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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-05
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fireless to cook from three 70 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 in the morning.
with buttered crumbs on top, all
ready TO be set in the oven at night
and Drowned Toast had been the
bread served, and the dessert was
of individual custards with caramel
and nut sauce: this also made ready
before noon.
Veal loaf, which may be prepared
at any time and served cold. is a de
lectable supper dish Chop three
pounds of veal and one-half pound OF
ham or salt pork very fine. Mix into
it two eggs well beaten, one cupful
of fine bread or cracker crumbs, one
teaspoon of salt, one-half teaspoon Of
pepper. one teaspoon of onion juice.
one-half teaspoon Of ground mace.
one-half teaspoon of allspice Mold
into a loaf and place on baking dish.
Glaze with beaten egg and sprinkle
with bread crumbs. Cook in mod
crate oven two hours. basting often
with melted butter and water
Macaroni and tomato sauce, hot
and tempting. is served with the
slices Of veal loaf, as the former is
a dish which may be prepared early,
ready for the final browning at night
We have thin brown bread sand
wiches with this and rather rich
dessert of Banbury tarts. These also
are made in the morning and are
slipped into the oven for a moment
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-05

mediately. According to Marcos
friends, Mario objected to the gangs
treatment of his cousin, Carido, and
his hostility was the signal for his
own fate His death a year later,
after several previous attempts, rep
resented the execution of the gangs
decree.
All these fact 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 to 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 in
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-05

before serving. To make, chop one
cup of seeded raisins, add two tea
spoons of very thinly sliced citrOn,
one-half 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.
If the evening promises to be cold,
the appetite clamorous and the first
course of the supper light, It's then
that | summon the fireless to my aid
and prepare a steamed pudding. The
fruit in it may be figs, dates or
raisins, the foundation is the same.
Sift together one cup of entire wheat
-four. one-half cup of white -four,
one-half teaspoon of salt, one tea
spoon of soda. one teaspoon of Gin
namon. Mix and add one beaten
egg, One-half cup of milk, one-half
cup of molasses. four tablespoons OF
melted butter, then a cup OF fruit
Turn into buttered baking powder
tins. filling them only two-thirds full;
tie down the covers firmly and place
in ireless 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 in
the freless and cook about three
hours. Serve the pudding with hard
sauce.
On Saturday the brown bread is
mixed after luncheon and left to
cook at its own sweet will in the
ireless. Truly the woman who has
not yet adopted the fireless cooker
will have fascinating fields Of expert.
ments open out before her when she
does.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-05

