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WOMAN'S S130.00D
JEWELS ARE STOLEN
Mrs. Maldwin Drum
mond Robbed.
FORTUNE MISS KG ON LINER
Victim of Robbery Formerly
Mrs. Marshall Field, Jr.
MYSTERY OF CASE DEEP
Prominent Woman Awakens to find
Property Com From Cabinet
In fiuirraom Inquiry De
velop "o Clew.
SEW TORX. Feb. !. Mrs. Waldwla
Drummond. formerly Mrs. Marshall
Field. Jr. of Chlcaso, wa robbed of a
fortune la Jewels lut night aboard a
trans-Atlantle liner. Pearls and other
gems to the Wloe or approzlmately
lUt.tM disappeared from her etaterooca
on the steamship Amerlka of the Hamburg-American
line, some time between
1 o'clock last evening and $:3 this
morning.
The lose was reported Immediately
when the liner docked t Hoboken this
afternoon and the police of Hoboken
sad New Tork are working on the case.
Mrs. Irummond hurried to the Hotel
I'laxa. declining to discuss her loss. The
Hamburg-American line disclaims all
responsibility on ths around that the
rasengrs leaving- jewels In their
staterooms do so at their own risk.
Jewels Are Described.
To the police. Mrs. Dmmruond de
scribed the jewels as follows: Two
strlns-s of 271 pearls each; one string
of JS8 pearls; one large black pearl
ring, set with diamonds; one large
white twirl ring, set with diamonds:
one pair large peart earrings, set with
dlsmonds: one blsck pearl brooch, set
wlin diamonds, with a black pearl pear
. slisped pendant.
A wireless mesaags sent from the
Amerlka as she Beared port summoned
detectives down the bay In a tug. They
Lamed details of the theft from Mrs.
Irummond and began a combing of the
ship and a search of the crew, but not
a trace of the Jewels was found.
Gems r laced In Cabinet.
- Mrs. Drummond explained that. ex.
cept that while she slept at night, she
had worn the Jewels almost constantly,
but had kept them under her waist, not
displaying them at any time. Last
night, on retiring, she placed them In
a cabinet drawer of the stateroom, as
she had dons each night during the
voyage. Bo far as she knew, no one
had access to the stateroom, she added,
besides her husband, herself, and her
mld. The maid she holds abova sus
picion. Arising early this morning to make
her toilet, sha was startled to find the
drawer empty. The captain of the
Amerlka was notified and a quiet Inves
tigation was begun before police au
thorities from shore were called.
,o Clews Found.
Stewards and stewardesses were
Questioned closely and their clothes and
belongings searched, and when the der
tectlvsa arrived there were quiet In
qulrtes among the US flrst-cabln pas
sengers aboard. As not a clew was de
veloped, however, tha customs authori
ties were appealed to and under gulso
cf baggage Inspection everyone's lug
gaga was sifted thoroughly, but so far
as could bo learned, not even a sus
picion was found.
lira. Drummond could give no hint
which would aid the authorities, but sha
believes tha stateroom door was left
unlocked during the night. Under such
circumstances It would have been pos
lble for a thief to enter the apartment
while the occupants slept.
Custom Officers Search.
Tha customs men made it a point to
limine carefully tha baggage and per
sons! belongings of not only the first
cabin passengers, but of the 300 men
and women in the second cabin. No
ono waa detained even temporarily,
however, and tho police must now ex
tend their search to pawn shops.
Mrs. Drummond wss MIpS Albertlna
Houck. daughter of Lewis C. Houck. of
Chicago. Her first husband waa Mar
shall Field. Jr.. a eon of the Chicago
millionaire merchant. The son died In
1S of a gunshot wound.
Mrs. Drummond Rich.
By her first husband sha Is the moth
er of two children, for whom their
grandfather created at his death an
Immense trust fund composed of the
bulk of his fortune. Mrs. Drummond
herself receives tho Income from a
fund of f l.OOS.OeS set aside, for that
prupose In tho will of Marshal Field.
Sr., and Is said to have beside a per
sonal fortune of 1" 00.000.
After her husband's death, young
Mrs. Field was a frequent guest la the
London home of her elster-ln-law, the
wife of Admiral David Beat 1 7. of the
British navy, formerly Ethel Field,
daughter of Marahail Field. Sr. While
there, she met her present husband.
