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The FasMti$m the Uimerwofld S6Tnne9 -ar -fl-ILst foi of a Secret Service "Big Jim? V ' H ' , - J ft v Arriga, Former Head f pi X I- American Mafia, j V?? M Masked by Hi Owk iF Campaign Band of Murderers on Earth Ag ainst 1 11 L ' ' Si " V:' .: . Boldest vn iPli, y ifatene, . V ' u J , -v -y 4 y. ' .4.m J Dile Winter, the Bride Whom the Mafia Made a Widow in Chicago Startling Mystery, The Cryptic Letter Are 4MW nd "N" In Arrigod WHting, TIy Stand for Mna Nera Black Hand. Masked laslfnia. nlMPlED JUOM WINTER, wHo has slaved to thousands across the con- tlnent while few ideotlfted her aa the remaining central figure pt th moat HOtoriom Mafia murder in America' his tory, baa had pages of imaginative light potion, press-agent matter pubHs&ed fthont her, white, unknown to her manager, or tils publicity men, she has been, an4 dqw Br the star of a national Secret ?rvl ttirlUer.- Fate peems to bay cait this angelic, aiUident girl, for melodramas in real Ufa, Almost from birth iba baa bn the beroina of a succession of episodes, eh as hysterical movia ecgnario areaciera woul4 not dare to ItQagine, . And now sbe li being foUowed by ?ed ral operatives and put through Mthird de- itrea star-chamber (th itar dressing room a that In almost every city where sbo Kpekra), to determine whether she really o-ws, and to induce her to reveal, if she Boes know, the secrets of the Mafia, that lworldwtdo And almost worldld organisa. tloB of cutthroat, blackmailers and metre BolitaB bandlttL Dale Wintor ! tba widow of "Big Jim" Col6slmo. boss of the Chicago underworld, who was assassinated by a bullet In his ttack as he sat in the office of bis "levee" dive about two weeks after be bad married bar. There were many theories, but tt was established that Colqslmo was slain by the Oread "Mana Nera," the Black Hand. Just why, is and probably always will remain ev mystery. Perhaps bis beautiful young widow knows. His attorney, and hers. Rocco da Stefaoo, has publicly announced that be knows, but that ' bo will never, tell. His fiduciary t&tni as a lawyer protects him in this secrecy. But, shortly after he made the startling announcement at a pnbllo bearing, be grow "ill . and went for a protracted "vaca tion' to unannounced points Abroad. Recently the , Government . has been staggered by Mafia revela tions In several States: In De troit alone. It was . shown that igbtylne murders had been per- Betrated in the complex and- "alrtigbt" system of brasen blackmail. In New York there were three In one night, and twenty nine, were identified as the work of the lent, black arm, with the sUlletto and the eminent la not In the business of running down mnrden tn . other cities. Bat it knowa that nobody else will run them down, because, almost without exception, when ft JJaflft murder occurs, "nobody lawwVi,-.. Hilt Cl t3 VRsti &ro naturaieOt and the Immigration Department has been eet to find them and deport them aa un desirably aliens, for which the same high degree of tncoutrovertlblo proof that 13 re- ! v.'.; Sp ; A; I i ' ti J-""-" 1 -JPl i - ,- ..r .i - - - -4 . - ' i ' , .'.";; ' . ' ' fx ' -. - f ' . ,. ." ' j.-- i " ' 4 . . v -- . : -- ' --4 . . " - ' . i -i f ' ' '' ''''' '''' CoUslmp ant) HU BricJe on Their Uriel Honeymoon Tow TOE MAFIA'S OATH OF FEALTY -' Every wan joining tHo- Mifli . rnuit teo t&o foUowisg oath, sign. Ing a written deed with hia ova Wootll . - "I swear oa mj koeor to Vl (tilfcfll H 6 Kail, H M4i . As y Is aew Umtd sai a dny ef my Wxd k enr tpP te y my xxiy b coMeM 4 aq y ble4 le W tfl m Vmk futi eT Imv, VUiJ- Death U the punisfcrnent for breakkf thl eath. In. 1608 three htm- dred meinberi.ef tjjej Mafia wcro tried for wder al.Viterbo, Italy. WltWa tba next six months wore tfeo fifty XBW difd BJIteriously in and abont Naples. They had broken their caUl tad hd M8qucaled', to the poUco. , quired for a court conviction la not assen- The Secret 8ervtoe has the theory that Dale Winter Coloslmo knows many secret of the organization which shot down her bridegroom, it bee been eald that he was once Influential la the ranks of Italian underground societies himself, and that he eave her his promise to abandon.-all these and other, perilous and unsavory conneo tlons when she became his wife. Tor this , withdrawal, tt la maintained, he wax mur flexed, gho GoTenunent theorizes that If he pleaded with him to abandon some thing-she must have had some speclHo knowledge of Its character, and perhaps of Its personnel and other secrets,, But Dale Winter, the charming prima donna of a sprightly comedy, while not an Italian by-birth, seems, to bo obeying tbo tires Immutable laws of the Italians, a and oat of .the mysterious orders) EES NOTHING, 1 . KNOW NOTHING, ... SAY NOTHING. Ker lova for her husband was so tntensa MUt Winter M a Welfare Vbitor lb Wounded Soldier. : 1 . - .