Evening star., 1951-08-16
.Exfradition Possible
For Americans Linked
To 0SS Murder
Continued From First Page.)


i Icardi Matched the plot in a
disagreement with Holohan over
whether or not aid should be
given Communist partisans oper-
ating in the territory.
e Dolce A"drew the two of
spades" and thus got the assign
ment of shooting the major when
the lieutenant decided that poison
given him earlier by one of the
Italians might not be effective.
But. at his home in Preakness,
N. j.. last night. Icardi denied
any part in the killing and added
that the department ''has gone
way of base in assuming I am
implicated. He said that he as
sumed that it may have been
done by the two Italians who,
the department said, told the en-
tire story.
| In Rochester, Lo Dolce's wife
said that her husband docs not
want to make any statement until
he finds out what it is all about" "
The dead majors brother, Jo-
seph Holohan, an associate men,
ber OF the New York Stock
Exchange, said that he had uncoV-
cred substantially the same story
released by the department. How
ever, he said that he had received
"absolutely no help or encourage
ment from any agency of the gov
ernment."
The departments statement said
iLeDolce and the two Italians have
confessed that Maj. Holohan was
fed potassium cynaide in his soup,
shot in the head, trussed in a bed
ding roll and dumped into Lake
Orta in the Alps near Trieste.
Referred to Italians.
The strange twist in the case
that neither of the accused Ameri-
cans can be prosecuted under civil
or military law led thi. Govern
ment, said the Defense Depart
ment, to refer the matter to the
Italian government with the hope
that Italy might take some action.
The State Department referred
the whole case-which ! as been
the subject of several extensive
reviews hereto the italian gov
Iernment through the italian En-
bassy here.
Request Not Yet Made.
In Rome an American Embassy
spokesman said today that no re-
quest has been made yet. as far
as he knew, for eXtradition of the
two American soldiers. A news
paper in Turin said Italian au-
thorities already had requested
extradition.
The legal section of the En-
bassy said President Truman
would have 70 sign extradition
papers before Italy could bring
the two men to trial.
The case appeared to have had
other mysterious turns. The
majors brother said that 10 days
after he llao received word that
the officer was missing" in
February, 1945, a mysterious tele-
phone caller who would not give
his name suggested that he call
the New York OSS Office to find
out what had happened.
The OSS supplied no informa-
ton, he said, but he started cor
responding with any one who
might have known the major in
Italy.
Brother Meets Icardi.
Il could not put my finger on 1t
but I knew, somehow, I had not
heard the truth about my brother, -
! he said.
| In February, 1916, he said he
met Icardi in New York and re-
celved a seemingly accurate and
complete story" of Maj. Holohan S
death, supposedly in German am
bush.
Flatly denying any connection
with the Defense Departments
version, Icardi said last night that
the way it happened is news to
me.
Now that those two men have
admitted they were involved in the
killing, l assume that part Of the
story is true This is the first l
have heard of it, however
When the shooting started, l
ran. That's the last ever heard
of him (Maj. HolohanD
Quits Job With Airline.
Icardi is reSigning his job with
an airlines in New York. his en-
ployer disclosed.
Icardi telephoned the Pan
American Grace Airlines, where he
has been employed, and said he
was sending a letter of resigna-
ton.
Kenneth Lawder. controller of
the firm, said 1cardi, an attorney.
asserted that he was innocent of
the charge, but that he was quit
ting to save embarrassment to
the firm.
The ex-lieutenant, who has been
employed by the firm for year,
said he was going back home to
Pittsburgh"
| Company records show that
Icardi was graduated from the
/ University of Pittsburgh and San
Marcos University in Limas Peru.
He worked at the company'S Lima
TANnS