"The murders have been going on ten years or more, arid' the burgh branch ħpparently started operations in 1931. The investigation which began inauspiciously last sum-has been producing new, startle ing disclosures almost every hour.
The syndicate operated lucrative branches in New Jersey, New York, Delaware and Connecticut. A possibility that the syndicate had branches on the Pacific Coast is being Authorities disclosed evidence that "murder merchants" of the poison th syndicate were killing their own accomplices in a frantic effort to bulk justice.
Other detectives had under suryeillance a man believed to have been banker for the death ring that "induced dissatisfied wives to murder their husbands for insurance. Police "believed the man held more than $100,000 collected for the poisonings.
The majority of the persons under arrest and the victims are of Italian origin, and many of them were born in Italy, Some speak little English. Cesare Valenti, who was arrested while serving a jail sentence in New York and brought here, is reputed to be the organizer of the ring and a one-time member of the Italian Mafia, Other leaders were Herman 4nd Paul Petrillo, Morris Bolber, and Rose Carina, "The Kiss of Death."
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