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Succinct.

Representative Simeon d. Fess OF
Ohio believes in looking for the
brightest side of life; he is strong
for optimism. His distinction between
an optimist and a passimist is appar-
ent in the following definition which
he sometimes gives:
"A pessimist," says Representative
Fess, asks Is there any milk in that
pitcher But an optimist says, Pass
the cream"
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II was only whispering sweet moth
ings in Mabel's ear said the young
man as Aunt Miriam entered the par
lor in search OF her glasses.
Strange you should have mistaken
her mouth for her ear" retorted the
aunt as she left the room
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-04-24

Richard Croker. nearly everybody
knows, has a cynical wit. Mr.. Croker
aired this wit in a recent letter to
a member of Tammany hall apropos
of a millionaire's charities.
ITO be canonized In American pub
lie opinion" he wrote. give publicly
and steal privately
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Puzzled.

Husband see that a German has
invented a clock that tells the day
of the month by sounding the num-
Der.
Wife-I don't see how 1t "a tell
the 10th, Goth and S0th Of the month
1t can strike the one, two and three
all right, but how can 1t sound the
cipher?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-04-24

IS Boozer still on the water
wagon"
NO, very restless. Boston Tran
script.
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Soiace.

Aren't you worried about these
public questions"
YES" replied Farmer Corntossel.
But I'm thankful fur this much
There's enough of EN- so that when
you get tired of worryin' about one
you can rest your mind thinkin' about
another"
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Imoortant to Mothers
Grounds for Complaint

Hip-Taste that.
Hop-Why. that's the best soup l
ever tasted
Hip-Yes: but the steward had the
gall to say it is cofee.-Michigan
Gargoyle.
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a.. rstaaex.no,d aov.

81 we,to hf's:ssy:.co .:. Boy Boy.
Mr.. JacI .at T.. 60e"guire's Creek
Tenn, writes. Aer ho.a'giving his boy
2 doses OIL FfSeJFs vermifuge, Ola
worms were expelled. II your child
is not thriving, suspect worms and
give it Frey's Vermifuge. CSC. at all
dealerS.-Adv.
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Dim.

What do you think of my mus
tache?"
Il hadn't noticed it. It's rather a
dark day"
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DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and inyigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated. tiny granules. Easy to take
as candy. Adv.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-04-24

Luck has a perverse habit of favor
ing those who don't depend on it.
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Grenada.-A survey Of the soils Of
Grenada county is being made by the
United States department of agricul-
ture cooperating with the Mississippi
Geological Survey.
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Worse.

White-Now that your son has grad
uated. has he decided where he In
going TO work?
Green-Where? He hasn't even de-
cided when.-JQdge.
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RUB MY-TlSM

Will cure your rheumatism ard all
kinds of aches and pains-Neuralgia,
Cramps, Collie. Sprains. Bruises, Cuts,
Old Sores, Burns. etc. Antiseptic
Anodyne. Price 25c.-Adv.
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Deliver us from the man who feels
entirely at home In jail!
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-04-24

To the man who loves money popu-
larity Is a delusion.
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MISSISSIPPI
A BRIEFS

Naiden.-News has just come 10 this
,lty OF the appointment of Miss Mary
e. Cain postmaster at Walden.
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observation-disclosures Jones, a sawmill
operator of Newton, through Attorney
s.. NJ. Houston, has filed a petition in
bankruptcy.
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and he doctoTed me Tor a long uIne anu I did MOI
saw Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound adj
vertised and | tried it and found relief before | had
finished the first bottle. l continued taking it all
through middle life and am now a strong. healthy
woman and earn my own living"-MrS. JANE d..
MURDoCH, 25 Gordon St, South Quincy, Mass.
snx<ewritet to LYDIA +. pINKHAM MEDICINE co.
@SX$ (CONFIDENTIAL) LYNN, MASS, foradvice.
Your letter will be opened. read and answered
by a woman and held in strict confidence.
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From Mrs. S. r. Richmond, Providence, {
A Ministers Wife Writes:

