Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1912 — NINE 'BLACK HANDERS’ TAKEN [ARTICLE]

NINE 'BLACK HANDERS’ TAKEN

Stabbing of Young Italian in Cincinnati Results in Big Raid by Police. t Cincinnati, Aug. 9. —Nine ’ members of an Italian “Black Hand” society were arrested here in one of the largest raids ever attempted by the local police. The raid came as the result of the stabbing of John Abato, an Italian, last Monday. Little by little he gained courage enough to tell the detectives the names of his “Black Hand” enemies, and the gang was rounded up at 614 Carlisle avenue. Fifty revolvers, 30’ stilettos and a number of other weapons were taken from the gangsters and from hiding places in the house.