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COWLEY CASE.
ITALIA1I8 CHARGED.
BLACK HAND MENTIONED.
Gmseppe Bueti and. Gmaeppe
» Pariai - were charged in the Cir
suit.Court yesterday that at Cow-
ley, near Innisfail, on February
ll, with intent to disfigure Gio-
vanni lacona they unlawfully
wounded him; and further at the
.ame time and place they un- '
, lawfully did grievous' bodily harm
; to him. ?? ., .?..:
Mr. R. ' Martin was Crown Prose-
cutor and . Mr. T. A. Entrikcn (in-
structed by Mr. R. L. Amell) ap-
peared for the two. prisoners, : wh~ :
pleaded not guilty.
, 'DETECTIVE'S. EVIDENCE.'
In his évidence Detective W.5 H. Ridg-
way stated that .on March 6; about , 10 :
alni. Guiseppe lacona was1 brought to
ctte;Vp>lice;^Stati6h^at'\iyñisfáil: Stib
'sequehtly witness ' went to Edith
stréet, where* he saw the ^ambulance
iii "the centre of a crowd attending tb
a'man named Marhonc. Witness saw
Bueti, who in response tb a question
added that latona, the man whose
ears had been cut off, had shot Ma
?morie. Bueti went to the . police
station with witness, where s witness
.said to him- "The man lacona told
me'that it was Mamonè, who cut hU.i
.cars off, and that..you and Parisi fftif
sjsted him. , He intended - tb shcOrj
-you as well as^ Mamone." Bueti re-
plied, "He could' hâve shot me if he
liked. There, was nothing lb-prevent
him." : Witness said, "He states you
jumped on one ..side _ when he fired
the first shot -and he* was afraid : lie
Would hit someone else if-he fired, at
you." Buetii replied,I "I jumped ¡ill
right, but" I'- do ' hot know what li c
-would want " to shoot. me for.:-: -Wc
.were good friends. : Î used; to,go to
the hospital and . shave him after lie
had., his ears cut off.." Didi lié tell ycu
that?"; Witness said,'\"No, hcvd:d w't
tell rae that, but IiLknow Pthat . yóú
and Mamone. went, to'1 ?scc^.; laco-.ia
while he.was. in the libsp^alj^nd ¡ypji
kissed him andJ.Vo1d:%i|^^w^GTcát
fellow» he :>>as*,bèçàn^^^
tell ,the¿pqh'ce:£b^
Buéti ; said, "^
.what happened;; -so^mucWthe better,
I will tell ybu^'fhè.-.trutKif'Â'-v-''; V-:
After Bueti : had 'tbeen : warned, he
stated that he, had not cut lacuna's
cars ' off.- It was Mamone who had
done that. He went to;. Mourilyan
with Mamone in his truck. P^risi
was in* his shop there and thev all
went to Orazio Denaro's ¡that after-
noon. Defendant said he had a friend
with him ' who had. gone - home to
Italy subsequently. They slept that
night .at .Dcnaro'sbarracks. '.Next
morning he said- -he sawt .-'Mamone
talking to üenaro. Mamone Ind a
letter-in his hand and Bueli said -lie
heard him sayithat he >would kill\ the
-rr- if he did-not^telUlinn .who had
handed the. letter-to him. r v
: Bueti walked, over-io-whetc^ Dell-
aro and-Mamone were-/standing, and
asked : what ,was thcV /mutter;^ Mar
i monc replied, ?'l hey wntc rlcttcrs and
I cop the blame.",, Ocnariu-said; I
got a letter askingifoV:nioner." - Ma-
mone then handed j dei cntVant',a - letter
written in 1 lahaní'íwhich ? conta-ned a
request -for money. - .Thev . thin went
to Denaro's top farm anti: picked up
Pasquale Denaro. ^ Somebody called
lacona out and asked him -w ho he had
taken' the Other, letter: to." Bueti Jiad
a letter in his hand ?; and, said it-*was