CLoQrEr, MINN.-"I have suffered very much with iTreguIariLIes,
pain and inflammation, but your wonderful medicine, Lydia + PINK
fams Vegetable Compound, has made me well and can recommend
the same to all that are troubled with these complaints. Ms. jim
ME AKERMAN, clio Rev. X. AKERMAN, COquet, Minnesota.
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Biloxi.-A negro attempted a Grim
inal assault upon Mrs. A. M. Farrell,
wife of a workman employed at Pine
Vile. After making the unsuccessfui
attempt, the negro made his escape
over the Bay St. Louis bridge and II
is believed he has gone to New Or
leans.
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Tupelo.-The United States depart
ment of agriculture is conducting a
series of drainage Investigations on
the drainage canals in the vicinity of
Tupelo, Baldwin and Shannon, Miss.
Brookhaven.-The home of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. Nation. several miles east Of
Brookhaven, was burned a few nights
ago by fire of incendiary origin. The
loss was almost complete and amount
ed to $500.
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1&f9ZNlNcE
NmkNWuGy
NE9&@

Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.)
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Coldwater,-The rural mail service
IN this section has been greatly i'm
proved by the purchase of two new
automobiles by John Sneed and Nor
man Bowden, carriers on routes II
and four.
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acknowledgements were com
mcnced before Chancellor E. N. Thorn
as on an injunction proceeding filed
in the Warren county circuit court tc
test the constitutionality of the new
May-Mott-L Lewis liquor law.
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ss.-"The doctor said that ! had organic t'oubl9
for a long time and l did not get any rc-iet. !
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Yazoo City.-Another large land
sale was consummated In this county
this week when a tract containing
t,4S5 acres was sold by Judge Critz
Of West Point to A. c. Wilson, who
lives near Memphis.
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handkerchief still hung Sidera saw
Bova- lie appeared to be rising
from the floor. A moment or two
later he saw Bova, Bombara and
several others now in Jail awaiting
trial emerge from the rear OF Con
cetta's house. They passed him as
he stood trembling in the shadow OF
a nearby stoop.
This happened a month before Ca
rido's body was found in the sewer.
a few hundred feet from Concetta's
house. Subsequent examination OF
the house revealed that CaridO must
have been shot as his head reached
the level OF Concetta's floor. New
plaster on the wall Of the staircase
suggested how the b~loodstains had
been concealed. The inference OBJ
tainable from all the testimony was
that Bova lay on the floor OF Con
cetta's room and sent a bullet crash
ing into Carido's skull at a distance
Of less than a foot as the ~unsuspect-
ing Black Handler came 10 keep his
tryst. At any rate. BOva was con
victed OF murder IN the second de
gree and f. now serving his sentence.
Coucetta disappeared almost i'm
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mediately. According to Marcos
friends. Mario objected to the gangs
treatment OF his cousin. Carido. and
his hostility was the signal for his
W fate. His death a year later.
after several previous attempts, rep
resented the execution of the gangs
decree.
All these facts appeared soon after
Marcos murder. The additional in
formation which has been obtained
through the confession OF Rebacci,
Marcos murder. involves other
crimes alleged TO have been COM
mitted by the gang.
According 70 Rebacci Bombara's
cellar was used as a combined tor
ture house and cemetery. He de-
clared that two spikes would be
found driven into one OF the beams
in the cellar ceiling. and that these
we're used in the ~torturing Of the
gangs enemies and victims.
Investigation revealed the exist
ence OF these spikes. They are
shown In one Of the photographs on
this page.
He also said that Concetta was
murdered by the gang and buried I'm
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the cellar. Coroner lies had a force
OF men ~excavating this cellar FOR
several days. and discovered a mass
OF quicklime three feet below the
surface in which It Is believed are
human remains.
Dozens Of other victims. Rebacci
declares. were lured by Concetta TO
the gangs headquarters and done
away with.
In the Summer the cave on the
Tarrytown road vas used as the
gangs meeting place. he declared
There they praetised craftsmanship.
An investigation reveals a tree in
which yer a pound OF lead bullets
are imbedded.
There is an astonishing corrobora.
ton OF many OF the most uncanny
incidents OF Rebaeci's confession.
Many Of them It is impossible TO con
firm. His statement that the gangs
operations were not confined to West
chester County is believed BY the
authorities. Grimes over all the
country wene planned there. Per
haps 10 justihes them In referring
90 Charlie BOmbara's house as The
House u a Thousand Murders
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By JOSEPHINE o R

