The evening world., 1909-02-27
BRIBERY PLOT
IN q" ROBBERY;
TW0MEN TRAPPED
Cash Offered to Policemen to
Elk" Case and Free AL
legged Bandits.
IN THE ACT.
Police Deny deep Laid
Scheme" to Kidnap and
Kill Girl Agent.

What might be termed extremely
coarse work in attempting to bribc
couple of policemen was the real reason
for the appearance OF John Agolio and
Michael Pepe in Adams Street Police
Court to-day, to answer to technical
charge OF vagrancy. Agollo and Pepe
did not hire hall and string orchestra
In pursuance OF their design to corrupt
a couple OF honest policemen, but they
were almpsfas public In their negotia.
tions The prisoners were held Til
March in 5000 bail each
Wierd rumors OF Black Hand murder
plots, kidnapping plots and similar ter
rltying connirances have been circulated
in connection with the arrest Of Asolio
and Pepe. The facts are as follows:
Giuseppe Prince and Alfonso Cicstt!
and another In the early morning hours
Of Feb le are alleged to have invaded
the Fifth avenue IL" station at Twen-
t.eth street, Brooklyn. where the chiv-
alrous B. r., T, keeps a woman ticket
agent on duty at night This agents
name Is Grace West. Of No. I'll Fortieth
street. The three men held Miss Yves.
W at the point Of a revolver, robbed
her office Of $50 and escaped for the
time being.
Detectives landed Giuseppe and Al
fonso. and Miss West identified them
as two OF the trio who robbed her. They
have been indicted and are awaiting
trial.
Say Brlbe Was Offered.
Policeman August Henne. who with
Policeman BarnitI, arrested Giuseppe
and Alfonso, was approached on tho
street a few days ago BY Agoiio and
Pepe. These two men are influential
residents of the South Brooklyn Italian
quarter. Pepe Is reputed to be worth
500. .00O. and Agolio keeps a big saloon.
They live at No. 1875 Twenty-second
street and No. 22l Twenty-first street,
respectively.
Without any diplomatic clrcumlocu-
tion, 1t is charged, Agoio and Pepe OF.
fered Henne 500 to fix the robbery case
50 that Giuseppe and Alfonso might es-
cap. Henne made an engagement to
meet them later, and in the mean time
reported the offer to his superlors.
He was instructed to nurse the would
he brIbers along and get them with
the goods" Accordingly. he and his
partner, Barnitz. became quite chummy
with Agolo and Pepe, and 1t was ar
ranged that the money was TO be passed
in Barnitzs home, No. l73 Prospect
avenue, at $50 o'clock yesterday evening
Would-be bribers and would-be br!bees
were on hand at the appointed time. A
couple OF hours earlier Policemen Nc
Sherry and Teccardo had been planted
in an adjoining room They burst upon
the scene just as Agoio and Pepe had
given Henne and Ba. nitz Sl35 in cash
and q note for iloo. signed BY Pepe and
payable when the two prisoners In
| whom he is interested should be re-
leased.
Started a Romance.
Brooklyn is full OF fortune tellers.
psychopaths, second sight seers and
necromancers and plain romancers. The
Influence OF these probably started the
report that there was plot on foot to
kidnap Miss West, Kill her and throw
her body into the sea, SO that she might
be unable 10 appear in court and testify
against Giuseppe and Alfonso. II there
was such plot, neither Miss West nor
the police knew anything about It.
Since the date of the robbery Miss
West has been on day work. The chlv-
alrous b. Il. 7. took her steady ortice
In filling in at stations where the lesu-
lar ticket sellers are of duty because OF
illness.
This oompels her TO travel all over the
system. She 10 often compelled to ieaye
her home in South Brooklyn at 40 IN
the morning In order ~ get to the Of.
her assignment for the day,
Il have not been Approached or mo.
Tested by anybody" said Miss West 10.
Lonesome hours have some one with
me. nave no fear Of being kidnapped
or done away with. No one has up.
preached ME with an offer OF moaGy
10 refuse 10 testify against the two mer
under arrest. / expect to tell how they
robbed me, az their trial"