Maldwin Drummond. member of a
wealthy English family, and well
known as a sportsman. The marriage
took place a year ago last September
In a London registry off.ee.
Mrs. Drummond grieved so much about
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BY THREE CLERKS
IDAHO KEPRKSEXTATIVE AND
SECRETARIES CLASH.
Collision In IIoue Orrice Building
Comes Near Ending In Fierce
Fist . Fight.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. "Wash
ington. Feb. IC-Representatlve Hamer
of Idaho waa aet upon last night In the
office building of the House of Repre
sentatives by private secretaries to three
Eastern Representatives and barely es
caped a beating at tliclr hands. Just
how the trouble started seems to be In
doubt. Mr. Hamer alleges that his as
sailants were "drunk" and began opera
tions by attacking him without provo
cation. The secretaries declare Hamer bumped
Into them and then held them respon
sible for the collision. However, no
blows were exchanged and no one was
Injured.
One of the secretaries was Ed Glsvla,
brother of L. R. Glavls. Plnchofs lieu
tenant, and during the fracas threatened
to "do Hamer up." However, he did not
carry out the threat, for a crowd col
lected and separated the disputants. Mr.
Hamer has not decided whether to de
mand punishment for bis assailants or
not-
MRS. M'KIM "HAPPY, FREE
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She Declines to Discus Ei pec ted
Engagement to A. G. Vanderbllt.
NEW TORK. Feb. is. (Special)
Mrs. Margaret Emerson McKlm arrived
In New Tork this afternoon, "free, hap
py and glad of It." to use her own
words. But to every request for a
statement about her expected engage
ment to Alfred O. Vanderbllt. she of
fered tha pleading protest that ques
tions of such personal nature were unV
falr-
Tba pretty divorcee Insisted that she
had Just returned from a very restful
visit to the Winter home of her father.
Captain Inaao Emerson, near George
town, a C with the Intention of living
very quietly In New York.
Asked to discuss her engsgement to
Mr. Vanderbllt. she resolutely declined.
"Really, there Is not anything that I
ran say now," she protested. "I am
free. I am happy, and glad of It. And I
Intend to remain happy. Now, what
mora can I say?"
ROTHSCHILD'S YACHT OFF
Tramp Steamer Paid C00 Found to
Stand by as Craft Is Floated.
CAPE SAN ANTONIO, Cuba. Feb. Jl
The yacht, with Baron de Rothschild and
party aboard, waa pulled oil the beach at
I o'clock this afternoon by the steamer
Coaroo Herrera.
An English tramp steamer was paid
(600 to stand by and take off passengers
In case the Atmab broke up. As soon as
cleared, the Atmah headed southward,
presumably for Havana.
40 FISHERMEN ARE SAVED
Portion of Ice Floe, Which Bore 500
Men to Sea, Washed 'Ashore.
ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. IS. Dis
patches from.llelslngfors and Narva re
port that a portion of the Icefloe on
which 04 fishermen went adrift in the
Gulf of Finland several days ago, has
been driven ashore at Helskar Island.
Forty of tho fishermen had found
safety on this floe. Another portion
with many men grounded near Kolwlsto
In PJorko Bound.
EDUCATOR, FOE OF CORRUPTION, MAKES HARD FIGHT F0R
, MAYORALTY NOMINATION IN CHICAGO.
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First Direct Primary
Shakes Chicago.
8 CANDIDATES ARE IN RACE
Charges Hurled and 3 Sent
to Jail for Fraud.
MORE SENSATIONS COMING
Money Scattered Freely and Parties
Spilt Wide Open by Efforts of
Various Men to Get Nomi
nations Tuesday.
CHICACO. Feb. !'. (Special.) Chica
go has been shaken during the last few
weeks by tho hottest Mayoralty fight la
tho history of the city. The city's first
experience with a direct primary In a
Mayoralty campaign has proven to be
both spectacular and expensive.
Never was money spent so freely In
a Mayoralty campaign. Hundreds of
thousands of dollars have been scattered
broadcast by the candidates striving to
become tha nominees of their respective
parties. Both the Republican and Dem
ocratic parties are split wide open and
no Mayoralty candidate in either party
has the advantage of united organisa
tion backing.
