THE MATTEOTTI AFFAIR

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 143, 18 June 1924, Page 7

THE MATTEOTTI AFFAIR

EXCITING POLITICAL MYSTERY

LEADING NEWSPAPER INVOLVED.

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CAUETEALIAN-SilW ZEALAND CAELB ASSOCIAT£O!I.) LONDON, 17th June.

Lengthy dispatches from . Rome show that all Italy was roused by the Mat'teotti affair, which is likely to'have farreaching, political developments. ' There is no longer, any idoubt thai the deputy was assassinated. It is even'alleged tfiat. the r authorities are in possession of the body, which already" has been subjected to an autopsy. Certainly a dusVcovered motor-car in' which the kidnapping Was effected is 'in their: possession, and howit came; to-be used has been traced. Amerigo Dumini, a Tuscan Fascist, re.cently, employed on the itafi of the "Corriere d'ltalia," secured the use of: the car.from a' garage supplying cars to the newspaper through the instrumentality, of the editor,' Signor Fih'peili, on the pretext that/h^ was entertaining friends who were in' Rome for a congress 6f-war volunteers. . One report states that the car., was found : wrecked. . Another declares'it was'returned to the garage. ' > A,sequel to the tracing of, the car/hap • been the arrest of three p'ersqhs suspect-.' ed of having taken part in the-kidnap-ping, namely—Dumini, who is- stated to. have been implicated in previous viol. lence,;Muzzuoli, chief of a Fascist group ; ■and ' Florence Putato, fa leading Milan Fascist. „A fourth' man, Ablino Volpi, a notorious character, who is believed'to bo the1 ringleader, hurried to Milan , and took; refuge'in the Fascist headquarters,! from which lje fled. when the police arTiyed to. inquire about him.; Signpr 'Filipelli, whose arrest was'reported yesterday, but is now denied, published a. special edition of the. "Corriere d'ltalia" before hi 3 flight;/admitting that he, air loVed Dumini to have the car, but protesting' that he' did:not dream of the puvriose for 'which Dumini wanted- it..'. ." . (REUTERS TELEGRAM.) '„ ; ' ;. ■ ' V. -ROME,, 17th June. .' Filipelli, editor of the "Corriere," has been arrested at Genoa.; Filipelli's chauffeur, Colini,v who,, brought the car which was used to/kidnap Matteotti, has surrendered „to the police. .--. ".. '