Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03
Anarchists Planned
 a Reign of Terror
PLACED BOMBS UNDER ST. PAT
 KICKS CATHEDRAL, NEW YORK.
ALLOWED LIGHT FUSE
Half a Hundred Disguised Detectives Were Stationed in and About the Church-Conspiracy Unearthed by Young Policeman.

New York March 2.-The discovery of an anarchistic plot, involving the assassination of Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt John D. Rocke- feller and his son and other wealthy men and the inauguration of a reign of terror and footing in this city, was announced by the police today after they had arrested under dramatic clr- cumstances a man who had just placed two bombs in st. Patrick's cathedral. where several hundred people were worshipping. Today's sensational de VelOpment was the culmlnatlon of months of work by detectives in un- covering a conspiracy which, they de- paign of violence and bloodshed with ut precedent in New York city.
 Anarchist Allowed to Light Fuse.
 So carefully had the police worked out their plans that the anarchist was even allowed to light the fuse of one of the bombs which he carried into the cathedral despite the fact that the explosives were powerful enough to have badly damaged the editice and possibly killed many of those in it.
 PIotter Taken Into Custody.
 Scarcely had the bomb carrier ig- nited the fuse when one of a half hundred disguised detectives who were stationed in and about the church crushed the sputtering thread under HIS HGel d1lu III dIlOlIISI lIlOIlSI1l luS plotter was taken into custody just as he was about to light the fuse of the other destructive instrument.
 Admitted Conspiracy.
 Frank Abarno was the name given by the man who placed the bombs in the cathedral. Later Charles Carbone, IS years old. was arrested at his home as the actual manufacturer of the eX- plosives. Still others were implicated 1 in the plot in the belief of the police. and more arrests are expected soon. | Both Abarno and Carbone late today, 1 the police reported. admitted their part | in the conspiracy, the carrying out of which was to have been begun this morning with the attempted destruc- l tion of the cathedral. The men arrest ! ed, however, assumed all reSponSibil- l ity, denying that anyone else was inn | plicated. When arraigned late today under a section of the penal code deal | ing with possessors of bombs, they were held without bail for eXamina- | tion Thursday.
 Abarno and Carbone are said to be members of the Bresci group of an- archistS in this city who take their name from Gaetano Bresci, assassin of King Humbert of Italy. According to police the plot to blow up the cath edral and follow this with attacks on wealthy men was conceived early in | February.
 Young Policeman Member Kept Police l Informed.
 l The plans of the conspirators mis- | carried because a young policeman, Emelio Poignant, joined in the plot as an avowed anarchist and for several weeks kept the police informed of the 1 movements of his companions. Polig- nant was arrested in the cathedral to- day with the men who placed the
 bomb, but this was only in accordance | with the pre-arranged plan of his
 superiors.
 The two men were taken to police headquarters, where they were soon joined by Carbone, who had been ar rested meantime.
 Policeman Assumed Role of Prisoner l Then the two pIotters and Poignant were put through a searching examina- tion. So far as Abarno and Carbone knew, Polognini was as deeply involved
 as they and they had no suspicion as to his real identity. Through the clever replies of Polognini, who assumed the lrole of a surly prisoner, Abarno was led into making his confession, accord ing to the police and later Carbone
 corroborated his partners story.