Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-22
WIFE OF ONE MAN
FALLS IN CONVUL LSIONS
Exciting Alterations Between Law
yers Cause of Outbreak.
sALvI IS CRoss-ExAMINED
Ring Said to Have Been Cuoccolo's
Is Shown-Cerrato Called
When Session Is
Resumed.

NITERBo. Italy. March 22-Angry
verbal encounters between opposing coun-
sci at today's session Of the trial of the
Camorrists provoked demonstration
from the prisoners cage which got be-
yond the control Of the court officials
and necessitated a suspension of the pro-
ceedings. The accused men alternately
cursed and sobbed hysterically. while
their woman friends in the audience
screamed and tainted, the wife of one Of
the prisoners being seized with convu-
sions
The scene was enacted soon after the
resumption Of the trial. which was ad-
journed at the close of the morning ses-
sion yesterday because of the illness OF
juror. At that time Giuseppe savi.
one OF those alleged to have stabbed To
death Gennaro Cuoccolo and his wife.
was being interrogated BY President BIZ
anchi concerning his career
This morning Salvi was called for cross
examination. 1t is charged that he is the
man who furnished the final evidence OF
Cuoccolo's treachery in the Camorra. and
SO brought about his sentence OF death.
In a letter. written i'm the prison where he
was confined for robbery. he asserted that
CuOccolo had betrayed him to the police
because he had given a share OF the booty
of his crime to another than Cuoccoio.
He called upon his brother Camorrists to
avenge him. 1t is asserted that. accord
ing to the rules of the Camorra, a ring
was taken from the hand Of the mur-
dered man to be sent to Salvi in proof Of
the fact that his wish for vengeance had
been observed.
Accuses Carabineers.
Carabineers claimed to have found this
ring in the mattress of q bed at the home
OF a woman known as the companion OF
Salvi. Salvi protested that the ring was
placed in the bed by the carabineers for
the purpose Of manufacturing evidence.
As the cross-examination progressed
President Bianchi suddenly produced the
ring. and. holding it 50 that it could be
seen by all in the courtroom, said:
This is the ring found in the home or
your woman associate"
This statement called forth a chorus OF
protests from the prisoners, who shouted.
mo! No! 1t is not Cuoccolo's ring; ii is
not his"
The cries grew louder and were taken
up by sympathizers i'm the audience. Then
Lawyer Liguori, president of the board of
attorneys Of Naples, who Is defending the
informer. GennarO Abbatemaggio, pushed
his way to the space I'm front OF the great
steel cage and, staring into the eyes of
the accused men, exclaimed: Yes, that
is Cuoccolo's ring"
Courtroom in Uproar.
This interruption brought the scores OF
lawyers for the defense into the fray. 8nd
as the execrations of the prisoners grew
louder these lawyers made a verbal at
tack upon Liguori that threw the whole
courtroom into an uprosr In the pabei
of tongues one could distinguish these
oft-repeated exclamations: Who pays
you the price Of AbbatemaggiO's shame?'
You are paid from the secret funds OF
the government! You were sent here
under orders from the carabineers!
This attack was encouraged by the
prisoners, who applauded as they ex-
claimed: Bravo, Bravo
For a moment Giovanni Rapi the Al
legged treasurer of the Camorra and
known as the proprietor Of gambling
places i'm Naples, Rome and Paris, held
the center of the stage when he pressed
his face against the bars Of the cage
and cried:
I'VE are innocent. We have been be-
trayed. We have been sold like lambs
to the slaughter
Calls on Dead Brother.
At this point, Alfano. the alleged ac-
tual head OF the Camorra, cried dra-
matically:
Il call from the other world the soul
of my poor brother. Giro. who died in
prison, to witness that we are flesh and
blood sold by the carabineers to the in
quiring judges who lent themselves to
this infamous market"
By this time both prisoners and law
yers were pretty well exhausted and sud-
denly the accused men, as with one ac-
cord burst into tears. The priest, Giro
Vitozzi, looked as though he had been
stricken with apoplexy. The wife OF
Mariana de Gennaro, one of the alleged
assassins. screamed and fell to the floor
in conyulsions. The savage invectives
we're continued for tetn minutes, when
the president unable to restore order, an
nounced temporary adjournment.
throughout the turmoil the informer.
Cennaro AbbatemagSio, sat calmly OBJ
servant in his smaller and exclusive steel
pen.
When the sitting was resumed Antonio
Cerrato was called for examination. ,fe
executed the sentence of death upon the
Cuoccolos. Cerrato earnestly protested
his innocence. His examination was
along the lines Of those OF Mariana dc
Gennaro, Corrado Sortino and Giuseppe
Salvi.