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WOAH FWY e oO -zpurder in question occurred in 1893, The case had shuttled from one court of Vil, 1900-1919: THE PALIZ70LO CASE; IMMIGRATION TO THE U.S.; Si THE PETROSINO MURDER pe ee es renee A, The Paliz zolo fa TAR LBP The case of Baron Moetfacte Paltzzclo, a reputed Mafia leader of | t Palermo, Sicily, at the turn of the century, is cited frequently as a classic aed sae) SS Pe Te exerople of the Mafia’s capacity for “xing” court cases involving their elements | and taking revenge ozainst witnesses who oleht dare to testify against them. Although Palizzolo was eventustly convicted of murder in 1902, the stabbing =. ; asaizet to anothor, revealing, tt is said, a mockery of the law as one magistrate foo QO after another blanaly refused the re: -ponsthility for final decision. High police officials themselves are said to have later confessed that. ‘ they had been well aware of Paltzzolo’s activities, and could have helped to . P a convict him. They awaited hic death many yoars later, however, to bitterly ' form Pan | denounces hin’, The triclis sata ta hove cart the Itallan Government not less 68) 7 than a mlflion tollars ren viinesees are reported to have been murdered, (69) and Pallz7ol0 himself is said to have eventually gained his liberty. *A court of apovals in eriininal cases, (M. Miushkovich, Tr. Sect., 6/10/58)