Never has Chicago been so stirred
by a Mayoralty primary campaign. Every
available Inch of space on billboards
throughout the city are plastered with
flaming placards of Mayoralty candi
dates. Electric signs blaze forth their
virtues by night. All day long bands
play In the downtown streets and half
a doxen meetings ara held in downtown
theaters every noon.
Three Men Sent to Jail.
Tha primaries will b held Tuesday.
Tha last wsek of the campaign was
marked by charges and accusations of
every description. Three men have een
sent to Jail aa the result of an Investi
gation of registration frauds and the
names of hundreds of voter have been
stricken, from tho registration books for
various causes. A grand Jury investi
gation of the frauds is about to be
started by State's Attorney Waymsn.
The last bomb will be hurled into
the camp of the various candidate to
morrow and Tuesday la expected to be
marked by sensational developments.
Charges of fraud and Illegal voting are
expected In all parts of the city and
especially In the cheap lodging-house
districts, where thousands of labo-.ns,
tramp and men out of work are har
bored waiting to vote.
Eight Candidates Out.
Five Republicans are in the field for
the nomination. There are three Demo
cratic candidates, two of them former
Mayors. Andrew J. Graham, a West
Elde banker, backed by Roger C. Sulli
van, the Democratic boss and head of
the Democratic organisation, la gener
ally conceded the nomination. The oth
er Democratic candidates are Carter II.
Harrison, the Hearst candidate. ar.d the
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HOUSANDS SPENT
MAYORALTY WAR
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TE9TKR DAY'S Maximum temperature, 4T
degree.; minimum. 33 degr.ee,
TODAY'S Fair and continued caoXi north
easterly winds.
Foreign.
Rebel agent aaya Dlas hai made overtures
of peace; Creel makes denial. Pe 1.
Treaty ratification please Japan. Page 2.
Factions tear new Republlo of Portugal oa
eve of flrat .lection. Page 4.
Italy begins war against Camorra. Page
Truce halts political atrlfe for time in
French capital.. Page 3.
National. ,
Congressional legislative programme In s
hopeless state ot congestion. Page 9.
Politics.
Chicago torn by bitter fight in first Mayor
alty primaries. Page i
New York Insurgents block Tammany's
scheme to control state courts. Page s.
Shepard withdraws from New York Sena
- torlai fight. Page 2.a
Paclfie Northwest.
Superintendent Clarke. of Washington
School for Deaf and Blind saya need 1
more money, page 8.
Mrs. Sarah A. Kempton, probably oldest
woman in two counties, celebrates 83d
birthdays. Pag s.
Chehalls County division problem now up
to Legislature. Page 8.
Multnomah Club excursionists to Gearhart
find beach as on Summer day. Page 14.
Woman, dying from burns, crawls two mllee
through deep snow to get help for baby.
Page i.
Domeatle.
Dressmakera wondering If American women
will adopt harem skirt. Page 3.
San Francisco baa first snow storm in 25
years. Page 1.
Hood River attorney reported missing in
Mexico, is found. Page 8. -
Representative Hamer aet upon by three
secretaries, page I.
Woman's jewels, valued at I30.00Ov stolen
from stateroom on liner. Page 1.
Bhepard drops out of New York Senatorshlp
rsce; he predicts Uheehan's retirement.
Page 1.
Curt In makes first flight from ocean to
land. Pag 2.
Sports.
Polo to be introduced Into Portland Thurs
day. Page 10.
Columbia soccer Mm defeats Beaver. 4 to
3. Pag 10.
Coulon retain bantamweight championship
in zO-round bout with Conly at Kw Or
leans, page 10.
Beavera win first practice game of 111
season by 12-to-i score. Page 10.
Seals win twice In first practice games of
season, pas 11-
Portland and Vicinity.
County court will enforce bridge-closing
order, notwithstanding prosecution.
Pag IS.
East to be flooded with Invitations to visit
Oregon; latter to go out March 1.
Pag 4.
Judge Gatens will ask colleague on bench
to join In selecting probation officer.
Page IS.
Mysterious sssasslnatlon mars Italian
christening party. Pag 10.
