The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-03-05
THE RICH MUST
Be FRIGHTENED
PLEA OF ANARCHIST AR
RESTED FOR PLACING
BOMB IN CATHEDRAL
TWO ARE HELD IN
$4,000 BAIL EACH
Maximum Penalty For the Crime
Charged Is Is Years in
Prison
u,y Associnictl .Prss.l

NEW lOE'N. March J.--ln ne SIuuu
Jury found indictments lnte today
against Frank Abarno and Charles
Carbone. the anarchists arrested yes
terday accused of having plotted to
explode two dynamite bombs in st.
Patrick's. Cathedru! while several
hundred worshippers were ut rlasS.
The two men were arrnigned AMI held
IN $4,000 bail each for pleading tri-
day.
The maximum penalty for the crin:e
charged Is % years in prison.
Although Carbcne took no actual
part in the placing or the bombs In
the cathedral. 1t was charge, that l.e
did most of the work in manufacturing
them. Ahnrno is accused Of having
carried the bombs into the church
and OF having lighted the frse of one
of them.
When the men were arra!gDed Car
bone said through an interpreter that
he knew nothing Of the bomb plot, did
not make the bomb and was entirely
innocent. Last night the poIica an
nounced TINT both carbone anu Abar-
no had confessed to plotting to nx-
plode tho bombs In the cathedral, ns
an initial move In the inauguration OF
men were to be killed ana bapk3 'vere
to he looted ''- sf 80 .f'',,----
What was In your Eead when you
planted the bomb?" asked tho presid-
ing judge today of Abarno.
''The condition of society leaves the
only thing to be done. the frighten-
ing of the rich," replied Abn7no. "'rhe
bomb was needed 20 make n change
IN conditions. did not want TO injurc
tine people in the cathedral, but the
rich must be frightened into know
ing the condition nf tho DOOR,
Emilio Poignant, the young detcc-
tive who, under the name of Frank
Baldo. was taken into The confidence
or the anarchists and brought about
their arrest. was the principal wit
ness summoned before the grand
jury.
prominent anarchist leaders. aincng
them Emma Golden. BENJAMIN ;,cit-
mann, llaimondO :Tasio unl Carlo
Trescn. declared today that Abarno
anu Carbone we-e naknown to Them
personally and That tneir acts could
not be attributed tic al annr,hisiIc
plot against WEALTHY, H'en and banks. i
as the police declared.
Poiicemen, not IN uniforr, WHO wtre
detailed yesterday IL niainteia n witch,
over 81. Patrtcks Cathedral, con,lu-
ucd on duty today and It was .hn;t,
that Of the strong force .-acjnr the
lhen suspected II bomb making sew
era' would be assigned to guard 9TH
er churches.
.Abarno and Carbone tonight do
ciared they were framed up'' Inv
their supposed comrade, detective
Folignani. who was known to them ma
Frank Baldo. The detective, they Ms
serted. was the brains of the con-
spiracy.
I'VE would not have vcntured into
the scheme If It were not for the urg-
Ing of Baldo." said Abarno.
Abarno declared that Baldo was the
first OF the three to buy b0mb-making
ingredients. Cardone had thought some
other materials later, but Baldo pro-
cured the last important chemical, he
said.
Both priaoners charged that Baldo
selected st. Patrick'sa Cathedral and
showed them where to place the In
fernal machine. 1t was Baldo, they
said, who suggested Rockefeller. Car
negie and others as At subjects for
the wrath OF all class-hating free
thinkers is..s .t
we were the tools OF the police.
anxious to make q showing" said