The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-02-17

! nimsei! with his district !eadership 80.
! the Vicaria He even madt a trip I"
F., New York. where ia vas teied auf
/ HanQueted Fucci !e:gnei Ia ais stead
/ Then the blow fell. One night the
! caraGtreers gathered lG over tV u score
Gamu:r!sts oi high and 10" degree.
/ good Italians ana bad, saGaeUs ana
outlaws They cook t'uccl. the CHIEF.
and De NariEis, whose !nso!tnce Tad
drawn down the lightning. they TOOK
I Prof. ltapl, treasurer OF the CaMCrta
and IA district leader Of The old school,
/ gambler. a ben yivaHt, q scholar % a
sort, the great t.rricone AlfaEo VAS
arrested n New York Offers. too
were taken in the uet-nore uegh
sible mer, thieves, bad husbands, aey
sIeepers pickpOckcts. kIdnapers, ara
rCgues of the Chiaia and tue Ficafia
The iarsa OF the ,aiis and the
slums. That romance might not wholly
die. they netted a ullthe girl OF Ma
pies. Maria Steldardo. and kept he'
TO decorate the hon cage OF Viterho
For five years these prisoners lay
liz irons. Many OF them died. Mean
while the kings care 3lneers urged by
the relentless duke OF Aosta, made
strong the case against them. Day by
day the astounding Abbatemoggio. the
traitor. revealed Few secrets OF the so
ciety
Twenty OF the prisoners were indict
; OF n !N,.tn cd
by Abbatemaggo one after the oth
or they were bought up and tried in
various courts. One after the other
they were acquitted and sent back 10
Jail. In only one case ,ild the cara
bineers secure conviction on the evi
that conviction has been 1uashed By
the court of appeals
Five are charged with Il murder OF
Cuocolo and his wife. The others are
being tried for criminal association
in other words, for belonging to the
Camorra The maximum penalty for
this offense by Italian Law. four years
Imprisonment. The accused men have
already been in prison five years
Origin Of the camorra.
Camorra comes from kamOra-cOn-
testation. The word that gave Its name
to the formidable and long establish
ed cryptogamous plant Of Neapolitan
life is Castilian neologism imported
into Naples through the Spanish DOM
nation,
If we think OF the Iberian PENN.
sula that country Of bristly sierras
and deep valleys arranged In the
shape Of saw. full OF precipices and.
therefore. very rich In natural hiding
p,aces--if we consider the peculiar
physical features of these regions. we
can easily understand how they af-
forded the best opportunities for the
thriving of the gamuri tSpantsh brig
ands Of the sierras), baneful forerun-
ners and ancestors OF the dreaded
Neapoiitan Camorrists.
Not passerDy nor vehicle escaped
their watchful eye and their fierce
claws. so that travelling or going from
one place to another on business was
impossible for any one without shar.
ing Win Tue tcTOCIOuS watchers Oh tue
sierras either the money he had with
him or the profits of the business that
had taken him on his journey. 1t
was. therefore. necessary to come to
terms with the brigands: so much so
that in time a regular tariff of Canon
ra dues was agreed upon with the
laborers. and shepherds. the miners,
etc. and with the mail coaches for the
passage of the travellers. according to
their social Importance and standing.
Whenever there was a difference of
opinion upon the division Of some
thing. the Camorrist interviewed and
pronounced his decislon-so much to
the one. so much to the other; the re-
mainder. the best share. OF course, be-
longs to the judge by right of Ca
NORA"
Very different from their Andalusian
ancestors are their present degenerate
descendants. The modern honorable
society draws Its income chiefly from
theft, from the exploitation OF women.
from organized raids on gambling
houses, from usury extorted from rich
young men who have been purposely
led astray
Daily THOUGHT