John Ruzzamenti being first duly sworn, on oath deposes and says that
he is now and has been for upwards of thirty days last past a resident
of the City of Boston, County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
That in the month of December 1920 the affiant resided in the town of
Reddington, State of Pennsylvania, and was employed in the capacity of
brass melter in the Reddington Standard Fitting Corporation, a
subsidiary of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation.
That sometime in December 1920 and to the affiant’s best knowledge,
information and belief, about December 18th or 19th, he, the affiant,
received through the United States Post Office an envelope bearing
Boston post-mark and stamped with special delivery stamp and
containing the name and address of affiant. That inside of said
envelope was another sealed envelope bearing on the outside the
notation “burn this after you have read”. That inside of said sealed
envelope was a letter purporting to come from one Feri Felix Weiss.
That affiant well knew said Weiss having worked with and been employed
by said Weiss when said Weiss was employed by the United States
Department of Justice at Boston specially assigned to so-called Red or
Radical cases. That the affiant then had in his possession a card of
said Weiss reading as follows, to-wit:
_AMERICAN AND FOREIGN CONNECTIONS_