Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 8, 1908

File No. 12426/4–7.

Ambassador Griscom to the Secretary of State.

American Embassy,
Rome, November, 19, 1908.

No. 464.]

Sir: With reference to the department’s instruction No. 175 of July 3 last, and especially to my No. 417 of August 26 last, relative to the outcome of the trial in Italy of Italians who have committed crimes in the United States, I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of a note from the foreign office, together with a translation thereof. From this it appears as follows:

In the case of Nicolà, and not Vincenzo, Aldovasio, the court decided that a penal suit could not be brought because the said Aldovasio had not returned to Italy. A copy of the court’s decision, which was forwarded to the embassy, is forwarded herewith.

In the case of Alfonso Cavallaro the court declared that the said individual could not be tried in Italy for crimes committed in Australia and the United States, because no criminal action had been brought by the injured party. A copy of the court’s decision is inclosed herewith.

The case of Nicola Leone on the point of being sent before the court of assizes, and the embassy is promised that it will be informed of the outcome of the trial.

In the case of Carlo Rossi a warrant for his arrest was issued, but so far all efforts to find him have proved fruitless.

Finally, it transpires that the outcome of the two remaining cases, namely, those of Enrico Pelizzari and Giacomo Campoli, has already been communicated to the embassy by the foreign office, and the embassy, in its turn, duly informed the department of this outcome, with reference to Pelizzari, in Mr. Hitt’s dispatch No. 159 of March 31, 1906, and with reference to Campoli, in Mr. Hitt’s No. 109 of January 20, 1906, the accused in both cases having been sentenced to a fine of 175 lire and 10 months’ imprisonment, respectively, for their several crimes committed in the United States.

I have etc.,

Lloyd C. Griscom.

[Inclosure.—Translation.]

The Minister for Foreign Affairs to Ambassador Griscom.

Foreign Office,
Rome, November 11, 1908.

Mr. Ambassador: In reply to your esteemed note of the 26th of August last, No. 292, I have the honor to inform your excellency of the result of the cases tried in Italy for crimes committed in the United States by six individuals named in the above mentioned communication.

1. Aldovasio, Nicolà, and not Vincenzo Adovasio: A decision dated April 19, 1906, herewith inclosed, of the council of the court of Larino, has declared that a penal suit could not be brought against Nicolà Aldovasio, because he had not returned to the Kingdom.

2. Cavallaro, Alfonso: A sentence, copy herewith inclosed, dated July 9, 1906, of the court of Monteleone, has declared that the said individual can not be tried for the crimes committed in Australia and continued in the United States, because no action has been brought by the injured party.

3. Pelizzari, Enrico: A reply concerning this individual has already been sent to the embassy in the note of the 26th of March, 1906, No. 1678–21.

4. Campoli, Giacoma: Also for this individual a reply has been sent in my note of the 19th of January, 1906, No. 2026–7, whereby I informed the embassy that he had been condemned to 20 months in prison for theft of gold bullion.

5. Leone, Nicolà: The penal proceedings are over and the case has reached the incriminating section of the court at Ariano di Puglia, in order that it may be sent before the court of assizes. As soon as the trial is finished I will inform your excellency of its result.

Rossi, Carlo: A warrant for the arrest of this individual for a murder committed in America was issued, but the researches made to find him have proved so far fruitless.

Please accept, Mr. Ambassador, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Bollati.