One member of a neo-Nazi group calling itself the National Renaissance Party was held in $10,000 bail here today, after giving the Nazi salute in the New York Criminal Court, and eight anti-Nazis were paroled in their own recognizance. The nine men were arraigned as a result of a fight yesterday, when members of the Renaissance Party held an open-air rally in the Yorkville section of New York.
The fracas broke out when Jack J. Weiser, commander of the Jewish War Veterans of New York State, tried to make a “citizen’s arrest” against the Renaissance leader, James H. Madole, who was mouthing anti-Semitic sentiments. In the ensuing fight, according to police, a Madole adherent, Louis Mostaccio, hit a detective.
In court today, the Judge first fixed bail for Mostaccio, charged with felonious assault, at $2,500. When Mostaccio greeted the court with a Nazi salute, the court increased his bail to $10,000.
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