New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
'ALFANO CONTINUES TALE
Under Cross.Examinatlon he
Appears to Less Advantage.
TELLS OF FLIGHT HERE
Says He Came Because he fearea
Confinement Would Aggravate
Intestinal Trouble.

viterbo. italy. April 1.-Cndcr cross
examination to-day Enrico Aitaho ap-
neared 10 less advantage than hc o'd
under direct Interrogation yesterday
when his vehement denials thst ne was
either the head or the tail Of the cam
ORA" or had guilty knowledge oi '"e
deaths of Gennaro Cuoccolo and MS WIZ,
fairly stampeded the audienc. He fendeu
sklfully but was not so convincing
"If YOU were innocent. asked frcs''
dent Bianchi. why did you flee TO the
United states? You did not take your
! nieht when. Immediately after the crime
Won were accused In fact you delayed
and were arrested. But following your
release. YOU fed when Abbatemaggios
revelations began, and in so DONG you
showed that YOU felt that the informer
spoke the truth
81 fed" answered Alfano. 'because'
for the second time. | was experiencing
an attack of intestinal trouble, ana
! feared that il would be aggravated by
confinement. if ] was held in prison Tor
some years preceding my trial. or my
! ultimate vindication had no doubt.
And what Of the Camorra to-day,
pursued the president.
1T no longer exists
That assertion retOrted the presi-
dent. lis explainable when 1t IS recahe"
! that rule of the society obliges cam
orrists 10 deny to the authorities tneir
affiliation with the Camorra. THIS re-
pudiation OF their position not IMPLY
inc cowardice in the eyes Of the Cam
ORA"
Alfano explained his failure to secure
! a passport when he went To America py
saving that il would have been danger
Gus fo- him to have applied for one
| Anyway" he added "a passport was
unite unnecessary Twenty dollars Is
wholly sufficient to allow one to be ad-
mitted on any steamer without pass
port. In fact. from the moment the
steamer sailed ! permitted my true name
70 be known. and was living under that
name when arrested by Petrosino, the
! American detective"
| Regarding the statement that he had
placed Luigi Fucci as his puppet at the
head of the Camorra. Alfano said that
this was untrue on the contrary. Fucci.
together with AbbatemaggiO. the IN
! former. and others who had not been
arrested. had tried 10 play him false.
The prisoner called the attention o. the
court TO what he said was an absurdity
in the confession Of Abbatemaggio CON
cerning the scene OF the murder or Cuoc'
colo. He asserted that owing to the
er ..ption Of Mount Vesuvius. IN I"o'
la covered the scene OF the alleged
ssa ssination. and that it would have
been difficult for one tc have gone from
| Tore del Greco to Cupa Calastro, by
which name the narrow strip between
two walls Of lava rocks and fronting the
sea is known The crime is said to have
been commit at Cupa Calastro. IT
was ridiculous to imagine that lie went
TO Mimi Mare to watch the crime.
Counsel for the defence brought out
that Abbatemaggio was persistent
reader of detective stories. The informer
interrupted TO admit that he had read
seventeen pamphlets from the prison
library. the works including the memoirs
Of Petrosino.
During the proceedings, the priest. Giro
Ni.ozzi. and Pasqualo Gargiulo. another
prisoner. both of whom are in poor
health tainted. The case was adjourn
e until Tuesday