The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23
Wife Of One Camorrist
Falls on Floor in
Commissions.
RAGING IN CAGE.
THEY HALT TRIAL.
Tumultuous Scenes Mark Days
Proceedings, and Disorder Gets
Beyond Control Of Court Of
flcials-Outbreak Provoked
by Verbal Encounters
Between Counsel

Nltcrbo italy March 22.--i'umu!tu-
Gus scenes marked to-day's session or
the Camorrists trial Angry verbal
encounters between opposing coun
sci provoked a demonstration from the
prisoners cage which got beyong the
control of the court officials and ne
cessitated a suspension of the proceed
inSs The accused men alternately
cursed ana sobbed hysterically, while
their woman friends in the audience
screamed and tainted. the Wife Of one
Oh the prisoners being seized with con
vulslons. ise--i5
The scene was enacted soon afte,.
me resumption of the trial which was
adjourned at the close of thu. morning
session yesterday because OF the H. n
ness OF Juror At that time Giuseppe
Salvi. one of those alleged to have
stabbed to death Gennaro Cuoccolo anu
ms vile was being intcrrogatcd BY
President Bianchi CONCERNING his
career
This morning Snlvi was called for
cross examination 1t is charged that
ne IS the man who furnished the final
evidence of Cuoccoio's treachery. in the
Cam2rra. and SO brought about his
sentence of death, In u letter, written
IN IN the nc ), prison where he was confined
had betrayed him TO the police because
he had given share of the booty OF
hiS crime to another than Cuoccolo He
oa ua upon his brother Camorrists to
hVcnEc him. 1t Is asserted that ac.
cording to the rules OF the Camorra
u rms was taken from the hand Of
IN Inc lnnrdered man to be sent to Salyi
Tor vengeance had been observed
Accuses Cnrnbinccrs.
Carabtneers claimed to have found
ms ring In the mattress of bed at
enfnp nGm9 OF # sven woman known the
That the ring was placed in the bed by
! the carabincers for tho purpose Of
manufacturing evidence.
| AS the sS-eXamination progressed
| president Bianchi suddenly produced
| the ring. and. holding 1t SO that It
could be seen by all in the court ROOM
This is the ring found in the home
| or your woman associate" n
rms statement called forth q chorus
OF protests from the prisoners who
shouted. mo! No. 1t is not Cuoccoio,s
ring: 1t is not his a
The cries grew louder. and were
taken up by sympathtzers In the audi
cnce; Then Lawyer LiGuori. president
of the board of attorneys Of Naples.
VINO is defending the informer. Cen
to the space in front Of the great steel
cage and, staring into the eyes oe
the accused men. exclaimed: Eyes. that
Courtroom In Uproar.
Of lawyers for the defense into the
| ray, and as the generations OF tho
made a verbal attack upon Ligiori that
threw the whole courtroom into an
uproar In the babel OF tongues one
could distinguish these oft-repe ted
EXPLANATIONS: who pays you the price
of Abbatemaggio's shame?" You are
paid from NJ the secret funds OF the gov-i
efnfnent! You were sent here under
orders from tho carabineers!'' 81
This attack was encouraged by the
prisoners, who applanded as they ex-
Claimed: Bravo, Brayo"
For moment Giovanni Rapi ths
alleged treasurer of tho Carnorra and
known as tho proprietor of gambling
Places in Naples. Rome and Paris. held
cd his face against the bars OF the
cage and cried:
I'VE are innocent! We have been be-
Calls on Dead Brother.
At this point Alfano, the alleged ac-a
tual head OF the Camorra, cried dra-'
matically: N
II cali from the other world the soul
Of my poor brother Giro, who died in
and blood sold by lie carabineers TO
the inquring Judges who lent them
selves to this infamous market"
BY this time both prisoners and law
Ners were pretty Well exhausted and
suddenly the accused men. a. with ona
accord burst into tears. The priest
! 1917 'ituHHls loOkcu as though he had
| been stricken with apoplcNy The wife
OF Mariana de Gennaro one OF the
alleged assassins, screamed and fell to
| the floor in convulStons. The savage
lnVectivcS were continued for ten min
ites, when the president unable to-
restore order. announced a temporary
adjournment. Throughout the turmoil
tho informer,. tiennal.o Abbatema gg!o.
sat calmly observant In his smaller
ana exclusive steel pen. S
When the sitting was resumed An
fnr 49,. ,i,,,
ton lie is charged With being one OF
he six who executed the sentence OF
/! death upon the Cuoccolos. Cerrato
earnestly protested his innocence His
examination was along the lines Of
| those Of Mariana dc Ciennaro, Corrado
! Sortino and Giuseppe Saivi