"BLACK HAND."

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 32, 1 November 1907, Page 7

"BLACK HAND."

MURDER OF, A YOUTH IN ; NEW YORK. CI .TELEOIUrE—PKKES ;.-.,■ . '.-•.; ~-. iv' ni,k'.-i-* : '■■•'■.' New Yorlt, Octbbor 30. An Italian youth- nSmod '■ Grlmaldi , '■ wan found in; the.outskirts 'ofvßy.o'oklyni' , '.piorowl with riino daggers, whilo in his ovorcoat was a bomb with.a fusfe atta'choa,*a' aud a sharp knife, . ■'■'■'.[■'''. : ft "..' ■•"■;'' ; v n : - , : " ;,, .' Tho outrago is. supposed, to be tho. work cf the ■■ Black Hand.Society. ■ !!t ''■''' '■'' '"';'/" Tho "Black Hand" Society is an organisation of Italian origin to which many/ acts of blackmail and murder are attributed.-Among these was au oxplosioii and fire in July at a Now York tenement house, 21 deaths resulting: From thosaiue city a curious trial< was recently reported. ■'•'•■ Igiiasio do" Lco'uardo '■'and Pietro PampincUia" were convicted of kidnapping and employing "Black Hand" mothodsof. extortion. Do Leonardo was first found guiltv and-at .once-.offers! to turn' State's pvidene'e At tho moment:he took the stand, .Pampinellia' placed his hands ou-liis temples and brought them down slowly, until they met at tho throat. Iho effect on de Leonardo was startliuK ■The , witness turned deathly palo. ThcuMie-Tmaiia-' Swi ° J^ y ,~ I . n ! n sic , fe - X cannot testify." Why , J demanded Judge O'Sullivan.. With an effort de Leonardo rfepliedv: : "Pampinellia has just given me the sign of death. Tt is the 'Black Hand.' I will not testify/' "ne collapsed, and then positively refused to■ give evidence. b