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The New York Times23d
TRUE STORY OF ORIGIN OF "THE BLACK HAND"; The Ominous Emblem Invented by a Spanish Chief of Police to Account for Crimes and Outrages Committed by His Agents in the Effort to ...
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USA Today8y
Before the Mafia, there was the terrifying 'Black Hand'
A few were also on the lam. Before the Mafia captured the American crime spotlight in the 1920s, there was the Society of the Black Hand, which made ends meet by terrorizing and extorting fellow ...