CAMORRIST'S GLASS EYE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 137, 10 June 1911, Page 17

CAMORRIST'S GLASS EYE.

HYSTERICAL COMEDY AT THE) , ITALIAN TRIAL. . An hysterical scene on April 2S marked the trial of the thinty-six alleged leaders of the Comorra secret society, who are charged with complicity in the mnrder of the ex-Camorrist Cuocolo and his wife l l the "Beautiful Sorrentina." 1 The coiut began the interrogation of Esposito. the famous Camorrist usurer, who 5 set up an alibi as his defence.' He declared that when, according to the charge against him, he was supposed to be an accomplice of Bagnoli, he was actually .travelling be- ' tween Milan and Rome. He explained that he concealed himself 5 because he had heard that he was to be arrested. Moreover, he was suffering from I heart disease, and, having lost one eye in j his youth, he feared to die in prison or to j lose the other eye. At this point the prisoner became hysterical, and suddenly took r ! out his glass eye and threw it on the floor c of the court, his face presenting a horribly disfigured appearance. Eeposito then faintI. cd ' The incident caused a tumult among the prisoners, who began shouting, while Garginlo cried. "You wish for our death in prison, I wish at least to die in hospital." Gargtulo is also suffering from heart dis- ' , ease. One of the jurymen, who is a doctor, i went to the assistance of Esposito, and the . ! sitting was suspended. >f l