New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-12
THF TRIBUNE'S FOREIGN NEWS

The priest. vitozzi. alone shows evi-
dencc of breaking down. and In MS case
an effort 10 gain public pity ~ sug
gestcd
Nearly 700 Witnesses to testify
The priest. who once secured Erri-
cones freedom by telling the authori-
ties that another man had confessed TO
tho murders under the seal Of the con
fcssionaI. vas allowed. when the pro-
ceedings opened. to sit outside the pris-
oners' cage. Abba temaGgio was given
the distinction OF being tho only one Oh
tho accused 10 go from prison to the
court without handouts.
The court entered at 1918 o'clock. ana
the selection Of tho jury was begun NJ
once. TNenty-four mon will he chosen
~ evc for the jury proper and t"eNe
a, substitutes in case OF tho illness or
unexpected ncaracity of tic regular
jurors.
When the jury has hccn sworn Presi-
den, Rianchi will question the prisoners
closely conccrnnC their careers. rms
examination concluded. - mass OF docu-
mrnts viii BE- presented by 'aFhll'rc
Sanford. the crowns prosecutor. vi" haS
charge ~ the prosecution. These IN
cluda ;hc testimony ~ more than iour
hundred Witnesses.
The most interesting raTcr which VIII
figure IN the proceedings IS re-
rort from tho New York Police Depart
mcut concerning the arrest Of Erricone
i'm that city and what the American &c
tectives have been able TO learn ABOUT
him and his associates The report Is
signed by Joseph Tetrosino.
\ count of the prisoners developed that
there were only thirty-siX. II was cX-
plained that the defendants originally
numbered forty-two. OF these three are
fugitivcs. two have been released under
surveillance and one. Giro Alfano, Il
brother of Erriconc, died in prison.
Three hundred and thirty witnesses
for fhe state we're offered and six hun
dred for the defence. The court ruled
that only $50 Of the latter should be
called These include tailor from
London and eight Frcnchmen.
The revelations made by Gennaro Nd
tatcmaeglo have been grouped under SIX
heads. They we're made to Mars al 'apoz'
zuti. II the Legion of Carabineers. In Ma
pies. who in the gusc of an asrirant to
he 4
formation of the murders as h. said ne
would require to hold over the heads Of any
members who might oppose his entrance
10 The Beautifully Reformed society.
v hen Abbatemagsio learned that he had
been dur,ed he made the best - the situa-
ton by lecominS police spy. and repeated
his revelations in the form ot a confession.
As taken down by the police they are as
follows
!. Cuoccolo WAS murdered in revenge by
the Csmorra. the death sentence having
b.en pronounced by its tribunal Of nign
justice.
T. The murder was provoked by the fact
that CuoccolO had placed himself IN Oh.
position TO the real head OF the OrganIzd-
ton EnriCO AlfdnO, TO the supreme nom
inal head OF tie Camorra. Luigi Fucci; 10
GcnnarO hello. head ut the tamOrra In
the Nesuvian villages to Giovanni Rap,
H.ckndmcd 'lle Iedtncr. AttdNSt ne udb
taught i'm the municipal schools Of Naples.
and to Giuseppe de Marins, known also as
q MandrieIc, OF the cattle driver Rapi. IN
lis old age was tho reputed Keeper OF 4
gambling hall in Naples and another IN
Paris. lie was also known rs tnc receiver
OF stolen goods. especially OF jewels. stocks
and bonds. which he took to Paris 10 sell.
Rapi and Ibello dincd with Alfdno on the
night Of the murders
3. Maria Cutinelli cuoccolo. the beauti-
iul SOrTentina." was murdered Immediately
after her husba nd had been killed. for the
reason that had she been spared she wouiG
havo known who the murderer were ana
have denounced them. Another motive was
the anger Of tho CamOrra because, with
her husband. she had retained some very
valuable levels that had been stolen. re-
fusine 10 surrender them. although great
pressure had been brought 10 hear upon
her by the society.
4. The hatred OF the instiSators ~ the
crime was due to the menacing and high
handed attitude Of Cuoccolo, GnOst acutely
felt by Alfano. otherwise known as Erri-
cone. who had been struck IN the race ny
tho condemned man: The particular gr'cv-
once Of Rap and o Mandriere was the com
petition that Cuoccolo had established with
them In securing sizaDle percentage from
stolen goods
; The executors OF the crime were six
despcradoes Of Tho Camorra including one
Nora and Cnrrado Sortino. who struck
the victim with sticks. while tie others
sta bhcd him. Nora and Sortino. VINO were
thither after the first murder. which took
lace near the tram station az about ?
o'clock IN the evening, and with the excuse
that they we're sent by CuoccOlo WIN a
message for his wife. were admitted by the
porter They killed the woman and stole
everything they could lay their hands on
Then they went 10 the home OF Maria
Stendardo q close friend of Nora. where
thfv were Joined later by the other murder
ers and all traces of the double crime were
removed. with the execution Of telltaic
blood stains on tho coats Of two of the
asSassirs.
6 While the crimes were berg commit
fed ~ Tore del Greco the heads Of the
Camorra were ban0uoting at Marc Mare.
soon after O'Clock two men entered me
dining room and. approaching Alfano. said
ct is dom" Thereuuon AlfSno EaVe
sieh OF relief and ordered wine Tor his
Visitors
This latter circumstance was later sun
Stimulated hy witnesses.
Planned Cuoccolo's Murder.
Abbatcmac Sio made other revelations. He
said that Errconc had treated him As