Representative Mariner defends good roads
measures. Page 14.
proposed livestock show warmly Indorsed.
Page 11.
Man believed to be Geors Goller blown
to bit by explosion near' Lents; affair
mystery. Pago 4.
Civic Council not united as to school direc
tors' recall. Page 9.
"NO VERDICT" FREES MAN
When Jury Disagrees, Judge Order
Entry of "Not Guilty."
CHICAGO, Feb. 26. (Special.) After
a Jury trial lasting five weeks and an
unsuccessful attempt of the Jurors, dur
ing the' : hours' deliberation, to reach
a verdict. United States District Judge
Sanborn, or Madison, Wis., sitting In
Chicago, brought the prosecution of
William N. Smith to la conclusion at a
Sabbath-day session, today and directed
an entry of not guilty for the defend
ant. Assistant" United States District At
torney Shlrer, who had charge of tha
Government's case, immediately took
exception, setting up the claim that
failure on the part of the Jury to agree
constituted a mistrial. The hearing ot
testimony In the case was concluded
Friday afternoon. The case waa one
of a series against Smith In the last
three years, brought by person hold
ing stock in tha San Luis Land & Cat
tle Company and the El Mali Planta
tion Company, both of Mexico.
MEDICAL SCHOOLS GRILLED
Head of Carnegie Foundation Say
Commercial Institute Is Doomed.
NEW TORK, Feb. 26. Tho Carnegie
Foundation for the advancement of
teaching- in its fifth annual report, to
be lsmjcd tomorrow, replies to criticisms
of the bulletin issued last year In which
the methods of certain medical schools
were condemned.
A prediction is made In the report by
President Prltchett that the commercial
medical school, "a combination of the
strength of Ignorance and self-interest,"
is doomed to extinction.
The report also shows that Mr. Came
gie'a original donation of HO.OO0.O0O has
grown to 1,11.05. the difference rep
resenting the surplus accumulated In
five years.
Sixty-four retiring allowances were
granted In the course of the year. Within
this time 23 professor who were pen
sioners died.
The Universities of California, Indiana.
Purdue and Weleyan University were
admitted to the accepted list.
SAM WALTER FOSS DEAD
Somerville Poet and Author Stricken
at Age of 61.
BOSTON. Mass.. "Feb. 2. (Special.)
Bam Walter Foss, of Somerville.
author and poet, died early this morn
ing at a private hospital in Cambridge,
aged 52. He had been 111 tor some
weeks with complication of liver trou
bles, but It was only within a few
days that his condition became serlou
and he was taken to a hospital.
Mr. Foss wss a native of Candia. N.
H- and after being graduated from
Brown University in 1882. he entered
the Journalistic profession, doing edi
torial work and general writing until
1898. when he was appointed librarian
of the Somerville library, the position
he held up to the time of his 'death.
Among his published writings were:
"Whiffs of Wild Meadows." "Back
Country Poems." "Songs of the Aver
age Jlu," and "Dreams In Homespun." i
DIAZ SEEKS PEACE,
SAYS REBEL AGENT
Gomez Tells of Over
tures From Mexico.
INSURRECTOS' STAND GIYEN
President Must Retire if Insur
rectos Drop Arms.
RECOGNITION IS SOUGHT
Ex-EamJIy Physician of Southern
Executive Outlines Terms Upon
Which Revolutionists Will
Insist If War Ends.
CREEL DENIES REPORT.
MEXICO CITY. Feb. 2. Enrique
C. Cre.1. the Mexican Minister ot
Foreign Relations, denied tonight
that any peac overture bad been
made by President Dlas to the revo
lutionists, as alleged by Gomes In his
announcement tonight In Wash
ington. "So far as I in aware, no such
overtures have beeafmad," said Mr.
Creel, "and aa for the appointment
of peac envoys, I can say positively
the assertion la untrue.
Mr. Creel Is a member of the Pres
ident' official family, upon whose
counsel the chief executive ha seem
ingly placed great reliance during
the recent political difficulties of
the nation.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. Dr. V. Go
mez, head of the confidential agency
here of the Mexican revolutionists,' to
night announced that ha indirectly had
received overture for peace from the
federal government.
