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Show ALFANO IS EXPLAINING Why He Fled to America Amer-ica Soon After He Was Accused Viterbo, Ilaly, April 1. Enrico Al-fnno, Al-fnno, on cross-examination todnj, appeared ap-peared to less advantage than he did jesterday when his vehement denials that he was "neither the head nor tho tall of the Camorra," or that he had guilty knowledge of Cuoccolo and his V'lfe, fnlrly astonished the audience "If you were innocent," asked President Pres-ident Blanchl, 'why did you fleo (o the United States? You did not. take your flight when, Immediately after the crime, you were accused, lu fact, .yon delayed and were arrested. But, following your release, you fled when Abbatcmaggfo's revelations began and, in ao doing, you showed that yon felt that the informer spoke the truth " "I fled,' answered Anfano, "becaMso for the second time I was experiencing experienc-ing an attack of Intestinal trouble, and I feared that it would be aggravated aggra-vated by confinement if 1 was held ir. prison for some'ycars preceding my trial. Of my ultimate vindication, I had no doubt." ''And what o. the Camorra today?" persisted the president. "It no longor exists." "That assertion," retorted the president, pres-ident, "is explainable, when it is recalled re-called that a rule of the society obliges oblig-es Camorrlsts to deny to the .authorities .authori-ties their affiliation with the Camor-r. Camor-r. this repudiation of their position not implying cowardice in the eyes of the Camorra "' nn |