Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-12
Two Employees of New Haven Road Among
 Those Under Arrest
ANOTHER IS A DISCHARGED EMPL0YE
Railroad Detectives Claim That Spikes Were ulled Out and Fishplate Unboted For Revenge and Loot Allege That Wrench and Claw Bar Were Stolen From Railroad Toolhouse at Portland to do the Job.

Middletown, Conn, Sept. 11-On war rants issued by Coroner Davis, An tonic Diorrio. Antonio Spefano. of Is Miller street: Giacomo Iisi. of Liberty street. and Alfredo Pecchini, of Bridge street were arrested late today and are being held for the coroners in quest Wednesday on the ground that lhey were responsible for the wreck ing of an express train on the Valley division of the New York. New Ha- ven & Hartford four miles below here on the night of August 27 causing the death of Abram P. Brown of Hartford and injuries to sixty other passengers.
 Two Employed by the Road.
 Diorrio and Spefano are in the em- ploy of the road The former was ar rested at the local railroad station and the latter at his home Lisi was arrested as he left his place of en- Iloyment in Berlin and Pecchini in New Britain at the Corbin Works. All were taken to the local police station and are held without bail to appear before Coroner Davis at the continuing of his inquest Wednesday.
 Detective's Theory of Wreck.
 According to the railroad detectives tool house of the railroad company 3n Portland. which is across the Con- necticut river from here, was broken into and two wrenc1es and a claw bar stolen On the Saturday night pre- cedinz the wreck the detectives allege that the four men secured the tools and secreted them, hiring boat for that purpose. and that the next night Sunday, the night of the wreck, the four men again hired the same boat and rowed to the scene of the wreck and while Pecchini stayed in ihe boat and kept. watch the other three took out the spikes from the in side Of one of the rails and unbolted a fishplate and propped up one end of The rail SO that instead of going over q the wheels of the engine would strike 1t and be derailed. Former ErpIoye Wanted Revenge.
 As a motive for the crime the de- tectiSes aliege that Lisi, who was formerly e1npIoyed by the road as a track wTfker. had beer discharged and that he looked for revenge and a chance to loot the passengers. Diorri, at present employed by the road, is alleged ID have also desired revenge for some faneied grievance. That there was no attempt made to rob the pas se1gers the detectives claim, is due to the fact that only two of the cars went down the ernhankment and that there were too many uninjured pas ssnEers around after the accident. The men have thus far refused to make any statement in reference to the mat ter.
 Wreck Occurred in Isolated Spot.
 The place where the wreck occurred Is an isolated section and an ideal place for the crime alleged. There gre no houses in the near vicinity and the track runs along a steep em- hankment leading down to the river, the banks of which are lined with bushes. making it easy for boat to lie concealed from the view of those on the tracks. An investigation of the track on the night of the wreck dis closed that the spikes from an inside rail had been pulled out and a fish plate unholJed. Superintendent Wood ward immediately pronounced it the work of train wrecl<ers but his opinion was secuted by many of the passeng-