Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 23, Number 52, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 24 June 1893 — Page 7

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BROOKLYN'S MAFIA.

IT 13 NOT COMPOSED OF SONS OF ITALY.

CHEEKS. SICILIANS AA1 COR8ICAX8 THE KEAL AVENGERS.

Thoy Do Th»tr Work In a Thorough Manner and Ubtb Little Hope for the Work of Justice—Home Recent "Beino»al«" Unexplained- 4

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any class of foreigners in this country. The real desperadoes are generally Sicilians and Greeks with a scattering of Corsicans. They are the fellows who make up the Mafia and other secret societies antagonistic tQ law and order. They seldom do any work of a productive character and as a rule devote their time to murder and other crimes of lesser gravity. So thoroughly do they accomplish their criminal deeds that It is always a hard matter to bring them to justice. Even when the chain of evidence is complete it is difficult to bring offenders before the bar of justice. This is always the case where the complaining witness is of their own race. Not recognizing the laws of this country these per.pie refuse to abide bv our courts of justice.

The colony Is always in a state of ferment, and jealousies and bickerings between its members are constantly occurinc- In somo way one will mortally of?and the other either by outstripping him in business or by winning from him the affections of some dusky maid, or even of his wife.

Crazy for revenge, the fellow thirsts for his successful rival's blood, but convinced that should ho take the matter into his own hands the police who know him would be*sure to take

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him into custody, the wilv scoundrel sends to New York for a hired assassin, who, of course, is a stranger to the Brooklyn force.

Then the unsuspecting victim is inveigled into a game of cards, a quarrel ensues, and while the avenger pinions his arms the hired rufllan either sends pistol ball into his vitals or stabs him to death with a stiletto.

Having secured his blood money, the stranger takes advantage oftheexcitement which follows his crime and escapes. Once across the river he is safe, for the other member's of his band hide him away until all danger of his apprehension is past. ^That is what makes it so difficult to secure a conviction in these cases, as they work hand in glove to keep the police off the track.

Even after the arrest is made the machinery of the law is such that the guilty man often escapes. A case in point occurred some time ago.

A drunken Italian was picking a

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narrel with a nurty of Americans at corner of an Itrunt and Uuion Streets and Otllcers MeFarlane and Hollerau ran up to arrest him.

The instant he caught sight of the uniforms the fellow drew a big bore revolver and begun blading away at the two policemen, who continued to advauce. At the third shot Ofi.^er Ilollernn dodged to one side and the bullet buried itself in the head oS a young Swede who happened to be passing.

The o!lleers finally succeeded in arresting the man, who was locked up on a charge of intoxication wending the issue bv the ourt of the papers of commitment to jail on the more serious charge.

They took the prisoner to court the next morning, and as the other papers did not come for .some reason yet unknown, the Police Justice could ouly

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fine him $3, which hist friends prompt* ly paid. The fellow left the courtroom and has never been se«n sinee.

Another even more »jrgr»v"fctinfr mm thai of Jo? Honnestnga. vrho killed ll*!sa.nio. his business rital. recently.

The men bad Um# Iwrne a deadly frttdg« each and when thev met on the night of September a bantewd the other 'o sh.-wi Italt&nto tlnally awep*el the «*hnl"er.,gv tisd *h«t his rival In i\w V«-r-a^s.injra then fired, killing Halvtmt*. »ud -M Cxjmpanied by his r.-n ihelter.

The police followed the pair into

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ROOKLYN'S LITtle Italy is made up of about as hard a Jset of foreigners as ever set foot in this country. Though rthe members of the Icommu ty are greater ally believed to (be Italians such is [not the case. The

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grocery store, and believing the son 10 be the murderer, arrested him. The elder lionnesinga escaped through the aid of friends and has never been captured.

Nearly all these people can be Reached with money, and for that reason the police never have the co-opera-tion of the victim's friends in search for his assailant. They do not recognize the laws of this country, and when not bought off prefer to wait until .they have recovered from their wounds .and seek revenge in their own barbarious way.

A shooting instigated by the Mafia occurred a few days ago and though the intended victim knows perfectly well who his assailant was he absolutely refuses to give the slightest clew to his identity. Joseph Vilarel was the victim, and the police found him lying on the street partly unconscious. Three bullet wounds in his abdomen were discovered when he was examined at the station honse, and as he was thought to be dying he was quickly removed to the hospital, where the bullets were removed-

He has since recovered and his would-be murderer is still unknown and at large.

The weapon with which the shooting was done was found near Vilarel's body and turned over to the police. It is a double-barrelled affair and looks like a shotgun that had been cut down. The presence of the three bullets in Vilarel's body bothered the police, as but one shot was fired: but by drawing the other charge the mystery was cleared up, as they iound that the charge consisted of three buckshot of the largest size and a 44-calibre cartridge minus the shelly

Was He Buried Sensibly?

