Evening star., 1950-11-03
Widow OF Assassin
Seized in New York;
Jury Probe Indicated
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Courthouse for questioning in
midmorning, Mrs. Torresola walk
ed into the building with head
high. She was accompanied by
four Secret Service men.
Torresola was shot and killed
Wednesday as he and 37-year-old
Oscar Collazo tried to shoot their
way past White House police to
get at the President.
Collazo, wounded, was reported
in good condition in a Washing
ton hospital.
Party Outlawed.
The men were members of the
outlawed Puerto Rican national
lists. dedicated to gaining the is
land independence.
A Grand Jury inquiry into the
attempt to kill the President was
indicated yesterday when sub
poenas were issued for three
Puerto Ricans seized earlier al
the CollaZo apartment.
The three were Juan Pinto
Gambia, AZ, lf-described leader
of the Puerto Rican Nationalist
here; Juan Cortes Cordero, II
an uncle of Mrs. Oscar Collazo
and John Correa. 43, a National
ist member and sporting goods
manufacturer.
There was no indication that
the three men were charged with
any crime. They we're among a
number of persons questioned in
the case.
Plot Must Be Shown. .
Meanwhile, observers pointed
out that the grand jury here, be-
fore it could take action, would
have to determine whether con-
spiracy to assassinate the Presi-
dent was plotted within the Fed
eral Southern District of New
York, including Manhattan, the
Bronx and several other counties.
The wife of the wounded would
be assassin, Mrs. Rosa CollaZo, 40,
remained in Jail in lieu of $4,000
bail. She has been accused of
conspiring with her husband, with
Torresola and other persons-un-
identified-to injure the Presi-
dent.
The penalty for conspiring to
harm an officer of the Govern
ment is six years imprisonment
or a $4,000 fine or both.
Island Offices Guarded.
AS a result of the Washington
incident, special police guards
were thrown around at least eight
Puerto Rican government and
business agencies here.
Similar vigilance was main
tanned around the home of Gen.
Eisenhower, president of Colum-
bia University, and the hotel resi-
dence of Warren Austin, United
States United Nations delegate.
No reason was given.
The two daughters of Mrs. Col
lazo by previous marriage, Iris
Mercado, %. and her sister Lydia,
~, and Collazo's daughter Car
men, Is, were treated at a hos
pital during the night for hysteria
After treatment, they went to a
neighbor's apartment instead of
returning to the Collazo fiat.
Girls Are Subpoenaed.
After resting for a while, Lydia
left for the Women's House of De-
tention, hoping to see her mother.
The three girls have been sub
poenaed to appear at the United
States attorneys Office next We'd
nesday.
Cordero, who returned home
today, said that he also had been
instructed to appear next We'd
nesday before the grand jury. A
ships cook, Cordero said Federal
officials lifted his merchant ma
rine papers to prevent him from
leaving town as a member of a
ships crew.
Information on the Torresola
family was obtained from New
York City Welfare Commissioner
Raymond M. Hilliard. He said
Torresola, his wife and their baby
occupied a $1450-a-week fur
nished room. They came from
Puerto Rico in August, 1948, he
said, and Torresola worked as a
book salesman until May 5.
Since then, the commissioner
said, the Torresolas received $12s
monthly city and State relief.