The Washington herald., 1912-07-07
.CAMORR|ST TRIAL
DRAWS NEAR END
Verdict Expected Monday or Tues
day in Most Famous Case
in History.
CHIEFS OF DREAD SOCIETY
TO KNOW THEIR FATE
Italian Courts Have Labored with
Murder Cases for Nearly
Two Years.

Fiterbo. Italy. July s.-The most dra-
matte criminal trial in history drawn near
its close. The chiefs OF the dreaded Ca
mora, accused Of Staying Gennaro Cuo-
colo and his wife in June, 1896. will know
their fate soon.
Presiding Judge Bianchi will conclude
his summing up tomorrow. the case Will
so to the jury on Monday morning. a YER
dict is expected Monday night or early
Tuesday morning.
When this became known Prof. Rapi.
one OF the accused, exclaimed with saw
age impatience:
Hours more OF agony
We shall be rewarded above for our
sunerings here below" returned Vitozzi.
the priest, another prisoner.
But SO completely impartial has been
Judge Bianchi's charge so far that most
of the prisoners are more than satisfied,
e!ated. confident OF acquittal-
For three consecutive nights I have
had a vision of my release and my re-
turn to my church in Naples" solemnly
said Nitozzo to the Washington Herald
correspondent to-day.
Trial without Precedent.
The city is filling fast with the persons
who wait with intense interest the de-
nouement of this remarkable trial.
Judge Bianchi received many congratu-
lations on his elevation to the presidency
of the Court of Appeals. which was an
nounced officially to-day.
The trial has been one OF the most dra-
matte in all history. Its purpose was TO
deal mortal blow 10 the Camorra, that
dread secret society of Naples, which,
with the Mafia of Sicily. is the incubator
and nursery OF the Black Hand in Amer
lea.
1t took the carabineers. the national
police having charge of crime in the
country, and the secret police five years
to gather the evidence they Yielded.
Finally forty-one Camorrists We're in
dcted and held for trial OF these three
DE Marinio. Enrico Alfano. and Rapi-
were charged with having planned the
murder, five with the actual execution
of 1t, and the rest for criminal conspir-
acy. for which the sentence is twenty
years.
Prosecutor Sanford asked the Jury to
hold Cerrato, Nora, Sortino. SaIvi, and
Di Gannaro. as the ac;uaI slayers Alb
the informer he charged
only with criminal association, While the
same charge was dropped for Maria
Stendardo. keeper of disreputable houses
In Naples. and for Joseph Chirico. The
charge calumny and conspiracy with in
tent to mislead justice has been held
against both the prit I, Nittozzo, and
Ascrittore.
Two Prisoners Die.
During the trial twenty-one or those
charged with criminal conspiracy were
freed, having already served the maxi
mum of the penalty to which they could
be sentenced under the Italian penal
being tried. So the great cage contained
fourteen men. and Abbtemaggio was v
the small cage.
The trial began on March II. 1911.
Eight hundred and sixty witnesses
were called; 500 by the prosecution,
100 by the defense. and 100 by Presi-
dent Bianchi for additional evidence.
Forty-one lawyers defended the
The pleading began in
May last The prosecutor addressed
the jury for fourteen consecutive ses-
sions. OF the defending lawyers, one,
Salomone. spoke for four days, another
Tor five. while Lawyer Lioy. a Neopoli-
ian. who defended the Camorrists,
spoke for twenty consecutive sessions.
The trial has cost the government $780,
90. Fifty thousand dollars was expended
o maintain witnesses, $4,000 was spent
IN 40 carabineers. and a score of plain
lothes men who REINFORCED Viterbo's
harrison.
During the course Of the trial one Of
he lawyers defending the Camorrists
,ecame engaged to the daughter Of Capt
dazi. of the carabineers, and Lawyer
)enogna became engaged to Viterbo's
most beautiful girl. Signorina Spinezi.
sesides. three reporters for Italian pa
'ers married viterbese girls. The fore
nan OF the Jury became first a father-in-
aw and then a grandfather, one Of his
ons having married.
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