The body of E. W. Israel, one of the richest men in Kan.&is, who died last week, was interred without coffin, undertaker or minister, strictly in accordance with a dere shortly before his death. Calling his family about him just before he died he denounced the undertakers a coffin trusts and made his hearfers is to him in a common pine box,unpainted and without any lining but straw, the box to be carried to the cemetery in an ordinary express wagon and to be placed in the ground without ceremony of any kind. His wishes were carried out to the letter. The strange cortege evoked mu.h ir-terest, the lowly express wagon being followed to the cemetery by a half a dozen handsome carriages containing the grown-up sons and daugnlers of the dead man, all rich aad prominent in the community.

E. W. ISRAEL.

POISONED HIS NEIGHBOR.

Crime for Which lfenry .Jackson Will Have to Answer. llenry Jackson is a prisoner in the county jail at Itrainerd, Minn., •harged with the crime of poisoning his neighbor, George Peek. 1'lie men live in the town of Maple Grove, eighteen miles from Krai nerd. During the winter Peck worked for Jackson and words had passed between -them on account of non-set^ tlcment on Jackson's part. In the a ever, Peck was boarding with his in 1 r. For supper last evening a light meal of mush and milk was served. It being Sundav and Peck, after eating part of hkniiy jaoksojt. his portion, asked Jackson what made it so bitter. As he did so he set his dish down and let his dog firiish it. Hethengotup aDd went over to a neighbors, John Wellover, whdre he was taken with a cramp nnd died in great agony at 8 o'clock. Before he died he said he was certain Jackson had poisoned li'm. His dog cannot be found anywhere, and the supposition is that it was also poisoned and has wanderod into the woods and died.

Vermont'* Myotorlous (Wvern.Vermont has a mysterious cavwhieh for genera tiops hns been re garded by the country folks as the headquarters for hobgoblins or other residents of spirit land. A newspaper man has explored its depths to a limited extent and found a wonderful freak of nature. The opening of the cave is a large fissure in thetfioc of the mountain bordering on Maidstone Lake in the town of Maidstone. A chamber twenty feet deep an4 ten feet high, encased In solid walls of ic^, leads to a huge chamber in which is a spring of unusual size, bubbling in a little nond. The water dashes down a steep incline through a tunnel, and then falls over a precipice so high that the sound of the falling water cannot be heard, lty following a circuitous route down a steep incline for a distance of 1,000 yards the explorers reached the brook again in a big chamber, filled ti «th level boulders of granite. apparently dislodge from the roof of the cave by earthquakes. The explorers followed the course of the brook and emerged from the care on the opposite side of the mountain, a distance of nearly two miles overland from where they entered." Th« cave is of immense site, and contains many chambers, which the explorers did not dare enter without the proper instruments for measuring distance and apparatus fojr scaling the precipices which are known to exist

Swltfhmw Into Karth.

Fred Crook and Aleck Watson, two iwitehmen in the employ of the Kansas City, Fort Soot* Memphis Railroad, were killed at Memphis the other -afternoon in an accident of peculiarly horrible features They were rid'.o# on the footboard of an engine on the zvutskirU of the dly when the mils *pread and the engtno. jumping the track, buried Ite front deep Into an &mb%nkment~ Crook waatu&ftHed into the earth and instantly irtlled. Watson was caught in some way beneath the engine and crushed deep into the Mirth. The weight of the engine carried hi* body septal feet Into the {Tonnet. and it required hours of toll who to rwww his remains. Wfcea finally fwith fanml they looked more like a big clod 9f mud tha-3 human beings.

A fashionable color for picture frames is a dull olive green—a color produced by enameling hard wood and rubbing it down to a smooth surface with pumice stone. Frames of this kind are effective with sepia colored pictures. There is usually a rococo band in gold inside the frame next to the picture. There are some water colors which may be attract-

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ively mounted in this way, but it requires the judgment of an artist to use the mounting properly. The dull green frame is simply a fad of the hour atid cannot be as generally used as the white nnd gold frame has been."

The new portfolios for etchings are generally made of mahogany or of some Dther hard wood. Those shown in the shops this season are generally in mahogany. decorated with the familiar laurel leaf and garland and picturesque claws tn ormolu.

A*p*n«tu Omelet.

Boil half a bunch of asparagus and cat the tope and tender part into half inch lengths, season with a little salt, pepper and butter and put aside on the stove to keep warm while the omelet is being made. Beat 6 eggs, whites and folks together, with a teaspoonfol of milk lor each egg, a saltspoonful of salt and a pinch of white pepper, brown two iablespoo&fuls of Iratter in a frying pan. pour the eggs in aad as soon as it begins to set at the edges turn them up and shake the pan to keep the omelet from sticking it should be cooked sufficiently in five minutes* Put the asparagus in, double the omelet and serve immediateon a is

TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL, JUNE 24, 1893

WINDOW DRAPERY.

HOW TO MAKE OUR WINDOWS SI 1 PLE, YET ATTRACTIVE.

Made of Sheer Muslin, Embroidered and Dotted Swisland China Silk Tied Back With Ribbon Bows In Slany Colors— Picturesque Rug—Sow Picture Frames.

