Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-27
HUSBANDS BOAST EVIDENCE
Gennaro CuoccolO, Also Victim, Tells
Scarlet Passages
Defeudaats 20 Trial for slsyinE
% Fsir IN Luxuriou- Apart
ments Near the Royal
palace.

rentiua." the killing Of whom led 10 the
roundup Of their band had romantic. but
Tar from worthy careers
part Of the story which win be laid
bare when the trial OPENS on March II
may now be told The victims we're about
Of an age The husband at the timo Of his
death Il is known was a. They lived In
the Via Nardonss. opening into the Piazza
San Ferdinando, only a few steps from
the royal palace. in pretty fourth floor
apartment which might have been fur
nished for g bride.
Here after the discovery OF CuoccOlo's
body at Terre del Greco. the police found
the lifeless form Of the wife. Il was
stretched upon the bed in a charmingly
furnished chamber and the pink silk night
gown was perforated. indicating the posi-
ton OF numerous wounds.
Marx OF DaEEer.
Among them was the characteristic dag
ger cut known as the fregio. the wound
given 20 one who has broken an oath. II
inflicted upon an honest woman OF girl
II Is made by a slash on the cheek but II
given 10 a woman Of doubtful character It
Is aiways upon the body. In the case Of
Maria cutinelii cuoecolo the assassins left
the mark of an eyil life.
Ihen began the pofce atdith Aoi Aho
records OF both victims. Cuoccolo. in his
youth. IA developed had been condemned
Tor theft. swlndliug. opposing the police and
other offenses lie was put under special
surveillance but for the ten or twelve
years before his death he had not been be-
fore tue authorities and apparently had be-
come respectable lie was accustomed to
define his situation BY saying
Even II I have married beautiful
woman Of not iillbersl habits | am content
as she Is 3 faithful wife, and anyway. my
marriage Aas the result of WOW. AT the
age or % years Ivas IN OF a terrible dis
ease and vowed to San Gennaro. my patron.
thst u recovered. TO rescue some un-
fortunate w0man from sin and make her
my Vile san Gennaro heard my prayer and
have ma alntsined my word
since then haye been tranquil and
home loving and have only once risked
compromising my self, when in public in the
Galieya umbeito. / boxed the cars. OF
Lnrico Alfano-called Errlcone."
Boaat Gives Clue.
strangely enough this boast Of Cuoccolo
gave the first clew to the alleged instiga-
tor OF his death. The oft repeated story
reached the cars OF clever detective, one
Ippolito and led him to investigate whether
the murders might not have been due 10
the hatred Of Erricone and his companions
II seemed improbable that the dangerous
and violent head OF the camorra having
auarrelsd with Cuoccolo TO the point Of
having hls ears boxed in public. should not
have had his revenge sooner or later
Erricone denied Cuccoio had struck him
and swore he had not even known the
murdered man. Nevertheless the police per-
fan md hal at ~ n
in WAYS years before Cuoceolo was in full
active service in the camarra, limiting him
SELF however. 10 the two departments Of
crime. that Of organizing thefts and taking
the lions snare Of all operations.
Both he and his wife had fame among
criminals as clever organizers. Al the same
time there are papers in the police archives
which show that on various occasions they
acted as police spies. In fact. notes written
IN pencil have been found Ia which the
two denounced thefts and crimes arranged
by persons AFFILIATED with the eamorra.
These papers. which the police had
thought were kept absolutely secret were
through the eonnivance Of certain persons.
Inspected By the eamorra and were the
cause OF suspicion Of the CuecolOs and OF
haired against them.
snspeeted By Comrades.
Haying established the double dealings
% Cuoceolo, Who had thus earned tho
suspicion Of the camotra and the personal
hatred OF Erricone. the police set about
provins that his Death was al the hands
of hia criminal associates. This was a
tsaiens task hut rnsHv Errleohe and
several friends who we're discovered with
him az the Mim-a-Msre ON the night OF
the murders were arrested,
Public oniufou enulaudad the ,olIoa ana
there vas great sstonishment when. soon
Afterwards the prisoners were released
on the ground that the evidence against
them vas Insufficient Popular indigna
ton Wes Intense
me police were openly accused OF un-
willingness to strike the camorra and Il
VAS charged they shared the profits os
ihe camorra 90 crime Now Il appears
that the release of Ericons and his gang
vas due 20 the Intervention OF priest
Rev. Pr Giro Nittozzi The scene which
this priest oEgapized . Z 'amauo and ef.
feetiyt
Nittuzsi is Erricone's godfather he Wept
90 Joe judge and aolemniy said:
"a swear in my sacredotaI character thar
roH are about 70 condemn those who are
'1noceni ! know the real murderer. but
ranhut reveal their names as they came
20 uie with the seal ot the confession
The priest pui the authorities In COM
muuicauon with one Asenttore. who was
aheeed 10 have confessed 10 the murders
fnie man denounced tHO others De Ange-
Pc and Amodco An three were criminals
and fuEitiVes from justice When found
thes established aiibis, but In the meantime
Erricone and nis associates had been re-
ieased
Later the priest was accused Of being a.
Ncmhtf OF the camnrfa and fha fntesfsra
tou turned again toward Erricone ana lis
ionlnanious aho were onoe more arrested
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