Show l r PLOT TO mUl DER FOILED ii i11 IX I F I Startling Tale t of f Greek AnarchiststoKill r Prominent Americans Told to tfieV S New Yk Police 1 Member of the Murderous Organization Who Had Been DetjUTeUld Kill i a Public Man in the United States Gives the AatterAv3y l 41e Refused to t Carry Out the Mission and Is Assaulted J Other Members of the Society f New York Jan 2Ellas Masuras a Greek complainant In an assault case which came before Judge Kellogg of Yonkers N Ythla morning told a startling tale of a plot of Greek anarchists anarch-ists to kill prominent Americana anti would have told more had the court not stopped him and turned him over tp the police that they might quietly Investigate case Several arrests have already been made anTi a number more are planned WAS TO SLAY PUBLIC IAN On the stand lUasuras said that in Greese he had been a member of an anarchist an-archist society Some time ago It fell to his lot to kill a public man In the United States ant he was ordered to come to this country and place himself him-self under the orders of the American branch of the society He had never heard the name of the man he was to murder and understood that as in other cases the man who was to be tho victim was to be selected after his arrival ar-rival In this country REFUSED TO COMMIT MURDER After reaching America Masuras according ac-cording to his own story went to Yon < l kers and affiliated himself VrftS ri Ic branch of the organization as well ns one In New York Finally he became i I frightened withdrew and refused to carry out the mission entrusted to blm it From the time he loft the organization 1 organiza-tion he claims he was annoyod and I t1 threatened by mdmbers oC the society J He remained firm in his determination not to obey the orders however and li yesterday six of the men came here and begged him to return I I ATTACKED BY ANARCHISTS i When he still refused one of the six which one he could not say attempted II to stab him The blow was aimed ii high however Masuraa was apparently h I appar-ently wiling to tell more about the society t so-ciety but Judge Kellogg adjourned tho f I hearing and committed tho prisoner to I jail pending further examination I I Masuraa was examined by ho t pollce j I and as a result the warrantswere issued is-sued Joseph and James Kiptaukis t j I d j and Frank Hestaigus were arrested I 1 by the police One other Yonkers man J and two New Yorkers are named on r j i other warrants and the police are searching for them The police assert 1 I that they believe the story told by Ma ft 1 auras and they say thdt tho affair j J I has led to the discovery of an anarchist > i anarch-ist band of a dangerous character IIi I-Ii I t |