The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-03

Inc story or tine plottings or AbarnO
and Carbono and of how Detective rolig-
mani worncd his way into their con-
ndence IL best old by Capt. Tunney.
who picked Poignant for the work and
who stage managed the arrests at the
cathedral. Commissions Woods, after
talking the matter over with the District
Attorney, has decided that Poignant
may not toll his own story Vet. capt.
Tunney, delegated by Commissioner
Woods 10 tell the story. said
poignant has been on the Job nearly
four months mixing with tho moi Of
the Ferrcr school in the 106th street
neiEhborhood and with the Bresci group.
who v their headquarters at sol East
1O6th street. Some OF the Brcsci fol-
lowers, who take their amt | under
stand. from the slayer of King Huinbcrt
Of Italy. f~reuucntcd 157 Blocker street.
Poignant made II his business to be
there often.
little by little he got acquainted
with the anarchists In TACT he became
n full fledged one himself. They tested
MIN as TO his views. They tested him
in other ways. | won't tell you just
now what tho acid test was, but he
enet IL.
studies Bomb Making.
Syarbone was tho first mar he got
well acquainted with. They. met In the
basement of 301 East 106th street about
two months ago. When Carbone became
Friendly with our man Carbone expressed
his opinions strongly as to an
archists should do. He spoke about
bombs and told how he thought It came
that Berg. Caron and Hanson were
KILLED while making n bomb on July 4
last. lie said they probably tied the
fuse too tight or were careless in the
use of some steel or wire instrument
which caused the spark. Carbone said
ne was an expert and nothing like that
could happen II he was making a bomb
MOS OF these conversations took
place while they were taking long walks
about the streets. Meetings were held
at 301 East 106th street on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Sundays. Poignant
found that while there was a mixed
crowd there on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
the Sunday night meetings. which were
the best attended. were confined practi-
cally to Italians.
"Such men as Cuneo. Alegra. Tresca
and Paronc. a Sicilian who had served
in the Mexican revolution. addressed the
meetings. Sometimes on a SUNDAY
might there would be as many as l5O
men present. Sometimes there would
he a few women in the audience. Or
Sunday nights only those who were
known were let in"
Hebrew Detective Found Ont,
Capt. Tunney halted his narrative OF
Tolignani's adventures here to tell with
n laugh OF the m~isadvcnturcs OF an
other detective,
sent a Hebrew COP up there
once he said. They did not get or
10 the fact that he was a cop, but ne
didn't At in well Mt an Italian meeting
and they threw him out as a Jew stool
eigeon.'"
ResumirE his story of Polignanis
work Capt. Tunncy said
q New Years day Carbone, Polig.
mani and Abarno. whom the detective
had meanwhile met. all attended the
meeting of the unemployed in Cnior
Square. One OF the ~agltators at that
meeting was arrested just as It broke
up n our man accompanied his friend,
in a march OF protest W Fifth avenus
that followed. They hooted and missed
as they passed the churches along tn,
avenue, but they hooted and Kissed mosI
as they passed the cathedral.
"The next time that Poignant me-
Abarno. Aharno said that II had don,
him good to yell and hiss IN front of tn,
churches. lie said he regretted he didn'U
have a bomb with him TO blow IN IN,
cathedral. This was about two week.
after New Years.
"A little after that Carbone, who hat