Dr. Gomes said the confidential agency
here had been advised by It Junta In
El Paso, Tex., of the desire of Governor
Ahumada, ot Chihuahua, to confer In
Chihuahua with Francisco I. Madero,
leader of the revolution,' and also had
been Informed through the Junta in San
Antonio, Tex., that three delegate of
the Diss government wished to meet Dr.
Gomes on the border and arrange for the
termination of hostilities.
Terms Are Outlined.
Dr. Gomez, who was formerly the fam
ily physician of President Diaz and who
was, In the last election, candidate for
the Vice-Presidency of Mexico, on the
same ticket as Francisco I. Madero, the
candidate for President, said the pro
visional government would not "under
take any negotiations of peace, except
under the condition that the delegates
shall be legally and fully authorized with
written powers."
lie added it was further desired by the
revolutionists that the arrangement for
peace- negotiations "should be published
and recognlied-' by the federal govern
ment officially."
Steps Held Necessary.
These steps, be explained, were neces
sary because of the repudiation by the
federal government of connection with
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t WEALTHY WOMAN WHO DECLARES SHE WAS ROBBED ON
ATLANTIC LINER OF $130,000 WORTH OF JEWELS.
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SNOW COMES DOWN
on san Francisco
PRECIPITATION" IS FIRST THERE
IX 25 TEARS.
Small Boys Go Frantic, Pelting Cars
and Autos With Balls Many
Hurt by Falling Glass.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26. (Special.)
The first snow In 25 years fell in San
Francisco today, accompanied by a
heavy thunderstorm. The mercury
dropped 10 degrees in a single hour.
The day opened with brilliant sunshine
and everybody prepared for a pleasant
outing, but shortly -after noon, a dense
black cloud swept in from the ocean
and settled over Twin Peaks, to the
west of the city.
Immediately after the electrical dis
charge, snow began falling. In most
parts of town, the snow melted as It
felj, but in the Mission district, it
reached a depth of about half an Inch.
The small boys went frantic at the
prospect of a real game of snowball and
proceeded to pelt every moving object
Windows were broken in every direc
tion, automobiles, carriages and street
cars sustaining the most damage. Many
occupants of streetcars were cut by
broken glass and there were a few pas
sengers who had to be taken to hos
plttfls for treatment for quite severe
wounds.
The snow also fell to a depth of an
inch on the foothills In the suburbs of
Oakland. The high mountains around
the bay wear a white mantle of several
Inches of snow. x
For the second time In 30 years, snow
fell at Fresno today. The flakes fell
for only a few minutes, and were fol
lowed by cold rain.
COLONEL GETS BUT $62.50
Cooke, Retired, Must Give Up $150
Monthly for Ten Tears.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26. (Spe
cial.) Never In the history of the
United States Army has there been a
case like that of Colonel George F.
Cooke. Instead of enjoying the com
petence of 1312.50 a month for the re
mainder of his natural life, like other
retired officers of his rank. Colonel
Cooke is receiving -only 62.B0 per
month. He has gone to work for an
Insurance company In this city to swell
that small stlm to an amount that is
in consonance with the high cost of
living.
Cooks was court-martialed for allow
ing a deserter tosteal 810.000 of Gov
ernment funds while he waa in charge
of a district In Alaska.
It was decided he must pay bank this
amount, and a year ago $150 & month
was deducted from his pay. In four
years more he will have paid up the
shortage. On top of this came the
court-martial, and he was ordered dis
missed. President Taft commuted this
sentence to the payment , of $150 a
month for ten years. So tho Colonel
will have to live ten years more to
draw down his full pay as a retired
officer.
CHIVALRY SHOWS IDENTITY
Rich Man's Son Perhaps Fatally
Hurt by Toughs as He Aids Girl.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26. The Iden
tity of a son of Joseph Flnlay, a rich
manufacturer of Yonkers, N. T., ex
United States Minister to Italy, was re
vealed tonight after years of obscurity.
Thanks to his chivalrous conduct in a
little girl's behalf he was cut up so bad
ly with razors and daggers that his life
may pay the forfeit- Thanks to tha
same affair his father will bo notified
of the young man's whereabouts with a
view to a reconciliation.
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DREADED CAMORRA
Italy Would Rid Land
of Organization.
