BLACK HAND IN SICILY.
ERADICATION ORDERED. (bi cable— psbss association—copmiGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN AJTD K.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) ROME, .January 28. Sigiior Mussolini has ordered the eradication of Sicily's Black Hand secret society of thieves named the Mafia, which has been, overrunning the island and enforcing its own laws. . The society was responsible for revolting crimes. [Members of the • Mafia Society are bound to avenge and protect one another if punished for brigandage or other crimes. The Government, though putting down its more violent manifestations, has hitherto failed to crush tie secret organisation of tho society-.]
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18603, 30 January 1926, Page 16
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