New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-22
WeStCheste" Officials Say PriS.
onerS Were in Gang That
Killed Employees of John
D. Rockefeller.
DEATHS FOLLOW FEUD
Killing of the Mano Brothers,
Carida and Giallorenzo Traced
to Secret Society Organ
lied to Exploit Crime
for Money.

Thirteen Italians. believed To have
peeh the agents Of Black Hand society
IN at least dozen murders and a
number Of other crimes In Westchcstcr
County, were arrested by Sheriff DOYLE,
Chief OF Police Harmon. Of White
Plains. and several deputy sherins in
White Plains. Fishkill Port Chester
and other towns Yesterday.
The Black Hand outrages have been
going on for two years. They included
murders Of several employees Of John ID.
Rockefeller at Pocantico His and the
robbery Of n dozen Rockefeller en-
ployes at pistol point. The workmen
became so frightened that for week g
Mr.. Rockefeller employed twenty
guards on his grounds to protect them.
Along the Catskil aqueduct now
being constructed through Westchester
County. where thousands Of men have
been employed. the heads Of the 'mur-
der trust" reaped a harvest. Six of the
men now in the White Plains Jail are
Of F'ilipo Carida at White Plains Feb
ruary 26 last.
The arrest Of the men revealed that
there had been fcud between the
Calabrlans and other Italians who live
in Westchester. Three murders in
White Plains were traced 10 this feud,
and the men under arrest are believed
to have been connected with these
crimes The prisoners at White Plains
are Raphael Bova. Charles Bumbers,
Rocco Pelegrino and Francesca CAL
baro. of White Plains. and Peppo Rosso
and Santa Nostra. of Port Chester.
Sheriff DOYLE learned that they were
well organized and had signs. grips and
passwords.
Three weeks ago Tony Mario was
|! assassnated In daylight in street in
White Plains, and Pietro Reipucci. who
was arrested by Detective Frittiti. was
posjtiveIy identified az the slayer.
Previous 10 the murder Of Mario his
brother had been poisoned by one OF
the members Of the murder trust"
Father to Avenge Sons.
Salvatore Mario. father Of the two
murdered men. swore to aVenge me
deaths Of his sons, and it is feared the
feud will spread with serious results.
II develops that most Of the murders
followed the dynamiting of the home of
Mary Fidelle. in Bronx street. where
Rova. one Of the prisoners. boarded.
Then came the murder OF Carida.
u,bose bodv was thrown into the Bronx
Valley sewer.
short time after Caridas deaf III.
Feline Felice seventeen years old who
was said TO have come from Port Ches =
tor attempted to kill 'Tony" Mario on
Railroad Avenue early one Saturday
niebt Mario was wounded in the jaw
.rd recovered. Felice was convicted
and ia i'm the Elmira Reformatory.
Mario became victim of the vendetta
later on.
Giovanni Giallorenzo. Of Port Chester
uas murdered on the night OF January
: last. after lie had been lured 10 a
benhouse on the property Of Frank
Fowler. This murder is also laid 10
tho door of the gang In partial con-
fosslon made by one Of the prisoners.
Then came the murder of Ton
/ Mario in Bank street, us he left the
Kelsey Smith mill. where he was en-
Moved. on February - last He was
shot from ambush. Last Friday night
an attempt was made to burn the
huilding on MARITIME avenue. where
Rova had a meat market. and this nos
never been explained.
Reippucci asserts that Nostra en-
nloyed him To Kill Tony" Mario.
| Friends Of Mario also say that Relp-
pucci was sent 10 white Plains for the
EXPRESS purpose of killing Tony"