The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-07-27
BREAKS
UP TRIAL OF THE
CAMORRA BANDITS
Wild Uproar Occurs When OF.
ficer of Police Tells Lawyer
For Defense He Is Crockett.

Vitcrbo, July 22.-The most violent
scene of the camorrist trial to date was
provoked today by a personal dispute
etween Captain Fabroni and Lawyer
Lioy. In the tumult all the lawyers fed
from the room. Enrico Alfano and
aennaro Abbattemaggio, the informer,
we're thrown OF bodily by the carabi4
neers; Giovanni Bartolozzi fell In a fit,
and President Biachi, helpless to maiE
order, declared the session adjourned
throughout the hubbub. Fabronf
stood pale. but impassive. As the court
was being cleared, he said:
The camorra, in or u Of court. can't
intimidate me-"
Fabroni, captain of the Neanolftan
.arabineers. was assigned by the minis.
try OF Justice to uproot the camorra- Ht
has told on the stand the results OF hit
detective work and the operations o,
mis- associates, Marshal C%apizutti and
Marshal Farris. Alessandro Lioy, nov
attorney for the defense, formerly
edited a newspaper. Fabroni has testi,
fed that revelations against tn,
camorra made by Editor Lioy were MOI
IN harmony with the claims set up BY
Lawyer Lioy in defense of his clients
Bitter personal feeling between the de
tective M the lawyer has resulted.
Accuses the Lawyer.
W icIi CouIl opened To-Day C9pIalL
tabroni was asked by C~astaliere San,
toro, the crown prosecutor, whether tht
assertion of Zanelli that Marshal Capt.
zutt1 had tried to influence him te
swear falsely against his fellow prison.
ers, was true. Fabroni replied.
"Aanelli is the scum of c~riminaiity
Instead it was Lioy who, through
Zanelli, attempted to buy witnesses fol
the defense"
This reflection on the lawyer raised
the first storm. Lioy screamed like q
mad a Abbattemaggio Joined in thu
row In support Of the captain. Enricd
Alfano, alleged head OF the camorra,
led in a chorus OF invectrves directed
against Fabroni and Abbattemaggio.
The president ordered Abbatemaggid
and Alfano removed from the room.
They were not disposed to go quietly
and were seized by carabineers and
dragged from the place.
Row Breaks Out Again.
For a little there was a calm and
then the president took advantage of
the opportunity to admonish all to
avoid personalities. With much feel
ing F'abroni replied:
For years ! nave stood the insults
OF this man Lioy without trying him
before the courts. because I consid-
cred him not a criminal but a PERI
son whose mental faulties were un-
balanced"
Lioy retorted In fury, concluding by
calling the witness a hypocr1te.
"A greater hypocrite than yourself
does not exist" replied Fabroni.
The exchange had again stirred the
prisoners n opposing counse and
the din that followed fairly shook the
court of the a~ssizes. All of the law
yers for the defense, except Lioy,
shouting their indignation, sra1ked out
OF the room. Lioy Jumped about, ges-
t1culating and hurting epithets at the
crowns witnesses.
Meantime the prisoners IN the great
steel cage formed a sort of clique
kissing n curing their accuser and
~applauding their lawyer. At last Clio
Nanii Bartolozzi and others pressed
their heads between the bars of the
cage like wild animals struggling to
reach their tormentor.
Defy Their Guardians.
Get your heads back in there"
ordered the carabineers.
NO; cut off our heads. Yes, be-
head u.s." they cried.
our women screamed Francesca
Desiderio, " have become defled be-
cause of this pig
Then Bartolozzi tumble over in an
epileptic fit. The doctors entered the
cage to attend him and were followed
by a score of carabineers each of
whom seized a prisoner and held him
until he was physically exhausted. His
efforts to restore order being futile.
President Bianchi adjourned the sit
ting. Fabroni, to the prisoners threats
of vengeance, replied:
The camorra in or out Of court
cannot intimidate me-"