{"id":228,"date":"2026-03-12T15:21:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T15:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/?page_id=228"},"modified":"2026-04-30T08:14:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:14:49","slug":"giuseppe-the-italian-sherlock-holmes-petrosino-arrest-booking-card-black-hand","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/index.php\/giuseppe-the-italian-sherlock-holmes-petrosino-arrest-booking-card-black-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Giuseppe &#8216;The Italian Sherlock Holmes&#8217; Petrosino, arrest booking card Black Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_animated 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class=\"et_pb_menu_page_id-121 menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-127\"><a href=\"https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/index.php\/contact\/\">Contact<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/div><div class=\"et_mobile_nav_menu\"><div class=\"mobile_nav closed\"><span class=\"mobile_menu_bar\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_2 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_heading_0 et_pb_heading et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h1 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Giuseppe Petrosino<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_1 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Giuseppe-Petrosino.jpg\" title=\"Giuseppe-Petrosino\" width=\"982\" height=\"1359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Giuseppe-Petrosino.jpg 982w, https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Giuseppe-Petrosino-980x1356.jpg 980w, https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Giuseppe-Petrosino-480x664.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 982px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-311\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Giuseppe Petrosino (August 30, 1860 \u2013 March 12, 1909) was an Italian-born New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer who was a pioneer in the fight against organized crime. Crime fighting techniques that Mr. Petrosino pioneered are still practiced by law enforcement agencies today.<\/p>\n<p>On October 19th, 1883, Mr. Petrosino joined the NYPD. He was the first Italian language speaker in the NYPD\u2019s history. Fluent in several Italian dialects, he was able to \u201cmake\u201d cases that other officers could not.<\/p>\n<p>On July 20th, 1895, police commissioner, good friend and future U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt promoted him to detective sergeant in charge of the department\u2019s Homicide Division. The pinnacle of his career came in December 1908 when he was promoted to lieutenant and placed in charge of the Italian Squad, an elite corps of Italian-American detectives assembled specifically to deal with the criminal activities of organizations like the Mafia, which Mr. Petrosino saw as a shame upon decent Italians and Italian Americans.<\/p>\n<p>In 1909, Mr. Petrosino travelled to Palermo, Sicily, armed with a long list of known Italian criminals who had taken up residence in the United States, and intended to get enough evidence of their criminal pasts to throw them out of the country once and for all. <\/p>\n<p>On March 12, 1909, after arriving in Palermo, Sicily, Mr. Petrosino was invited to a nighttime rendezvous in the city\u2019s Piazza Marina, where he was to receive information about the Mafia. While waiting for his \u201cinformant\u201d, he was shot by two assailants and died.<br \/>\nThe day after his death, the detective\u2019s Italian Branch received an anonymous letter stating that the New York Black Hand had arranged the murder. The letter named members of the Morello crime family.<\/p>\n<p>On April 12th, 1909, over 200.000 people took part in Mr. Petrosino\u2019s funeral procession. At the time of his death the Italian Squad had made a total of 3557 arrests, Black Hander Giovanni Pelletieri being one of them.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_4 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_2 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><a href=\"https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mugshot-card-Black-Hander-Giovanni-Pelletieri-front-watermarked.jpg\" class=\"et_pb_lightbox_image\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mugshot-card-Black-Hander-Giovanni-Pelletieri-front-watermarked.jpg\" title=\"Mugshot-card-Black-Hander-Giovanni-Pelletieri-front-watermarked\" width=\"1500\" height=\"951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mugshot-card-Black-Hander-Giovanni-Pelletieri-front-watermarked.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mugshot-card-Black-Hander-Giovanni-Pelletieri-front-watermarked-1280x812.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mugshot-card-Black-Hander-Giovanni-Pelletieri-front-watermarked-980x621.jpg 980w, https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mugshot-card-Black-Hander-Giovanni-Pelletieri-front-watermarked-480x304.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-330\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Mugshot card Black Hander Giovanni Pelletieri (front)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_3 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><a href=\"https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mugshot-card-Black-Hander-Giovanni-Pelletieri-back.jpg\" class=\"et_pb_lightbox_image\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mugshot-card-Black-Hander-Giovanni-Pelletieri-back.jpg\" title=\"Mugshot-card-Black-Hander-Giovanni-Pelletieri-back\" width=\"1500\" height=\"940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mugshot-card-Black-Hander-Giovanni-Pelletieri-back.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mugshot-card-Black-Hander-Giovanni-Pelletieri-back-1280x802.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mugshot-card-Black-Hander-Giovanni-Pelletieri-back-980x614.jpg 980w, https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mugshot-card-Black-Hander-Giovanni-Pelletieri-back-480x301.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-232\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Mugshot card Black Hander Giovanni Pelletieri (back)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_5 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>PROVENANCE<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_4 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>The original 1907 NYPD mugshot card was obtained at one of world's largest global, online marketplaces.<\/p>\n<p>Attached to the front of the mughot card is Giovanni Pelletieri's photo (side and front profile). The back of the card mentions his physical remarks like, height, weight and length and also the type of crime, occupation and Lt. Petrosino as being one of the arresting officers. What makes it even more special is that the writing has been confirmed to be in his hand.<\/p>\n<p>Also pictured is a Harper's Weekly magazine published, May 8th 1909, less than two months after Lt. Petrosino's death. The article 'Fostering Foreign Criminals' features the same Giovanni Pelletieri with his brother Giuseppe Pelletieri.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_6 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_6 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_4 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><a href=\"https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Harpers-Magazine-fron-V1.1t.jpg\" class=\"et_pb_lightbox_image\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Harpers-Magazine-fron-V1.1t.jpg\" title=\"Harpers-Magazine-fron-V1.1t\" width=\"926\" height=\"1357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Harpers-Magazine-fron-V1.1t.jpg 926w, https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Harpers-Magazine-fron-V1.1t-480x703.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 926px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-278\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_5 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Harper's Weekly Magazine - frontpage<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_7 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_5 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><a href=\"https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Provenance-mugshot-card-Black-Hander-Giovanni-Pelletieri.jpg\" class=\"et_pb_lightbox_image\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Provenance-mugshot-card-Black-Hander-Giovanni-Pelletieri.jpg\" title=\"Provenance-mugshot-card-Black-Hander-Giovanni-Pelletieri\" width=\"926\" height=\"1357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Provenance-mugshot-card-Black-Hander-Giovanni-Pelletieri.jpg 926w, https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Provenance-mugshot-card-Black-Hander-Giovanni-Pelletieri-480x703.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 926px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-276\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_6 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Harper's Weekly Magazine - article<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-template-blank.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-228","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":344,"href":"https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/228\/revisions\/344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/organizedcrimeartifacts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}