The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-16
FIND FASCISTS
COACHED WITNESS
AGAINST GRECO
State Witness Refuses
to Identify Greco

eff you keep this up III say yes, he
is the man, and go home. But why
should | send man to jail for moth
ing when I'm not sure" shouted Luigi
Alfano, star eyewitness" of the
prosecution yesterday in the murder
frame-up against Calogero Greco and
Donate Carrillo, now ongtrial before
Judge Albert Cohn and jury in
Bronx county court charged with the
Staying of two fascists last Decora-
tion Day.
Thus refusing to identify Greco in
Bronx county court yesterday, Alfano,
his head lowered, and trembling,
nearly wrecked the elaborate legal
structure build up by the district at
torney, with the active aid and coop
Grafton of the Fascist League of
North America.
A minute later the witness fairly
screamed:
"I'm a Catholic. / must die, too.
Why should l say one thing when
mean another"
Death Blow to prosecution.
These answers were all in response
to impatient questions by the prose-
cutor as to whether "Greco looks like
the man who did the cutting"
Alfano's testimony in court yester-
day, which was Interpreted by a court
attendant, is almost death blow to
the prosecution, which banked heavily
on him as the second "eye-witness"
to identify Greco and Carrillo as the
slayers of the two fascists last Mem
orial Day on their way to Black
shirt demonstration.
Darrow Pierces Frame-up.
The defense scored all round yes
terday, Alfano, state witness, was
subjected to questionjng not only by
the disappointed distfic2 attorney, but
also sat for three hours under Dar-
rows keen and relentless cross-exam-
ination.
Darrow's questioning of the witness
brought out hesitant description Of
the two occasions upon which Alfano
was taken to Brooklyn to identify
Greco. Each time Alfano was ac-
companied by several policemen and
fascists, including Case, a Bronx de-
tective, and Rocco, organizer and sec
retary of the Bronx branch of the
Fascist League of North America,
who, with Alfano are the chief props
of the prosecution in it's frantic at
tempt to send Greco and Carrillo to
the electric chair.
"How did you get to Brooklyn ?"
Darrow queried.
"In two automobiles" the witness
replied.
"What time of the day was it,"
Darrow asked.
about $50 in the afternoon"
Greco Pointed Out By Fascist.
Alfano's testimony revealed the
fact that he was taken to make the
Identification in front of the shop
where Greco was at work. He was
sitting with several fascists detec-
tives in the parked car on the oppo-
site side of the street from the shop,
he admitted to Darrow.
did you identify the man you were
looking for?" Darrow asked.
"Some young man passed, little
lame, and l think it was him." the
witness responded.
Darrow asked Alfano if he had
been shown pictures of various anti
fascists. The witness admitted that
he had.
"Was it before or after you were
taken to Brooklyn?" Darrow per-
sisted
Before" the witness admitted.
Fascist Leader Behind Prosecutor.
"Did you see Greco among the PIC
tures?" Darrow asked.
"No," said Alfano. The picture
was that of "a very large man." the
witness added.
Alfano was forced by Darrow to
admit that Vindi, the national secre-
tary of the Fascist League of North
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