The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-04
BIG CONSPIRACY" A
DETECTIVE FRAME-UP
Hero Who Arrested Anarchists Was Investigator in Chief
of Crime Ignorant Italians Tell Their
Story in New York Court.

New York, March 3.--Frank
Abarno and Carmine Carbone. the two
understood Italian youths swiftly in
dicted by the grand jury today for
placing anu lighting a bomb in St.
/ atrlck s Cathedral at ! O'CLOCK mass
Tuesday morning, turned their &C
cuSer, the police SPY, VINO posed Tor
months as their comraoe ana accom-
plice in anarchy, only to cause their
sensational capture, and told Judge
Swami that the third man was the
responsible party and InstIgator of
their act.
1t was the detective Baldo, as
they knew him, they said. the pick
up acquaintance OF Carbone, who
urged them to shoot off BOMBS and
explode dynamite TO better society
who ordered" them TO do what they
did, who bought the essential in
gradients of the two Internal ma
chimes they tried to use; who put into
their heads 1.-The idea OF executing
our protest; who helped to make
the bombs; who mentioned Rookie
Teller and Carnegie as prospective
victims; and who encouraged them
when they faltered in carrying out
their plans.
Easy Victims of Plot.
Inc tHlTu party, i'll lutiF oN II
words, insisted on action. They were
easy for him" They had been made
stupid and foollsh" by reading a
lot of stuff that they only half I'M
dcrstood. although they really did
feel concern and pity for the poor.
And besides, the story goes they did
not want 10 hurt any one, or destroy
anything. There was to be pro-
test to get the rich to do some re-
forming" That's why. exclaimed
Abarno. the bomb was not lighted.
He changed his mind in church. see
ing so many people around, and
would have left, 'if ] had had a
chance"
That is just the gist of their dra-
matte recital II was begun before
Judge Edward Swami in general ses-
sions. when the two young Italians,
having been indicted In the morning.
were arraiened to plead In the af-
ternoon. a crowded court waited
! for them t. come in at about $3.50,
They had no counsel to oppose AS
sistant District Attorney Smith. and
the court interpreter had to speak
for Carbone, the younger of the two
who presented a striking contrast To
his holder companion before the bar
/ Aharro. tho English speaking Italian
Aharno's cunning, dark Eyes took In
! MS SURROUNDINGS AT once ana ne
smiled up at Mr.. Smith as he an
/ swered the courts quest .ons.
Tell OF Third Party.
| 81 did not make the bomb" was
| tective." INTERRUPTED Aharno He
Carhone's repiy 10 Judge Swarn'e
How do YOU plead" Another
man. third narty. who Is not ar
rested. b ueht the materials and we
three together made It. This third
party took this man (nudging Abar-
! no. at his side around to see the
place (meanine the church)
/ II think this third party Is a de-
done all the work. at least rs per
: cent of it"
! who did the other 25 per cent p
asked the judge.
I'VE Just helped. The main part
was done bv this third party He
/ hought the stuff, and the bombs wert
I made by the rest OF us. He sup
/ piled everything but the wire, sugar
I and cord I had been fading a lo'
! Of nagazines and papers that stupe-
fed my mind Those papers suggest
ideas man don't have In his mind
i Mead guilty. TO the act. hut I'D
| rot mean TO DO arv harm, 1t was all
| tie idea OF this other man"
IT am not ruiltv." declared Car
| hone through the interDreta~. 'The
! third PARTY told IFS whore to put the
| horuh IN the church. He told MS the
, hest nlaca was IN church. think
! he was n policeman"