Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-25
nately you can supply that"

nately you can supply that"
"How?"
Tell me what you know about the
Cuocolo murder"
Gennaro WINGED That is impossi-
BILE"
Then I must remain outside the
society, and when / am caught defy
ing the law must spend the best part
OF my life. as you have lately been
spending a few weeks, in prison. or
perhaps If 1 put an enemy out OF the
way shall suffer death"
But 1 can't understand why a
knowledge Of this murder is so neces-
sary to your attaining an entrance to
the Camorra."
II will tell you. There are men In
It who would oppose my admission.
With a knowledge OF the circum-
stances connected with this murder
the society would not dare to reject
me7
ST see. But what you ask for the
favor you propose doing me is not the
unimportant return you consider it.
Suppose you should
''Betray you? Do you think so little
of my friendship as thatr'
mo. no, but have sworn"
what is an oath to such men as
we? 1t Is fear that holds US, and so
long as you have nothing to fear from
me what matters itT
IT Will think it over"
Luigi paid for the wine they had
hoan dvJn end fD d0ipr On vnt,lIaA
out q great roll of bills. Gennaro saw
them and fell under the temptation.
Come with me-" he said, down to
the sea wall. We will get boat, go
out into the bay. where we shall not
be heard. and 1 will tell you ALL"
In q small street in Capua prepare
lions are being made for a wedding.
The groom is our old friend Gennaro;
the bride is his Blanca. Both are bet
ter dressed than they have ever been
before. and a feast more savory than
either has ever partaken of is set be-
fore them and their guests. Bianca's
father, who would not permit her to
marry Gennaro so long as he had no
visible means of support. is now 60
purchased with money borrowed from
Luigi Bucini, with broad grin on his
face. The last of the wedding sup
plies, a barrel of wine. is being re-
moved from a cart to the house.
And now the wedding party have re-
turned from the church and are sitting
around the festal board. Every one is
happy, except that the groom keeps
looking out of the window expectantly
Luigi has promised to attend the wed
ding, but has not yet put in an appear
ance. Presently q man in the uniform
of the national police turns into the
street where he could be seen by Gen
marc, approaches the house in which
sat the wedding party, opens the door
and walks in.
Had he been a specter he could not
have created more CONSERVATION. The
groom looked at him, and every vestige
Of color left his face
'Luigir' he faltered.
"Do not trouble yourself about this
change in my costume" said the SER
geant of carabineers. you and I are
under the protection of the govern
ment. This wedding outfit and the cap
ital with which you are TO open your
shop are advanced by his majesty the
king. But more of this hereafter. For
the present let US proceed with these
wedding festivities"
Taking up glass. he filed it with
wine, held 1t aloft and said:
ITO the health of our sovereign and
the little bride"
The Gardiner from that time passed
under his real name, Capezzuti. Acting
under the special orders of the king of
Italy. he had undertaken to secure evil
dence in the Cuocolo murder case, with
which the government proposed to at
tempt the breaking up Of the celebrat-
ed Bella Suggieta Reformata (the Beau
tiful Reformed society, headed by En-
rico Alfano. After the wedding festiv-
tiles he took Gennaro into a private
room, where they conversed for long
while. When they came out the groom
was enlisted in the service of the gov
eminent as a spy.
Probably no detective ever took
greater risks during the period he was
securing this important evidence than
Sergeant Capezzud.