thc secpn^ojoje^J)cnaj^had~tSi?,vcc'«
fiueti -Said ^to -¡¿Giovanni, continued
i witness, "I ahí asking ?you lo tell .me
because I know air about- it as 1 h?d
the letter in inv?.hand.''i; Giovanni re- ;
plied that he knew nothing. Mamone
then, came over, 'and-having- been told
that .lacona- had told tnenv- nothing,
observed,* '-!? wilh-make'^him speak '
and called^Tthe? others; Bueti walked
with the others down the paddock.
I "Later, ' . Buch told : thc : detective,
'Mamone â got AVildf and Iv saw him
cutting; lacona s car/.aft?! . ,:.
Bueti;.said . they: had told. -.lacona
that something vasipVepared for .him
it he did n<;< iA\ who gave him the
letter; but : vr..-.i wasvdone to frighten
him \ %
. Continuing : his; evidence,- Detective
i Ridgway isaid later dunng'the^day he
I.saw .Guiseppe Pansiíaud said;to him
i "lacona has told me-that a mau
I named-'Mamone cut*on% his-ears, and
I that you-held -his arms ..' while Ma
! mone cut them off.''^Parisi. replied, ' I
I Faw""Mamone cut :his¿ears off but.-1
I did not hold Tiim." -¿.Did yoi. wr.!¿e
anv. attempt, to stop^Mamone trow
j cuttiiiR tncni-offi'VitParisi. .sa.iU ' No. '
I .iNext day .witness?..said^he broueht
i .-.laetitia- .into the room: where- Fansi
i-was- and .asked ' if vhe; had :bccn at
i Patane's- -farm .. ;on-.-d'ebruary -- ll.
i lacona said, "Yes," and stated , that
joe, thc barber, Mamone, O:-Genaro,
P.- Deriaro and Pa»ane . were also
there. -Fansi had held his (lacona s)
arms while Mamone cut JUS ears off.
At first Paris: had- pulled a knite
from his pocket and pointed it- at
Tacona, saying, ' You tell me who von.
got the letter from; you no tell I
will kill you." Pansi said, "lacona
can say anything he likes now. I was
up the paddock when his-ears were
cut oft?" ? - ^ ?
'. Witness then arrested-CTJucti and
Pansi; Buen txclaimîng;*i'What ! an-
other charge " ' I
Witness ¿told -Mr.' -En'triken that
Pansi was - spoken rto vin | English,
which he understood. Bucii^-told him
he and lacona were gobd friends., J
?'.?niDidyyou 'takei vthe ^statements in
writing?-Yes ' » , » Ä
. Did > he not sign. it did 'not ask
hint to sign,it "
. ls it not invariably donerarely
do - -1 j "
Would. it*not be ' safer?-1 don't
think so. ,
? " Mamone was a big.powerful .man?
Yes.
^ «THREATENING LETTERS."
- Orazio Denaro; a cane farmer at
Liverpool Creek, said he knew Bueti
since about 1924 and Parisi since he
came to his farm on February ll.
lacona had been employed by him.
About January 13 he received a letter,
through- the . post office. There were
two sheets, one addressed to him-
self and'the other addressed to Pat
ane and himself. He showed the latter
portion to Patane and later did some-
thing about' the' letter. He replied to
that letter and sent back the letter.
On . January 27 he gave the letter tb
lacona; whlo returned next dáy.-tí
On February 4, he found a letter
in. the engine room. This was tend-
ered for identification. 1 )
. Witness spoke to; Mamone about
the letter, and on February 6 Ma-
mone came to the bowe and wetness
showed him the, letter. Next day Tte
sent for lacona and on February Ml
Mamone came back with Parisi. Bu?'S
an 1 another man. On February J \\
V-::ifne asked the others "tb ,cóhis\
\ (Ooattaaed M Pag* ï*wr.>

