New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-03
Carbone and Abarno
Swear Pulignano Plan
ned Cathedral Attack.
HELD TO BARGAIN
BY INTIMIDATION
One Declares Captain Tunney
Beat Him-Court Guards LOOK
for Reds with Explosives.

Carmine Carbone and Frank Abarno,
on trial for participating in the St.
Patricks Cathedral bomb plot, both
took the stand IN their own behalf yes
terday before Judge Mott and jury IN
General Sessions. Through all their
testimony. charging Amedeo Pullgnano
with leading them on at every step OF
the proceedings, the young detective
sat in the courtroom, calm and upper
turbed.
Carbone denied making the bombs.
declaring that Pulignano had mixed the
ingredients and that ne bought the steer
rods used in their manufacture. lie tes-
tilted that he had been punched IN the
face repeatedly by the detectives VINO
arrested him at his hons, and that ne
had been beaten at Police headquar-
tiers by Captain Tunney. head OIL the
anarchist squad.
that he had lighted the Bomb from his
cigar. and swore that one OF the de-
tectives lit the fuse with match. lie
admitted helping Pulignano mix the
anthony and potash and winding
strands of copper wire around the
bombs.
Asserting that the detective had sug-
gested placing the bombs in the Cathe--
dral. he testified that Pulignano had
even flourished knife on number OF
occasions 10 intimidate his associates.
Heard Reds Threaten Court.
Some uneasiness was felt at the be
ginning of the days session because OF
a report that a group OF anarchists
had met in secret session the previous
evening and selected five OF their num-
Der TO attend the trial, carrying eX-
plosives. Consequently, the police were
on the alert in inspecting all who en-
tered the building.
Simon O. Pollock, one Of the attorneys
for the defence, called Pietro allegro,
of 65 Webster Avenue, Long Island
CITY. He testified that he had seen De-
tective Pulignano at number OF lect-
ures at the Bresci headquarters, IN
Blocker Street.
"People are too bad TO attempt to
preach anarchy" said the witness wnen
questioned by Assistant District Attor..
nov Train. III am a syndicalist now"
He denied that he had delivered certain
inf1ammatory speeches from which MI.
Train read extracts to the jury.
Carbone. on resuming the stand
swore that he had no anarchlstc I.-
clinations until he met Pulignan0.
When shown anarchistic literature al
legged TO have been found in his trunk
he denied having ever seen most OF II:
The witness then described IN detail
how the detective made the bombs. and
said that he promised to go with Pullg-
nano when the machines were planted
"But didn't CO." he continued. The
first thing / knew six policemen came
to my house and arrested me. one OF
the detectives punched me repeateoiy
in the face when | refused 10 ADMIT
that | knew anything about the placlng
of the bombs"
he was beaten when he refused to I'M
nI;cate Carlo Tresca and Peronne, an
other anarchist lie identified Captain
Tunnev as the man who, he said, had
beaten him and offered him immunity
if he would accuse others.
Tannenbaum Reports Case.
At the beginning OF the afternoon
session Frank Tannenbaum entered the
courtroom for the first time since he
received his sentence there, over year
ago. As he listened to Carbone,s story
he leaned forward and grlpped the PACK
of the bench in front OF him. feople
little realize what these things mean"
he Whispered. II any Oiic VI '"N"S p
nile had ever been in Jail they would
never sentence any one TO such a
place" After the session he wrote his
Story of the proceedings for The Trib-
une.
Examined by Mr.. Train, Carbone CON
tinued TO deny the statements attrl6-
uted to him soon after his arrest. He
asserted that his interpreter had con-
viewed a wrong impression of what he
really said.
Herman s. Workman, OF 1872 Sumner
Avenue, Brooklyn, testified that Car
bone had been employed by him as a
sweeper for three or four years, and
bad always been a good worker. He had
never heard the accused make any
threats or mention bombs.
MIR. Pollock then called for Giuseppe