The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-03
EXAMINATION OF ALFANo.
Appears to Less Advantage Than Under
Earlier Questioning.

Viterbo, Italy, April 3-Enrieo Al
fano. under examination Saturday, APP
peared to lesser advantage than he did
under earlier questioning Friday when
his vehement denials that he was either
the head or the tail of the Camorra"
or had guilty knowledge of the deaths
OF Geunaro Cuoccolo and his wife, fair :
IL stampeded the audience He Tended
skilfully, but was not so convincing.
off you We're innocent" asked President
Banchi, "why did YOU flee TO the
United States You did not take your
flight Immediately after the crime. you
were accused In fact you delayed and
were arrested But following your re-
lease you fled when Abbatemaggio's re-
Violations began and in SO doing you
showed that you felt that the informer
spoke the truth
i fed answered Alfano, because
for the second time | was experiencing
All attack OF intestinal trouble and |
feared that il would be aggravated by
confinement if / was held in prison for
some years preceding the trial OF
my ultimate vindication | had no
doubt"
"And what Of the Camorra today y
pursued the president
1t no longer exists
That assertion retorted the presi.
dent, is explainable when it is recalled
that rule of the society obliges Cam
orrists to deny to the authorities their
utilization with the Camorra, this re.
pudiation Of their position not imply
ing cowardice in the eyes of the Cam
ORA"
Alfano explained his failure to secure
a passport when he went to America
by saving that it would have been dan
gerous for him to have applied for one.
Anyway" he added "a passport was
quite unnecessary Twenty dollars is
wholly sufficient to allow one to be ad-
mitted on any steamer without a pass
port. In fact, from the moment the
steamer sailed | permitted my true name
to be known and was living under that
name when arrested by Petrosino, the
American detective" Regarding the
statement that be had placed Luigi
Fucci as his puppet at the head of the
Camorra, Alfano said that this was
untrue pN IHe contrary tucGis To-
gether with Abbatemaggio, the informer
and others who had not been arrested,
had tried To play him false.
The prisoner called the attention OF
the court to what he said was an alb
surdity in the confession of Abbatemag.
gio concerning the scene OF the murder
of Cuoceolo He asserted that owing
to the eruption of Mt Vesuyius in 1906
lava covered the scene of the alleged
assassination, and that il would have
been difficult for one to have gone
from I IRE del Greco to Cupa Calastro,
by which name the narrow strip be-
tween two walls of lava rocks and
fronting the sea, is known The crime
is said to have been committed at
Cupa Calastro 1t was ridiculous 70
imagine that he went to Mimi Mare
to watch the crime
Counsel for the defense brought out
that Abhatemaggio was persistent
reader OF detective stories The in
former interrupted to admit that he
had Il pamphlets from the prison Ii
brary. the works including the memoirs
Of petrosino During the proceedings
the priest. Giro Nitozzi. Pasquale Gar
ginio. another PRISONER. both of whom
are in poor health, tainted, The case
was adjourned until Tuesday.