The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-02

Nitcrbo. Italy, April l.--Under cross
examination to-day Enrico Alfano APP
pearcd to lesser advantage than he
did under direct interrogation ycster-
dag. wien his vehement denials that
he was either 1.-THE head or the tail OF
! the Canorra" or had guilty knowled &c
~ the deaths Of Geunaro cuoccolo and
his vito, fairly stainpcdcd the audi
cnce. lie fenced skilfully. but was not
50 convincing.
IF ypn were innocent" asked Pres
idcnt Bianch "Wly did you flee to the
United State you did not take your
iigh, when, inmediately after The
crime, sou were accused. In fact, YOU
delayed and were arrested. But FOL
lowing your release you fed when
Abbatcmn ggio's reveal. rs began. and
in SO doing YOU showed that the
informer spoke the truth
Il lied" answered Alfano, because
for the second time was experiencing
an attack OF Intestinal trouble and
feared that II would be aggravated bv
confinement If was held In prison for
some Years preceding my trial. OF my
ultimate vindication | had no doubt
80 Longer I:Xi.ts.:
And what OF the Canorra TO-DAY p.
1t no Longer exists"
That assertion rctortcd the presi-
dent Is e&pldinablc when i; il re-
called that q rule Of the society
obliEes Camorrists tn deny to the au-
thoriiies their aiiliation with The
camorTa, this Reputation OF their
position not implying cowar,lIce In
the eyes OF the Cameras
ilIano explained iii; failure TO Sc
cure "a passport when he went to
America oy saying that it would have
been dangerous for him to have an
piled for one. ANY way" he added,
"a passport was quite unnecessary.
Twenty dollars is wholly sufficient TO
allow one TO be admitted on any
steamer without q passport. IN fact.
from the moment the steamer sailed
permitted by true name to he known
and was living under that name when
arrested by Pctrosno, the American
detective
Regarding the statement that he
had placed Luigi l'uccl as his pupnet
at the head OF the Camorra, Alfano
said that this was untrue. on the
contrary, F'ncci together with .Abbate-
maggie. the informer and others who
had not been arrested. had tried to
play him false.
Points to tbsnrdIty.
The prisoner called the attention OF
the court TO what he said was an alb
surdty in tho confession of Abbate
maggie concerning the scene OF the
murder OF Cuoccolo. He asserted that
owing to the eruption of Mount We
suvius in 1906 lava covered the scene
OF the alleged assassination. and that
IL would have been difficult for one to
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 nave
been committed at Cupa Calastro, It
was ridiculous TO imagine. the prs-
oner said, that he went to Mimi-A-
Mare 10 watch the crime,
Council for the defense brought out
that Abbatemagsio was n persistent
reader OF detective stories. The in
former interrupted TO admit that he
had read seventeen pamphlets from
tho prison library, the works includ
ing the memories of Petrosino Dur
ing the proceeding the priest, Giro
Vi,o2Zi md Pasuualo Gargiulo. another
prisoner. both of whom are in poor
health. tainted. The case was adj
journed until Tuesday.