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bomber survives, and a nun provides enough information for a facial sketch to be made. Following the evidence, Petrosino is lead to the suspected hideout of the bomber. He smuggles himself into the hideout, wrapped up in a giant bale of cotton rags. After a violent fistfight, the bomber is killed as he resists arrest. Di Sarno a member of the Black Hand hangs himself in despair over the loss of his daughter.
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Petrosino. Unfortunately, the Black Hand learns about this and coordinates another bomb, this time hidden inside a vegetable cart. The bomb kills the jeweler and several school girls, including the child of a Black Hand member. The
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