New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-22
RIOT AT CAMORRA TRIAL
Fabroni Kissed and Cursed zen
CIaque" by Frenzied Prisoners.
ONE SEIZED WITH A FIT
Witness, Called a Pig, Says Ca
mora In or Out of Court
Cant influence Him.

viterbo, italy. July A.-The most vio-
lent scene OF the Camorra trial 10 date was
provoked to-day by personal dispute be-
tween Captain Fabroni and the lawyer
Iloy In the tumult created all the other
lawyers fed from tho room. Enrico Alfano
and Gennaro Abbatemaggio. the informer.
were thrown out bodily by the carabineers.
Giovanni Bartoozzi fell In NJ and Presi-
dent Bianchi. unable TO maintain order.
declared the session adjourned.
Throughout the hubbub Fabroni stood
pale but mpassive. AS the courtroom was
being cleared he said:
The Camorra IN or out OF court can't
intimidate me-"
Fabroni. captain Of the Neapolitan cara
bneers. was assigned by the Ministry OK
Justice 10 uproot the Camorra During tho
last few days he has told on the stand tho
results Of his detective work.
Aessandro Lioy. now attorney for the
defence formerly edited a newspaper, ana
Fabroni testified that revelations against
the C,amorra made by Lioy as editor were
not in harmony with the claims set up by
Iioy as lawyer IN defence OF his clients.
Bitter personal feeling between the de-
tective and the lawyer resulted.
When court opened to-day Captain Fa-
broni was asked by the crown prosecutor
whether the assertion OF Zsneli that Mar
shall Capizzuti had tried 10 influence him
10 swear falsely against his fellow pris-
oners were true Fabroni replied:
"Zsneli is the scum Of criminality. In.
stead II vas Lioy who. through Zanelli.
attempted to buy witnesses for the de-
fence"
Screams Like q Mailman.
This reflection on the lawyer raised tho
first storm Lioy screamed like a mad
man. Abbatemaggio. Notwithstanding tho
caution Of the president, Joined in the row
in support of the captain. Enrico Alamo.
the alleged head Of the Camorra, led the
others Of the accused In a chorus OF In
vectives directed against Fabroni and ADJ
batemaggio
60 the storm grew greater, the presidene
yainly striving 70 head II OF. Finally ne
ordered Abbatemaggio and Alfano removed
from the courtroom They'were seized oy
carabineers and dragged from the place.
For a time there was n calm. and tho
president took advantage Of the opportu-
nifty 10 admonish all 10 avoid personals
| ties
with much feeling Fabroni replied:
For wears | have stood the insults OF
this man Lfoy without trying him before
/ the courts because I considered him not a
criminal, but a person whose mental fac
| ulties we're unbalanced
Only direct quotation could give an idea
OF the fury OF Logs retort 10 this renec-
ton upon his sanity. His language was
unprintahle
Fabroni answered promptly:
"A greater hypocrite than yourself does
not exist"
HurIs Epithets at Witness.
II the first disturbance was storm what
now followed was a hurricane. All tho
LAWYERS for the defence except Lioy.
| shouting their Indignation. stalked out or
| the room IAoy jumped about. gesticulat-
ing and yelling like a fanatic. No one had
supposed that the Neapolitan's vocabulary
contained such epithets as he hurled at the
crowns witness.
Meantime the prisoners in the great steel
cage formed a sort Of claque, Missing and
| cursing their accuser and applauding their
lawyer. GioVanni Bartolozzi and others
pressed their heads between the bars OF
the cage like wild animals. struggling 10
reach their tormentor.
Get your heads back in there. ordered
tho carabineers, with threatening move
ment. -.
mo. cut of our heads. Yes, behead US!
they cried.
"Our women" screamed Francesca Desi-
derio. have become defled because OF this
pig"
Then Bartolozzi tumbied over In an cpl
leptic fit. Doctors entered the cage 10
attend him. and we're followed by score
of carabineers, each OF whom seized a
prisoner and held him until he was physi-
| cally exhausted. -, ..,
Efforts TO restore order being futile
President Bianchi adjourned the sitting.
| Fabroni looked like a statue or rave as
he stood before the bar hurting denance
AZ the manacled men as they were half
carried from the building. To their threats
Of future vengeance he replied:
THE Camorra In or out or court can I
lintimidate me.