handkerchief still hung Sidera saw
Bova He 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 month before Ca
rides 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 bloodstains had
been concealed The inference OBJ
tainabie from all the testimony was
that Bova lay on the floor of Con
cettas room and sent bullet crash
ing into Carido's skull at distance
of less than a foot as the unsuspect-
ing Black Handler came to keep his
tryst At any rate, Bova was con
victed Of murder in the second de-
gree and is now serving his sentence.
Concetta disappeared almost i'm
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the cellar. Coroner lies had force
of men eXcavatihg this cellar for
several days, and discovered mass
of quicklime three feet below the
surface in which it is believed are
human remains.
Dozens of other victims, Rebacci
declares, we're lured by Concetta to
the gangs headquarters and done
away with.
In the Summer the cave ON the
Tarrytown road was used as the
gangs meeting place, he declared.
There they practised craftsmanship.
An investigation reveals a tree in
which over a pound of lead bullets
are imbedded.
There is an astonishing corrobora'
ton of many of the most uncanny
incidents of Rebaccis 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 Crimes over all the
country We're planned there. Per-
haps il justifes them in referring
to Charlie Bombara's house as The
House Of a Thousand Murders
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toned to meet at Charlie Bombara's
saloon we're generally believed to We
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 mutilated
bodies were found from time to time
in the vicinity, were 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 that her locks
were of the hue made famous by the
great Venetian painter
Concetta was only twenty at this
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
widow before she was twenty At
tracted by it, this gang is believed to
have decoyed her husband to Fish
Kill and there made away with him.
AT any rate the gang forced her to
participate in their crimes, and she
must have proven valuable asset,
for Carido Mario Bombara and
Treppeppi were constantly in dispute
as to her ownership"
Carido wanted her for himself
alone He fed with her to New
York The gang sent for him and
demanded the return Of the girl He
fled with her to Fishkill. He was
again threatened with death unless
he brought the girl back to White
Plains where all might profit by her
charms
Carido decided to return. A meet
ing was held In BomDara 5 cellar
the cellar Of the house which the
police have since referred TO as The
House Of Thousand Murders At
this meeting il was decided that Trep-
HfBlA Nubuiu Va Ne A|OuftAitA III AtldA So
Carido demurred but ultimately ac-
Quiesced.
\ few weeks later. however. Con
eetta asked him TO run off with her
again Concetta was living at No u
Bronx street at the time-a little
shanty a stone s throw from Bomba-
ras house Under the directions OF
the gang, Concetta arranged that Ca.
rido should call for her ut midnight
provided he saw handkerchief in
her window to indicate that the coast
was clear Carido agreed.
Accompanied by Joe Sidera, a
friend Carido waited and watched
the little window on the night in
question
The story OF what followed has
been told by Joe Sidera in court
At midnight the handkerchief was
displayed Carido approached the
shanty and ascended the steps. The
door was open. He entered. A fight
of seven steps led to Concetta's room
on the second floor. Carido mounted
the stairs. Sidera heard the report
Of a revolver and crash as of
man falling downstairs
Through the window In which the
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and fired two shots at the fleeing
murderer, hitting him both times, but
he continued his flight and escaped
for the time being. He was appre.
hended at Portchester the same day
This man was Pietro Rebacci He
was tried, convicted and sentenced
to death II was he whose confession
led TO the investigations which have
been made within the past few
weeks.
But to return TO the narrative.
The day after Mario death Saliva.
tore Mario. his father applied to the
New York police for protection,
pointing ont that a year before one
of his sons had been poisoned by
Black flanders then Carido. his
nephew. had been murdered. and now
his son rony had met the same fate.
lie was turned over TO the West
chester authorities and i'm the course
Of teV hours he told enough about
the workings OF the gang to warrant
wholesale arrests.
Within "A few hours Sheriff William
C.. Doyle rounded mp Raeitele Bova,
Charles Bombara Santa Nostra, Giu-
seppi Romeo and Fortunate Romeo,
and warrants were issued for Fran
cescu Filestro Eduardo Buetta and
Euera Treppeppi all charged with
the murder of Carido Boya has
since been convicted OF murder in
the second degree and is serving his
sentence in Sing Sing.
For years the Italian inhabitants
throughout Westchesier County had
been paying tribute TO their lawless
fellowcountrymen who operated IN.
der the dread name OF the Black
Hand No one knew Just who com
posed this gang but a group accus-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-05

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 authori-
ties came about as the indirect result
of 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 are 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
one of its most useful members. 1t
was she who was used as lure to
bring intended victims to the torture
chamber of the gang
The story can best be told chrome
logically
In February 1912. the mutilated
body of Fillippo Carido was found in
a sewer about zoo feet from Bronx
street, White Plains His head had
been nearly shot off Although he
was known by the police to have
been one of the gang which met reg
ularly at house on the Tarrytown
road run by a man named Charlie
Bomhara, there was no clue obtain
able al the time as TO why he had
been murdered
Some two months later. while Tony
Mario. a cousin Of Carido and a mem
Der of the same gang, vas passing
the White Plains railroad station he
was shot through the cheek by lad
of nineteen years The asSailant was
a complete stranger to Mario and
would give no reason for the at
tempted murder lite was convicted
and sent TO Elmira
Two months later another attempt
was made IA broad daylight to Kill
Mario The shots went Wild Mario
was told 10y the police that his safety
lay only in flight. bat he decided to
remain II the Black Hand We're
after him in earnest he explained
there was safety for him nowhere
lie preferred TO die among his
friends
Nevertheless he was prevailed upon
TO provide himself with a body
guard Joe Mario. cousin, was EN-.
pIoyed in that capacity. Tony and
Ioe worked in the same umberyard
so thai it was not difficult for Joe to
keep almost constant watch on his
doomed cousin Joe kept loaded
automatic revolver on his work
bench
On February 81. 1918 when the
quitting hour came, Tony started for
home. with Joe following fifty feet
behind. Hardly had Tony reached
the street than a shotgun hla2ed
forth from hole in the fence, barely
six feet behind Tonys back and
tWenty-eight half cartridges found
their mark Tony was killed instan.
taneOusly
Joe Mario ran back for his gun
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-05

