The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-28
FIFE HARRINGTON PUBLISHING CO
AN ITALIAN CONSPIRACY.
Charged to Have Been Planned Against
 A. c. BIenner & Co.

"A. V. Dlehher N Sos
 Detective Henry J. Donnelly last night arrested three Italians on the charge of conspiracy against A. c. Blenner & Co.,, manufacturers of pickles, catsup, etc. The persons ar- rested are James Arnone, Salvatore Gemino and Pauline Gemino, brother and sister, the latter a girl seventeen years of age. It seems that Arnone has for some time, two years or more, been selling to the Blenners bottles which he collected. He bought old bottles, of which the contents had been used, and then sold them, receiving neat profit from the business. The two Geminos, Salvatore and Pauline, worked for the pickle company up to last night and part of their work has been to count over with Arnone and for the company each lot of second hand bottles which Arnone brought to the factory. After each lot was counted over 1t was Paul. ines duty to carry the account of the number of bottles in the lot to the office of the company, which is on another floor.
 Of late MT. Blenner had noticed that Arnone's bills for bottles were unusu- ally large and decided that it would be well to investigate the matter. Yes terday the Gemino girl reported at the company's office that Arnone had hro 1eyIt iy, thot trrned in a slip of paper, on which the account was alleged to have been kept as the bottles were counted. Thinking this a rather large number of empty bottles to have been collected in New Haven in so short a time, MT. Blenner called Arnone to his office and question: ed the Italian about the matter. He could get no satisfactory explanation from Arnone and after the latter had gone, sent for Detective Donnelly. Af- ter hearing how things stood Donnelly went to Arnone's home on the top floor of a tenement on Wallace street. He went to the Arnone apartments and was told there that Arnone was out. Donnelly then crossed the street and stationed himself to keep a lookout on the tenement. Some time afterwards he saw Arnone come out and arrested him.
 At the station house Arnone was questioned and finally confessed He said that when he first began to sell bottles to A. c. Blenner & Go. Genino and his sister Pauline proposed a scheme to him and told him that if he wished to sell bottles there he must be- come a party to 1t, they having sole charge of receiving bottles. Their game was this: Whenever Arnone brought in a lot of bottles, they were to make out an account to hand in at the office for certain number of bottles more than were really delivered and Arnone, in the account which he left at the of- flee was to indicate the same number of bottles as was shown by the Geminos' account. Then the money received for all bottles in excess of what had been really delivered was to be turned over to the Geminos.
 Arnone confessed that the amount thus turned over to them and received for bottles which he had never deliv- cred had ranged from $10 to $100 per month every month since last April. Arnone also said that in addition to this he had paid as much as $50 to the Gem inos for the privilege of selling bottles to A. c. Blenner & Go. He says that he has received from the company only what really was due him and that all in excess of this has gone to Salvatore and Pauline Gemino. The account of bottles which Pauline turned in to the companys office yesterday was for $100 worth of bottles more than were really | delivered. After Arnone had confessed the two Geminos were arrested.
 In the meantime Pauline's sweet heart to whom she was to be married next week, had heard of the arrest and came rushing into the station to com- fort his fiance, whose mother was there with her. The girls bonds were fixed at $500 which was secured by her in | tended, and Salvador Gemino's bonds were fixed at $1,000 and Arnone's at $500. Neither had secured bondsmen up | to late hour last night.