Show Italian Mafia Broken a at Trial Convicted I ROME Rom Jan 11 AP Govern AP Govern Government ment officials were confident today tolJa that the notorious Mafia had been hen given a death blo blow After Arter a n trial lasting three months members of ot the organization have been convicted convicted convicted con con- of ot various arlou crimes ranging from larceny ny to murder Seven Se were Vere acquitted The trial was the outcome of of a promise made mado by Premier Mussolini to o free the country from the shadow hallow of the tho Mafia Under the premiers premier's p orders Prefect Mori Monn rounded up the brigands They were lodged in the gloomy I jail at Termini Imerese guarded by a squad of soldiers without with out and within Soon Boon the number of prisoners became so great that there was considerable doubting doubling up so 80 that the small jail would hold bold them all all The bandits were permitted no love lovo notes no anonymous gifts girts no ardent requests for interviews or photographs They had met the crowning blow of ot their adventurous career arrest career arrest Sixty lawyers de defended defended defended de- de fended them in vain |