New-York tribune., 1894-10-23
1T WAS A WORK OF REVENGE.
DARING ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP BOARD
ING-HOUSE.
I,roprp o1-ARREIs WITH A CONTRACTOR
AND a CoMRADE AND TRIES TO hil-'
TuEM-A BRAZEN Confession

THEM-A BRAZEN CONFESSION
r.,.L puov who Is an expert dynamiter. was
counitted TO the White Plains Jail yesterday py
Justice Tierney OF New Rochelle. on charge oi
attempting blow up n large frame pu""S.
cupied by about one hundred Italian iaporerS' i''
building Is on the outskirts OF the NIiase "V''
Glen Island and is kept clearinghouse py
Francisco Marehese. Messrs. Murray ana Muiio''
who ore constructing a new sewer through Wey-
nan-ave New-Rochcle. employ large nuinber Oh
Italian Irish and colored laborers. Inc it"i"i''
mostly board at Marchese's place FRANK Murray
nm Irshman. who is employed on the se"e'' nos
olso boen staving there Riley had some trouble
with him. and said that one reason Tor hls "'.
tomntinc TO blow up the building was to get rd OF
Murray.
The men worked day and night on the sewer
For the last week Riley has been on the h'En'
shift 1t IS the rule OF the contractors 'ha' ""'"
a man reports late. he loses the Whoe dhy %
nights work. on Saturday night Riley was "pou'
half an hour late in reporting for duty. ana an
Italian was put in his place by Foreman Francisco
Norohese Riley was indignant at thlS' ana
blamed the foreman and Murray He went away
Saturday night. threatening TO get even.
Sunday night when the Italians were Drinking
becr and playing cards In the building. Antonio
Cesario went outside for something. ana sh" Il
man about one hundred feet from the buidns.
lie called out: What are YOU doing ther't anu
received the reply None OF your buslflcSS re
rocogntzed Rfey's voice. and Cesario starter
,o 20 toward him be trpacd on what proved 10
be n wire He jumped up and ran on. however ana
was struggling with Riley when the ltalahS "'S'n'
heord the noise and came ont When they iehlh'1
thai Rilev had dcihcratey arranged pot |"
blow them W with dynamite. they star"h 'o
'.rnob' him Foreman Francisco Mar"h"Se CIV"
toned them not to commit any violence an"
managed 10 get Riley TO a place OF safety "n'' :
he WAS kept until the New Rochelle police arrived
a telcphonc call having been scnt 10 Ponce "e'
quarters While Riley on IN" way 10 wv
lockup the angry Italians followed MIN ana
Threatened TO Xii him. At the police siatior h'I'F
admitted that he had planned to blow ny the bul'-
irr and said that Il he had had IA fc~ minutes
longer he would have finished the JOB ana p'o""
up the who.c gang.
Investigation showed that he had taken nine
cartrldges some wire and n battery us'n III "'"''
ing from the toobox and had placed 'hs car u
ridges in different parts under IN" buildih;' CON
necte1 them with wires. and was just about Ia
od.us, tho battery. which vas also connected WIN
mo wires when he discovered bN tNi'',
Yesterday morning Riley vas tah"n "riy'' - .
,ica Ticrnev When questioned b" shll u, W.,
twenty four years old. a HhtN" "I T.'t. -,
| tod Lcou cuuoyed as a hlastrr nj Fo't Loo. on
| The Palisades until short I'm" ago ~ t't"'
| Ia make any statement, except 10 S") ia w..
| dcgcnci the plot 20 bow NJ the bullli"h '"'
/ revenge. -. -..o-,.
| ,,end.d 10 tho s.cN- Rochelle contractors ~ "'
exp.rt hlastcr. and sober man. fir hhs ~" ~.
| qlcnt qtarrels with his fellow orhIn'n ~ ~"
! t,o.h.Il, and q % q sfrly disposition
The New-Rochcne police fny they are oohSih1 hei
,hof Riley Mas alone the plot. ana thhi i'''
| only motive Was r"vens"