Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-17
CAMORRA DRAMA UNFOLDING
Italian Procedure Makes Sensational
Incidents in Court Possible.
PART- -RIAYED D. AeED PRIEsT
Tells -Offleers He knows ErrIcone 4,
Innocent Because Another Con-
feased-When Arrested This
Man Denounees Others.

VITFRBO Italy. March ls-The rules
for criminal procedure IN Italy make possi7
be frequent dramatic Incidents and II was
due 70 this that tOday's session Of the
trial Of the camorT5sts for murder held
the lively interest OF the crowd that
occupied every syailaBie square foot in the
old church OF san Francisco
when court opened the clerk resumed
The reading Of the long Indictment of the
thirty-six prisoners. and this took W the
whole forenoon. the monotony q the re
eital. however. being broken by interTup-
Sions from the prisoners cage or b. Others
in the room whose interests were IN some
manner Involved,
When the clerk read the passage refer
ring 70 the priest Giro vitozzi. the aged
prisoner was vislbly affected and Al the
words although. never condemned. Vitozzi
morally Is criminal he raised his eyes
and murmrred:
I offer my sufferings TO relieve souls
in .purgatory.
De GennRrO sEears He a. Innocent.
During the description Of the murder of
Z Gennaro Cuccolo and hts wife Maria, tive
beautiful Sorrentina,~ Mariana Dc Gennaro.
who Is charged With having been one OF
the actual assassins rose from his place
in the steel pen greatly asitAtsd- The
Z reading clerk paused q moment and the
[ prisoner. placing his hand over his heart
/ and addressing his wife, who was among
Z the spectators. said;
4 I swear 10 you I an innocent' With
! the words he burst into tears
On another occasion De Angels and
Amodeo protested their innocence and de-
manded redress Tor having been falsely in
volved BY the priest VitozEi Their arrest
vas due 10 a declaration to the police by
] the priest in aid Of ErTicone. the alleged
brains Of the Camorrs-
3 When Erricone vas first arrested YitozzI.
who is his godfather vent 20 the author
ties and With q great show OF secrecy
cOnhded 70 them that he knew Errieone
TO be Innocent for the reason that another.
one Ascrittore. had confessed 10 him tina,
he committed the double crime
AserittOre DenOunees Others.
Ascrittore vas found 10 be q member
OF the CAmorra and when pressed he de-
uounced a. the authors OF the murders
De Angels and Amodeo. both criminals
and then fuEitives from justice, After q
long search they were arrested
De Angels seemed more upset BY thi.
accusation than Annodso did. as the former
already has been condemned for crimes OF
A4As-- anu A-aEAlclArA- AA4AA ~ me L4illt
OF the murder OF the Cuccolos he had
fresh knife cut on the hand ana Ak tis
h0ms blood stained garments were found
! These three men were able to prove TIA
the priest had sworn falsely but they Wer,
he'd as members OF the CamoFFa
In court they protested vehementu
agAihsg having been detained since theH
Apprehension was due 20 assertions by
Z fellow prisoner. nOH known 70 have be,
false
Erucone. whose proper name Is Enric,
Alfsno. does not take kindly 70 nsWspaps
artists One Of the latter snapped hi
picture today a. the prisoners we're beinl
brought INTO oourt When the bandit chile
learned that The PhotoEraPh vas for
4 paper hostile 10 the CamOrra he spat 1
the face OF the photoEraphsT and In a rag
sWOre that be would kick the man int
the neKr world Erricone's shackIes pre-
yentsd the execution Of tbs threat