r VERY omar who Is her own
cook breads that feeling OF
revolt which sweeps over her
when. the noon meal Just finished
she conironfs the problem OF supper
The recurring monotouy Of meal
getting is the rock upot, which many
a home ship has dashed 10 pieces.
Here was an efficiency proposition
which kIndiod my imagination To
assure myself OF leisure IN the az
teruoon 2 must accomplish tho feat
o. preparing supper in the morning.
Well. 90 did not require half the
puckered-brOw thought 20 solve this
problem that 7 had given CO. "a game
o. bridge in less enlightened daya
tn the FIRST place I made the fraioss
cooker work. Tor mo. Had A. not been
FOR that comfort Of the aervauIrae.
] could nn' have motored all one
crisp. braC.ng Autumn afternoon and
yet ave roEaied the family with "a
hot sarorY mutton stew for supper
After luncheon ] Drowned tao
cups Of fuo-iuch cubes o. mutton il
orcaqgarfor cup Of butter. placed this
tn hreless-cooksr pail. added two
fnI-ds cup o. tomato. ono onion
sliced. 20 tablespoon chopped 90
ieF or m dried celery root. two cups
of pared potato cubes. which had
been parlui'rd. ore teaspoon OF salt.
nuo.rignfn fo1Fpo0n of popunr aud
covered fhe whole with two crua OF
water. Tlir was placed on the ranre
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before serving. To make. chop n
cup OF seeded r~alsins. add two tea
spoons Of very thinly sliced citron.
one-haf cup OF sugar. the grated
rind and juice OF one lemon. one egg
beaten light and one-eighth teaspoon
OF salt Cut rounds OF pastry. place
spoonful OF mixture on one side,
moisten edges OF round with water.
fold, press edges together and bake.
n the evening promises TO be cold.
the appetite clamorous and the first
course Of the supper light. It's then
that ] summon the freloes 10 my aid
and prepare n steamed pudding. The
fruit I'm 70 may be figs. dates or
radsins. the foundation 81 the same.
Sift together one cup OF entire wheat
Hour. one-half cup o. white -Four,
onc-half teaspoon o. salt. one tea
spoon OF soda. one teaspoon o. GIN
namon. Mix and add one beaten
ogg. one half cup Of milk. one-half
cup ~ molasses. four tablespoons %
melted butter. then a cup o. fruit.
Turn into huttered baking powder
tins. filling them only two-thirds fun:
tie down the covers firmly and place
in 0relcss cooker pail. in which is
boiling water. Cover. and when the
water has boiled in pail one.half
hour. place the pail on hot disk Con
the hreicss and cook about three
hours. Serve the pudding with hard
sauce.
on Saturday The brown bread iq
mixed after luncheon and left %
cook at lfs own sweet viii Zoo the
freies7 Truly the woman who has
not Eof adopted rho nrcio7s cooker
VIII have Ease mating fields OF expert.
moI.s open out before her when she
does
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How | Kept House Without a Servant

