The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-03-02
DESPERATE BANDS
OF ITALY TO GET
BELATED JUSTICE
Killing Of Bandit Chief and His
Beautiful Wife Form Basis
Of Allegations by
the Police.

Viterbor, Itsly, Feb. 27.-This historic
city Of handsome fountains and benu-
tiful women" has not been a center Of
such interest until now since tho 18th
century. when the co., ave which re-
suited in the election OF Theodore Wis
CONT as Gregory *. met in the epis-
copal palace here and continued In seq
sion for two years and nine months.
during which time 1t was the scene OF
amending violence n bloodshed,
\ being the Engiisn
prince, Henry.
AT the present time It is a criminal
trial instead of a conclaye which at
tracts the interest Of the whole world.
The leaders of the dreaded neapolitan,
Camorra, are about to be Judged, and
h case ma rivaii in duration the oon-
clave Of 1911, with the difference chat
while then the people removed the roof
of the episcopal palace to force the
cardinals to come to a decision, there
Is now no way, according to Italian
legislation, to shorten procedure OF
the courts.
May Last a Whole Year.
1t is expected that the trial will oc-
cupy one year. Unless there is a post
ponement it will open on March ii.
Already throngs of interested ones are
making arrangements for accommodate
tons in the town and the authorities
are busy perfecting elaborate police
and military precautions against inter-
ference on the part of friends of the
IL prisoners, many Of them desperate
men.
The testimony Of 45O witnesses has
been prepared by the state. No one
knows to what revelation this testi-
IN, 20, - -. L. 1850
In official life the exposure of h Ca
mora may lay bare.
The luminous documents in tho
case reveal a story more engaging than
romance. 1t is the result of four years
of police work. 1t shows that Gennoro
Cuoccolo, upon whose murder the case
was built, was not only a notorious
criminal, but a rival in the Camorro
of it's alleged head, Enrico Alfano, also
known as Errir eno.
- Killed and Mutiiated.
His body. bearing many stab wounds.
was found at Tore Del Greco, a SUBJ
urb of Naples, on June Z, 1906. He APP
peared to have died in a duel, but there
were no ashes on Che dancing pumps
of the handsome and well dressed VIC
tim, though the Vesuvian ashes were
NEE deep about the place. 1t was
plain that the body had Leen brought
to the place and SO murder was estab-
liShed. identification failed until q
certain cavalier, C%uoccolo, recognized
the body as that of his brothers son.
He was bound to finish like this
the uncle exclaimed. Ever since his
boyhood he had given himself up to
light loves n bad companions and
was anything but an honor to his fam.
lily. His father died of a broken heart
Gennaro socn ~dissipated his fortune
and almost ruined his younger brother
He was interdicted and given 3ot
francs a month, which should have
enabled him to live decently, but he
continued to follow his evil ways tc
the point Of marrying a woman OF
doubtful character. aria Cutinelii
who was a beauty Of the people. called
the BEAUTIFUL Sorrentino,' as she came
from Sorrento. 1t must be she WIFI
had involved him in some new infamy
IN which he has lost his life.'
The body. horribly mutilated. of 9TH
beautiful Sorentino" was found in theil
pretty apartment a few steps from thu
royal palace. Then was begun a police
INQUIRY that uncovered the creates
criminal conspiracy of modern times
and which led unquestionably to thu
assassination of the New York detect.
i've. Lieut.. Joseph P%etrosino.