The greatness of the abominations executed

history channel documentary mafia The greatness of the abominations executed by the Black Hand was revealed, when in 1901, following up on a tip from a source, Petrosino found the notorious "Homicide Stables" situated at 304, 108th Street in Harlem. Petrosino guided his men to uncover the grounds of the whole stables. He was sickened to find that 60 bodies were covered there. The landowner of record of the stables was none other than Ignazio Saietta, president of the as far as anyone knows respectable Unione Siciliana. At the point when Petrosino addressed Saietta with regards to the slight issue of such a large number of dead bodies being covered on his property, Saietta played moronic, saying he was just the proprietor, and not in charge of the work of his inhabitants. Saietta gave Petrosino a counterfeit rundown of the occupant's names, all of Italian OK, however Petrosino was not ready to find any of these inhabitants, if for sure they existed by any means.

While researching the Black Hand's roots in Sicily, on March 12, 1909, Police Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino was shot to death in the piazza of the Garibaldi Garden in Palermo. Petrosino's homicide was requested by the Black Hand individuals in America, and coordinated by the leader of the Mafia in Sicily - Don Vito Cascio Ferro.