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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03
Bomb Maker Hoped TO Wreck
Rich Mems Houses and Banks

Monday night came. Pulignanos
Abarno and Carbone met for the lar
time before the great event. 1hey
swore their oaths afresh over the dag
ger. with the threat that he who was
false should be cut to pieces
Aharno gave each a bomb he had
made. They were to meet Yesterday
morning at given point IN Ihird ave,
nue. at $50 o'clock. Pullgnano ana
Carbone met true TO the pact ouI
Abarno was not there. There was no
time to waste, and Claiborne urged ac-
ton. 80 he and Pullgnano went on
dow Third Avenue and stopped ana
injured for the missing p!otter at
1889 Third Avenue, the shoe shop where
he worked. lie was not there.
We must not fail now-we two
must 90 on urged Carbone.
lie did not suspect two working men
walking within few PAGES behind
them. They spoke of Fastening 70
ear Y mass az the Cathedral.
We will be there, too" he said
under his breath. and with smile to
Pulignano. He did not know those
two men were detectives, acting in
agreement with Pulignano. The other
Mot was following him closely with
uIerring tread. Neither did he notice
further back a limousine creeping
along In it were Lieutenant Tunney
and more men. When the plotters
saw uniformed policemen ahead OF
them they crossed the street. The UNI
suspecting Carbore thought that was
sufficient caution.
Under his coat each carried his
bomb holding il by the pressure OF
his hands through his pockets in a
manner they had carefully practIsed.
Each carried a lighted cigar TO set of
the fuses They turned west at Eff
tieth Street.
The creeping limousine put or speed
srd hurried 20 the cathedral through
Fifty-frst Street. Captain Iunney
went in. There we're two scrubwomen,
one in the Fiftleth Street aisle, the
other in the Ffty-hrst Street aisle
There were two worshippers at the
benches beside each entrance. midway
of the building Captain Tunney saw
that all was prepared.
The door on the Fiftieth Street side
swung oDen and Pulignano and Car
bone came IN. The scrubwOmen, act
ing awkwardly. were in their way and
backed down the aisle. plying their
mops. keeping in front Of the plotters.
Pulignano stopped at the pillar
where the last bomb was placed. and
set down the bomb he carried. But he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03

Carbone got heavy cord and they
converted it into fuse By means of
chemicals. as The book taught them to
do. They made tests until they got
one that would burn four inches in ten
minutes. Then, having failed in all
efforts to find an iron newell post head.
CarbOnc produced cans for recep tacles.
Last Sunday the great day for mix
ing the ingredients came. Atarno was
the master hand to DO this. He had
large mixing bowl and "a wooden mixer.
As he stood over the bowl of destruc-
ton he told OF his dreams to Pulig-
nanO. who thus describes them:
Il would ike to blow Carnegie's
house down. and Rockefcller's and the
Nardc-5,lts' and all the banks then
We could have Tie capitalists money"
he said. 81 would like 20 blow UP the
tombs of the dead bishops and arch
bishops buried in the Cathedral. That
would he fine protest against the
churches. the capitalists and the police.
THE churches re opposed 20 an
archy. especially the Catholic Church.
The Episcopal Church is. also; the
others not so , UGH. There will be
reign Of terror in New York when we
begin"
Later that day he and Pulignano
went 20 the Cathedral and made a sur
vey. They considered whether it would
be best TO place i, in the main vestl-
bule and blow down tie front va II. or
before the altar. where it would slay
the worshippers. They finally decided
70 enter by the door IN the middle Of
the Fftieth Street side.
I'VE will leave II there by the second
pillar Abarno said, and then walk
out and get 20 our work IN time. No
one will miss us. There will be a gre I
explosion. What wr.te-upS we will yet
i'm all tn, papers! Especially what
tine write-up Gallant viii give rs in
the Italian paper.
We will read them and laugh 20
think il was us-l should like TO tell
our friends so they woulI know We did
it-but we must keep silence. We will
read about il that Will be good
enough
At this time the counter plot of the
police was running closer and closer 10
them. Even as Abarno reioiced with
Pulgnauo "a they walked along they
were Swallowed by Headquarters de-
tectlyes.
Every move of himself and his com
panions. everything done. planned or
talked about. Pulignano was sending
to his eo-pGtters among the police.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03
Police Say All Was Timed,
Hence Danger Was Aperted

