Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1908 — HE WANTS A BODYGUARD [ARTICLE]

HE WANTS A BODYGUARD

Man Without Arms Is Afraid the “Black Hand” Will Cut Off His Legs, Also. Newark, N, J., Oct. 30. —An Italian, who gave the name of Villardo Dlpttti, has appealed to the police here for a personal liodyguard to protect him from the Black Hand. Exhibiting the stumps of his arms, -which had not yet healed, the man declared that members of the Blkek Hand had lured him from Morothom, Pa., where his arms were amputated. He said be was then bound and placed near a railroad track. After four weeks In a hosiptal he came here and now declares that the same band is preparing to amputate bis legs in further revenge for his betraying a member. 'Hie police are investigating the case.