Yes, insisted
the "bravo," it was all made up, a "camorra"--not a word of
truth in it, and he had invented the whole thing in order to
get a vacation from State prison and a free ride to New York.
However, the court denied the motion. The writer procured a
new indictment against the assassin--this time for perjury
--and he was sentenced to another additional term in prison.
What induced this sudden and extraordinary change of mind on
his part can only be surmised.
These two cases are extreme examples of the mediaevalism that
to a considerable degree prevails in New York City, probably
in Chicago and Boston, and wherever there is an excessive
south Italian population.
The conditions under which a large number of Italians live
in this country are favorable not only to the continuance
of ignorance, but to the development of disease and crime.
Naples is bad enough, no doubt. The people there are
poverty-stricken and homeless. But in New York City they are
worse than homeless.
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