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3 . ' : 9 Lesser Maflost were eatd to have been rounded up at gunpoint by the 4 : 10 bradreds, and many suspected Mattost were stain in resisting arrest. Pitched le paSiles were fought in many Instances between suspected Mafia gangs and units 1 y Pp g . (80 of Mori's Corabinterl, in which beth sides suffered extensive casualties, 17 (100-42303- 295) qf B.g Mass Trials | . fos 20 Mort and his aides were engaged for many months in persuading 21 ° tHe public to aive testimeny ecains! suspected Mafioci, Promising protection, ark is £314 to have succeeded in acquiring over a thousand witnesses for the ~ ar ar, fo j 26 {Oi} : of Prpsecutton, Although their statements were sald to have been clear and tone BBegorien upon first being questioned, the high incidence of murder and 24 mination among potentict ritnesses ts s sald to have taken tts toll. The trials, 3 i rien in Tebruary, 1928, Iracced on until 1934. large numbers of the accused wh 35 were acquitlet as witnesses qualified or recanted their original stories. , f 3 Tilals were hel tat Termini Imereee, Telermo, Agrigento, Sciacca, jr Ab elrewhere in Sicily. 71934, the trials exten 24 to the rainiand of Italy, 4 - were hundreds of persons vere eceusedin the court of assize at Reggio uy Qstabris, capital of the Colabria province which forms the scuthernmost 46 (82) ig tion of the Itallan peninsula.” me Over 1,299 Mafiost and euspected Mafinsi are satd to have received es tences ranging from a few months toilfe. The sites of their criminal uae, ‘56 57 Z! | 59 we le. (61, ‘62°