"I want to talk about the Gennaro case," began Craig. "I may add
that I have been rather closely associated with Inspector
O'Connor of the Central Office on a number of cases, so that I
think we can trust each other. Would you mind telling me what you
know about it if I promise you that I, too, have something to
reveal?"
The lieutenant leaned back and watched Kennedy closely without
seeming to do so. "When I was in Italy last year," he replied at
length, "I did a good deal of work in tracing up some Camorra
suspects. I had a tip about some of them to look up their records--
I needn't say where it came from, but it was a good one. Much
of the evidence against some of those fellows who are being tried
at Viterbo was gathered by the Carabinieri as a result of hints
that I was able to give them--clues that were furnished to me
here in America from the source I speak of. I suppose there is
really no need to conceal it, though. The original tip came from
a certain banker here in New York."
"I can guess who it was," nodded Craig.
"Then, as you know, this banker is a fighter. He is the man who
organised the White Hand--an organisation which is trying to rid
the Italian population of the Black Hand. His society had a lot
of evidence regarding former members of both the Camorra in
Naples and the Mafia in Sicily, as well as the Black Hand gangs
in New York, Chicago, and other cities.
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