The New York herald., 1921-08-19
.23 MORE SLAYINGS
LINKED TO CAMORRA
Mysteries in Pittsburgh and
Bridgeport Reopened by
Revelations.
RICH LEADER is SOUGHT
He Has $500,000 for Work
and Defence Fund, Say
Police Here.
NEW KILLING In NEWARK
Man Says Victim Was
Beaten for Attempt to
Blackmail Mother.

Besides clearing up the mystery OF
seventeen murders in Manhattan,
Brooklyn and Detroit In the last six
years, the recent arrest and confession
of Bartolo F'ontano and his story of
murder bands operating under orders
Of the Camorra In italy, may solve
eighteen murders in Pittsburgh since
last December and five mysterious
deaths in Bridgeport, Conn, in the last
four years.
Detective Sergeant Michael Fias-
chetti and other officials familiar with
the work of the italian murder gangs
believe that eventually they will be
able to show that the New York Ca
morrists controlled and directed the
work of murder gangs in all of the
principal American cities in which
there are important foreign settle
ments.
The police authorities or all OF the
largest cities Of the United States have
been In communication with the New
York department. 1t is likely that most
of them will send detectives here to
cooperate with Sergeant Fiaschetti and
his men. The investigation is proceed
ing on the theory that the New York
group known as the Bonventre gang
was the directing body of the whole
Camorrist organization in the United
States and spread orders received from
Sicily and Italy.
The head of thfs syndicate is now in
Buffalo, the police believe, and search
Is being made for him. This man is
said to have at his disposal 100000 to
carry out the plans of the Camorra and
to defend members who are arrested.
Lieut.. Mcpherson. chief Of the Italian
squad OF the Detroit Police Department.
left Detroit last night for New York.
where he will help Detective Fiaschettl
with the work OF developing evidence to
connect the murder gangs here with the
Detroit killings mentioned by Fontano
Dispatches last might said that McPher-
son believes that Fontano has been un-
der arrest in Detroit. but the records
there do not support this belief.
Fontano was taken from the Tombs
yesterday and sent 10 the Raymond
street jail in Brooklyn to prevent the
six other men who were arrested with
him and who have been named by him
as HlSHlDtfS OF the bVnNsnNTt EdHE from
intimidating him. The cells OF all Of
the prisoners were close together In the
Tombs. and the police feared that the
others might influence Fontano and pre-
vent him from giving further informa-
ton.
Another Italian murder, which, how
evr. does not appear to lay at the door
of the Camorra, came to light in New
ark yesterday. The body of James
Morabello. hod carrier. was found on
Tuffany boulevard, in the Forest Hills
section. The body was partly clad and
was wrapped in two blankets and
sheet. There were knife wounds In the
head and In the throat.
The police thought at first that the
murder of Morabello had some connec-
ton with the New York Camorra case.
But later John Tricola of 120 Summit
avenue was accused of killing the man
because Morabello had attacked his
mother. For some time, Tricola said,
the hod carrier had been trying to black
mail Mrs Tricola.
II knocked him down with an iron
bar" said Tricola, according to the de-
tectives. "and then ] cut and stabbed
him until / was tired and until I knew
he was dead. Then l tied up his body
and hid II