COWLEY CASE.

(Continuée*, from Page Six.)

up to the line. They got off near
Pátane's barracks. .En route they
called at Pasquale Denaro's shop and
Mamone asked him to come. At
Patane's barracks Iacona was called
out- of the barracks. Then Mamone
called them'to follow him, and-said,
"Go on, I -will tell you when to
stop." Bueti and Iacona were ahead.
Mamone gave the signal- and Bueti
and Iacona stopped. Bueti was stand
I ing on Iacona's right and Parisi

went to his left. Mamone faced .them, i
Mamone pulled out a letter,
read it and asked Iacona . if
he ? knew anything about ' it. While
Mamone was reading the letter Parisi
shook Iacona and commanded him to
tell the truth about it. Mamone said,
"Who did you give the letter tb?"
Iacona said he hid met a man and
gave him the letter. The man told him
there would be another lefter. Iacona
said he would not have done it for any-
one else but witness. He did not know

who the mari was but if they gave him
time he would point fte man out

Mamone said he would make Iaconá
pay dearly if he did not tell.

Iacona said he was a thick set man
of middle age with a small moustache
and had trouble with his speech.

EARS BLEEDING,

The next thing witness saw was one
of Iacona's ears bleeding. Mamone
threw something down and witness saw'
that portions of Iacona's ears were
missing. Parisi and Bueti were near
.Iacona. Patane was standing' near
witness, with Pasquale behind. Witness
could not see easily what Mamone was
doing. At first he stood^ frozen and
before he realised it, the whole inci-
dent wàs over. When he saw the first
ear cut he turned partly away. After
the operation Mamone said, "I could
have killed yôu, but I brought these
people to see. Now go and tell the
police."

Iacona did'not say anything. They
all went back to witness's home ¿nd
witness gave Iacona money and sent
him to a doctor.

SIGNED "THE BLACK HAND." j

The letters were then tendered and
the interpreter mad* a translation
which was read.

One, addressed to Orazio Denaro,
asked for £50 as a loan, and concluded
"Now we salute you and thanking/you
in anticipation, your friends The Black
Hand." '

The letter also told Denaro to keep
his headland clear as "Patane this year
will not send any cane to the mill be-
cause a month before the cutting we
-will burn it for him."

SECOND LETTER.

A second letter read, as follows:
"Dear Messrs. Denaro and Pataiic.
This is the second notice that we send
you with' regards to the sum that we
asked you. If this time you will not
oblige us by i sending what you can, we
will make you pay dearly for it and
do you want to know quickly what we
will do? This year's cane, instead of
being sent to the mill,-we will send
it in lire. Before we told you that
in case of refusal'your life,will befor
feited, but now, knowing that:you have
young children we think [instead we
will burn your cane, which, for us is
an easy thing to do. I close with hope
that you will send us whatever you
"can. Many salutations. Signed, Black

Hand."

CROSS-EXAMINATION.

Mr. Entriken: You knew Mamone?
-Yes.

The first letter you sent back through
Iacona?-Yes.

It was from the Black Hand?-Sign-
ed Black Hand. "

' Before you went to Patane's you had

a conversation about the letter willi
Mamone?-Yes.

And Mamone said he would kill
Iacona if he did not tell?-He said he
would make him pay dear for it if he
did not tell the truth.

You did not see Parisi take out a
knife nor threaten Iacona with a knife?
No.

"Mamone was standing in front of

Iacona?-Yes.

You did not see Mamone actually cut
off the ears?-No.

You saw one ear bleeding before the
other was cut?-When I saw the first
car. I turned away. When Mamoné
said something I looked back and saw
the other ear bleeding.

Did you know what was going to
happen?-No. I had no idea.

Mamone said: Let no one approach.
What I have got to do I: will do even
if there are 100 persons present?-Yes.

Did you hear Patane tell him to stop?

-No.

. You did not see Parisi holding Iacona
when the ears were cut?-No. '

Iacona told you not to tell the police?

-Yes.

Dr. Norman " Geaney.^said " he had
treated Iacona, who was'*suffering frön
loss of the pinner of both ears. Th«
injury would interfere to some extenl
with bis hearing,

ANOTHER WITNESS.

Salvatore Agostino Patane, cant
farmer, of Cowley, through an inter
preter, said that his farm was nex
door to that of Denaro. He was at hil
barracks on February ll when Mam-
one, Parisi, Bueti, Orazio Denaro ' and
Pasquale Denaro arrived. Someoni
called to Iacona and he came out and
went away with Bueti. Mamone walk-
ed to and fro between the barracks ant
the pair. Then he came to the- bar-
racks and calling .the others by nairn
followed Bue'fi. : The others were, wit
ness, 0. Denaro,: P.. Denaro arid Parisi
Iacona and Buèti were ahead and Par
isi and Mamone just behind them. Thej
stopped on the headland about 25 chain
from the barracks.

