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Show Abbatemaggio Gives a Graphic Discription of a Murder Vlterbo, Italy, May 2. Gennaro Ab batemaggio. on whose revelations tho state has built Its case against tho. Cnmorra, war. called to the witness Stand today to verbally confirm the written confession made Tor the Carabineers, Cara-bineers, nfter he had been tricked Into damaging admissions by the police spy. Marshal CaplzzutL The Informer repeated his slory cooly and at times eloquently, whllo he was assailed with the curses of the othor prisoners In the great ateel cage. Evcrj' statement that ho mado was denied In chorus and when ho concluded Enrico Alfano, tho alleged head of the Camorra, rose and shouted: "Abbntemagglo desorves 30 years In prison." Tho Informer said tho Camorra .existed .ex-isted in a well orgaulzed form both outside and inside the prisons of Italy. Tho first question put to- a man sentenced sen-tenced to imprisonment, when he enters en-ters tho prison was, he said, whether ho was a Camorrlst and, If so, whether wheth-er he was a full-fledged Camorrlst or a plcclottl, tho latter being ono who has not taken tho final degree In tho crlminnl society. Each Camorrlst has under him 48 plcclottis or recruits re-cruits who aro on probation and who may become Camorrlsts proper only when they have proven their ability to commit crlmo without detection. Tho wltneas said the ranking of prisoners pris-oners in the society was in order that the Camorrists and tho plcclottis might bo grouped separately and communication com-munication between the older members mem-bers and the aspiring candidates bo avoided Abbatemaggio's testimony was constantly con-stantly interrupted by ugly epithets from the prisoners. Geo. B. McClollan, former Mayor of New York, occupied a seat in tho space set apart for tho lawyers. Mr. McClollan Is particularly interested inter-ested in the caso as it was during his tenuro of office that Lieut Petroslno arrested Alfano In Brooklyn, N. Y , and was subsequently slain when ho visited Italy. |