TVHE confession of condemned
murderer at Sing Sing has re-
- vealed the existence OF a re-
markable state of affairs in West
chester County, New York
Westminster contains the Summer
homes OF more multi-millionaires
than any other county in the country.
It's palatial 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 Westches-
ter wealth the estates of John d.
Rockefeller, William Rockefeller and
Helen Gould at Tarrytown, the Ise-
Inns at Dayenport's Neck. Frank
Bishop and Oliver and Borden Har.
riman al Mount Kisco and the Con
stables at Mamaroneck might be
specified complete list would fill
many columns of this newspaper
II now appears from the confession
above referred to and from the OFF.
cial investigation which followed it
that side by side with all these evi-
dences of enormous wealth and cult
ure there hourshed conditions OF bar
barism the like OF which have prob
ably not existed since the Middle
Ages.
This county has for years been in
Tested with Black Hand gangs Eyi-
dences of their work have turned up
from time to time in the shape of
the mutilated corpses of their vic
Tins. Many Of these grewsOme finds
indeed have been made ON John D.
Rockefellers Tarrytown estate.
But until the investigation of the
murderer's confession the exact ma
ture of the machinery used by the
Black Hand fends in their work of
murder, torture, arson and backmail
was only suspected
There was a rumor. for instance.
that in the very heart of Westches
Ter County there was a house chris
tered by the police The House of a
Thousand Murders in which prac
tically all of the crimes committed
in the name of the Black Hand were
plotted. If not carried out
This house. il was said, was the
headquarters Of gang operating
not only in Westchester County but
throughout the country at large
There intended victims We're lured.
tortured, robbed and done 10 death.
The cellar and backyard OF this
murder-house were believed to be
thick With their remains
Investigations made within the past
few weeks give startling confirmation
20 many of these reports
Not only has The House of a
Thousand Murders been located, but
down in the cellar have been found
the hooks from which ii was said
victims were strung by the thumbs.
and the spades and picks of gang
OF workmen under the direction OF
the coroner have brought forth
mass Of quicklime which 1t is be.
lieyed contains human remains
Furthermore, the authorities have
located cave not more than quar-
ter OF a mile from this house and on
The road which leads to Rockefeuer's
estate at Pocantco Hills which was
used by the gang as council cham
Der in the sumner time At its
mouth stands a tree in which are
Embedded over pound of leaden
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-05

The CamOrra, the Notorious secret Society OF
Modelled Marks It's Victims Similar Cruetes, 1t Is
Alleged, Were Practised by WeStchesters Black
Hand Gang in "The House of Thousand Murders.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-01
INSTANTLY KILLED
BY KICK OF HORSE
Farmer Writes Letter Telling of
Fate of Young Warren
McCarrick.
OFFERS TO PRODUCE. BODY
Philadelphia Detectives Think
Mystery of Missing Boy
Is Solved.
OFFERS TO PRODUCE. BODY
Especial { to The Times -Dispatch.l

Special to The Times Dispatchl
nii,aaeiphia March 3l.-A letter re-
eron from q farmer late this afternoon.
who says the horse he. was driving
70 70 ), his his farm arm wagon kicked to death
year-old boy, is believed by the police
TO solve the mystery which has baneu
them since the boy vanished on March
II.
1t now develops that three days ago
warren McCarrick's father received n
prosecuted. A similar letter was SIS sent mt
to to Judge John NJ. Patterson, and an
a LAWYER, asking him to help him in n,
his trouble. Captain Cameron showed
the letter he received to-day to the
into tears when he learned of the
childs fate. Captain Cameron said
without hesitation that the farmer
would be granted immunity when the
boys body Is produced
Letter From Farmer.
The letter in full says:
bother you. Fourteen days ago I had
an accident. and hard luck I don't
know what to do. | haye n wife and
Is sick. | intended to surrender for "a
long while. but no one would believe
me. and II l should be put in prison,
children. am a farmer. only a few
years in this country and cannot speak
English.
II wrote to Mr. McCarrick three days
ago in German. 1 am afraid some one
would kill me and burn my house down.
know where the boy IS. / stopped
with my wagon NJ Nineteenth and
Bainbridgc Streets fourteen days ago.
When l came out ] saw a small boy
playing around the foot of my horse.
The boy had q hoop under my horse =
foot. and the boy was beating the
horse on his stomach. The horse raised
his hoof and knocked the boy down
and cut his head. took the boy in the
wagon to take him to hospital but
the t,y's head was covered with blood
and ] was afraid.
"I put my hand on his heart and
there was no sign of life. The cut on
the boys head was terrible. and his
brains were coming out. l did not
know who the boy was. My wife does
not know anything. I burned the rags
with which / covered the boys body
and washed the wagon. will turn
over the body to Mr.. McCarrick if 7 am
not punished. The boy was killed In
stantly.
Let me know through the news
papers how ! shall do It I thought of
burning the body. but did not want to
be murderer.
(Sisned) FARMER IN BAD LUCK"
Captain Of Detectives Cameron turned
practically his whole force loose on the
letter tonight. He himself Is In the
field in charge of the search.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-01
PRESENT FOR MRS. sAYRE
delayed GIFT From Ambassndor Nor.
Scnthnu Is Rich Oriental Rug