ALLEGED THREAT.

Pàrisi went on opt side. of lacon:
and Buëti oh the other. Mamone wai
in front and took out.a letter,. whicl
he read. The letter in court was thi
one Mamone read. Mamone thei
spoke in a menacing manner to latona
saying, "If you will not say who th
author of the letter is, I will kill you
You ought to know because your nani
is written -in thej letter." Denaro an»
witness said fo Iacona, "If you tell u
the truth we will forgive you."- lacon;
said, "I do not ¡know how' my nam

was mentioned in the letter. I oui

did what O. Denaro asked me .to do.:
Iacona said he had given the -letter, ti
a person ' he didj not - know. Witnes
theil saw Parisi 'shake Iacona by th
arm and say, ."Speak, tell ' tliê'/rruth.
Mamone then approached Iacora- an*

said, "Well, you don't . want, to speak,
ch?" .

THE KNIFE. .

Witness could see that -Mamone had
a pocket knife in his hand. . The
knife- was open- and . Mamone said
to Iacona, "You don't* decide to
tell the truth eh? As you don't want
Ito speak I will kill you." Witness saw
Mamone get hold of Iacona's right ear.
When witness saw that Mamone was cut-
ting Iacona's ears he said, "That is not
right," and put up his Hand in protest,
but he did not interfere.- At the time
of the cutting Bueti was on Iacona's
right hand side. Iacona did hot. struggle.
Witness did not see anyone holding
Iacona. When witness made his pro-
test Mamone said, "Let no one ad-
vance. What I have in mind to dd
I will do, even if 100 persons come."
Witness could not look on'and turned
away disgusted. He had not the heart
to assist at such a spectacle. He had
not the heart to assist Iacona because
he was af raid, as :he'- was not-armed.

After the ears had been cut Mámone
said to Iacona, "Now you can . go tb
the police and tell them that Mamone
has cut your ears. I could have killed
you like a dog and no one would have
known anything¡about if. That is.why
I got these people here." Witness then

went home. .

. In reply to Mr. Entriken. witness-said
Iacona told him not to call the ambu-
lance and told him hot to say" anything
ábóut the incident

"MENACING MANNER."

Mr. Entriken: Did Párisi speak to
Iacona in a menacing .manner?-Yes:

Did you and Denaro say, "Tell the
truth" n a menacing manner?-No.

Did you have any intention of in-
juring Iacona even if he did riot tell
the truth?-No. I did not know any-

thing about the inquiries to be made

of Iacona.

His Honor: Was not the whole
idea to question Iacona as" to whom
the letter had been handed so that
they could trace the author?-Yes.

Mr. Entriken: Did you say "stop"
to Mámone" before he cut the ears?
No; he had already cut one ear. I
turned away in disgust then.

THE SUFFERER.

Giovanni Iacona, a field worker,
also required the services of an in-
terpreter. He said at the end of
January O'. Denáró showed him a

letter which he took to a'-man on

the Japoon road. The man said,
"Salerno" and witness replied, "Mas
säla," and then handed over the let-

ter. .

At this stage Zueco Lorenzo was
brought into the court arid witness
said that was the man to whom he
had" handed ,the letter. The man had
had difficulty with his speech. .

Witness said lie knew .Nicola
Mamone, who was now -dead. On
February ll witness was called out
of Patane's barracks and Buéti
asked him who he gave the letter,
to and witness said he did riot know
the man's nanié. Mamone came over
arid told witness and Bueti. to walk
in front. When "they stopped Mamone
asked witness about the letter in an
angry voice. The men were standing

around witness.

"A KNIFE."

Parisi took a knife from his poc-
ket and said if "witness did not say
the ¡nárne -of the .man he would kill
hiriii' It "was an open knife, about
eight .inches , longj Parisi nearly
touched witness with the knife.
Mamone- said to Parisi: "Pitt away
that knife," and Parisi put'it away.
Mamotié again asked for the name
of the man but witness said he did
not know. Mamone then said to
Parisi: "Give me that knife." Parisi
did so arid seized witness by both
arms, standing behind him. It was a
hard'grip-, and witness could move
only his head. Buèti .did not have
his hands on witness "then.

