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= t pi: For this offense he received a twelve years and six” months sentence. While in Sing Sing prison in 1931, a psychiatric report described Galante as emotionally dull with a mental age of 14% and an IQ of 90. He was diagnosed as a neuropathic, psychopathic pereonality. He was paroled on May 1, 1939. While on arole to the New York State Parole authorities, Considerable suspicion was aroused concerning the legitimacy ef his activities, and efferts were made to determine if he ., was violating the provisions of his parole. . On the evening ef Januar ri, 1943, Galante reported to his parele effice and upen leaving, was put under surveillance, He was ebserved to enter a Ford sedan, the license number ef which was neted by the parole officers. Since they had no vehicle available and no other transportation was immediately available, they were unable to continue their surveillance, Shortly thereafter, at approximately 9:40 p. m. that same evening, Carlo Tresca, editer of an Italian language newspaper, was murdered on Fifth Avenue, by an unidentified assailant who entered a Ford sedan in which two accomplices were believed to be waiting. The following morning, an abandoned Ford sedan was found two blocks from the scene of this murder which the police department believed may have been the vehicle-used by the escaped murderers. The license plate of this abandoned vehicle was identical to that license number noted by the parole officers from their surveillance of Galante on the previous night. Galante was taken into custody on January 13, 1943, and held in violation of parole since no evidence could be obtained to directly link Galante with this murder, and since it was not positive that the abandoned vehicle was the murderers’ getaway car, Galante was not prosecuted for this murder. He was, however, returned to Sing Sing for violating the provisions of his pargle in that he associated with the ex-convict, Joseph Di Palermo, and that he drove an automobile for approximately six months, such being unauthorized under the terms of his parole. He was returned to prison to serve the remaining portion of his sentence. To date this murder has never been solved although the New York District Attorney's Office and New York police officials are reasonably certain that Galante had some part in the Tresca murder. (New York State Parole i a Ons. mber 4 47, Galante was arrested in the - company of in the process of dismantling an alcohol nity of 5 Berkley Place. -3-