The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-05
lContIMnea ION Paae Onal

tCONtHtHe0 from Enge OteJ
ups and burglaries to obtain the
money for anarchist propaganda,
Ravarino attempted to gain the con-
fidence Of the Harlem anarchists and
TO find out what they knew of the
Palmer bomb. They knew nothing
about it. But the detective continued
to prowl about their printing plant.
In the effort to find out whether
they had any type corresponding to
that used in the Plain Words leaflet,
Ravarino used to give them orders
for different kinds of circulars.
RavaTinO Exposed.
"At that time / was active in the
defense of men arrested in the red
raids. 1 became suspicious Of Raw
arino and wrote to Italy for informa-
ton. found that the friends Of En-
rico Malatesta andsother Italian radi-
Gals knew all about him and 1 sub
sequently exposed him in II Martello
and the New York Call.
81 am giving this stool pigeons
story in detail because he is the agent
who is responsible for starting this
famous case the world has been talk
ing of for seven years.
Getting no information in Harlem
he shifted again, to Brooklyn, where
two anarchist printers, Andreas SAL
edo and Robert Ella, were publishing
"Il Domain"
Salsedo Asks Help.
"One day Salsedo entered my Of
flee, saying, Carlo, you must help
us. Ella has been arrested by the
department of justice. They didn't
recognize me and I ecaped.'
az had just gotten the evidence on
Ravarino. That's his work. I ex-
claimed.
81 advised Salsedo to employ Harry
Weinberger, a radical attorney of
New York. on the case, before some
thing tragic happened to Ella But
three days later-when we were Just
about to formally engage Weinberger
-Salsedo came in to say that they
had employed an Italian lawyer,
named Luigi Donate.
Lawyer An Agent.
Beware Of that fellow l said.
I doubt IL he is to be trusted
donate turned out to be another
department of justice spy. His Of
fees were on the fourteenth floor of
the Park Row building, Just below
the departments on the fifteenth.
"Not knowing that the man who
had engaged him was Salsedo him.
elf, Donate cunningly asked him if
he knew where Salsedo could be
found.
Salsed0 Arrested.
81 am he said the printer.
"tGive me your home address so
Lean get you when l want YOU said
Donate.
THAT night Salsedo was arrested.
Torture Two Anarchists.
For two months Salsedo and Ella
were tortured there in the Park Row
building.
"They were kept separate at first.
Ella did not know what was happen
ing to his friend till one day when
he was being taken along the eorri-
dor and through an open door he saw
eight men with their coats off work
ing on Salsedo.
"This is the story that Ella after
wards told me and Attorney Walter
Nelles of the American Civil Liber-
ties Union.
Steadfast To Principle.
1.-THE two printers refused to tell
what was expected. By threats and
blows the agents Of Palmer tried to
make them confess that they had
printed the circular These Words, and
to implicate other anarchists.
Zone day in the office of William
Flynn, chief of the u. S. Bureau of
Investigation, Ella met his old COM
rade. Salsedo's face was badly
bruised, with traces of blood.
Screams came from Salsedo's
room from time to time. For awhile
the two men were kept in the same
room. Salsedo seemed to be on the
point Of losing his mind. He vomited
continually and coughed He could
not sleep at night.
"All this while the stiolpigeon law
yer was assuring Mrs. Salsedo that
all would be well and the department
agents were telling her that he would
soon be out if she would keep her
mouth shut.
II met yanzetti April 20. He had
come to New York from Boston to
see what could be done to free his
friends, Salsedo and Ella. He came
to my office.