New-York tribune., 1921-08-20
Guards Protect
Marked Men
From Ca1l1orra
Ring of Detectives Thrown
Around Witnesses in In
vestigation of l25 MUIR
ders Ascribed to Band
Italian Girls Interviewed
SsThey May Get Just So
Many of Us, but / am Not
Bothered" Officer Says

Detective Sergeant Michael Fias-
chetti. head Of the police Italian squad,
whose predecessor, Lieutenant Joseph
Petrosini. was killed by the Camorra.
in Palermo, Italy, yesterday threw
guards about witnesses and others in
rested in the present investigation
of 126 murders. ascribed to the organi-
zstion in New York. Detroit, Bridge
port. Pittsburgh and other cities.
He admitted that he had every rea-
son to believe that he was on the mur-
der list of the organization, but as
for others on the list he did not be-
lieve the Camorra would ever carry
ont It's threat to murder any one not
an Italian.
Refused to Divulge Names
Two pretty Italian girls and an aged.
white haired Italian woman appeared
at Headquarters and were interviewed d
hv SERGEANT Fiaschetti. He refused to
livulec the names of these witnesses.
saving: DO you want these women
to be murdered? If l told you their
names and then permitted them to go
home they might not live twenty-1our
Lieutenant Bert Mcpherson, Of the
Detroit Detective Department., arrived
in New York City yesterday. he saio
Bartolo Fontano's confession nae 1eeh
checked and found perfect IN detsli re-
rarding Detroit murders and otnef
crimes He was asked IL he had rea-
SON to believe he had been marked 1or
death by the Camorra. ,,., ,1.,h.
"Yes:" he said, "there is little douoe
20 - Tbev NAV get just so many OF
us: but if they are going 20 get mt
thev will get me, and that is all there
ia to it. l am not bothered. ! VIII
stay here until Monday and then go
back to Detroit" ;.e
One of the young women "lenesees eS
rave Fontano $50 when ne repo1'Iu 1o S..
That he had been robbed OF SoV ny
other prisoners in the Raymond o. o.nees ,.aor
jail. and Fiaschetti ana McrneiSEn %;s
both said they had no ooJe'''o" W '''S
taking the money. n;.+,,ro
~ ha.;eve ve have Fontano's plc1ure
rrder another name in the Detroit
T"u ps~,es' GALLERY" continued McPher-
.op NUs I've have records Of alleged mem
Ssrs of the gang under arrest and YET
~ b. annrehended, showing they. nave
suoaged in murder, arson for lnsur
snee gambling, kidnapping Of white ana
naoro girls for commercial purposes
ard long list Of other crimes tney
Uonld turn their hands to anyshing
that offered financial gain.
Killed on Hunting Trips
n1n Detroit as in New York they
would invite victims to take automoblle
Trims or hunting trips and then Kill
them while feigning the greatest
friendship. These Camorra murderers
have been active in Detroit for. ten
Years. Besides the murders there have
heen numerous disappearances. Many
have been traced from Detroit to Can
ada, where the Camorra now seem TO be
active"
Farm land on the northwestern out
skirts Of Detroit was used as the burial
ground for a number Of the victims of
the Sicilian feuds, according to the
story of one witness. This ground is
now being turned over to recover
bodies, Detroit dispatch stated last
night.
Sergeant Fiaschetti was in Newark
Yesterday trying to identify James
Morabello, killed while attempting to
blackmail an Italian woman with whom
he lived. Morabello is believed to have
been victim of the Bonzentre gang,
as the American ring of the Sicilian
Camorra was known.
Nine arrests in Detroit and three In
Buffalo, besides several in other cities.
MA exDected soon