The New York herald., 1921-08-20
CAMORRA KILLERS
ALSO MCENDIARIES,
CONFESSION SHOWS
Head of Italian Squad in
Detroit Verifies Murders
Committed There.
LIGHT FROM PRISONER
FontanO Tells of Six Kill
ings. in Michigan Directed
From New York.
MORE ARRESTS COMING
Buffalo, Bridgeport and Pitts
burgh Mysteries Also Involved
in Operation of Band.
MORE ARRESTS COMING

The story of Interstate traffic IN
murder carried out by secret groups
in New York, Detroit. Buffalo, Pitts
burgh, Bridgeport and other cities un-
der the supervision of the Camorra IN
Italy, which the detectives of the
Italian squad are piecing together
here, received stronger foundation
yesterday when Lieut.. p. A. McPher'
son. chief of the Detroit italian squad
arrived and questioned Bartolo Fon-
tano. the itinerant barber whose con-
fession led to the investigation.
Lieut.. Mcpherson, after his talk
with Fontano, said he had obtained
information which definitely linked SIN
Detroit killings with the operations OF
the Bonventre band. He also declared
Fontano had confessed to setting sew
eral fires in Detroit. for each OF which
he was paid Arson has frequently
been undertaken by these crimina
groups. Mcpherson believes. as well as
other crimes.
Fontano was brought from the Ray
mond street jail in Brooklyn. wnere ne
is waiting extradtion to New jersey
to Police Headquarters, where the De-
troit detective talked with him. Ac-
cording 10 Lieut.. Mcpherson, Fontano
said he knew the men who mad com
mitted six of the murders which par
fled the Detroit police and knew tha'
thew all came to New York to receive
their instructions before the killings
were undertaken. He denied having any
part in these murders himself, and OF
one or two others which the Detroit
notice thought might be the work oil
murder bands he said he knew notnlns.
AS a result of the talk McPherson mao
with Fontano Detective Sergeant Mi-
chael F.aschetti. in charge OF the itai-
ian SQUAD here, SAID last night tnat
other arrests would probably soon De
made.
All the Detroit murders. McPherson
said were carried out along the same
general lines that characterized those
in New York. Several of the victims
were shot as they sat in automobiles
DeIpatches from Detroit last night re-
ported that lr McfnerSoH Hh'VsiS"
ton should give foundation TO Fon-
tano's story OF murders in other cities
search will be made in Detroit for
number OF bodies believed TO be buried
in the outskirts OF the city. where farm
land was used as burial ground for
the victims of Sicilian feuds. Detroi'
poIice records show that Siciiians have
disappeared from the city following
what were believed 10 be feud killings
Fontano complained to the police
when he was brought to headquarters
Yesterday that he had been robbed OF
$40 during the night in the Raymond
street Jail. He said he had the money
in his trousers pocket before he went
TO bed and that in the morning It was
missing.
Detective Sergeant Fiaschetti said he
did not believe tho killing OF James
Morabello In Newark. which was re-
ported Thursday night, would prove 70
have any connection with the work OF
the murder bands. The police think J.
was the result of private quarrel AND
that the confession made In the case
probably was genuine.