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Show ANARCHfSTS OF TERROR Murder of Rockefeller, Carnegie and Other Financiers, Destruction of Homes of Wealthy, Attacking of Banks and Stealing Contents of Vaults Proposed. BOMBS PLACED IN CATHEDRAL j Member of Outlaw Band Drops Two Infernal Machines in St. Patrick's Pat-rick's While Hundreds Kneel in Prayer; Detective De-tective Stamps Out the Fuse. XEW YORK, "March The dis eovery of an anarchistic plot invol -ing the assassinat on of ndrew Carnegie Cornelius Yanderbilt, John D Rock feller and hi3 son and other wealthv men, and the organization of a reign of terror-and, looting in this city was an Bounced by the police today after the lad arreted, nnder dramatic circum stance' a man -who had just placed two bombs in St. Patrick s cathedral -where several hundred persons were wor shipping Today s sensational develop merit was the climax of months of work by detectives in uncovering a con epiracy which they declare projected the opening of a campaign of violence and bloodshed without precedent in 'New Tors City So carefully had the police worked out their plans that the anarchist was even allowed to light the fuse of one of the bombs which he earned into the cathedral despite the fact that the ex plosives were powerful enough to have damaged the edifice and possibly killed many in it Scarcely had the bomb earner ignited the fuse when one of the half hundred d guised deteetives who were stationed in and about the church crushed the sputtering thread under his heel The plotter was taken into ens tody just as he was about to light the fuse of the other Bomb ,Thrower Arrested Frank Abarno was the name given by the man who placed tho bombs in the cathedral. Later Charles Carbone 18 years old, was arrested at h s home as the actual manufacturer of the ex plosives. Others were implicated in the plot in the belief of the pol e and more arrests arc expected in the near future Both Abarno and Carbone late today the police reported admitted their part in the conspiracy the carry ing out of wh ch was to have begun this morning with the attempted destruction of the cathedral The men arrested however assumed all responsibility de nying that anyone else was involved "When arraigned late today they were 1 eld without bail for examination Thursday 4.barno and Carbone are said to be members of the Bresci group of anarch sts in this city who take the r name from Graetano BrescL assass n of King Humbert of Italy Accord rig to th" police the plot to blow up the cathedral and follow this with attacks on wealthy men was conceived early in 1 ebruary Policeman Joins m Plot The plans ot the conspirators mlecar t ed because a young pol ceman Bmelio Pollgnanl jo ned In the p ot as an avow ed anarchist and for several weeks kept the po Ice informed ot the mo emen a of his compan ons Pollgnanl was arrested in the cathedral today with the men who had p aced the bomb but this was onlj in accordance with the prearranged plan of his superiors The two men were taken to pol ce 1 cadquarters where shortly they were Jo ncd b Carbone who had been arrest ed mean ime Then the two p otters and Pollgnanl were put through a search ng examination. So far as Abarno and Car bone knw, Po gnani was as deeply n volved as they and they had no suspicion as to his real identity Througi the Iver replies of Pol gnanl wl o assumed he role of a s rly prisoner. Vbarno was led Into making h s onfessio a cording o the police and later Carbone corrob orated his partner s story Abarno s story to he po ce was desclrbed later by off! cers as fo lows I was n this job but ne er In any other 1 p t these tombs in he e I had been told that Ar hb shop (Continued on Page Four ) ANARCHISTS PLAN RElGi OF TERROR (ConHnuea from Page One ) Corrlgan and Archbishop Hughes and other big men in the church were buried under the floor where I put the bombs and t was my hope that the explosion wou d open heir graves Studied for "iears I am '4 years old and came to this country with mj parents s x een years ago I am a pr nter About five jea s ago I began to study anarchs That I dec ded was the nroner means of settling the wrongs of the poor This was a terri ble w nter for the poor Our group decided to do someth ng e decided to open a campalg against the Catholic and Protestant hurche 1 en o terrorize and perhap des rev the homes of the Rockefe e a, Car negie ard some of h an Ierbllts and final j when we had he 1 y ter rorlzed to ln ade 11 e barks at the head of an army of t e poo and he p ou--seI e to the ho ds of he rich We fUed on ' Pa r ck athedral as the pace o s er he au e It Is the b gee t fathol c hurch and our den onstra lon there wou d a ract o m ch a tent on carbo e as select ed to n ako e tmb and h bought the niite al up town I- He ale the bomb according to dl rectiorm n a book P Inted In Italian and clrc ated bv he anarch s a. Thla book el how o nake bombs, how , to pla e them and how to get awa Ca r n made he bomb In a room 1 on Th d c e To elped to make It snaxieo Pol g an I he ed some a dm tted Aharno Tl o took c materia s to he room n a trunk w h we eft the r Had we succeeded o ay we 1 ha e used that room as o r 1 ea 1i i ers for bomb making N bod s ape el s Denies Other Crimes Abarno nslsted a t ha1 o ronnec tlon I he ev.p os o of b nb las fall in st Pi k n m 1 edral and In f ont of St A phons s hu It was af er these oc rrcd that Ponce Commissioner Woods decided to make a de errs ned effo t to run down those re sponsib e for bomb outrages He star ed n b examining a number of I al an po licemen and Anally se ected Po gr who was just out of the schoo of e cruits to Join the anarchist camn It had been decided by the po ce h the Eresci group of anarchists was, he most dangerous In the cit and Po ena Joined the groun Po well did he a part that he was considered to be o e Of the most fearless men bers He p ck d Abarno and Carbene as he most dang ous spirits in th 8 group he memWrs of which called them el es id dja s not being bmjid b ans action of he entire body but be ng pri eged to do as the pleased either s ng or In gro p i of wo or three PoUgnanl had no chance o make extended ex-tended reports to the police for each one of h s anarchistic compan ons was watch lng the others with suspic on. fearkig possible treachery Howe er he did keep his ch efs informed of what was going on through brief reports Made Like a ShelL Pol gnanl Carbone and Abamo "kept re much toge her and on one of these oc as ons the policeman reported. Car bone sa d he knew how to manufacture bombs ard said Iron knobs were desh-a h e n he construction The police state than the two bombs exploded at the ch r ea last October contained ST.ch kno , v.YTen was decided to place -tombs in t Pi n ks cathedral todas PoUgnanl ten e a oart of e erv detail of the plot e o he paying of his share of the cos of the exp oai es Last Saturday Aha ro went to the cathedral and picked o he places in which the bombs would do h most damage All this waa re po d b Pollgnsc to the polic. Pollg I nam was selected to accompany Aharno on he misstoi todav Cnr'-one had fjlfi ed his duty tn the cons t on of he exp ostves Abarno anl P gnan -ride t c r wav to the ca thedra at a time wl ea worshipers were s end ng of ock n ce A I read v a arge force of deteeUves ad been sea tered throughout the edifice n ariouJ d sg ees Placed Bomb in Pew Two made up as scrubwomen wer wo k ng I the est bu e nro her wv disc sed as an sher t e 1 r h an nanj detectives were s ng n pe' d f erent parts of the 1 Krr nt at the a ecra Abamo wli 1 gh ed a. gtr ji e ea. vrUhH to bi VT en Po na e k slgcaH d ct e hule aH passed g a he jraH g he no the lH 1 rro s i o a f ui laced a at ar lace his f fee e asle a En w he PH o mb a the llgbH e T Jed outl ow h c e chnrdH o o as hel It wa-s at rr m n that tH wa --e- n U-e eH of U na he an a mpanlonB sa oda der B a g d niK ocer otS we llab e to fve yeM o rr nt and w e ft er UabH n-e under SuhivaaM w on act. |