The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-03-02

and three men working together De-
teetiyes we're assigned to w tch these
groups and two men from central Of
fee We're shadowins Carbone when he
| was arrested.
According to BaIdo, Abarno had
planned to wreck the cathedral a
week ago, late IN the afternoon but
had postponed execution of the idea.
partly at Baldo's suggestion.
Yesterday Abarno moved from his
quarters in Elizabeth street to a fur
nished room in Third avenue To-
day, when he left the furnished room
with Ba1do, half a dozen detectives,
some of them disguised as laborers
and carrying dinner pals, traiIed him
to the church. Within the edifiCe
other detectives acted as ushers and
the police sergeant, dressed as a priest
who had been assigned to escort the
bomb-throWer to a seat. waited just
behind the door for Abarno and Bal
do to make their appearance. This
detective had carefully planned his
disguise. A white wig and spec
taeles carefully concealed his identi-
ty, and a long cloak gave him the ap-
pearance of an aged and feeble cler-
gyman.
The bomb used was made of scrap
iron placed inside a plaster of paris
body with gunpowder as the explo-
sive. Most of the scrap iron was
round knobs which had been wrench
ed from iron fences in front of the
houses of New York city's wealthy
residents.
The police, say the plot was central
lied in group of anarchists known
as the Bresci group so named because
of the admiration which its members
expressed for Gaetano Bresci, the man
who killed King Humbert of Italy in
1900. At the time of this assassina--
ton it was reported that group of
T1r.-A
son. N. J., were in the plot @From
this group, swelled by many other an
archists, is believed to have sprung
the Bresci group, the headquarters of
which is in Harlem and exact location
of which is we'll known to the police.
The story told by detectives at the
church varied in some respects from
the statement given out at police
headquarters by Commissioner
Woods. According to the latter,
Abarnc carried two bombs to the
cathedral and on his way down the
bombs against a pillar near the spot
where was planted the bomb explod-
ed in the cathedral last October.
The other bomb, Commissioner
Woods said, was placed near the al
tar.
According to Commissioner Woods
Abarno had gone back from his seat
to the first bomb and had lighted it
when he was arrested.
Another unusual development in
the case which Commissioner Woods
said he did not care to comment on
was the detention at police head
quarters of Frank Baldo, the detec-
tive through whom headquarters had
learned of the gangs alleged activi-
ties. Baldo was placed under ar
rest-technica1 arrest it was assumed
and Mr.. Woods said that other an
archists besides Abarno and Carbone
would sbe rounded up and arrested
shortly in connection, with the al
legged plot.
Baldo is the assumed name of the
detective. His real name, Mr.
Woods said, is Emeno Poignant. He
is % years old and was assigned to
the Investigation of the bomb out
RACES of last October and November
Other young policemen, some of them
without previous experience in. de-
tective work, were also assigned to
the task. Commissioner Woods said
that he was sure the arrest of Abarno
and Carbone cleared up the mystery
of the bomb-theowing at St, Al
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