tSpeclai To The Times -Dispatchl
New York. March 3l.-A beautifuI
nnd priceless Oriental rug that should
nae been received last November was
l,fceivcd today. 1t is the delayed we'd
dSins present of Henry Morgenthau. am
6assador TO Turkey. to Mrs. Sayre
uanShter OF President Wilson
ne rug is feet by feet, s inches
ana the blended colors are red. TWO
shades of blue. green and yellow. with
a a iEreGn and red fringe. 1t is called a
nuhti!ie rug. as many weird animals ls
ana ana lions, tigers and deer and green
dragoHS arc represented
Inc centre design is medallion
.hEet and half feet long which bears
me turkish zodiac on dark blue
background. representing the sky. and
thc l6-inch border consists OF singing
birds ana flowers. which are a Turkish
symbol for conjugal happiness.
rms is the closest weave have
ever seen, and any one who knows anv-
ming about rugs can tell YOU ii Is over
200 years old, and must certainly come
from the Sultan's looms" said Mr.
rapazian. n rug expert. IT am posi-
tive that Mr. Morgenthau has not
bought this rug on an open market. hut
1t is my belief that 1t is n regal pres.
ent to him.
That rug was made by one person
alone and 1t must have taken over
SIX years TO complete. 1 value it over
S25,0O0."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-01
Requested by Officials
of Newport News Ship
building Company.
STATEMENT MADE
IN RECENT TRIAL
Intination That Commanders
Loyalty to Government Cost
Shipbuilding Concern $4,000
a Day and Figured in Kie-
seeker Assault Leads to
Call for Inquiry.

Washington. March s1-Secrctary
Daniels announced tonight that at the
rNsGusst Nsius v Of officiaiq of the Newport
day, he probably would order Il court
or inquiry to investigate "a statement
by Commander Il. r. Pollock. as coun-
sel Tor Lieutenant-Comman Charles
+. HUFF. that Iiuffs loyalty TO the gov
crnnent in his inspection of material
Tor the battleship Texas cost the ship
building company $4,000 day. The
statement was made during the recent
trial Of Huff by court martial for as
sauiting j. J.. Kicsecker, an employe
Of the shpyard with intimation
that the naval officers close attention
TO duty might have some connection
with the difficulty.
Mr.. Daniels made public to-day a
letter from Commander Pollock, ex-
planning that he was mot in posses
sion of any, facts which directly CON
dutles as Inspector, and that in max
ing the statement during the trial he
followed his clients line of thought.
he said HUFF did not question the in
tegrity OF the company. or of it's gen
eral manager.
Review of Hun's Record.
In his letter Commander Pollock said
ms statement was made in review Of
lieutenant Comma ndcr Hun's record
20 snow that Huff was indie pendent
duties" -''
He added: This statement also suE
G.Sss f,,. the line of thought which Mr.
Iiuil informed me he had; I. e. that
certain employees in the Newport News
Shipbuilding Company may have con-
siuered it TO their interests to give
puohcity 10 Mr.. HuGs' personal affair
win Alr. kieseckcr. as this would prob
ABLY result in MIR. Huffs detachh1ent
as inspector Mr.. Huff contends that
hM.i M ,ohcnse was exaggerated and given
puohcitY to Mr.. Huf's personal affair
nE reason of his vigilance. might pay
me penalty of their negligence by los
ing their positions. as this COMPANY
was losing heavily by reason of his ad
verse reports. Mr.. Hun informed me
mat he did not question the intevritv
o, o., .no company or Mr. Ferguson, the
no action has been taken bv ,hs
secretary upon the findings OF the
sOurt- martial. sentencing Hum to lose
i've nufNber in grade and receive a