No. 3l2 East Thirty.
ninth street, in the neighhorhood whore
the CuSumanos carry on their various
business enterprises. The murder. how.
ever. was committed at No. Slb East
Fortieth street
0sracci ned, but his murderous and
blackmailing associates in New York
kept in touch with him. The uxoricide
skulkins from place TO place. feared a..
peehension. So did his friends. and they
s>t about raising q fund to maintain
him In seciusion or TO pay for his ds'
tense. II he should be caught.
Tue method Of raising the fund-A'
least this IL the story the Cusumanos
told che police, and the police believe 1t
"a biackmail A demand was made or
me Cusumanos for $780, The demand
vas ignored. The incend!ary hres and
bomb explosions followed.
Tue brothers pretended to Yield and
Aereed 20 Mset agents OF the black
uaalers on the plaza Of tho Queensbort
Bridge on the night Of Dec. 4. They
tept ta,eir promise. but. instead Of hand
inr over money. ley drew revolver
ana opened IRE on the sinking ngurea
vho came toward them out Of the shad
on. making the Black Hand Sign.
The fusillade Of shots brought the 20
NJ. MT the foiled blackmailsrs had ned
IrAs Cusumanos were arrested on charge
a ytolatinS tho Sullivan law. The:
nsvsr have been tried. The bombs ant
As>a followed,