TWO SCORE FACE TRIAL
Killing of Man and Wife Is Ba
sis of Inquiry. . .
ROMANTIC TALE REVEALED
Death of Couple by Hand of Alfano,
leader of Camorra, Is Said to
Have Been Because Dead Man ;
Once Insulted Slayer. , i. j
VITERBO, Italy, Feb. 2G. The volu
mlnous documents with the aid of whlcll
the government hopes to convict Enrico
Alfano and 40 of hia associates of mur
der, and thus rid Italy of the leading
spirits in the dreaded Camorra. reveal
that Gennaro Cuoccolo and bis wife, tha
beautiful Sorrentla, the killing of whom
led to the round-up of their band, had
romantic but far from worthy careers,
A part of the story, which will be laid
bare when the trial opens on March 11,
may now be told. The victims wero
about of an age, 42. They lived in the
Via Narrones, only a few steps from
the Royal Palace, in a pretty fourth
floor apartment.
Here, after the discovery of Cuocco
lo's bods' at Torre del Greco, the pollca
found the lifeless form of his wife.
Dagger Cut Shown.
Among the wounds on her body was
the characteristic dagger cut, known
the Treglo, the wound given to one
who has broken an oath. If inflicted
upon an honest woman, or a girl. It la
made by a slash on the cheek, but lf
given to a woman of doubtful charac
ter, it is always upon the body. In
the case of Maria Cutlnelli Cuoccolo
the assassins left the mark of ad evil
life.
Then began the police search for tha
records of both victims. Cuoccolo in
his youth. It developed, had been con
demned for theft, swindling, opposing
the police and other offenses. But for
10 or 12 years before his death it was
thought he had been respectable. He
was accustomed to define his situa
tion by saying:
"Even lf I have married a beautiful
woman of not Illiberal habits, I an
content lf she is a faithful wife, and
anyway, my marriage was the result
of a vow. At the age of 30 years, I
was ill of a terrible disease and vowed
to San Genarro, my patron, that if I
recovered, to rescue some unfortunate
woman from sin and make her my
wife. San Genarro heard my prayer
and I have maintained my word.
"Since them I have been tranquil and
home-loving and have only once risked
compromising myself when In public in
the galleria Umberto I boxed the ears
of Enrico Alfano called Erricone."
. First Clew Obtained. '
Strangely enough this boast of Cuoc
colo gave the first clew to the alleged
Instigator of bis death. A detective, on
Ippolito, investigated whether the mur
ders might not have been due to tha'
hatred of Erricone and his companion.
It seemed improbable that the danger
ous and violent head of the Camorra,
having quarreled with Cuoccolo to tha
point of having his ears boxed In public,
should not have had his revenge sooner
or later.
Erricone denied Cuoccolo had struck
him and swore be had not even known
tho murdered man. Nevertheless the po
lice persisted and developed that instead
of mending his ways, years before, Cuoc
colo was In full active service In tha
Camorra, limiting himself, however, to
two departments of crime, that of organ
izing thefts and taking the lion's share
of all operations.
Both he and his wue naa iamo amuus
criminals as clever organizers. At the
same time there are papers in the po
lice archives which show that on various
occasions they acUd as police spies.
Having established the double dealings
of Cuoccolo, who had thus earned the
suspicion of the Camorra and the per
sonal hatred of Erricone, the police set
about proving that his death was at tha
hands of his criminal associates. This
was a tedious task, but finally Erricone
and several friends, who were discov
ered with him at the Mimi-a-Mare, on
the night of the murder, were arrested.
Prisoners Are Released.
Public opinion applauded the police
and there was great astonishment when
soon afterwards the prisoners were re
leased on the ground that evidence
against them was Insufficient.
The police were openly accused of
unwillingness to strike the Camorra.
and it was charged they shared tha
profits of the Camorra in crime. Now
It appears that the release of Erricona
and his gang was due to the interven
tion of a priest. Rev. Father Clro Tlt
tozzi. The priest put the authorities In
touch with one Ascrlttore, who was
alleged to have confessed to the mur
ders. This man denounced two others.
All three were criminals and fugitives
from Justice. When found they estab
lished alibies. but. in the meantime Er
ricone and his associates had been released.
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