Evening Star Newspaper, October 27, 1924, Page 11

1 DEAD, 6 DYINE, BOXED UP 20 DAYS Smuggled Chinamen Taken! Unconscious From Ship Packing Cases. i ship hips dur men j others it @ ban smug, Hich the acking sted Maced aid, and ¢ arrived atter par ng pr he 10 prisonc polic captured been, and were | presented to Fede n. rreet, Aew Were fired hase from durinz nt suffered placed in | wboard the poli 00, | Newtonville. Ma the the lack of food | during the Pell 1 Shots the THE EVENING 1| TRAIL OF “REDS” IN AMERICA i BY JACOB SPOLANSKY. Chapter 11 One morning in May, man of smal alf crazed by 1+ window in the tion offices i four years ure, his mind . climbed through hureau of investiga- in New York and leaped to his death. Iso killed the Govern- for bringing to justice it men who were known to have tted against the lives of nine pub- officials on June 2, 1919. For this Andrea Salsedo, was the witness whose testimony Government relied to obtain a conviction f the men who had presented the de- .| partment with one of the most baf- en [ fling mysteries in its history. | on Jgu 1919, bombs were ¢ | plode 1cously in nine ming ‘at the live roletariat.” In done was slight more serious. The bombs were d at the homes of— ¢ General A. Mitchell Pal- «r, Washington, D. funicipal Judge Roger F. Hoyden, 1. Davis of Charles €. Note: W. P. Thompson entative veland. A York. Pittsburgh. : Repre Leland ' W. Powers, Max Gold, Paterson, N. J Two bombs were also placed within the Church of Our Lady of Victory, | Philadelphia. The watchman at the home of Judge Notes and the plotter who placed the bomb at the home of Attorney General Palmer both were blown to pieces. Investigation Is Started. Never in the history of the Depart- ment of Justic 1s”such a4 mystery al sleuths for solu- That it was the work of anar- s certain, yet to gather evi- ary to convict these plot- e soap manufacturer, in by | brana” Suicide of Star Witness in Government’s Case By Leap From Fourteenth Story Window Brings End to Government’s Trial of Anarchists. of a proclamation printed on pink paper, headed “Plain Words,” and signed “Anarchist Fighters.” “There will have to be bloodshed,” the proclamation read. “We will not die. “There will have to be murder; we will Kill because it is necessar: “There will have to be destruction; we will destroy to rid the world of its tyrannical institutions.” This proclamation, together with a set of very scant clues, formed the entire working basis from which the Federal detectives were left to make their deductions. When Federal agents arrived at the home of Attorney Gen- eral Palmer, here is what they found to work on: A picce of collar marked *Contour with the laundry mark “K cattered picces of a human body which had been blown to bits. A portion of a blue polka-dot tie. A part of a shoe. mall pieces of torn cloth, he fly-leaf of an Italian diction- A black derby hat. A Smith & Wesson pistol Three Groups Under Suspicion. Not much of a basis for an investi- nation-wide ipants in the the bureau of gation, and every available man was assigned to the case. A reful check of the different - hist groups disclosed that any of three groups of anarchists might have been responsible for the explosions (1) The L-Era Nuova group of Pater. son, N. J: (2) the Galhani group of Boston and Lynn, Mass.; (3) the Pro Penza group of Philadelphia. The known members of these groups were immediately inve: ted with the view to finding member whose whereabouts could not be explained To the public, the suicide of from the fourteenth floor of a started by STAR, WASHINGTON, which is quickly forgotten in the rush of other events. Yet that death marked the close of one of the most strenuous investigations ever con- ducted by any department of the Gov- ernment, and it is here for the first time that the inside story of this man's death and its connection with the solution of those mysterious bomb explosions is revealed. It was not until February, 1920— eight months after the explosions had occurred—that the first step toward a successful solution of the mystery was accomplished. This came with the discovery of one Robert Elia, an Italian alien .working in a printing shop Fifth avenue, Brooklyn, who was known to have worked on the publication of certain anarchist literature. Elia was taken into cus- tody on information received from Chicago, 4 investigation in this city ha attempt there to have “plain words” ircular in 2 West Chi- cago avenue, this print- ing ofice that t clews came which led to apprehension Elia in the ¥ the lia In Arrested. When taken into custody a revolver in his poss therefore a simple matter to have him held on the technical charge of carrying concealed weapons. The judge, on being informed that possessed