The Alaska citizen., 1911-04-10
Italy Trying to Crush
 Oldest Crime Society

tray by woman of bad repute Maria Cutinelli. whom he married probably 10 fulfil a VOW generally made by the Camorrists who promise to marry a woman of bad repute in order to prevent her from leading a life of sin.
 As in the case of all the members of the high Camorra. Cu-colo bene fited largely from the work of the rank and file without doing any work or taking any risks. He lent money at usury, purchased and received stolen goods, levied taxes, took an active part in local politics and mu- niCipal elections and increased his income Tn several ways. His speci- alty consisted in planning burgla~ies He picked out the victim. ascertain cd the amount of probable booty, studied the house that had to be broken into. and whCn he had com pleted his examination of the plan he called certain number of cam orrists and proposed the exploit to them on condition that if the coup succeeded he would pay them ccr- tain sum of money and take the lions share himself. It often hap pened that the camorrists cheated CuoColo and kept a great part of the booty for themselves, but CuocClO had good remedy in such cases. He merely denounced the camorriSts tO the police and had them convicted of the burglary he planned.
 One day over four years ago Cuo colo and his wife were murdered. An of Tore del Greco and on II were 47 characteristic stabs and slashes of the Camorra. while his wife was found I urdered in her house at Ma ples. There seemed to be no doubt that the double murder was Cam orra execution.
 The civil police made a mild inves- tigaton and made a few arrests. Among those who testified in behalf of the prisoners was a priest who held the post of municipal chaplain at the cemetery, Don Giro Nitozzi. This priest Is EnriCo Alfano's god father and Enrico Alfano, nickuamed Erricone, was known to be one of the chiefs of the Camera The prisoners were released and the case was practically dropped.
 A Socialist member of parliament who didsnot owe his election to the Camorra then broadly hinted that the Naples civil police were in league with the Camorra and suggested that the investigation of the murder should be intrusted by the government to the carbineerS or gendarmeS, a special body of men belonging to the regu- lar army and strictly speaking sold iers rather than policemen, but who are usually detailed on special police duty. The government adopted the suggestion and the carbineers went at the case vigorously. They made some interesting discoveries.
 They found out that on May 26, 1906, a secret meeting of the Cam orra was held at Bagnoli which was attended by all the chiefs of the ten districts of Naples and a couple of camorristi from each district. There seemed to be no doubt that the cam orrists assembled to sit as tribunal and pass judgment on a traitor. The punishment of traitor Is always death. The carbineers then made an other discovery.
 oll lIC uhy lLS cuo' OAD iii''i tNi was committed party of Camor- rists assembled in a small restaurant at Tore del Greco, where they had supper late in the evening. The win dows of the restaurant overlooked the beach where Cuocolo's body was found There was nothing eventful about the supper except that when it was half through man rushed in with a wild look on his face and going up to Enrico Alfrano whispered something in his ear AlfanO merely shook hands with him and the man left in a hurry and jumping in'o a carriage where three other men were waiting for him he drove to Naples. The camorrists who attended the se- cret meeting at BagnOi and those who had supper at Tore del Greco were the same.
 The carbneerS succeeded in getting hold of a Camorrist named Abbate- meggio. who explained many ctrcum- stances Abbatemaggio said that Gu OcOlO had been murdered because camorrist named Luigi Arena, who was then serving long term of rel egation or coerced domicile in the island of Lampedusa, had denounced him as traitor to the tribunal of the Camorra. Arena had worked under Cuocolo and successfully accomplish ed many burglaries and yet CuOcolo had him sent to prison and supplied the police with the necessary eVl- dence for his conviction. Arena wrote to the chiefs at Naples and exacted Cuocolo's punishment according to the code of the Honorable Society"
 The chiefs of the Camorra passed on Cuocolo the usual sentence Of death. Four camorrists were charg- ed with the execution of the sen tence. The death of CuOcolo's wife had not been decreed by the Camor- ra tribunal, but 1t was decided on by the murderers themselves, who feared she would avenge her hus- band.
 The carbineers then arrested all the camorrists with the exception Of Alfano and two or three others. While the carbineers were trying to collect all the evidence possible against the prisoners Police Sergt. Petrosino arrested Alfano at New York, where he discovered him at a banquet given in his honor by the representatives of the Camorra in Elizabeth street. It is likely that the murder of Petrosino three years later at Palermo was the Camorra's vengeance for the arrest of Enrico Alfano.
 About 30 camorrists were charged with complicity in the Cuocolo crime and active participation in a crim- inal association, while the priest Don Giro VftoZZt is accused of SubOrna-