Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-03
WITNESS LEAPS TO
.DEATHRATHERT THAN
! REVEAL BOMB PLOT
Confessed Printing Anarchist
Circulars Found Near
Scenes of Explosions.

NEW YORK, Nay fhy the Asso-
ciated Press).-The fact that the
government had made several ARE sts
in connection with the nation -wide 9
bomb plots of last June became
known today. when Andrae Sa .sedo.
who confessed to having printed the
anarchistic circulars found near the
scene of the outrages. committed sui
eide by leaping to Park row from
the fourteenth story of an Office
housing headquarters, of the Depart :
nent of Justice in this city.
William ]. Flynn. chief of the de-
partments bureau of investigation.
admitted that several other men had
been arrested in connection with the
plots that they had confessed to par
ticipation. and that they had agreed
to turn government witnf sses. He
declined. however, 20 give their names
or to explain what part they had
played
known as "Tony Lnzio.''
salsedo. also known as TOBY
LaZio,' was sleeping with anothfr
government witness. AN aking. he
stole into the washroom in Ms un-
derclothes And hur.ed himself from
a window without awSTening his
companion II is believed he took
nis life rather than appear in court
against the other RotterS.
From Chief Flynn and \. c. Do
nato Salsedo's Ia Tyer. it was learned
that the circulars found a the time
of the explosions. when ATTEMPTS
We're nlade on the lives OF many pub
lie pen. had been printed in an
Brooklyn where Sa.sedo was en-
'ployed.
According to Donate. his clients
employer asserts. he knew nothing oil
the job and that Salsedo must have
done it in his spare time without his
that circulars headed plain Words"
and signed Anarchist Fighters had
been turned out on his presses.
According to Flynn. the suicide of
Salsedo. an Italian anarchist. who
lived in this city with his wife and
two children. will not affect the gov
ernments case. and through informa-
ton supplied by him and other wit
nesses important arrests may be ex-
pected.
Mr. Palmer's Home Included.
-'re June bomb attacks included the
.s Of Judge Charles C. Mott of
al sessions court in New York
Attorney General Palmer at
.inSton. Explosions took place
tn of two persons.
Tazio'S suicide revealed for the first
time that any important arrests ever
had been made in connection with the
case.
Chief Flynn said that the mans real
name was Andras Salsetlo and that
'TaziO" was an alias.
Confexxion Follows Arrest.
Salsedo was arrested on March :
with several other radicals. The next
day, in the presence of his attorney,
he signed a confession of participa-
tion in the nationwide June bomb
plots He admitted. according to
Chief Flynn. that it was he who print
cd the pink circulars. copies of which
were found in the vicinity of homes
wrecked by the bombs.
Salsedo's suicide. Chief Flynn said.
would not inquire the governments
case against other anarchists arrest
ed for the bomb explosions.
SnIsedo "Nof Man of Actioa.''
According to Donate. Salsedo. who
came to this country about five years
ago. did not know English and was
not "a man of action" His attorneys
said that when anarchists asked him
to print the pink circulars he did not
the gravity of his act
immigration officials at Ellis Island
said that warrant for Salsedo's de-
portation had been granted on March
10 on representation by the Depart
ment of Justice that he was an an
archiSt. The prisoner was not sur
however. to the Ellis Island
nor was his warrant re-
turned.
Salsedo was held by the Department
of Justice in the hope that dozen
Italians who had fed to Italy or
would return to the
United States. Federal agents did not
give their reasons for expecting this
return.
At police headquarters it was ad-
mitted today that two other arrests
had been made here before Salsedo
was taken into custody.
The man arrested was Roberto Ell
liza of Brooklyn. The police asserted
that he had Il loaded revolver. that
he had admitted he was an anarchist
and that he was editor of publica-
tion known as Domani. Arranged on
a charge of violating the Sullivan law
by carrying loaded weapon, he was
placed under suspended sentence and
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