THE SICILIAN MAFIA.
♦— — RUFFIANS SENTENCED. ABUSE IN FOUR LANGUAGES. (UNITED MtESS ASSOCIATION—BT BLECTBIC TELEGHAPH—COPYRIGHT ) (Received June 24th, 9 p.m.) HOME, June 24. After a trial extending for a year, 131 members of the Sicilian Mafia were found guilty of the crimes oi murder, blackmail, and robbery between 1910 and 1926. This represents the final cleaning up of the Mafia. When the verdicts were announced tne prisoners, in an iron cage, indulged in abuse in four languages. Fifteen were sentenced to imprisonment for life; nine to 30 years; 14 to 25 years; 16 to 15 years; and 77 to 10 or less years.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20272, 25 June 1931, Page 9
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THE SICILIAN MAFIA.
Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20272, 25 June 1931, Page 9
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