information which Govern t agents considered of great val- suspended sentence and him over to the Department of Justic where he was subject . After sev wally admitted in printing anarchist ¥ holding over him a wat of a long sentence in the other he was induced to consent to ain in the custody of the Bureau of Investigation A bed was brought in, and a room fitted out for him in the Department of Justice offices and there he re- ained for six weeks, subjected to questioning e Meantime, on advices from Chicago, raids were made in Paterson, N. J d__several _notorious LIST YOUR RENTED AND VACANT REAL ESTATE WITH | J. LEO KOLB turned | o anarchists D. ., MONDAY. were arrested. Then the printing shop in Brooklyn was raided, and in the stockroom paper was found sim- ilar to that upon which the “plain words” circular had been printed. Here also was found an Italian type- setter, Andrea Salsedo, affiliated with the same anarchist group to which Elia belonged—the Galliani group of Boston and Lynn, Mass. Salsedo was taken to New York, another room was fitted out for him and he was subjected to the same method of questioning as Elia. Finally, on March 11, both admitted that they were active in epreading anarchist teachings. Later Salsedo made the further confession that he had recelved the order to print the circular from one Nicoli Recchl, an important member of the same an- archist group. After still further questioning Salsedo admitted his par- ticipation in the eutire plot, naming all of those who had formed the plot. This was partly corroborated by ilia, and little by little Salsedo identified by photographs various anarchists who had been connccted with the sending of the bomb During all t time both men were represénted by an attorney, who wus allowed to talk to them attorney also w: chists. “Sulcide Is Confession.” After Salsedo made his first con- fession it was evident that sinister influence was at work to prevent his telling anything more. His attorney came in for his daily con ce and carried on a muttered conversation with him. Trasca at times would ap- pear outside Salsedo’s room and it is known that threats of violence reach- ed Salsedo following his complete sion of his connection with the wreck. He was driven al- crazy by fear, not of the treat- ment he expected from the Govern- OCTOBER _ 27, ¢y 4 he had become a 1921 ment, but fear that if he left the pro- tection of the United States he would be killed by his own companions. “They would be certain to consider him a traitor to the cause. He had violated his oath to the cause of an- archy and by the terms of that same oath he was subject either to die by his own hand or bo Killed. Ivident- Iy he had decided to make an end of his own life, thus in a manner sav- ing_his honor, for on the morning of May 4 he rushed to the window and hurled himself fourteen floors to death. Some of those named by Salsedo aced to Europe. Nicoli Recchi, the, order for the “plain words” circular, was traced to Mexico, and the whereabouts of every other person. mentioned by Salsedo traced with the exception of lo Daldinucel, who in 1917 and 1918 was one of the most trusted of liani's lieutenants. He disappear- ed at the time of the explosion in Washington, and it is thought that the diemembered body found in front of Attorney ” Imer’'s home a, although he had agreed with sedo’s statements, never full con- orced to drop the cx He was deported. A constant comm LAFLIN New Branch _How Are Store Your Eyes 922 14th iy ) will OPPOSITE at FRANKLIN W serve o 1314 G St ity Club i TRIBUTE TO SIENKIEWICZ. * Whole Nation Honors Great Novelist. WARSAW, October 27. of Henryk Sienkiewi the novelisi, i here Jast night from Vevey, rland. The entire country b’ vart in paying honors to ths LEADER IN G. 0. P. DIES. ST. LOUIS, Mo., uctober 27.—Thom- as K. Neideringhaus, 64, former Re- publican national committeeman of Missouri, died at his home here yes- terday of hecart diseass, after two weeks' illness. He was vice presi- dent of the Commonwealth Steel Com- pany of Granite City, 1ll, and was counted among the largest manufac- turers of the Middle West. B Mr. Neideringhaus was national 1 committeeman of Missouri from 1912 to 1916, Body of “The body station through which tr train passed was decorate and the local authorities were pres ent to do homage to its countryma Crowds gathered even at p where the train was not due to nized leader of the Italian anarchis (Copyright, 1924, by Chicago Daily News Co.) (The seventh installment of thi series will appear tomorrow.) NDLER’ Main 2704 all A Deliver lean p Press Men’s Suits . . . . . .. 95¢ Ladies’ Suits . . . . . $1.50 Dresses . . . . . . $1.50 Up Now Located at 801 11th N.W. 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