The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-30
REVEALED
OF frame UP ON
JULIO A. MELLA
T>aIld of Assassins in
Mexico From Cuba
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figured that some information might
be gotten from him that would, be
useful to the movement.
The judge, in his decision, noted
that Mella had told Modotti, when
he fell wounded: "Magrinat has
something to do with this" The de-
cision then follows, in part:
The Judges Decision.
"From the facts, and especially
from the declaration Of Mella, Tina
Modotti, Alexandra Barreiro, R. T.
Tolon, Sandalio Junco, Samuel Nor
emo and Diego Rivera, and from the
declaration of the detained (Ma-
grinat), which do not explain salts
factorily what he did after separa-
ting from Mella, the court believes
that there exist enough data to pre-
sumo that Jose Magrinat knew, at
the least, of the attack being pre-
pared against Julio Antonio Mella
and knew the attackers; by which,
according to the Criminal Code, the
court holds:
"For the responsibility of the
crime of murder committed on the
person of Julio Antonio Mella. Jose
Magrinat remains under arrest and
it is decreed he be formally re-
manded to prison for the said
crime"
May Be Executed.
The date of Magrinat's trial is
not yet fixed. But this ends the eff
forts of the Cuban government and
its agents and bribed Mexican de-
tectives to pin the crime on some
mythical "rival lover" and escape
under the pretense that it was a
crime Of passion.
The Mexican masses were and are
so thoroughly angry at the assas-
sination, that the Mexican govern
ment was forced to act, and it is
possible that Magrinat may be exc
cuted to quiet the protests and to
shield the lackey of U. S. imperialism
who is self-elected president of
Cuba, Gerardo Machado.
In the investigation many wit
nesses of Magrinat's character and
actions, connecting him with the
Cuban government told their stories.
| A Mexican, Samuel Moreno, declared
he was well acquainted with Ma
grinat and added:
A Band of Assassins.
"In the office of the lawyer
n Camara Souton, where L frequently
went, a Cuban lawyer named
Amaral was working, whom many
Cubans went to see, among them one
Portel. All were discussing Ma
grinat, and Portel said that that in
dividual was pimp and spy of
the Cuban government, that he
lived from the earnings of prosti-
tutes. But Amaral e f e n d c d
Magrinat, and indicated he liked
him. In that office there was a
great deal of talk about political
assassinations, mentioning this or
that person, but not being interested
in such conversation I did not no.
tice just who was talked about"
Good Clean Jobs"
A Mexican lawyer and ex-judge,
Jose Gutierrez, spoke of meeting
Magrinat and two other Cubans in a
cafe, where, he says: Paying no
attention to me, they spoke with
the utmost cynicism of assassina-
tons, saying that some had been
good, clean jobs, others regular, and
about still others in prospect
A Cuban cigar-maker, Alexandra
Barreiro, told of Mella's activity.
Barreiro was in Europe at the
Fourth Congress of the Red Inter
national of Labor Unions, repre-
senting the Cuban Confederation OF
Labor. When he returned to Hav-
ana, he was arrested before he got
off the boat, taken to the office OF
the police, where he was told that
by the order of President Machadc
he was not permitted to remain in