At the same tiriié as Parisi seized
witness- Mamône cut witness's ears.
It took one cut and they were off in
a moment. It was very painful and
everything went dark before his eyes.
He did not want his ears cut off and
did riot provoke anyone or give any-
one authority to cut his' ears. In
his country it was looked on as a
disgraceful thing for a man to have
his ears cut off.

LIKE EMPEROR.

After the cutting Mamone said in
à voice-like-an emperor: "You can
go now."

Witness said he did not tell the
police because he .was afraid.

AT THE HOSPITAL.

Witness was nine days in the hos-
pital, where Bueti visited him and said
how sorry he was for what they had
done. Bueti said to him: "We thank
you so much for having saved us
from the police and I kiss you like a
brother.", Bueti had shaved witness.
Parisi also .came to the hospital , and
said how sorry they were for what
they had done. Mamone one day
came up with Bueti and he said how
sorry he-was, and his heart was
aching for what he had done to
witness.

,' CROSS-EXAMINATION.

! In reply to Mr. Entriken," witness

said at present he was committed fur
trial on a'charge of the wilful murder
at Innisfail on . March 6 of Mamone.

Mr. Entriken: Is it not true .you
had no intention of doing Bueti, any
harm?-I never had any intention of
doing anybody harm.

[ -, Did you not speak to Bueti?-I

used to pass his shop arid he would

ask me how I was.

You did not tell the police be-
cause you were frightened?-Yes. .

Did not you tell Denaro and Patane
not to tell the police?--No.

i Did you not tell Patane not to

ringvthe ambulance?-Yes, because 0.
Denàro told me to go to his place.

i The police asked you at the hos-

pital how you got your ears cut
off?-Yes.

You did not tell them -that
Mamone, Parisi and Bueti did it?
No. ' ? ' ..

You told them that-two'men with
handkerchiefs over their faces had
done it?-Yes; I was expecting the
police to come with the ambulance.
I had no witnesses and they would
not have believed me against all

those. ' ; ? "

"SAFE WITH POLICE."

You told them after the police
arrested- you. You Were not afraid
then?-I had nothing to be;afraid of
i then because I was in the hands, of

the police. .

i : Because you had been: afraid of
Mamone, who is now deadr-^No; I
was afraid of the ' others who harmed
me. *

What 'Mamone-told .you made'you
frightened to tell- the .police?-Yes. .
Was it not because you were mixed
up .with the Black -Hand ..people?
No. ' '

' Did you not knotw the persons who
were sending these letters?-No.'

Witness was shown the lettervCon
faining the name of "Giovanni,"..and
said he was not the only Giovanni. .

Mr. Entriken: Yet you met this

mysterious'person ' and handed the -
letter to him?-Yes; Denaro was my'
boss and I did what he told me to
do. ' ? '

Why did you slay overnight?-It
was late. I had to take the letter a
very long way. . . ? , ?

Had you ever done any work ,or
carried any. message for these. Black
I Hand people?-I did not know there
I were any such people . -, ? . - ..

i Have you ever demanded money
I ^ourself?-No.

Did you not ask Rando for money?
-Nof but I know him.

Did not Rando Have a fight with
you?-No.. "

Do you know a man named Cer-
alio at Tully?-I hâve worked ,for

him.

Did 'you not ask him" for money?
-Yes; money I had lent him.

Did Ceralio give it to you?-Not
that day, but Ceralio gave it to me

afterwards. '

Did you walk away or were you
carried away?-I wálkéd a bit arid

then called the ambulance because I .
had been under an operation.

Did Ceralio hit you?-Yes; he
gave jne two hits.

Did the police take action against
Ceralio?-No.

The man you delivered the letter to.
said he would kill you if you told

who he was?-Yes.

Were you frightened?-Yes. ,
Why are you not frightened now?
-ri am in the hands of the police.

This witness Concluded the Crown
case and Mr. Entriken indicated that
he Would offer no evidence.

JURY LOCKED UP.

At this stage the court rose for the
day, his Honor intimating that he
could not allow the jury to disperse.
Arrangements would be made for
their accommodation.

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