New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25
DYNAMITER OWNS UP.
UNION MEN.
AHother of Esd Street Trio ACCuScs
Walking Delegates.

Charles Moran. a member Of the BridFewens
and HOusesmiths Union. who was arrest ed sew
eral weeks ago with two other ironworkers.
charged with attempting to dynamite the Bliss
Building. being erected on East 23d street by
Post & McCOrd. made a complete confession
yesterday to Assistant District Attorney Train.
Mr. Train says he implicated several walking
delegates OF the New York and New Jersey
branches OF the union. declaring that they put
M the money to have not only the Bliss Build
ing dynaTited. but other buildings destroyed
and the work Of construction halted As is
is not known whether Morans story can bs
properly corroborated the District Attorneys
Office has refused TO divulze names.
Late yesterday Moran. who was TO have been
placed or trial Tomorrow. sent word TO the
District Attorneys Office that he was willing
10 waive trial and plead guilty 20 the charge
on which he and the other two ironvorISerz /
were indicted. The jury that was to have heard I
the evidence was completed Friday.
Moran was taken into custody with Thomas
Weir and John Guthrie as they were about 10
place twenty pounds OF dynamite in the Bliss
Building. The men were indicted az once. A.
week after they were arrested, Guthrie inplf-
Gated Moran and Weir and the walking dele-
gates The story told 10 Assistant District Att
torney Train yesterday was substantially thsi
same as that recited by Guthrie.
Moran was with Assistant District Attornev
Train more than two hours yesterday His
counsel was present when the full confezsiouL
was made and signed
Guthrie had said that he went TO work ON a.
Post & McCord building last faU and that soonI
afteTward he was told by his fellow ironworkers
that If he did not join the union ne would Be-
killed He went TO his employers and told them.
Of the threats They advised him To join the
union, which he did. II was soon after that
ha vii nf,l
introduced him to the walking delegates as q
man willing TO do tricks for the union"
Both men attended several meetings Of tha
union. and at one session. held in February a.
proposition was made 10 Guthrie To- throw ths
derrick on the Levering & Gerigues building. at
1ssh street and Third avenue. for which he was
10 rscsive $50. The names OF the delegates who
offered the money are known to Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Train.
Guthrie declares he Ioitered near the building
for several days. but never got a chance 10 do
the 'oO. Then he was assigned to halt the work
on HenkaI Brothers building in Stone street.
receiving specific Instructions from the delegates
TO fatten tue cables holding the derricks- Hs
did not Est n chance 20 DO this job either. and
after lying in wait Tor some time the reward
was Increased to S100. However. no opportunity
appeared, and then the Bliss job came up
Before Guthrie Moran and Weir planned thu
dynamiting Guthrie for some reason not
known left the employ Of Post & McCOrd- The
plot to destroy tho building was well laid. but
Inspector Mclaughlin. at Police Headquarters.
got a tip and sent a squad of Central once men
10 Illustrate it. The three trOnwOrkers were rOi-
lowed 70 the foot OF East I'D street where tney
buried satchel containing twenty POUNDS or
dynamite In a sand pile. Then the three men
walked TO the Bliss Building and while two
kept Lookout the third man entered tne nu''u-
ing and was about to place the explosive IN q
place where it would demOEsh the strucIurs
when the detectives pouuced On them
Train Moran has a bad record and has con-
fessed to being employed in other similar JOBS