custody and charged with crime with
arrest of Philharmonic was taken into
the other two under the name or
Frank BalGo, when they were all taken
to Headquarters Abarno was arrested
at his room. Still ignorant Of the way
thew had been trapped, Abarno and
Carbone were put under examination
by the police at Headquarters.
At first they denied all knowledge
of the plot, but when they were told
detail By detail every move they had
made they broke down and admitted
the whole story.
at was just protest; We did not
intend to kill any one" Aoarno sad.
Il didn't take 4 bomb to the church
made themI let the others do the
rest
re denied that he had ever COM
mitted crime; but in his confidential
conversations with Pulignano he had
boasted that he had done something
for which the police could send HIM to
jail for ten years.
The first that they realized they
had been framed up by Pulignano was
when they were arraigned late IN the
afternoon before Magistrate Noian.
They looked around for "Baldo,' but
he was standing at ease among the
police
They were two understood youths.
helyyfeatured and not intelligent
looking. Abarno has lost all the
fingers OF his right hand. They were
remanded 20 the custody of the police
until : o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
after they consented to go back with
their captors without immediate hear
ing. provided they would be allowed 20
communicate with their friends and
engAEe council.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03

This and other tests Pullgaho went
through satisfactorily, and then p's@n
his initiation into the mysteries OF
bomb making. First it was explained
that the room was TO be the JOINT dc"
&C all three OF them. They paid Sl.oo
week apiece for it, Here was the "rS'
lesson in bomb making;
"The best thing to make them ID Is
the round top of an iron newell post
that was the kind that was put IN inc
ootbedral before and ia St. Alphon-
s,.,s" Abano told him. Try to get
one and We VIII meet here to-morro"
night. If YOU can find one loose on
some rich mans house tase H. or Try
fo get one i'm junk shop. 90
When they met next night none OF
them had been able 20 get the ah'iI iol
30 coming bomb. But at this meeting
p,lig9,o was let still further INTO the
-,',sfcr,es lie was shown the great
Lcok Of the iuucrmost circle OF boihD
makers. Giving detailed Instructions as
how 10 make internal machines. ~
,ros priuted in Italian, without pun
Ieber'. name. ON the outer page was
written: Health is I'm YOU.
"For making Your bombs hire rooms.
ON trc tor hOor 20 avoid the ponce
tho book O. instructions ran. 1T shouId
,ontaiu good bed and nice furniture
and should be we'll ventilated.
lit should re furnished IN such
way that no one may see what you are
,oinc. 1t ought 10 pe the top Hoor, on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03
'Abarnos Family Weep for Bomb Thrower
as Good Boy Led Astray by Bad Company

that he was going to the printing shop.
Frank carried nothing with MIN WIZ
he went out. The father was POSITIVE
Of this. H..
Mrs. A. Lerner, the wife of Hun
garian tailor with whom Charles ,au,
hone has lodged and boarded at Ilo
Fast Sixty-seyenth Street for the past
four months, was extremely Mustered
ovor the arrest Of the anarchist yester,
day. She was not much concerned
about Carbone's welfare, although she
asserted that he had always been
"real nice fellow" quiet and prompt,
in the payment of the So she charged
him for meals and room each week.
but said that she was afraid that ne
would give his latch key to her apart
mont TO some one Of his friends. sup
nose" she demanded in German, that
some other scoundrel comes INTO my
rooms, steals all my things, ana per
haps leaves bomb!'
Carbone n Busy Person.
Carbone his landlady said, worked
in n shoe store on Third Avenue ne
appeared TO be industrious, ana az
though at times he stayed out late AT
NIGHT he never gave the least trouble.
The dining room, where the Doho
maker had been accustomed 10 Steep
was searched yesterday morning by the
police, who APPROPRIATED all MS letters;
books and pictures. Two suits OF
clothes. belonging to Carbone, a num-
Der Of stiff and regllgee shirts mass
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03

had taken 10 bomb making the father
burst into a philippe against Carbone'
who. De said. wa. directly responsible
Tor the outrage.
Bad Company Blamed.
bad company done it," he asserted.
"This Teller Carb0ne come around very
often TO see Frank. lie was nice
looking young man, well dressed and
had good manners. We al. like him.
Maybe two or three time - week he
come around. He's very nice TO whole
family. Daughters, wife and AL they
like him much. Maybe after he talks
an hour he say, Well, Frank. let's 90
OUT Then Frank and he go away and
my boy come home very late. It's mis-
fault. Franks always got good rec
ord never has he been arrested before
even"
Again he paused and mopped MIA
eyes with d Crmy bandana. The rest
Of the company snivciled in unison.
There's lots Of tough Italians in
this street." he went on, thieves, gang
fellers. but Frank, he dida't so with
them at all. Up TO four years ago he
was very religious, always went to
church and prayed to st. Anthony, that
was his saint. Then he stopped, but
he wasn't bad boy even then
Abarno said that his son left the
house a few moments before 8 yester-
day morning. He did not ask him why
he was rising so early. but imagined
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03