- . I that aha gats tro the world for tm brilliant proposals of marriage, brilliant stage .offers, .brilliant social opportunl ties to alas in the cabaret of Chicago's most storied nigh Wife, resort, to worX there until the sun streaked tha sky-lint of Chicago's scarlet lection, at last to marry the man whose past was Integral with the history of the most scandalous vice centre in tha world, whose present was notoriously attached to the remains and the memories of that forbidden acre age of lnl!julty,v whose future fco tad promised to 'chuck ft all" for her. s It was a traglo love. This girl-who, even while in the submerged stratum was sever of it; who, even as tha wife of its chief, never contributed to It or even un derstood it. eang iocognltq tn church choirs (or .months while ..she. worked nightly among tie Inebriates and tha slummers, and the thieves and worse, in Colostnio'a bizarre all-night . "boose and jass joint" She greeted erery one eourteousty. She had a tact for, side-stepping insinuating glances and rude advances that was almost genius. :, - Colostao loved fcer with a devouring arntlment that induced htm to become tender, lott-eyed man, a patron of opera, ft donor to charities. Ha had determine? to cast off all bonds of tha past, to sell his place, to marry Dale and- move with her to a distant farm. Ha divorced the woman who bad been, fels partner in fears gone by. tie settled en her almost all he bad on earth. After he was murdered. Dale Winter Coloslmo signed over to that other widow any and aQ claims to any and all property remaining, and, against the pro test of the probata court judge, gave to the first Mrs. Coloslmo every Jewel he had given to her every one except her wed ding ring. O the might' hare exploited her identity the most sympathetic Crura at tha shocking. MaCa shooting, which was for weeks bead-ilned tn the newspapers of tha natlonj but instead, she slipped away to Niw York, and, tinder aa assumed name, ought a stage engagement. She was ac cepted on eight, for she is an extraordinar ily beautiful girl. .When they heard her ing she was at .once rati id to a principal role, (or she has an exquisite voice and a tuper-girt of what critics call "personaUty. When a company waa aent into Chicago. . where she waa best known, aha asked not to be - assigned there, put elected to play tn another company, elsewhere. . - Many an actress.-would aire much to possess .the publicity possibilities that this clrl so carefully conceals. And now that ahe is being Qulzsed by tha Secret Service "-which, in even less interesting lnvestl- Ettons than this one is mva copy sto t been - silent. -This , narrative is the first publication, anywhere, of her con nection, with the national crusade against tha ilafla which is being wared by our central Huthoritiea. i : -, .... . . t " - In this, sweeping movement the United CUteg baa deported lumdredi PS ItaUans, Srorea oonaptrtteri and probable mur irera. . Ameaf tkaae wm Sarratora at rtgo, captured by peital Inspectors and redtrai Binbals it (tahen, Ohio. Arrigo WMieat to Italy in chains. Contrary to tha method of Mafiaes, ae "eaueaied." For tbl be wu wordertd twenty-four hours after be reached tit$tu No one knows who did it . - laanmerable murders and lesser crimes bare been laid at the door of the Mafia. Frery .deem Italian - trembles at the thonght Of the "KesersMe foetety.r as it is known, No at Is safe from its far reaching .tentacles, iotnt officials are said to be in eollasloi with it Ko one knows whether some member of his family Is or is not connected with the Mafia. in this country the Mafia has its strong est hold on centres -wbere many Italians dwelL In Kew fork Gty. with its teem ing Italian districts, the Mafia baa a firm foothold. In other days it was possible to hire a Mafiaiat to "beat up". someone tor $20. The seal of prices for Crimea ran np to tor murder. . The history of the Vena is Intensely Interesting. waa rounded, tn .1575 by a Spaniard named Qaaurra and eTentuaHy was called "Onorato lodeU deTJ Camor ra," its aim being the auppTtsslmi of high waymen. Bat the Camorrlst aeon discov red that bj leaguing themselves with the thieves tKy could farm ut certain sec tions of the roads, tha result being that travellers pail for protection which did not protect- r Soon the entire membership degenerated into a -career of crime ea an organized, huge seale.' - it - dominated the country around Naples tt even took a hand fa national politics. It dictated to the Gov crnmant and at times was so powerful that cwaet ministers feared it Its rower spread to. other laidi'WtereTej Italians! ilrad. - - - - ... iun mi.