Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1909 — MAFIA EXHIBITS ITS POWER [ARTICLE]

MAFIA EXHIBITS ITS POWER

Demonstrations as Petrosino’s Body la Placed on Board Ship. At Palermo, Italy, draped with the Stars and Stripes and covered with flowers, the coffin containing the body of Joseph Petroslno, murdered head of the Italian branch of the New York city detective service, was placed on board the Cunard line steamer Slavonia, for conveyance to New York. The fact that Palermo is full of police who are seeking the whereabouts of Petrosino’s slayers caused the Mafia to give demonstrations of its power by robbery and arson.