freless 20 cook from three TO four
hours. When removed. the pail was
set on top OF range and into the mix
ture was stirred one-third cup Of
-four. which had been mixed to thin
paste with water. The stew boiled
for five minutes before serving.
With this was served escalloped
tomatoes. which had been prepared
in a baking dish fro the morning,
With butfered crumbs on top. an
ready 90 be set in the oven at night
and Drowned Toast had been the
bread served. and the dessert was
OF individual cuetards with caramel
and nut sauce. this also made ready
before oon
Veal loaf. which may be prepared
AZ any time and served cold. is a de-
loctabie supper dish. chop three
pounds of veal and 0nehaif pound OF
ham or salt pork very hnc. Mix into
o. two eggs well beaten. one cupfui
az fine bread or cracker crumbs. one
teaspoon OF salt. one half teaspoon Of
pepper. u teas po0n OF onion Juice.
ouohalf teaspoon Of ground mace.
ouehalf teaspoon Of n~ilspice Mold
Into a loa' and place on baking dish
Glaze with beaten egg and sprinkle
rit1 bread crumbs. Cook in mod
crate oven two hours. b7stiug often
Villa mrlted butter and water.
MHcaroni and tomato sauce. hot
and tempting is served with on
slices " veal loaf. as the former is
q dish which may be- prepared early.
ready For tho nual browning az night.
We have thin brown bread sand
Hlchrs with fhis and % rather rich
dessert Of p1nhurv tartr These also
are made in the morning and arc
slipped into The oven Tor n moment
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TONED 20 meet at Charlie Bombara's
saloon were generally believed { o be
the ~ringleaders.
According to Salvatore Mario and
Joe Sidera, an eyewitness OF the
incidents surrounding the Carido
murder. the deaths OF Carido and
Mario and possibly OF several other
nameless Italians whose mutnated
bodies were found from time % lime
in the vicinity. ere the direct result
OF troubles which had arisen In the
gang over Concetta.
Concetta OF the Titan Tresses. she
might have been called. for those
who knew her declare hat her locks
were OF the hue made famous by the
great Venetian painter.
Concetta was only twenty az his
time. although It Is said that. when
she arrived in this country. a couple
OF years before. her husband accom-
panied her. Her beauty made her a
widow before she was twenty. At
tracted by It, this gang Is believed 10
have decOyed her husband 20 Fish
Kill and there made away with him.
At any rate. the gang forced her 10
participate In their crimes. and she
must have proven n valuable asset.
for Carido Mario. Bombara and
Treppeppi were constantly in dispute
as 10 her Ownership"
GaridO wanted her for himself
alone. He fed with her 90 New
York. The gang sent for him and
demanded the return OF the girl. He
fed with her 20 Ffshkili. He was
again threatened with death unless
he brought the girl back TO White
Plains where all might profit by hsr
charms.
Carido decided 90 return. A meet
Ing was held "a Bombara's cellar
me cellar OF the house which the
police have since referred 10 as The
House q a Thousand Murders" Al
his meeting 81 was decided that Trep
peppi shouid take Concotta IN charge.
Carido demurred but ultimately ac-
guessed.
A few weeks later. however. Con.
Gotta asked him 20 run or with her
again. ConCetta a living 81 No. q
FronN street. AZ the ume-a little
""ANH n HNNMN = NNNNW NNNNM nNANNNr
ras house Under the directions OF
The gang. Concetta arranged that Ca
rdo should call for her af Midnight
provided hc saw q handkerchief iu
her window to Indicate that the coast
vas clear. Carido agrsrd
Accompanied BY Joe sidera. a
friend. Carido waited and watched
The little window on trs night ln
QueEtiur
The story % what followed has
cen told hy Joe 6i5s.a boo court.
a. midnight the handkerchief was
displayed. Cnr.d1 approached fha
shanty and aecended f1e steps The
door was open Uo entered. a ffgHf
o. seven steps lHd t0 C1urrtfa's room
on The second floor C1rIIn mounted
The staIra -Idera heard tho ranor.
~ "a revolver and o. crash o. uf q
man falling d0Husfaira
Through Tho uiud0a Dob which the
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bullets and which is believed to have
been the target upon which they
perfected their Workmanship.
The revelations which are now en-
gaging the attention OF the author
ties came about as the indirect result
of a quarrel over a girl among mem
bers OF the gang. This quarrel led
to at least two murders and resulted
In rounding up most OF the alleged
members OF the gang. Two OF them
have already been convicted. four
more are In jail awaiting trial for the
same crimes, and three arc under
indictment but still at large.
The girl in the case was known as
Concetta Of the Red Hair. From all
accounts she was OF a very beautiful
type. She was only twenty years old
when she attracted the attention OF
the gang and was forced to become
n OF its most useful members. u
was she who vas used as a lure 20
bring intended victims 10 the torture
chamber OF the gang.
The story can best be told chrome
logically.
In February. 1912. tho mutilated
body OF Fillippo Carido was found in
a sewer about 700 feet from Bronx
street, White Plains. His head had
been nearly shot on. Although he
was known by tho police 10 have
been n OF the gang which met reg
ularly at a house on the Tarrvtown
