The White Hand Society was a community group sponsored by Italian-American business leaders.
It was organized in 1907 to oppose the work of the Black Hand and developed its own police force but sustained itself for only five years.
What was the White Hand Society?
by Pamela Landy · Filed Under: Crime
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