THE HOME OF THE CAMORRSSTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14676, 10 May 1911, Page 9

THE HOME OF THE CAMORRSSTS

A STREET WHICH HAS TERRORISED NAPLES FOR MANY YEARS; THE ERADONIA DE OHIAIA. -The Sphere. AH Italy—indeed, all Europe—is watching with almost breathless interest the trial at Viterbo of the 39 Camorrists, who are charged with the murder of the Cuocolos. '* Among the 39 prisoners now undergoing trial at Viterbo are the chiefs of the Camorra, and one of them, Enrico Alfano, supremo chief of the society, is accused, with Gennaro di Marino and the Maestro Rapi; of having employed the murderers, while another, Nicola Morra, is said to have organised the crime. Two or three are believed to be the actual assassins and the rest, aro either associates of the prisoners or attempted to mislead the authorities by false information. The most remarkable among these is the priest, Don Giro Vitozzi. It has been stated that the world-renowned Cammora, as an institution with its organised rules and gruesome rites, has practically died out, "but there can bo no doubt that a strong and : dangerous bond continues to exist among the criminal classes of Naples and that up to a very recent date "the Beautiful Society," as the members called it, was a genuine association of criminals with strictly-defined regulations and grades of rank./ '''■. '-" ■ '' : ' ■■' "'.'.■ : ■:'- : ■•' - ■'-' ■ : ■ • - '"■ -"•-•'■ "■ " -■■■--■■