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Show frame-Up'StoryTold it Bony ot Trial Defendants Testify That They Vere Dragged Into Conspiracy by Police Detective Now York, April 3. Cross examination exami-nation of Carmine Carbono -it this trial with Frank Abarno on tho ;hargo of attempting to oxplodo bombs lu St. Patrick's cathedral failed tuJay to shako tho Btory that his participation participa-tion In tho alleged plot had been instigated in-stigated by Pollco Dotectlvo Amcdoo Pollgnanl for tho purposo of framing him up. Cardono denied stoutly Unit ho bad anything to do with mixing tho Ingredients of tho bombs accused the detective of having manufactured thorn and sworo that ho was induced by him to go to tho cathedral. Tho wltnoss accused tho pollco of beating him In order to mako him confoss. Uo denied knowing anything any-thing about tho anarchist literature, said to have been found ln his possession. pos-session. Ho said Pollgnanl had purchased pur-chased such llteraturo for hlra, but ho had not read it. Somo of It was lu English which ho could not r.'ad ho said. Abarno also took tho stand In his own defenso nud told a similar story. Pollgnanl had taken him along Fifth monuo, ho said, pointed out the homes of John D. Rockefeller, Andrew An-drew Cnrncglo nnd othor wealthy men and urged vlolonco against them as well as a raid upon Jowolry stores and banks. Tho mother and sister of Abarno testified that Pollgnanl was a frequent fre-quent visitor nt tholr homo nnd exerted ex-erted an evil Influonco upon him. Tho mother said that for this reason the had warned Pollgnanl to ccaso his visits. "My brother was a good boy until ho mot I'ollgnnnl," tho sister testified. |