Bishop Hayes was at the altar saying
the mass. Carbone set down his bomb
BY a pillar. lie touched the fuse with
his cigar. It did not smoke or sp!utter
it was devised to burn invlsibly and
without sound. But as he Strengthened
up the elderly man jumped and
grabbed the fuse and pinched il out.
One of the scrubwomen seized Car
bone and q worshlpper sprang TO her
aid.
The bomb thrower was in the hands
Of detectives -for the other plot had
reached It's climax at the moment he
touched the cigar to the fuse. The
"scrubwoman"was James Starrett, the
worghipper James J. Coy and the aged
man who put out the fuse was Lieuten-
ant Barnett.
So quickly was the dynamiter hus-
tied out the side door and into the
waiting limousine that few Of the wor-
shipDers. only those that were in the
Immediately adjoining seats, knew
that anything extraordinary had hap
pened.
On the opposite side of the church
was another scrubwoman Detective
Patrick Walsh and there was a
worshipper there also. He was Vslen-
tine Correll, dressed as truck driver.
They were there in case the plotters
should have decided 10 come in the
door on that side. The police had re
hearsed and perfected their plot so thai;
there could be no slip
Pulignano had given them minute de
scriptions Of the bombs; they knew
how long it would take the fuses 70
burn So sure were they Of them
selves that they allowed bomb power
full enough 20, shatter the Cathedral
and Kill hundreds of the worshippers
to be actually lighted. They were so
sure % their ground, in fact. that those
in the immediate vicinity exposed
themselves 70 certain death in order 70
catch their quarry red handed.
"TO Police Commissioner Woods be
longs the credit for the suggestion Of
the scruDwomaE disguise, and IL was
q great success" said Captain Tunney,
who managed the coup. Barnett was
made up by Professional. The others
were able 20 tx themselves up. Correll
took Coy in hand and taught him how
10 pray, so that he could impersonate
a worshipper and no, arouse suspicion.
From the meeting place Of the plot
tiers 10 the Cathedral they were trailed
by Detectives Joseph Fennelly and
jerome Murphy, so that they could do
no harm with the bombs on the way"
No arrangements were made before
hand with the clergy at the Cathedral
the police wanted to keep the whole
situation in their own hands
The deception was caryied out By the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03
Defectire Wins His Way
Into Councils of "Reds y

make bombs for the rich. That IS what
Berg and Caron were doing when they
got Killed They tied the fuse TOO
tight or else some piece OF steel mace
a spark. | an an expert; nothing IKE
that would ever happen to me.
"Baldo" agreed with all he said end
added words Of his own, and before
they parted hc had an invitation from
Abarno 10 20 With him to the meeting
Of the following Tuesday night
At that meeting he found that had
won his way into The inner crcIe OF
the Brcsci group. There were oh'V
about fifty privileged TO enter. and
pulicnaro. of the Lated Police Depart
ment. became one Of them, By the heip
Of one of their leaders.
After that meeting Abarno again
asked him 20 walk with i'm, and he re-
peated the invitation at Subsequent
meetings. PuliCuano became q regular
attendant at the exclusive Tuesday ana
Thursday night meetings.
AT last New Years Day came along
and Abarno asked PuliEnano 10 90 WIN
him 70 the unemployed meeting al
Union Saua The anarchists walked
up Fifth Avenue in groups, hlsslNg me
churches and the houses OF the Hch'
and especially the Cattle dra..
.I would like to have two bombs 70
nut in there Abarno said.
"I'd Ike TO 90 It," PuligHano agreed.
There was nc oubt left I'm Abarno'
mind that 1ulignano was one Of the
most radical reds in the city, and Il few
NIGHTS AMER hat ne let him into plot
he was working or. I was nothing
less than the project to blow the Cattle
dral TO bits. Would Puhgnano 20 into
it, &c would.
So Abarno took him to a room at
t34l Third Avenue, and there they were
Joined by Ch-rles Ccrbone. Iney
Swore an oat over the dagger an ital-
ian oath-which declared that any o.
the three who should betray his fel-
lows should be cut to pieces.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03
"Shows What Police Can Do
Says Mayor of Reds Arrest.

