New Britain herald., 1928-04-10
POLICE SMASH UP
 SMUGGLERS' RING
Leader Of Band Thought Caught
 in BeneVento, Italy

Rome, April 10.-lH)-A roundup of leaders of widepread and deliberately organized ring aiding clandestine immigration, chiefly into | North and South America. was an- nounced by the Fascist militia head 1 quarters today.
 The organization had agents at Trieste. Tiume, Naples. Civitavecchia, | Palmcro and other ports. who aided in slowing away persons aboard ships and falsified passports Police and the militia cooperated in the roundup.
 The latest haul was the discovery of Il stowaways aboard the steam- ship Carnia outward bound from
 :~icstc, when the vessel put in at Mrssna
 The fircnlen and cooks aboard the boats conspircd to hide the enli- grants in the gallcys and holds. For this the stoWaways paid sums vary ing from $S50 to sl ,000. The yoy. ages were made under terrible con- dltions Of heat and squalor.
 Many Ships
 The organization had succeeded in planting its contra band human cargo aboard the steamships Columbia, Adrlatic. Martha Washington. AL berta. Lucia. Clara, Ida. Isarco, Providence and Tatria. An investiga- ton is being pushed into the rings notifications in all seaports. Most of the stoWaways were destined for North and South America and a few for France.
 Prior to embarkation elaborate provisions were made for harboripe emierants. There was a system of motor transport to speed them from one port to another to avoid the vigilance Of the authorities.
 The conspirators had even perfect cd code by which they wirelesscd accomplices aboard the ships to learn if .t was safe to take on the cnllgrants at the next port of call
 The persons arrested included Nincenzo Giaquinto of Naples, Pietro Ascionc of Torre Del Greco, Augusta P"trovich and Attilio Grotton of Trieste, Fc'icc .)arach of Plume, Francesca Delvcscovo and Mauro Salvemini of Motetti, Andrea and Giuseppe Cuomo Of CastelIan,mare pi Stabia and Ninccnzo Roccia, (;io- Nanni Nunziato. Ninconzo Tonzau Alfredo Nancione, Gino Pclleerino. Nincenzo Inprota. Antonio Guarra- olno, Moo Mattia and others from places near Naples.
 Nab Ring Leader.
 Eenc'onto. Italy. April 10 fP,--~- The head of a ring which s,nuEeled Italians aboard ships bound for North and South America was be- !jeNed to be under arrest here today in the person of Raphael Foshino. Foschino. a man of 64, has real es- tate holdings amounting to s,ooo,- 900 lire. or nearly S1en.ooo. and holdings of cash and convertible paper of i.1oo,ooo lire, or roughly s5s.0nO.
 Five young accomplices were ar- rested at the same time when they attempted to stow their human car- go aboard the steamship Carnia at MesSina
 Foschjno was said to have made n partial confession. declaring that Sl,o"o to &1 500 was the price nor- ma'ly asked for illicit transport ation and in some cases even $2,0nO.
 Foschino lived in grand style. He had country villa and a town house. two automobiles. He kept books of his transactions and re- c"'pts and these were seized when J1ls home was searched. Not even the 1 fact that he invested largely in gov crnment securities is likely to obtain the lcniency of the courts for him.
 The investigation leading to his arrest has been going on for five months.