The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-13
STORY Of CRIME
TOLD IN ITALY
TRIAL OF ~ ErMI-1S JF MUIR
DEEOuS LAND WATCHED
WITH INTEREST.
LEADERS ATE BANQUET
While Their Orders Of Assassination
We're Carried Out--Lived by
Robbery-.Avenged Be-
tEUal With Death.

Viteribo, Haly, March 12.--The trial
of the fo.tytwo members OF the Naa.
politan camorra, which has terrorizel
Italy For many years, was begun yes.
terday, A jury was secured mole
readily than had been antio;pa he'd
and early in the afternoon Cavaliero
Hanchit, the president of the court
chosen by the minister Of justice 20
preside, orened the Interrogation OF
the accused He limited his ques-
tions to an inquiry into their per
sonal records.
The prisoners are charged with
the assassination of fellow memDers
in the camorra, Gennero Cuoccolo
and his wife, Marie Cutinelli Cuoc
colo, pCpularly know as the 'Beauti
full Sorrentina." Behind this charge
are allegations of numl3erlecs mur
ders and robbeGies perpetuated by
what is perhaps the best organized
and most desperate criminal society
Of modern times.
The real purpose OF the govern
ment is TO rid the country CT this
band 1t Is believed that evidence
win lie brought out that win throw
light upon the assas sination of the
American detective, Lieut.. Joseph;
Petrosino, st Palermo in March
1863, alter he had been sent to Italy
by the New oYrk police department
to secure information regarding 1 al
ifense oaiminala.
Petrosino Paid Price.
1t was Pe,rosino who arrested Ell.
rico Ahano, batter known as Er1i
cone, the alleged 2ctual head of the
camorra, after the latter had fed e
New York city.
The American officer sent Errieone
back to Europe and he was taken in
TO custody at Havre. Petrosino's
death is believed to have been the
price paid for running down the man
who fer years had deiied the authori
ties OF his own country.
The murders of the Cuoccolos fol
lowed by revelations made by one
of the camorras, Generrao AbbaTe
haggio, resulted in the present prose
cution, which was ordered by King
Victor Emmanuel and pressed By
Slgnor FAM, the minister of justice
The revelations made by GennaHo
ALbatemaggio have been grouped IN
der six heads. They were made to
Marshal Capezzuti of the Legion OF
Carablniers, in Naples, who in the
grfse of an aspirant to membership
in the cefirorra, bought some info
nation from the murderers, as he
said he Quad require to Eold 1t over
the heads Of any mem-er who might
oppose lis cntrarce to "tne beauti
fully reFoumed society,"
When AL atemaggio learned that
he had been duped he made the best
of the situation by becoming a po
lice SPY, and repeate1 n.s revelations
in the form cf a confession. AS taken
down by the police they are as fol
lows:
Cuoccolo was murdered In revenge
by the Camorra, the death sentence
having been pronounced by its tribu
nal of high Justice.
The murder was provoked by the
fact that Cuoccclo had placed him
sem In opposition to the real head OF
the organization, Enrlco Alamo; tc:
the supreme nominal head of the
Cano.la, Luigi Fucci; to Gennarc
n clio, head of the Camorra in the
Vesuvian villagoy; to Giovanni Repi
niukname1 "the teacher because he
had taught in the municipal Schools
Of Naples, aud to Gulseppi de Ma
rinls, known also as 'Mandriere, or
"a cattle driver" Reli in his old age
was the reGuted keeper Of a gamb
ling house in Naples and another in
PATS, near the Place De L'Etoie. He
alto was llcwn as ,ne receiver
stolen goods especially jewel
stocks and tarls, whict he took tc
Par.s to sell Re4i ana Ibello dinel
with Alsano and the night CT TIT
murders.
Wife Is Not Spared.
Mara Cutinelli cuoccolo, "tht
healtiful SorrerGina," was murdered
Immediately after her husband mad
been killed, fer the reason that had
she tem spared she would have