The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-18
By CHARLES YALE HARRISON.

By CHARLES YALE HARRISON.
With the ashes of Sacco and Van
zetti hardly cold, the workers Of
America are faced with another anti
labor, anti-radical frame-up as vi
cious, as blatant and as murderous in
intent as the one which terminated
with the murder of the innocent
workers on the morning of August
23rd, 1927, at Charlestown prison in
Boston.
Speaking of the Greco-Carrillo
frame-up, John Dos Passos, the nov
elist, said: "These bloody frame-ups
must stop. There must be some pro-
lection for the foreign-born worker.
In the Greco-Carrillo case the injus-
tice being done is aggravated by the
fact that it is instigated from abroad
by the fascist dictatorship. Is Mus
solini, after Judge Thayer, going to
be the next symbol of American JUS
tice 2"
When the Sacco-Vanzetti demon
strations were at their highest this
past summer, two Italian workers,
Calogero Greco and Donate Carrillo,
were arrested by the police and after
being subjected to the medieval third
degree torture were charged with
murder in the first degree.
Today Greco and Carrillo are in the
Bronx County Jail awaiting trial on
the 5th of December. A legal defense
committee has been formed. Various
labor and political organizations have
rallied to their aid. A group of emil
nent lawyers have volunteered their
services. Clarence Darrow has con-
sented to head the legal group and
already meetings have been called and
the powerful mass protest machinery
of the working class is being set in
motion.
The Murder.
On May Both Memorial Day. of
this year a group of fascist, mem
bers of the Fascist League of North
America, were on their way down.
town to take part in a memorial day
parade. They were dressed in the
usual fascist regalia, black shirts, tas-
sled caps, loud riding -breeches and
were armed with steel-tipped whips.
AS the group approached the 183rd
Street station # the Third Avenue
elevated line, uAdnown persons leap
ed out from a hiding place and
stabbed and shot Joseph Carisi and
Nichols Amorroso, members Of the
fascist organization.
There was only one actual eyewit-
ness to the crime. He is Giocoma
Caldora. Caldora is fascist himself.
He is the head of II Duce Fascist AL
lance. There was a time when he
was a member of the Fascist League
of North America, but differences of
policy arose and a fractional struggle
within the organization tore it asun-
der. He and his group seeded and
formed II Duce Fascist Alliance.
Members of his organization were
also going to take part in the par
ade. AS he waited for them to APP
pear he saw the murder take place.
Caldora was within ten feet of the
scene.
CaldOra swears that Greco and Car
rilIO are not the murderers. He has
said so on repeated occasions. For
taking this stand he has been threat
ened by members of the Fascist
League of North America, to which
he formerly belonged.
Bleeding profusely Carisi and
Amorroso were taken to Fordham
Hospital in an ambulance. On the
way they died.
When the bodies arrived at the hos
pital Count Di Revel was there. Count
'Ignatzio Thaon Di Revel is the head
Of the Fascist League. Caldora also
went to the hospital. Di Revel and
Caldora met at the hospital and the
latter related what happened.
Don't tell the American newspa-
pers what happened" said the count.
Let us tell our case in the fascist
Italian papers" Caldora insisted in
telling the story 20 all and sundry
who wished to listen to HIM For this
breach in fascist discipline he has
been threatened with death, he has
been called a traitor, a renegade and
has been reminded of the fascist oath
which says "he who betrays--per-
ishes."
On hearing of the killings, fascist