"Speaking of curtains," said a woman to the New York Tribune the other day, "I saw such a pretty way of draping a double window not long ago. The curtains were made of very sheer white mnslin, gathered very full and crossing each other, each reaching w»hen mounted fully two-thirds of the distance across the window and trimmed with ruffles of the same material. They were drawn back at the npper corner of each sash by a broad band of pale yellow satin ribbon tied in a bow at the corners. This arrangement would be particularly pretty in the drawing room of a country bouse where the view is desirable. "Dainty, prettily arranged window drapery adds so much to the refined aspect of a house." she .continued. "It gave mo quite a pleasurable sensation a few days since when I went to call upon Mrs. A. to see that the heavy guipure vestibule curtains that had screened the hall windows all winter had been re

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moved. and in their stead was a delicate china silk powdered with tiny branches of violets, while abroad band of light green satin ribbon crossed the center of each curtain and was tied with a windmill knot in the canter. When the door was ened. the blue and white delf bowl filled with yellow tulips on the hall table seemed quit# in keeping with the charming springlike, effect of the whole ar rangement."

The Japanese cotton rug is picturesque, especially in the blue and white and the bricky reds with white that have recently been imported, but it is, sad to say, inflammable. A spark from the open grate, a bit of phosphorus from the lighted match, will kindle it as quickly into aflame as if it were a bundle of shavings. A rug for the fireplace or for the center of the room should be of thick wool, so that it will serve its purpose to protect the floor from sparks of fire as well as from dust. An overturned lamp on a cotton rug would be certain disaster, while the same accident with a woolen rug need lead to no disastrous consequences, as the flames could be easily smothered. For this reason both cotton and jute rugs are things to be used with great care. They are expensive when the fact is considered that they are not especially durable, while the oriental rug, though it cost three or four 'times as much, will last a lifetime.

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A married lady always bears her husband's name during his life on her card. After Ms death she may still retain his name if she desires, but her (Jhristisn name is a more desirable alternative, as there may I- ksc\ vhois married and fa* name therefore letters "Jr.* the two ladies* names trill be apt to become ooafauKd.

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Grace is the law of nature. You are blamable if you aa* not pretty. Moral fault lies behind all ugliness, inherited like mental defects, like* slowness in learning, a new accent or incapacity to read more than a chapter at a time.

When the ordinary, commonplace woman gets it fairly into her head that her husband and friends have aright to complain of her for being unattractive, that it is no more a vanity to make the best of her face and figure thftn to keep a neat house, we have reached a fair beginning for personal cultivation.

When a woman gets into' really good society and finds nine out of every ten women charming, she feels it really sinful not to come up to the standard, buys her pomade pots and sets to studying her health with all the intelligence she can summon.

The attention paid to facial improvement in good circles has had this effectthat it is really disgraceful for a woman under 50 to have a bad complexion. The impression is at once general that she eats too much, or has poor diet, or neglects her baths, or inherits vices of the blood, which her first endeavor should be to correct.— Shirley Dare in New York Herald^'

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Two Extremes In Training Girls. We arc not quite so bad as the English, who condemn their daughters to dine in the nursery up to the tfrne of making their debut, but nevertheless there is a popular delusion that schoolgirls should be kept in cloisterlike seclusion. When this rule is relaxed, the other extreme is apt to follow, and they are allowed to do exactly as their elders—receive company and go out to an extent ruinous to health and morals. Why has not the common sense of mothers come to the rescue in this and settled the question, as it has that of dress, by a marked departure from nursery rules, but as strongly marked a difference from the privileges of womanhood?

The friends and companions of a girl of 15 should be well kirnwn to her mother. Tliey should be carefully watched by her mother. In short, the system of chaperonage which we are coming to.see is desirable in many cases where a girl is thrown into mixed society should begin with the girl friends, and then extend to possible suitors. On no pretext whatsoever should a girl go about with other than girl friends unchaperoned.—New .York Times.

Wiving Medicine.

Heafc your spoon in hot water, squeeze" into it a few drops of orange juice, then pour on the oil and add a few more drops of orange juioe, if you wish to administer a dbse of castor oil to a little patient skillfully and pleasantly. It would perhaps be just as .well if no hint that medicine of any kind is.disagreeable were made in the presence of sipall folks, who often get their prejudices stjainst it from the fuss aiid grimaces made by their elders who have to swallow a dose. Mothers must, I think, plead guilty to holding the medicinej»an and his niixture.s over the little ones as a means of punishment when all else fails. In some families the policeman, in some the doctor, is the bugaboo, ready to pounce upon ail kinds of infantile obstinacy.—New ork Pbst.

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On the whole, the girl whose versatility or adaptability makes her, as St. Paul put it, "ail things to all men," that is interested in whatever interests'her companion, who is frank and cordial in her manner, and whose general fund of information is evident, yet never thrust forward with a sense of attempted display, and above all the girl who pays a man the subtle compliment of seeming to receive that impression of him which he knows in his soul is not quite justified by the facts, yet is not so absurdly beyond his possibilities that he cannot by an effort make it true—that girl can almost inevitably take her choice of suitors, and 10 to 1 she will choose wisely, while if her husband is not justified in his choice he will, at least, never know it.— Philadelphia Press.

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