▁the ▁Bern ste ins , ▁veh ement ly ▁dismiss ed ▁Wol fe ' s ▁notion ▁that ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁upper ▁class ▁was ▁d abb ling ▁in ▁radical ▁politics ▁as ▁a ▁fashion ▁statement ▁at ▁the ▁event , ▁v ouch ing ▁for ▁their ▁sin cer ity . ▁ ▁Up ▁to ▁this ▁point , ▁C ox ▁had ▁been ▁mainly ▁based ▁in ▁his ▁adopted ▁home ▁town ▁of ▁San ▁Francisco ▁but ▁in ▁the ▁after math ▁of ▁the ▁Pan ther ▁ 2 1 ▁trial ▁he ▁moved ▁to ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁try ▁and ▁re build ▁the ▁party ▁there , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁provide ▁some ▁leadership ▁for ▁the ▁East ▁Coast - based ▁chap ters ▁of ▁the ▁party . ▁ ▁During ▁this ▁period ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁East ▁Coast , ▁C ox ▁was ▁accused ▁along ▁with ▁several ▁others ▁of ▁consp i racy ▁to ▁murder ▁a ▁Pan ther ▁who ▁was ▁an ▁inform ant ▁in ▁Baltimore ▁named ▁Eug ene ▁Anderson . ▁C ox ▁fled ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁to ▁avoid ▁trial , ▁living ▁first ▁in ▁Al ger ia ▁( where ▁E ld ridge ▁and ▁Kath le en ▁Cle aver ▁had ▁already ▁setup ▁a ▁base ▁for ▁ex iled ▁Pan thers ▁following ▁their ▁own ▁escape ▁from ▁the ▁US ) ▁and ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁L angu ed oc - R ouss illon ▁region ▁of ▁southern ▁France . ▁C ox ▁did ▁not ▁return ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁although ▁he ▁married ▁an ▁American ▁from ▁Philadelphia , ▁Barbara ▁E as ley . ▁ ▁C ox ▁res igned ▁from ▁the ▁Black ▁Pan ther ▁Party ▁in ▁mid