The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-23
CAMORRA|STS SOB AND CURSE IN RAGE Trial of Famous Criminals
 Is Dramatic MANY WOMEN FAINT Presentation of Alleged Ring of Mur- dered Man Draws Curses,
 Screams and Loud
 Protests

Viterbo Italy, March 22.-Angry ex-
 changes between opposing counsel at | today's session of the trial of the Cam l orraists provoked demonstration from
 the prisoners cage beyond the control of the court officials that necessitated | a suspension of the proceedings. The
 accused men alternately cursed in a
 rage and sobbed hysterical1y while | their women friends In the audience
 screamed and tainted. the wife of one
 of the prisoners being seized with con vulsions.
 | The scene was enacted soon after the
 resumption of the sitting. At adjourn
 ment yesterday Giuseppi Salvi. one of
 those alleged o.have stabbed to death 1 Gennaro Cuoccolo and his wife. was
 being interrogated by President Bianchi
 concerning his career.
 This morning Salvi was called for
 cross-examination. It is charged that he | Is the man who furnished the final
 evidence of Cuoccolos treachery in the
 Camorra and so brought about his sen tence of death. In 8 letter written from l the prison where he was confined for robbery he asserted that Cuoccolo had
 betrayed him to the police because he had given share of the booty Of his l crime to another than Cuoccolo. He
 called upon his brother Camorraists to
 avenge him.
 President Bianchi suddenly produced
 a ring, which Is said to have been taken | from Cuoccolo and holding 1t so that | it could be seen by all in the court room said: This is the ring found In
 the home of your woman associate | The statement called forth chorus of protests from the prisoners, who
 shouted, No. no. that is not Cuoccolo's ring; it Is not his.''
 Cries of Protest | The cries grew louder and were taken up by sympathizers in the au- dence. The lawyer -iguori, president of the board of attorneys of Naples. who Is defending the informer, Gen. | to the space in front of the steel cage.
 and, staring itno the eyes of the &C., cused men. exclaimed: Yes, that is Cuoccolos ring" l This interruption brought the scores | of lawyers for the defense into tn e | fray and as the execration of the pris- cners grew louder these lawyers made a verbal attack upon Liguori that threw the whole court room in an, uproar In the babel of tongues one could distinguish those of repeated exclana- tions.
 "Who pays you the price of Abgos' | shame?"
 "You are paid from the secret funds of | the government"
 | You were sent here under orders from | the carbineers." aa. 5ssa a This attack was encouraged by the prisoners, who applauded as they ex- claimed, Bravo, bravo!''
 | For a moment Giovanni Rapi, the al- | Ieged treasurer of the Camorra and
 known as the proprietor of gambling places in Naples, Rome and Paris, held | the center of the stage when he pressed
 his face against the bars of the cage | and cried:
 Have Been Betrayed we are innocent, we have been be- | trayed, we have been sold like lambs to | the slaughter
 | At this point Alfano, the alleged actual | head of the Camorra, cried dramatically: "I call from the other world the soul | of my poor brother Giro, who died in Eprison, to witness that we are flesh and blood. sold by the caribineers to the in-
 quring judges, who lent themselves to | this infamous market" l By this time both prisoners and law yers were pretty well exhausted and suddenly the accused men, as with one accord, burst into teafs. The priest, Giro l Vitozz looked as though he had been
 stricken with apoplexy. The wife of Ma riano de Gennaro, one of tho alleged actu-
 al assassins, fell to the floor in convul sions.
 Take Adjournment | The savage invectives were continued | for ten minutes, when the president, un able to restore order, announced tom porary adjournment. | Throughout the turmoil the informer, Gennaro Abbatemaggio, sat calmly ob- | servant in his smaller and exclusive steel pen.
 When the sitting was resumed Antonio Cerrato was called for examination. He is charged with being one of the six who | executed the sentence of death upon Cuoccoo. Cerrato earnestly protested his innocence. His examination was along the line of those of Mariana de Gennarc, Cornado Sortino and Giuseppe Salvi Mariana de Gennaro who is also &C.,
 cused of the actual murder of Cuoccolo,
 also took the witness stand. He declared that he was the victim of jealousy on Itl.. ee x<~. n~rrt< z