is believed that Maria was killed in a Black Hand attack that was targeting Ricardo. The attack probably occurred due to debt owed by Ricardo, which had been exacerbated by the closing of his corporation. As a child, Ricardo also had involvement with the Mafia through his father. Maria is believed to have been targeted to terrorize parents of other families in the area. All that was found left in the apartment was a small doll, a book titled "Roman de la Rose", and a shawl that belonged to Eleanor. Timeline 1910 - Chicago police arrest over 200 known Italian gangsters and Black Hand members in a raid in Little Italy. However, none are convicted because many of the notes which contained extortion threats could not be traced to them. March 15, 1910 - The Chicago Vice Commission, a civic organization to close the brothels and panel houses of the Levee district, is organized. 1910 - Chicago racketeer Big Jim Colosimo brings his nephew Johnny Torrio, then with New York's Five Points Gang, to Chicago to eliminate Black Hand member in the city due to their extortion demands. Within a month, ten Black Hand extortionists had been killed. 1910 - Jim Cosmano, a major Chicago Black Hand leader, is severely wounded in an ambush by Johnny Torrio on a South Side bridge. Cosmano had previously demanded $10,000 and threatened to destroy Colosimo's cafe. June 6, 1910 Filippo Catalano an alleged Black hand extortionist is gunned down after leaving the Vesuvius Restaurant. January 1-March 26, 1911 - Thirty-eight Black Hand victims are killed by Black Hand assassins, many by the unidentified assassin known only as Shotgun Man, between Oak Street and Milton Street in Chicago's Little Italy. References Chicago Daily Tribune June 6, 1910 Chicago Daily Tribune June 11, 1910 Sources Organized crime history of Chicago Italian-American culture in Chicago Chicago Outfit