Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-03
JUNE BOMB PLOTTER
LEAPS TO HIS DEATH:
WAS CHIEF OF REDS
Had Confessed Part in Conspira-
cies TO Terrorize Nation q
Year Ago.
ARREST FIRST KNOWN
THROUGH HIS SUICIDE
By Associated press to Every Evening

New York, May Stony Tazio, 80
years old, detained by the Department Of
Justice az an important witness against
number of radicals involved in the bomb
outrages of last June, committed suicide
early today by hurting himself from n
window on the fourteenth floor Of a park
row office building, where the department
headquarters are located.
Tazio obtained permission 10 go to the
wash room. While there he leaped from
the window.
The Department of Justice declined 20
give any further information regarding
the prisoner, except to say that he had
confessed 70 part in the June plottings
and was an important witness.
Taxio was % have been given further
hearing today by the department agents.
II is believed that he chose death in pref
erence 10 going into court and testifying
against other bomb plottcrs.
Chief William J Flynn Of the depart
ment said to-day that Tazio was one of
several anarchists who were arrested IN
connection with the bomb explosions Of
June 2. last, and had been detained ~
headquarters as government witness
for SIX weeks.
The June bomb attacks included the
homes ot Judge Charles G. Mott, Of Cen
eral Sessions Court IN New York, and
Attorney-Generalp Palmer at Washington.
| Explosions took place in eight cities and
resulted in the deaths Of two persons.
Tazio's suicide revealed % the public
| for the first time that any important arrest
| had ever been made IN connection with
/ the case.
Chief Flynn said that the mans real
I Emi
| ''Taai0' was an alias.
Salaedo was arrested March z with
several other alleged radicals The next
! eiav in the presence of his attorney he
/ signed con fession Of participation IN The
| nation wide June bomb plotters. He
! admitted according IN chief Flynn that
| II was he who printed the lpink circulars
eopies of which were found in the vicinity
/ OF homes wrecked by the bombs. The
/ circulars weru eaptioncd fPiain Words
/ and wer signed Anarchist Fighters.
| Sslsodo was a printer and writer. liz
was sleeping with another government
/ witness when he got up went to the vast
room and jumped from the window with
out rousiuu his companion.
Ills suicide, Chief Flynn said viii moi
injure the governments $ case against othe
| anarchists, arrested for the bomb plans
From Chef Flynn and n. G. Douato
salscdo's lawyer, 10 vas learned that tn
/ circulars found at the time of the expio
sions, when attempts were made on tn
lives Of many public men, had been pointe'
in an Italian printing establishment Il
Brooklyn, where Salsedo WIS employed.
According to Donate, his clients en-
ployer asserts he knew nothing of the io'
and that Salsedo must have done it in hi
spare time without his knowledge. II
admitted, however, that the circular
headed 'Plain Words and signed anar
ehist fighters had been turned out on N
presses.
According TO Flynn the suicide Q
Salsedo. an Italian anarchist, who live
in this city with his wife and two children
will not affect the government case an
through information supplied by HIM an
other witnesses important arrests ma
be expected.
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