Evening star., 1922-04-01

AR. WASHINGTON, D.
nedy sent in his card to Lieut. Giu-
seppe in charge. and we were quickly
| admitted. The lieutenant was q
| short, full-faced Italian, with light
ish hair and eyes that were apparent
~ dull until you suddenly discovered
! that that was merely a cover to
! their really restless way of taking in
| everything and fixing the impression
| on his mind as IL on a sensitive plate.
/ want to talk about the Gennaro
| case" began Craig. II may add that
| l have been rather closely associated
with Inspector O'Connor Of the CEN
tral once on number of cases. SO
| That | think we can trust each other.
would you mind telling me what you
know about 1t IL / promise you that
| l., too, have something to reveal?"
| The lieutenant leaned back and
watched Kennedy closely without
seeming seen, TO do SO. When I was in
~ did good deal OF work in trac-
| Ing up some Camorra suspects, / had
/ tip about some of them to look up
! their records-I needn't say where 1t
came from, but it was a good one,
Much of the evidence against some of
| those fellows who are being tried at
| Viterbo was gathered by the Cara
| blnlert as a result of hints that l was
| able to give them-clues that were
furnished to me here in America
pose there is really no need to con-
| ceal it, though. The original tip
York"
q can guess who it was" nodded
| Then. as you know. this banker
Is a fighter. He is the man who or
| ganized the White Hand-an organi-
cation which is trying to rid the
Italian population of the Black Hand.
garding former members of both the
Camorra in Naples and the Malta in
| Sicily. as well as the Black Hand
gangs in New York. Chicago and
| other cities. Well. Cesare. as you
know, is Gennaro's father-in-law.
the record of certain criminal !
heard of a peculiar murder commit
| ted some years ago. There was an
| honest old music master who ap-
harmless Of lives. But it became
known that he was supported by
| Cesare and had received handsome
presents Of money from him. The old
man was, as you may have guessed,
the first music teacher of Gennaro.
l
] might have been at a loss to see how
he could have an enemy, but there
was one who coveted his small for
tune. One day he was stabbed and
| robbed.
| His murderer ran out into the
street crying out that the poor man
had been killed. Naturally a crowd
rushed up in a moment, for 1t was
In the middle of the day. Before the
injured man could make it understood
who had stuck him the assassin was
down the street and lost in the maze
of old Naples, where he well knew
the houses of his friends would hide
him. The man who is known to have
committed that crime--Francesco
Paoli-escaped to New, York: We
clever man. far above the average
son of doctor in town few
miles from Naples, went to the uni
versity, was expelled for some mad
prank-in short. he was the black
sheep of the family. OF course, over
here he is too high born to work with
his hands on a railroad or in trench.
| and not educated enough to work at
anything else. So he has been prey
| ing on his more Industrious country
by his wits with no visible means of
support.
strict confidence" continued the lieu
tenant, that it's my theory that old
| Cesare has seen Paloi here, knew he
was wanted for the murder of the
! old music master. and gave me that
tip to look up his record. At any
rate. Paoli disappeared right after l
! returned from Italy. and we haven't
must have found out in some way
that the tip to look him up had been
| given by the White Hand He had
been a Camorrista in Italy and had
many ways of getting information
| here in America"
| He paused and balanced a piece of
| cardboard in his hand.
| Its nay theory of this case that
If we could locate this Paeli we could
| solve the kidnapping of little Ade-
! lima Gennaro very quickly. That's
his picture.
| at it, and ] started in surprise. 1t
was my evil-loaking friend with the
| scar on his cheek.
| Well" said Craig, quietly handing
back the card, whether or not he is
| the man. know where we can catch
1t was Giuseppe's turn to show sur
prise now.
with your assistance. I'll get this
man and the whole gang tonight"
over his plan and concealing just
| enough to make sure that no matter
| how anxious the lieutenant was to
get the credit, he could not spoil the
! affair by premature: interference.
The final arrangement was that four
Of the best men Of. the squad were to
| hide In q vacant store across from Vim
censo's early in the evening. leng before
any one was watching. The signal for
them to appear was to be the extin-
gushing Of the lights behind the COL
! ored bottles In the druggists window.
A taxicab was to be kept waiting at
headquarters at the SAND time with
| three other good men ready to start
for given address the moment the
alarm was given over the telephone.
We found Gennaro awaiting us
with the greatest anxiety at the opera
house. The bomb at Cesare's had
been the last straw. GeRnaro had
already drawn from his bank ten
! crisp $1,000 bills and already had
| copy of II Progresso, in which he had
| hidden the money between the sheets.
"Mr. Kennedy" he said. II am GO
ing to meet them tonight. They
may kill me. See, have provided
myself with a pistol shall fight,
lima. But II II Is only money they
"One thing want to say" began
Kennedy.
mo, no, no." cried the tenor II
! will go-you shall not stop me-"
Il don't wish to stop you," Craig
| reassured him. But one thing-do
| exactly as I tell you. and I swear
injured, and we will get the black
l1ap