Such a one was Micelli Palliozzi, arrested for the kidnapping
of the Scimeca and Sabello children mentioned above--a dandy
who did nothing but swagger around the Italian quarter.
Generally each capo maestra works for himself with his own
handful of followers, who may or may not enjoy his confidence,
and each gang has its own territory, held sacred by the
others. The leaders all know each other, but never trespass
upon the others' preserves, and rarely attempt to blackmail or
terrorize any one but Italians. They gather around them
associates from their own part of Italy, or the sons of men
whom they have known at home. Thus for a long time Costabili
was leader of the Calabrian Camorra in New York, and held
undisputed sway of the territory south of Houston Street as
far as Canal Street and from Broadway to the East River. On
September 15, last, Costabili was caught with a bomb in his
hand, and he is now doing a three-year bit up the river. Sic
transit gloria mundi!
The Italian criminal and his American offspring have a sincere
contempt for American criminal law.
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