Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-09
F MURDERS, 100 H0LD-JPs WORK or
 GANG IN CHICAGO
Sixteen Men and Women in Custody; Five Others Are
 Being Sought.

Custody; Five Others Are
 Being Sought.
 Chicago, Dec. 6.--Twelve mur- ders, 100 saloon, poolroom and street holdups ard 150 house bur glaries are the toll so far laid to a gang of desperadoes rounded np here. Sixteen men and a woman are in custody, and others are sought. Five of the murders have been confessed by members of the gang, as well as the other crimes: A feud among the members ot the band, in which one was Killed and his body, with IA bullet wounds, tossed into the drainage canal; a crime college, where q Fagin tutored neophytes in the methods of preying upon society; crooked dice game by which he defrauded them of their criminal earnings. after they had been graduated-thes and thriving black hand business, conducted as sort of side line, compromise the i ihigh-light features of the con- l fession.
 Four of Those Slain.
 Four of the murdered were: i Andrew Bowman, saloon pro- pietor at 447 West Twenty-sev- enth street.
 Beniamin Wendell, electrician for the Commonwealth Edison Co. t Albert Kurbalurzo of 6141 South Kostner avenue.
 Santo Orlando, member of the band, who, after being killed, was robbed.
 Frank Campioni is leader of the gang and Sam Cardinelli chief of the black hand end of it. Three members, Leonard Crepo, Tom Erico and Nick Vianni, told oi Cardinello"s attempt to kill them in order to prevent any possibility of betrayal.
 Among those under arrest be- sides Cardinella and Campioni arc Tom Erico, Nicholas Vianni, Lee Crepo, Tony Sansoni, all of whom roomed with Campioni; Josepl Doris and Benjamin Torteresi.
 Beginning with the murders of Bowman and Wendell are first Involved in them also is the kill ing of Orlando and the decision O the band, according 50 the comics , sions, to withdraw from Cardinel , las leadership and accept that o , Campioni.
 Scouts specially trained for tha
 purpose had reported that Bow
 man, on June 24 last, would hay
 $3OOO in cash register to cash pa ] checks for employees of industria plants in the vicinity. Orland ! was retained by Cardinella, tn f confessions stated, to drive tn robbers automobile to and frol
 the saloon.
 /. But plans went awry. BoWma
 and Wendell, who were the onl . customers in the saloon, offere ]: battle and were killed. Then di sension arose over a division ( ! the proceeds. The members of u } band declared they had obtaine | nothing, that Orlando was the la < man to leave the place, and if ar 2 money was found he had taken ! Cardinella is quoted as saylng . i did not believe them.
 , However, Orlando disappears | and none of the band saw hi i again. Cardinella told them ! had him spirited out of town di ] guised as woman, because u 1 police were after him. A fe < months later Orlando's bullet ri ! bled body was found in the drai | age canal.
 < Two Policemen Were Shot. , Swinging over to Campion | standard, the band operated f { many months throughout t ! south and west sides. Then ! scout reported that dice and ca < games in which as much as $50 - often was at stake were played a barber shop and poolroom :' APO West Sixty-third street. 1 Acting as advance man, Tc ! Erricco wandering into the pla ! on the night of Nov. 15. He h been there about 30 minutes wh i Frank Campioni, Nicholas Vian 1 and Tony Sansoni arrived. Tn ! ordered everybody to "hold 1 hands," Kurbalanzo was slow /! cbeying and was shot and killt ! Crepo then turned the body ov 1 and seached the clothing. T ! complete yield of this robbery W ! S2730 and five watches.
 { Two police officers were amo i those who were shot-Serg ! James Carlin and Hughes 1 Nally of the South Clark Strt i station-tut they recovered. Tn were shot on the night of Oct. ! when they came upon members 'N the clan in the street and tried - search them for weapons. \ Berger Nominated