Tag: Italian

Black Hand in Baltimore

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Antonio Lanasa received a threatening letter in August 1906. A black cross with the inscription “Everlasting Death” was crudely drawn in ink at the top of the page. Below the cross was written: “We of the Black Hand advise you once more and no more, because we have waited too long and don’t intend to … Continue reading Black Hand in Baltimore

A Good Accordion Player

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After accepting a plea of guilty of murder, second degree, on an indictment charging Luigi DioGuardi with murder, first degree, Justice Robert F. Thompson yesterday sentenced DioGuardi to serve ten to twenty years in Auburn prison. — Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), March 8, 1923 On the evening of February 28, 1922 a group … Continue reading A Good Accordion Player