The New York herald., 1879-07-05
ACCOUNT OF A NAPLES coRREsPoNDENT-cHAR
AcTERIsTIcs OF THE MEMBERS OF THE

ACCOUNT OF A NAPLES OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
AcrER1sr1cs OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
CAMoRRA.
The crime Of which the six men accused was
ommltted in August. 1877, that twenty two
months have elapsed since their arrest. Borrelli
the victim. was believed to have been what is called
"confdamte Of the police. had incurred. therefore,
the hatred and suspicion of his neghbors. and in
quarrel was shot in the back by Esposito. This
man, though Camorrista himself. did not possess
the entire confidence of the society, and had in
sequence been selected to do the deed. In this way
lie to be yet more compromised and be rein
stated in the favor Of his companions, difficult
matter. as is evident from the exclamation Of .
cdpo Of the society to the brigadier who
arrested him :-"This man. Esposito. has been tho
OF all prosecutions. He will have first to
settle with ordinary justice. and afterward with
ours" That he had reinstated himself is certain.
for after the murder he received with applause
by crowd OF women as well as of men, covered
with flowers and corfeth and finally rescued from
the hands OF the soldiers. banquet" pre-
pared tor him in the neighbornood by the piciaOti
novitates at which the five others in the dock
present Healths drunk, and finally some of
them occupied themselves afterwsrd in collecting
money tor their ben merito companion. That money
would be forthcoming was certain tor the request Of
a picinoto amounted to threat in OF refusal.
and positive threats were used. As to Borrell the
murdered man. his body was taken to the Campo
crowd of both sexes-a crowd such as 10 would be
difficult to gather among savages. Such is the
phase of the modern civilization OF the masses of
the southerners. Ignorant and brutal. they
msrkable for their devotion. Even Esposito. in
counting to the president for the manner in which
he spent the three days intervening before being
re-arrested said that he had attended mass on the
second day. All of his class their abitino, o
picture of the Madonna saint, next the skin.
All lit their hats caps the end of twenty -four
hours, half an hour after sunset. and make the sign
Of the cross. All, too. are now rushing 20 the
so-called religious festivities which being cee-
brated day by day. praying. fighting and drink
ing, at the celebrated fete Of the Madonna
deli Arco, just over, and which the authorities
would gladly put down. These the great sup
porters OF the Church. whom the Church. however.
scarcely makes effort to raise. 1t is worth noting.
bearing the state Of personal insecurity III
Naples that Esposito told the president his trial
he had bought his pistol tor twenty three sous.
every OF his fellows may be and IL armed. The
journals this week report the of a man who
shot in the back he was walking on the Arenseca
near Naples and about the same time in the Church
OF Santa Brgidai man. overcome by jealousy fired
at his mistress and shot another woman The
church having thus been desecrsted closed until
o bishop had re-consecrated It. But the point to
which wish to call attention is the frequent OF
the pistol in Naples and the facility with which 1t il
procured.