The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-31
CL|NGS To HIS
FIRST STORY
Rigid CrOss-EXaminatiOn of Abb
batemaggio, the lnfOrmer,
at CamOrrist Trial.
MANY QUESTIONS ASKED
BY PRESIDENT OF COURT
Anonymous Letter Received by
Counsel for Prisoners In
tended to Affect Case.

VITBERO. Italy March 30.-Accord a.
ing TO the revelations OF Abbatemagglo'
who Is appearing @ witness against MS
former associates in their trial Tor MUIR
der, Naples Is divided into fourteen Ca
morrist legions. each having Its Camor-
rist hierarchy.
In each district a member of the or
ganzation is daily entrusted with the
maintenance OF order among those ann,
lated with the Camor:@ !1ls powers anc
influence are greater than those OF tne
police or carbineerS. as he Is eNpeSteu
; TO denounce those who commit disorders
and thus compromise the assoclauon'
which is destined for more important en- %
ierpriscs,
Aobatcmaggio said that shortly alter
the murder OF Cuoccolo when he was IN
The company OF Giovanni Rapi. the al :,
8 legged treasurer OF the Camorra, ne met
iha priest Vitozzl. who suggested that
Erricone. so that he might not be sus-
pected. go frequently TO the Miini.a AuI M
cafe in order TO give the police the I'm
PRECISION that he was a freduenter OF the
place. y was in this inn that the report
Of the murder of Cuoccolo is alleged TO
nave been communicated TO crrlcoHe'
Priest Is Horrihed.
VItozzi, on hearing this statement by
the Witness. raised his hands and eyes
and wi:h a horrlhed expression exclaimed
turning toward the prisoners cage:
III | had ever suspected that Erricone
was stained with such monstrous
crime. ] would have delivered him my
self 10 justice. saying TO him. Bear thai
burden of your sins.
The tone OF his voice was so mclodra-
msfiC that all burst into laughter. Papi
appearing even more amused than the
others.
: Abhaismaegio sworc that Nitozzi was
an active member of the Camorrl. that
ne frcqucn;cA the meetings OF the organ
iz2tion. dressed as a layman, and was
par,lcaafly aggressive In helping TO
carry out the Camorr!st schemes.
Mos; Of the questions asked by Presl-
den; Bianchi and the lawyers or the de-
fense concerned matters of secondary I'M
portance and were intended TO impeach
The informer.
> The latter stood The ordeal very We'll,
making many admissions concerning his
own evil career. but c,inging tenaciouslv
10 the story OF Camorrist crimes which
no originally told TO the police spy, Mar
sh&I Capozzuti. and later submitted in the
form OF an affidavit to the court.
An Anonymous Letter.
Lawyer Tore OF counsel for the de-
fense today received an anonymous let
ter in which the writer attempted 10
prove what has before been ASSERTED. by
The other prisoners. that the carabineers
who ran down the Camorrists had manu-
factured, the cuoccolo ring evidence
been taken from the hand Of Cuoccolo TO
be sent to Luigi Arena In proof OF the
death OF tho man whom Arena had de-
The cerabineers Swore that they found
this ring at the home OF Il woman com
ranlon OF the assassin.
As proof that this evidence Is wrong
the writer OF the letter states that Lit
tieIlo. a cara bineer of the legion OF Ma
pies being offended boxed the ears OF
his superior officer, whereupon. instead
OF being courtmartialed. he was sent to
hospital. he had threatened that &c
lie was punished he would reveal the
fuplicity OF the officers Of the legion.
SubscqueDtlv. the letter states LittielIo
was declared insane and removed from
the army.
Infornler Questioned.
In the questioning counsel for the pris-
oners attempted TO. bring out that Alb
bn nternaggio was in thc pay of the cara abi-
neers.
Docs your wife receive money from
"She does not.
How is II, then. that she lives so
comforta big while you are a prisoner?"
'She lives" replied the witness, "on
what ] left her when ! was imprisoned
and what she has since secured
through the sale OF our three horses and
their harness.
Tho !nformer's attorney denied that he
had received anything from the carabi-
rcers either for himself or for the sup
port OF his family.
At the request of the lawyers Abbate-
maggie gave a vivid and thorough de-
scriptlon OF the examination TO which
Camorra submit. The candidates who
pass through the ordeal success fully
proving their courage. capabIlity and
trust worthipess were finally passed upon
by a special tribunal. which accepted or
rejected them