Evening star., 1950-11-02
Assassin Wife Jailed
In Lack Of $4,000 Bail
On Conspiracy Charge
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injure the President of the United
States. The charge also declared
that other persons-unidentif1ed-
were part of the conspiracy.
Warrants Prepared for Three.
Mrs. CollaZo's arraignment
came after 13 persons were de-
tanned here for questioning by
Secret Service men. Mr.. Mcdonald
said warrants were being prepared
here for Oscar Collazo and for
two unidentified persons. The
others, reported to be relatives
and friends of Collazo, were
released.
United States Attorney Irving
Fl. Saypol said Mrs. Collazo will
be held pending further inquiry
or grand jury action" He added
that further action against the
woman would be postponed until
next Thursday to give her time
to obtain counsel.
Mr.. Saypol said Secret Service
agents learned that the Collazos
were ardent and violent members
of the Nationalist Party of Puerto
Rico, and dedicated to the over
throw of it's government"
He added that a cartridge for
a German pistol of the type used
by Collazo in Washington had
been found in their apartment.
Defends Husbands Act.
When Mrs. Collazo was con-
fronted by Federal men at her
Bronx tenement home, 173 Brook
avenue, after the shooting fray,
she defended her husbands act
and said:
"Why should I be sorry? We
are both members of the National
ist Party"
The party is on the United
States Attorney Generals list of
subversive organizations which
"seek to alter the form of govern
ment of the United States by un-
constitutional means"
The attempt on the Presidents
life conceded with Puerto Rican
incidents here. A fire bomb was
thrown into the Puerto Rican gov
ernment labor office, and there
were reports that a Puerto Rico
bound ship would be blown up.
At the labor Office, an unidenti-
fed man yesterday hurled two
flaming gasoline-filled bottles into
the Office and fed. The contents
Of the bottles burned. but failed
to explode. There were no in
juries. Fifty persons fed.
Bull Line Ship Searched.
Last night, police searched and
surrounded the 7.114-ton cargo
ship Puerto Rico, docked at a
Brooklyn pier.
They had been tipped that an
attempt might be made to place
a bomb or other explosives aboard
the craft.
The ship sails today for the
island with a general cargo and
a mixed crew. The vessel is
owned by the A. H. Bull Steam
ship Co. ....... .4
Police gave no source of the,
report, nor any reason why the,
ship might be picked out as a
terrorist target.
Meanwhile, special police guards
were assigned on round-the-j
clock basis to Puerto Rican estab-
lishments here. Detectives were
ordered to patrol the places dur
ing business hours, while details
of uniformed police will take over
the Job during non-business hours.
The establishments include:
The Puerto Rican Rum Insti-
tute, 500 Fifth Avenue; Puerto
Rican Tourist Bureau, 10 Rookie
feller Plaza; Puerto Rican Agri-
cultural Office, II Battery place;
Puerto Rican Shipping Service,
Inc, las Sixth avenue; Puerto
Rican Marine Corp. 81 Maiden
lane; Puerto Rican Government
General Supply Corp, 80 Broad
street; Puerto Rican Visitors Bu-
reau and several Puerto Rican
firms in building at 4 West Fifty
eighth street and the Puerto Rican
Labor Department, 1881 Broadway.
Collazo, his wife said. has a
15-year-old daughter, Carmen,
by a former marriage. Mrs. Col
lazo said she has two daughters
Mrs. Lydia Marcado, %, and
Iris, 23,-by a former husband.
A neighbor said the Torresola
family consisted of father,
mother, a 16-year-old daughter
and 19-year-old son, described
as a student.
Mrs. Collazo said her husband
has been Puerto Rican Nation