The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02

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Soon after he was taken to headquar-
ters detectives acting upon Informal
ton given them by Baldo arrested
Charles Carbone, an is year old boy,
and charged him with completely In
the plot and with helping to make the
bomb.
When Abarno entered the cathedral
door his bomb in a package under his
coat and Baldo at his side, he walked
onto stage whose every setting had
scrubwomen on their knees in the
vestibule through which he passed
were in reality central office detec-
tives The white wig priest who met
seat down near the front Of the
church and close to the altar, was a
sergeant of police. Just behind
Abarno there entered the church quite
casually two more detectives who fol-
lowed the pseudo priest and took seats
at his bidding in the pew behind. 1t
was these men who saved the cathe-
dral from damage by beating out the
fire in the fuse.
Lights the Fuse.
Abarno realized the identity of his
companion a moment after he had
lighted the fuse from the glowing end
of a cigar the missile had barely left
his hand to lie for a moment on the
carpet at the foot of the altar when
Baldo pinioned Abarno's arms behind
him, told him taht he was under ar
rest and started to leave the church.
AbarnO permitted himself to be hand
cuffed to his captor without resiS-
lance, and walked meekly down the
aisle, with other detectives surrounding
him.
Baldo had lived with the alleged
anarchists since last December. He
had obtained Abarno's complete con-
fidence and had discussed with him
and with others, the police assert, the
details of the widespread plot. From
Doll
anarchists plans were to be developed
in separate phases by groups of two
and three men, working together. De-
tectiveS were assigned to watch these
groups and two men from central Of
flee were shadowing Carbone when he
was arrested.
According to Baldo, Abarno had
planned to wreck the cathedral a week
ago, late in the afternoon, but had
postponed execution of the idea, part
ly at Baldo's suggestion. Today when
he left his room with Baldo, half a
dozen detectives, some of them dis
guiSed as labOrerS and carrying din
ner pals, trailed him to the church.
Made of Scrap Iron.
The bomb hurled at the altar was
made of scrap iron inside a plaster of
paris body. Inspector Egan of the
bureau of combustibles said it was the
deadliest he ever had seen. Most of
the scrap iron was round knobs which
had been wrenched from iron fences
in front of the houses of New York
City's wealthy residents. According
to the police the plot was centralized
in the group of anarchists known as
the Bresci group, so named because
of the admiration which it's members
expressed for Gaetano Bresci, the man
who killed King Humbert in Italy in
1900. At the time of this ASA ssina-
ton it was reported that a group of
anarchists in New York and Pater-
son, N. J., shared in the plot.
An unusual development of the
case, upon which Police Commissioner
Woods said he did not care to COM
ment for the present, was the deten-
ton at police headquarters of Frank
Baldo, the detective, through whom
headquarters had learned of the
gangs alleged activities. BaIdo was
placed under arrest technically, it was
assumed. Baldo is the assumed name
of the detective. His real name. Mr..
Woods said, is Emelio Poignant.