CARUSO.
» [ HIS BLACKMAILER SENTENCED. ~ \ By TelecriDh-Pre.B Association-Cnovrießt. ! . New York, May 16.. Nisiani, an Italian, and a member of i the "Black Hand" Society, was sentenced to an indeterminate sentence of from three and a half to seven and a half years, for attempted blackmailing of Signor Carnso, the eminent tenor. ! [A London cablegram of March 6 stated: "Two Italians, members of the "Black Hand' Society, have been committed for trial at New York for attempting to extort from Signor Caruso, the eminent tenor siuger, .£3OOO, by threats of death." Later on, it was cabled: "Forty-three policemen guarded the great tenor, Signor Caruso, during a oertormance at Brooklyn, owing to 'Black Hand' demands on him, with the alternative of assassination. Six detectives, disguised as Viennese peasants, were mingled •■ with the chorus."] ,
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 820, 18 May 1910, Page 5
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130CARUSO. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 820, 18 May 1910, Page 5
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