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Show uu Violent Scene at the Trial ; of the Camorrists Viterbo, July 21. The niost violent scene of the Camorrlst trial to date waa provoked today by a personal dispute dis-pute between CapL FabtonI and Lawyer Law-yer Lioy. In the tumult, all the other lawyers" fled from the room, Enrico Alfano and Gennaro Abbatemaggio, the Informer, wero thrown out bodily by the Carabineers Giovanni Barto-lozzl Barto-lozzl fell ln a fit and President Blanc-hi, Blanc-hi, helpless to maintain order, declared de-clared the session adjourned. Through tho hubbub, Faronl stood pale but impassive. As the court room was being cleared, he said: "Tho Camorra, ln or out of court, can't intimidate me. Fabronl, captain of the Neauolitan carabineers,, was assigned by the ministry of Justice to uproot the Camorra. Ca-morra. During the last few days, he has told on the stand the result of his detective work and tho operations of his associates. Allesandrio Lioy, now attorney for the defense, formerly former-ly edited a newspaper. Fabroni has testified that reflations against the Camorra made by Editor Lioy were not in harmony with the claims" set up by Lawyer Lioy in defense of his clients. Bitter political feeling between be-tween the detective and lawyer has resulted. When court opened loday Captain Fabroni was asked by Cavalier San-loro, San-loro, the crown prosecutor, whether the assertion of Zanelll, that Marshal Capizutti had tried to Influence him to swear falsely against his fellow prisonors wero true, Fabroni replied: "Zanelll is the scum of criminality. Indeed, it was Lioy who, through Zanelll, Za-nelll, attempted to buy witnesses for the defense."' This reflection on the lawyer raised the first storm. Lioy screamed like the row in support of the captain. Enrico En-rico Alfano, the alleged head of the Camorra, led in a chorus of invectives directed against Fabroni and Abbatemaggio. Abbate-maggio. Finally the president ordered order-ed Abbatemaggio and Alfano removed from the room. They were not disposed dis-posed to go quietly and were seized by carabineers and dragged from tho place In a little while there was calm" and tho president, admonished all to avoid personalities". With much feeling, Fabroni said: "For years I have stood the insults of this man Lioy without trying him before the courts because I considered him not a criminal, but a person whose mental faculties wero unbalanced." Lioy retorted in fury, concluding by calling the witness a hypocrite "A greater hypocrite than yourself does not exist," roplied Fabroni. The exchange a,gain stirred the prisoners find the opposing counsel and tho din that followed fairly shook tho court. Ljoy .tumped about, gesticulating and hurling'epithets at the crown's witnesses, i' Meanwhile tho prisoners in the great steel cage formed a sort of clacque, hissing and cursing their accuser ac-cuser and applaudlne their lawyer At last Glovanpl, Bartolo,! and "others pressed thclf heads between the bars of the cagellke wild animals, struggling. strug-gling. jLo-rfrtch their -tonncntor.,- s3 ' -c "oU your heads back In- there?' or- dered the Gnrahineers. wililc a- threat-, onjng movement, -. " ,." ",riTq, cut "off our" heads-. rYea, behead be-head us," thoy cried- - . ;' "Our women." screamed Francisco Deslderio, "havo become defiled 'be eouse of this pig!" Then Bartoloz.i tumbled over In an Qi)IlvPtlclfl Tc doctors entered tho cage to attend him and were followed by a score of Carabineers, oach of whom seized a prisoner and held him until he was physically exhausted. Ills efforts to restore order bolng futile. President Blanchi adjourned the sitting. |