The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-03
MAN TRAP GETS
BOMB POTTER

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soon the box was lifted from the
ground.
At $50 O'Clock Monday night, su-
perintendent Flanagan and Captain
Regan dispatched a number of men
to the lot named in the letters, and
these officers deposited the trap and
concealed themselves in the bushes.
More men, including Captain Regain
himself, later appeared on the scene,
until there were La policemen in all,
concealed about the mo Dump"
sign.
Nothing happened until midnight,
when a man was seen to cautiously
enter the lot and approach, the sign
He stopped over, and at the same IN
slant the trap exploded. The
stranger, half blinded and thoroughly
frightened by the brilliant flare, stag
gered back and found himself press
ing against the business end Of very
servlce able-looking revolver held IN
the hand of a stalwart policeman. In
language common to the streets, 1.-The
jig was up
Taken to police headquarters, the
man described himself as Luigi Papili,
Of 231 Linen avenue. He stoutly main
tanned his innocence of any crime.
Policemen were sent to search his
house, and in a trunk owned by AL
berto Dd PaSquala was found box OF
writing paper of the same brand as
that on which were written the black
mail notes. A1beNto was. arrested, and
also Pasquale Di Pasquala, of 2,O45
Thompson street, and Sabatino Dor
tenzio, of 139 Cleveland avenue, who
were found in De Prof;o brothers sa-
loon at 157 Linen avenue.
The typewriter, an american" of
cheap design, was located the next
toy nlc RI
| thrust down beside a bath tub i'll
Luigis home. All of the men and
their relatives disclaimed knowledge of
| the machine.
After much questioning, the police
finally secured a breakdown, and
Joe Capoziello, of 211 Lexington ave-
| nue., Rosario De Profio and James De
Prof1o, brothers, of 231 Linen avenue
were arrested in connection with the
| plot.
| According to confessions said to be
in the hands of the police, Joe Capo-
| ziel1o and Albert DiPasquala were
| the brains of the gang. Joe was en-
| ployed in the shipping room of the
| Acme Shear company, and it was he
who first conceived the plan of form
| ing a gang. The men first intended
| to take up the gentle art of robbing
| homes but ditched this scheme in
favor of blackmail, through which
| they believed they could get more
| and easier money.
| Capoziello mentioned Wheeler, his
| employer, and the gang decided to
send him letter. They Clipped in
| one dollar apiece to buy the ma
| chine, which cost So and which was
| purchased from one of Joe's friends
Capoziello is said to have written the
| letters to Wheeler, being coached in
| this task by Alberto DiPasquala. Joe
| is also alleged to have telephoned to
| the intended victim on two occasions
August IL and IS, from the Arcade
each time asking him for the money
mentioned in the letters.
| Pasquale DiPasquala is said to
have been entrusted with the job OF
! making the bombs. The man jour
| neyed to Rocky Hill, near Hartford
| with which territory he was familiar
and stole s sticks of dynamite from
| a tool house. These explosives he
carried back to Bridgeport in a suit
case, riding on a passenger train
For this offense alone, Pasquale may
be called upon to face Fedora
charges.
Pasquale received SIS for thi
performance, and after returning
here, made the bomb. The inferno
machine consisted of two sticks O
dynamite tied together with twint
and wrapped in a newspaper. Tt
this was attached a denatator cal
and "a fuse. The bomb was mad
in a shanty in the rear of the sa
loon at 157 Linen avenue, Joe Ca
poziello. James DeProf1o and Pas
quale being present at the time
Sixteen sticks of dynamite were lief
with the bartender and the polio
4 recovered IA of these last night
Two are still missing.
On Saturday evening, Alberto Di
Pasquala and James DeProho met il
the saloon and started to carry gu
the bomb-throwing detail. Jane
borrowed a Ford car from a frient
and drove to the plant of the Acm
charge Of the car at the time, an
he gave DiPasquala lighted ciga
with which to touch off the bomb
James was supposed to throw the ex
plosive over the fence into an air
way, but the bomb fell short an,
landed on the sidewalk. 1t explode
with terrific force, and is said f
! have contained enough explosives t
wreck the building, had it struck i
| the intended place. The men di
not stop their machine, and this &C
counts for the fact that nearby resi-
t dents saw no one running away i'm
mediately after the explosion.
All seven men connected with tn
case are now being held ON technica
| charges of breach of the peace. Bond
- have been fixed at $4,000 for eac
prisoner, and charges will later b
9 changed to intimida ton and black
. mail. The men will also be Gale
upon to answer charges of the Fed
eral government.
Joe Capoziello. who is alleged to b
! one of the leaders of the gang, work
ed for some time in the shipping roor
| of the Acme Shear Company, and
was he who suggested sending the lei
| tiers to his boss. Alberto Di Pasqual
! was employed as a foreman in tn
: | plant of the Connecticut Clasp Com
pany. and is a, musician of considera
d BILE ability. He served in the arm
| during the war. All of the men seer
to be intelligent in every respect. an
> all worked honestly for a living. be
r,1o fny