road run by a man named Charlie
Bombara. there was no clue obtain
able az the time as 20 why he had
been murdered.
Some two months later. while Tony
Mario. n cousin OF Carido and a mem.
Der OF the same gang. was passing
the White Plains railroad station he
was shot through the cheek by a lad
OF nineteen years. The ~assailant was
a complete stranger 20 Mario and
would give no reason for the AZ.
tempted murder. lie was convicted
and lent 20 Hmira.
Two months later another attempt
was made an broad daylight 10 KIN
Mario. The shots went wild. Mario
was told by the police that his safety
lay only in flight. but he decided 10
remain. ~ the Black Hand we're
after him en- earnest. he explained.
there was safety for him nowhere
tie preferred 20 die among his
friends
NeNerthrlres no was prevailed upon
70 provide himself with q body.
guard. Joe Mario. a cousin. was em.
p.OFcd Iu that capacity Tony and
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THE confession OF a condemned
murderer at Sing Sing has re-
yealed the existence OF a re
markable state of affairs in West
chester County. New York.
Westchester contains the Summer
homes OF more multi-milionaires
than any other county in the country.
Its p~alatial mansions and extensive
estates have converted its hills and
valleys into a succession OF private
parks OF the most luxurious char
acter.
To mention only a few OF the more
conspicuous examples OF Nestches-
ter wealth. the estates Of John ID
Rockefeller. William Rockefeller and
Helen Gould at Tarrytown. the Ise-
Inns at Davenport's Neck. Frank
Bish p and Oliver and Borden Har.
riman at Mount Kisco anu the Con-
stables at Mamaroneck might be
specified. A complete list would al
many columns OF this newspaper.
II now appears from the confession
above referred 70 and from the on.
ella investigation which followed Il
that side by side with al these eyi.
uences o. enormous wealth and cult
ure there fiOurished conditions OF bar
oarlsm the Ike Of which have prob
ably not existed since the Middle
Ages.
This county has FOR years been in.
rested with Black Hand gangs. Evi.
dences Of their work have turned nm
from time TO time In the shape OF
the mutilated cOrpses OF their vic
inns. Many OF these grewsome finds
indeed have been made on John d..
Rockefeller's T~arrytown estate
But untll the invesilg son OF the
murderer's confession the exact ma.
furo al the machinery used BY the
Black Hand feuds In their work Of
murder. torture. arson and biackmail
was only suspected.
There VAS q rIHIor. for -nstanca
mat IN the very heart " Westches-
ter County there q q house. chris
tened by The police TIE House or q
Thousand Mu.lers." in which prac-
tlcaliF AT or The crimes committed
IN the name % the Black Hand we're
N.'HH NNN NuN|N'N OH.
Ihls house. 90 was said. was tho
h-eadquarters OF a. gang operating
not only ln Westchestor County but
throughout the country al large.
Their intended victims were mred.
tortured. robbed and done % death.
The cellar and backyard OF this
murder house were believed 20 be
thick with their remains.
Investigations made within the mast
rev weeke give startling confirmation
20 many OF these reports.
Not only has The House OF a
ThouEand Murders been located. bur
down In The cellar have been found
,nc hooks from which 90 was said
victims were strung b. the thumbs.
nud ne spades and picks % a gang
Of workmcn under The direction OF
the coroner have brought forth "a
mass OF quIckllme which So In be-.
lieved contains human remains
Furthermore. the authorities have
located a cave not more than n quar-
ter or a mile from this house and on
the road which leads 20 Rockefeller
estate a. P0tantico Hills which was
used by The gang o. a council cham.
her in The sumner time. a. ffe
mouth stands n tree in which are
mbedded over q pound OF lcaden
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and fired two shots at the fleeing
murderer. hitting him both times. but
he continued his fight and escaped
for the time being. He was appre-
hended an Portchester the same dav.
This man was Pietro Rebacci. lie
vas tried. convicted and sentenced
20 death. lf was he whose confession
led 70 tho .uvestigations which have
been made within the past few
weeks.
But 20 return 20 the narrative.
The day after Narro's death Saliva
lore Mario, his father. applied 20 the
View York police FOR protection.
pointing out that a year before one
of his sons bad been poisoned b.
Black flanders. hen Carido. his
nephew, had been murdered. and nov
his son Tony had met the same fate.
tie WAS turned over to the west
chester authorities and in the course
~ a few hours no told enough about
the workings of the gang 20 warrant
Wholesale arrests.
Within n few hours Sheriff William
q Doyle rounded up RaeTelo IOWA.
Charles Bombara. santa Nostra. gfu-
teppi Romeo and Fortunate Romeo.
and warrants were issued Tor Fran
coscO FlestrO. Eduardo Buefta and
Ettcra TrcppeDpL aIl charged with
the murder OF Carido. Bova has
since been convicted 81 murder i1
the second degree and De- serving Bic
sentence in Sing Sing.
For years the Italian Inhabitants
throughout Westchesfcr County had
been paying tribute i0 their IauIass
fellow country men who operated ln
der fnc dread name of the BLACK
Hand 40 ono knew iust who CON-
posed This gang. bIt a group arcua.