The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-04

Denies Bomb Was Lighted.
The third party" in their own words,
Insisted on action. They were easy
for him" They had been made stupid
and foolish" by reading a lot OF stun
that they only half understood. though
they really did feel concern and pity
for the poor. And besides. their story
goes. they did not want To hurt any
one. destroy anything. Theirs was TO
be n protest. to get the rich to do sone
reforming"
That's why" exclaimed Abarno. the
bomb was not lighted, and the police lie
when they say IL was"
He changed his mind In church. he
said, seeing so many people around,
and would have left III | had had a
chance"
The above ~ the gist of their dramatic
recital. II was begun befOr" Judge
Edward Swami in Part L, General Ses-
sions. when the two young Italians, hav-
ing been indicted in the morning. were
arraigned to plead In the afternoon. A
" court room waited for them to
come In at about $3.50. They had no
counsel to oppose Assistant District At
torney anne l.. Smith and the court
!nterprete had TO speak for CaTbone,
the younger OF the two. who presented
a striking contrast to his holder COM
.aniop before the bar. Abarno. the Eng
lish speaking Italian. Abarno's dark
eyes took in his surroundings at once
and he smiled up defantly AZ Mr. Smith
AZ he answered the courts questions.
"I DID Not Make IT,"
u aid not make the bomb was Car
bones reply TO Judge Swann inquiry
as to how he would plead. Another
a ehtrH 49, urk. - tAt arrA.t.l
bought the materials and We three to-
gcther made IL. This third party took
this man 6nudgine Abarno NJ his side)
aroun1 TO see the place tmeaning the
church,"
II think this third party Is a detec-
tive" Interrupted Abarno, leaning on the
.sil in spite Of Mr.. smiths order 10
stand up straight. II done all the
work, at least IS per cent. OF IT,"
Who did the other % per cent -
asked the Judge.
I'VE just helped. The main part was
done by this third party. He bought
the stun and the bombs were made ny
the rest OF W.. He supplied everything
but the wire. sugar and cord, | had
been reading "A lot OF magazines and
Papers that stupeied my mind. Those
papers q ideas a man don have
in his mind. ! plead guilty TO the act.
but ! did moi mean to do any harm. 1t
was all the idea OF this other man"
Il am not guilty declared Carbone
through the interpreter. The third
party told us where TO put the bomb in
the church. He told us the best place
was in a church. ! think he was a
policeman"
Wanted to FriRht~n Rich.
Judge Swami asked the men about
counsel. but Abarno blurted out II
don't want any court lawyer; he will
get us a long sentence. want a law
Yer OF my own. I don't know whether
my friends will help me or my family.
hut ! have lots of friends who will. |
think" Under those circumstance
Judge Swami adjourned their pleading
10 the indictments until Tomorrow. and
IL they rave no counsel then ne may
declare another adjournment until Mon
day. Meanwhile they are In the Tombs
in default OF $4,000 bail each, asked
for by Mr., Smith in view OF the alleged
crime. which carries with il a maximum
penalty of twenty-five years imprison-
ment. Before the two youths left the
court, however. Judge Swami asked
What put this into you heads"
"On account of the present con-
ditions of society," responded Abarno
unafraid. w wanted TO put a bomb
vi boIHt tl'h ib'A NV ~ hA"N W.
rich would understand the sorrows of
the poor. 1t wasn't to hurt the rich. but
10 make them do some reforming, and
when l got in the church ] did not light
the bomb because there were 80 many
innocent people around. l thought II
II exploded too many people would be
killed. We did Il simply to make the
rich realize the condition Of the poor.
tAnd he added, laughing) They realize
- NOW oil rtThth
A few minutes later in the council
room Of the Tombs prison the accused
youths amplifed their defence.
Commissioner Arthur Woods in de-
fence of Poignant, the youthful, detec-
tive, said Il was only natural for the
bomb planters to try TO pass the blame
to some one else. He refused TO let
Poignant talk himself because he said
there are other men and other bomb
cases which he Is watching and about
which the Commissioner can say nothing
now.
How far this man 'Polignani) went
Ia a matter for the Judge and jury to
decide" said Mr.. Woods, But you
NAV be sure he did not do anything I'M
,ropcr. we have daily records from
him and we know, He was with them
az an observer to get evidence only and
therefore he had a part In everything
they did
Capt. Thomas Tunney OF the Head
quarters squad, who selected Poignant
for work among the Italian anarchists,
added the suggestion that the defence OF
the accused was obviously false because
S~oignani knew nothing about bombs
until he met them"
Tell How They Met Him.
That rneetlnc according IN Ahnrno