New-York tribune., 1911-04-22
THROWS HIS EYE At JUDGE
camorriSt Tears Out Glass Optic,
Causing Stampede in Court.
FALLS IN PAINTING FIT
other Prisoners Cry and Curse
IN Cage-Five Witnesses Deny
Murder Charges.

--;,-No. italy. April H.-Ot all the
-..,o5s adopted BY the Camorrist prison
-, n excite sympathy or incite disorder
,o,. surpassed In novelty and effectiveness
.,s, ~ Gaetano Esposito who, at the end
:, a mad hararSue to-day, tore glass
80 from hts head and threw II at the feet
:, .be presiding Judge. causing a stampede
:, .be courtroom. Then he fell In a faint
"a President Bianchi suspended the sit
ting.
According % the state. Esposito. who IS
,rorr as usurer. Is dangerous male
,.o,or and succeeded Enrico Alfano as
,he hesd If the Camorra when Alamo fed
90 the United States. there to fall into the
,sr6s OF Lieutenant Petrosino. He is
charged with having been ono OF those who
mel NJ BagnoN and condemned Geunaro
c,occolo 10 death for treachery 10 his as
.ociates in crime
There was a shuddcr among the spec
,,.ors when opposite was called for in
,cr-ocation. ne is moi a pleasing man 10
Look unon a. best. and his knife-scarred
.a,e Is made less inviting by the glass sub
,,,,ut. for an eye lost in his youth.
The prisoner attempted 10 prove an alibi
so fsr ss the meeting at Bagnoli was con-
.erned At that time he was travelling. he
said be- ween Milan and Rome. He gave
oo,sued account OF his wanderings prior
- the murder OF Cuoccolo and his wife, and
GRADUALLY wrought himself up to a fine
-renzy. closing In substance, as follows:
..rt IS true that ! concealed myself az
,bs time when I learned that 1 was 10 be
arrested ! was suffering. as ] am even
NOW. from heart disease. IN my boyhood /
lost one eys. I feared that l would die in
r-ison from the malady which had already
.ezed me. or what would De even worse,
that I would lose my other eye"
Here self-pity gripped the prisoner. who
6.rane hysterical and sobbed violently, his
,ace in his hands. AL attention was on
he man. when suddenly he raised his head
ana with a deft movement OF the hand re-
-sascd the glass eye and throwing Il on
ne floor before the Judges uench. barred
SIS disaCured face 20 the hOrriled spec
.,fors Thus for few seconds he posed,
and then with choking cry dropped 20 the
coor IN a faint.
Rv this time the nerves OF all IN the
roon were OF edge. and as Esposito col
apei a tlmu!t was raised. From The steel
ages the prisoners shouted. cried and
cursed Pasqusle Gargiulo. who IS also a
.rHerer from heart disease. walled:
YOU wish for our deaths In prison. We
wish that at east We may die in q hos
pta,"
one OF the 'r7ymer. who is physician
went 20 rhe assistance Of Esposito
4 When the sitting was resumed others
charged with having been Dresen, In Bag
: 'roH when The death sentence was passed
.r C-occolo We're heard. Antonio di Do
m.z.c said that ne did not ask acquitta!
ecalso OF "A fear Of condemnation. as ne
!leady had been in prison for longer
o.rad than he now could be sentenced 20
serve. He desired acquittal, he said. only
60 indicate his honor, especially IN the
Interest OF his family. which was composed
o. respectable people.
Giovanni Bartolozzi. who has the eyes Of
iunstic and IS an epleptic, next was
reard. He cynically admitted that ne was
criminal. ana had spent his lie between
prisons and llrafic asylums. He had been
forced % live outside prison an aggregate
o. .vo Years. ne said. BartoiOZzi said he
ned no reason 70 hate CuoccoIo.
Giuseppe MiuichieIo violently attacked
-a. cara nineers. calling their officers the
real heads Of fie Camorra.
Giuseppe ChiIico said that he was in the
Urittd States when the murder was com
-ritte0. engaged on tfe piers N unloading
lrglS. steamers
Giovanni Mc-eili. he iast OF the de
-endautv 20 testify to-day, SAID that AD-
hstsuaer,o rad made q wrong identihca-
zion of him. evidently having mistaken
some one else for MN.