Woods in high spirits last
lea
M To H.. he said
splendid of work the part OF the department ao
have support In working out the
subject camor and
have known that the police in touch with
them with view TO preventing pe
highly pleased that they
have o successful
and the apprehension OF
police do Our policemen are
well able do that think they are becoming more and
more
These little fellow" hadn't the 'ap
M o think far such plan or programme az
they said:
Think what people will they Fifth Avenue ana see
the Cathedral in sendof the papers will give " and
will be Il who did it all
after wrrg Cathedral they looked forward 10 going u"e'
They did talk and Vanderbilt ou' mat
oAou the hanks knew about that
detective job Bsrnetz was made up so wen la' ~
- Jimmy Dunn didn't Ano"
I ul4nt Ie him 60 lie still wearing his
mn and looked ike ID. Crmmins
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03
Holy Picture on Wal Of
Room Where Young An
archist Broodcd Over the
Cathedral Plot - Carbonc
Bore Excellent Reputation
at Boarding Place.

Presumably al tho living relatives
Of Frank Abaro were gathered in the
three room apartment Of his father,
Tony, a fruit dealer. up four fights Of
stairs NJ PSI Elizabeth Street. They
were assembled in a family council,
which, from the sound, consisted chief
ly in cries and lamentations over the
Maynard action OF their bomb-throwing
relation. The father was the only one
who could stfe his emotion sufficient
ly to answer questions.
Sure, I'm his pa" he admitted. 81
got seven children i've boys and Two
girls. Frank, he's the oldest. A good
boy, too-hard working, pays the rent
every week"
Sobs choked him for moment, and
the rest of the gathering moaned IN
chorus, "a good boy The room in
which they were gathered was the larg-
est Of the three. but the dozen persons
assembled jammed it full. From the
wall above the stove q violent litho-
eraph Of the Virgin smiled down from
a fiy-specked gilt frame on the family
of the boy who had tried to blow up
St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Frank work by printer" the
parent continued "He worked there
four year. They liked him so much
they let him come there before any
enc else and open the shop. Never be-
fore has he got into trouble at all
He's a good steady feller, my Frank"
Tony Abarno said that the printer
for whom his son worked was named
Reuben, and had an Office on Second or
Third Avenue. When asked how he ac-
counted for the fact that hi oldest son
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03

Finally CaDtain Tunncy, Of the HON
.o:do Rureau n Headquarters, picked
out Pulignauo for tn Job. lie was an
Italian. tall and rather underted look
ING with large black eyes that OuiGtu
so,,.,.b. and o. shock OF black hdiI'
ne looks like an anarchist, was me
eDpraisal Captain Iunney MADE OF MS
looks.
To his Wit and friends Amedeo fn-
riocsro became a lost personality from
.lot time OIL. He was no longer faIIO1-
-, p,1ligrano. cf 10 christopher
sect lie became Frank Baido. OF
1G0- Third Avenue. lie lived alone IN
, furnished room there lie went 10
work early in the morning as S"e3'-
.bop operative. and at nights, "IleI ne
Us admitted 70 the Group OF an
.rcbists. he spent his hours with them
m The basement OF the Parma I"'S'
His admission there was not gained
III, Uc fourd out that the sunday
,ftcrnoon meetings we're more open
and more generally at.,-ied' anu Ia
ne corl 90 10 these Nl not suSP'c.o'''
lie went 20 many, until IAN" no
began 10 notice him and Spt"H 10 NM
and one Sunday night alter 'he NEE me-.
NC he asked him 20 tahe Walk WI"
If was a cold. rainy night, and they
walked along without the pfoteG'oh o.
,oats and umbrellas. The colo "a'e'
slushed through their worn sHo.S
They walked down Fifth Avenue WIZ WIN
the great some houses q lIJ ,'..eb
looking coldly down ON them am E C,,r
liroousine. rushing past them "I'h IuI-
. me- nasters sitting snugly ia the
warm. lighted interiors; -, ,.,..5
" q Sh t cursed capital. and he found
op [lIJ,la'O Teady with even stronger
or go Then they talked OF bombs
o oud bonb makers. lie had no doubt
ina, TnT his his" companion was yirulent red.
'" %Tbere is only one thing for US an n
go "a 20" he said, land that IS to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03

