Author:
Meyers, David, 1948- author.
ImprintCharleston, SC : The History Press, 2018.
Imprint2018
Description203 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Note:A rather good thing -- Wide open and unguarded -- Seeds of the maffia -- Alive if you can -- What's in a name? -- Your cat and goat -- Best day's work -- The signal of death -- The great bugaboo -- The White Hand Society -- Safe in Helltown -- Death on the doorstep -- Bring a live chicken -- Day of reckoning -- I'd die first -- Bad English -- The trial : week one -- The trial : week two -- The other hand.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-193) and index.
Note:"Organized crime was born in the back of a fruit store in Marion. Before America saw headlines about the Capone Mob, the Purple Gang and Murder Inc., the specter of the Black Hand terrorized nearly every major city. Fears that the Mafia had reached our shores and infiltrated every Italian immigrant community kept police alert and citizens on edge. It was only a matter of time before these professed Robin Hoods formed a band. And when they did, the eyes of the world turned to Ohio, particularly when the local Black Hand outfit known as the Society of the Banana went on trial. Authors David Meyers and Elise Meyers Walker unfold this first and nearly forgotten chapter on crime syndicate history."--Back cover.
