ITALIAN SCANDAL.
FRAUDS OF A FORMER MINISTER. BT TELEGBAPH-rPRESS ASSOCIATION—COPTBIGHTi ■'■• ■■■-,- /' ■ ' ; (Reo. Nov. 13, 9.5 a p.m.) . ..;,;.' : Rome, November 13. The - ' Marquis ■ Capelli, President of the Parliamentary Committee appointed to inquire' into the charges 'against Signor Nasi, testified .that ho found overwhelming evi- .. denco of: guilt. ... ■ > : FraudS'had been conducted, tho Marquis states, , with the most' astonishing impudence. One deputy assured him that Nasi's . department had. become the head-quarters of the, Mafia Societies.
Previous advices contained the information that the Senate is trying Signor Nunzio Nnsi, ex-Minister for Public Instruction, on a' charge of '..malversation of public funds. Nasi admits charging to "travelling expenses" a large part of'secret expenditure for political purposes. The Camorra and the Mafia are well-known Italian secret societies, to whose members have been attributed numerous political and other crimes, such as extortion, blackmail, and Murder.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 43, 14 November 1907, Page 7
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137ITALIAN SCANDAL. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 43, 14 November 1907, Page 7
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