We advise that, to make an explosive
properly, you should adopt fuse that
viii burn just fast enough TO give you
time to reach safety and let the bomb
burst at the right moment.
"Thc fuse should be well placed in
the socket OF the container OF the APP
paratus The best metal is iron or
steel, although brass, copper or bronze
will DO. Last OF all comes zinc, or
wood when well bound together Lead
viii not do at all"
Then came list &C articles needed
to make the bombs. with the weights
and measures Of the ingredients, at an
estimated cost Of 10 Ira iSlo.60). Fol-
lowed also a list Of apparatus, such as
retorts. second hand apothccary's
scale and tubes, at cost Of 4G Ira
1920.
ITO make o dozen nitro gIycerine or
dvnam.;c bombs the cost should be $50
Ira ,.'9l,' Inc book said; that is, If
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03
SCARE IN CHICAGO, TOO
Big Nitroglycerine Shipment
Has Vanished There.

Chicago, March Local officials OF
the Federal Department of Justice
here are searching for group Of men,
who it is said received a large ship
ment of nitroglycerine from the East
several days ago Efforts 70 ascertain
what disposition was made of the ex-
p.osive were redoubled to-day when
the New York dynamite plot was made
public.
1t was said the nitroglycerine was
shipped in full compliance with the
law but that the persons who received
il disappeared
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03
LONG TERM FOR B0MBMEN

Albany. March 2.-There IS a biII
now in the Legislature which would
make an attempt TO explode bomb IN
any building or on any vessel punish
able by twenty-five years imprison-
ment. The bill which was introduced
by Assemblyman Aaron A. Feinberg,
of Manhattan. provides for forty-year
penalty where the bomb explodes and
endangers human life.
The present law makes the latter act
punishable by ten years Imprisonment
and the former by five years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03

II has passed back into the hands OF
the anarchists. -
Following me Instructions IN the
book. the three plotters bought IN Varl-
Gus places copper wire, chlorate or pot
ash. black anthony sulphate, sulphur
and powdered sugar.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03

made separately. II made in bulk the
cost should be about l40 Ira $3.50
This instructive book belonged to
Carbone. but Pulignano got II long
enough To send il 70 the police through
secret channels 20 make a copy Of It.
They had 10 return il to him at once.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03

fry n win their way into the meetings
of the Bresci group, but none mad sue ,.-
ceeded. 4 policeman once got pass me ne
door. hut before the meeting started ne
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was pointed out by one Of the mem
bers a. "a Jew stool pigeon" He was
thrown out on the street, and some
were for taking his life.
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did not light it with his cigar. He
made the motion and passed on out OF
the door. Carbone went further down.
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He did not notice how closely gray
haired man. who looked Ike John ~
Criumins, followed him.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-06-12
NOTICE.
Coyington. La, May II, 1918.

Coyington, La, May II, 1915.
Public notice is hereby given that
the parish school board will receive
sealed bids for the construction Of a
|one-room school house to be built
in the second ward for the Fendlasun
school and on land donated by Che
#Salmen Brick and Lumber Co. This
building is to be built according 10
plans and specifications by Chas.
jenkins, architect, and on file with
the superintendent.
Notice is also given that the build
Ing committee appointed by the par
ish school board on April II, 1914.
consisting of the Ward Director OF
the said second ward and the sup
erintendent will meet in the Office of
the school board in Covingten on
Saturday. June 26, 1915, and pro-
coed to open bids and award the.
contract to the lowest bidder. The
committee reserves the right to re-
jeci any or all bids.
The successful bidder will be re-
CURED to furnish bond for one-haIf
the contract price through q bonding
company. 8
ELMER e. LYON,
superintendent.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-06-12
ASSESSORS NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby given that the
listing Of all property situated In the
parish Of st. Tammany, subject to
taxation, has been completed and es-
timated valuAti made thereof by
me. In accordance with law, and that
said list will be exposed at my Office
in the courthouse, in the town Of
Coyington, for inspection and correc-
ton, for a term Of twenty days, be-
ginning after ten days from this first
publication hereof.
Covington, La, May IA, 1916.
WARREN THOMAS,
Assessor st. Tammany Parish.
mi 5-6t