The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21
LAWYERS RUN OFF
Two Witnesses Are Thrown Out
of Court Room.
One Man Has a Fit and Camorra
Trial Is Adjourned.

Viterbo. Italy, July 21.-The most
violent scene of the Camorrist trial 10
date was provoked today by personal
dispute between Captain Fabroni and
Lawyer Lioy. In the tumult all the
other lawyers fed from the room,
Enrico Alfano and Gennaro Abbate-
maggie, the informer, were thrown out
bodily by the carabineers, Giovanni
Bartolozzie fell in a fit and President
Bianchi, helpless to maintain order,
declared the session adjourned.
Throughout the hubbub Fabroui
stood pale but impassive. As the court
room was being cleared he said:
1.-The Camorra. in or out of court,
can't intimidate me-"
Fabroni, captain of the Neapolitan
carabineers, was assigned by the min
istry of justice to uproot the Camorra-
During the last few days he had told
on the stand the results of his detec-
tive work and the operations of his
associates. AlessandrO Lioy, now at
torney for the defense, formerly edited
a newspaper. Fabroni has testified
that revelations against the Camorra
made by Editor Lioy were not in har-
mony with the claims set up by Law
yer Lioy in defense of his clients Bit
ter personal feeling between the de-
tective and the lawyer has resulted
When court opened today Captain
Fabroni was asked by Cavaliere San
toro, the crown prosecutor. whether
the assertion of ZanelH that Marshal
Capizutti had tried to influence him
to swear falsely against his fellow
prisoners were true. FabrOni replied: !:
'.Zanelli is the scum of criminality.
Indeed, it was Lioy who, through "a
nelli attempted to buy witnesses lot
the Defense.
This reflection on the lawyer raised
the first storm. Lioy screamed like a
madman Abbatemaggio joined in the
row in support of the captain Enrico
Alfano. the alleged head of the Camor-
ra, led i ma chorus of invectlves dl-
rected against Fabroni and Abbate-
Finally the president ordered Abbate-
maggie and Alfano removed from the
room. They were not disposed to go
quickly and were seized by caTabineers
and dragged from the place
For a little time there was cam
and the president took advantage Of
the opportunity to admonish all to
avoid personalities
With much feeling, Fabrom said
For years I have stood the insults
Of this man LiOy without trying him
before the courts because considered
him not criminal but person whose
mental faculties were unbalanced"
Lioy retorted in fury. concluding by
calling the witness a hypocrite.
"a greater hypccrite than yourself
does not exist" replied Fabroni. The
exchange HdQ dSdlu SllIAC0 LAAC RAA0Dl
ers and opposing counsel, and the din
that followed fairly shook the court of
the assizes.
Lioy jumped about, gesticulating and
hurting epithets at the crowns wit
nesses.
Meantime the prisoners in the great
steel cage formed a sort of claque,
kissing and cursing their accuser and
applauding their lawyer. At last Co
vanno, Bartolozzi and others pressed
their heads between the bars of the
cage like wild animals struggling to
reach their tormentor.
Get your heads back in there" 0r-
dered the carabineers with a threaten
ing movement.
mo. cut off our heads. Yes. behead
u.s. they cried.
Our women" screamed Francesca
Desiderio. have become defiled be-
cause of this pig"
Then BartOlozzi tumbled 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 orders being futile
President Bianchi adjourned the sit