Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-04
HIGH F|NANC|ERS
MAY Be ARRESTED
IN DYNAMITE CASE
Prosecutor Pierre Garven Is
After Officers of Cor
porations.
GOING HIGHER UP IN HUNT
TO PLACE RESPONSIBILITY
Men Under Arrest Are Ar
raigned and Waive
Examination.

JERSEY CITY, Feb 4.-Prosecutor
Pierre Garven, of Jersey City, an
nounced today that should evidence he
Is collecting warrant such action he
would cause the arrest of high officials
Of the Central Railroad of New Jersey
and officials of the Du Pont de Nemours
Powder Company charging them with
homicide and criminal neg ,igence for
their connection with the Communipaw
dynamite explosion on Wednesday
"If 1t Is found that any of these men
are culpable l shall cause their arrest,
said Mr. Garven. "It Is not my inten-
ton to pick out little men in the en-
ploy of the corporation to make scape-
goats of them. We are after the men
really responsible for the disaster. Az
our evidence accumulates we will act
in accordance with The facts"
James Connolly. inspector of combus-
tibles of Jersey City, also Is expecting
to swear out warrants for railroad Of
fcials and powder company officials.
who, he says, openly violated the laws
of New Jersey.
Waive Examination.
Seven officials and employees Of the
Central Railroad of New Jersey and
| the Du Pont de Nemours Powder Com
pany, and Captain James Healing, of
the Katherine W., the destroyed pow-
der-boat, arraigned on charges of man
slaughter. waived examination today
before Judge John w. Queen, of the
Second Criminal Court, in Jersey City,
and were ordered held under bond to
await the action of the Hudson county
grand jury.
The nine men held for grand jury
action are: Frederick c. Peters, man
ager of the Dupont Company; Ralph
G. Morse, assistant manager, Plain
field; Captain Burr st. John. superin-
tendent of transportation, New York;
James Healing. owner of the Kath-
crime W., Jersey City; Arthur Hamii-
ton, general freight agent OF the Jersey
4 Central, Newarki Louis Gallaudet,
dock master, Elizabeth; Charles Rid
der. clerk a resident of Newark; J. M.
| Morris, Communipaw freight agent of
the Jersey Central.
When the men reached Judge Blair's
office they were told that he was out
of town. Judge Carey, of the Court
of Common Pleas. thereupon fixed bail
at 81, 500 in each case. 1t was furnished
by surety companies for the powder
and railroad companies men and by
William Cahill a tea merchant, for
Healing.
In case the officers and directors of
the Jersey Central are arrested some
of the most prominent men in the
financial district of New York will be
in the tolls. These would include
George T. Baer, president of the rail-
road; George F. Baker president of the
First National Bank of New York, one
of the directors; Charles Piel. men,
ber of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co.,
another director, and ]. Rogers Max
well, 1r., also a director.
Officers May Face Charges.
OF the Du Pont Powder Company peo-
pie who are expected to face charges
are President T. c. Du Pont. Treasurer
Pierre S. Du Pont, Secretary Alexis l..
Du Pont and other members of the Du
Pont family who are directors.
If these men are not called upon to
answer to the charges of criminal neg
ligence and manslaughter, Inspector
Connolly may ask for their arrest on
the charge of violating the city ordt-
nance recurring a permit for the trans-
portation of dynamite through the city.
The first body of a killed boatman
was recovered yesterday by the divers.
| Shortly before p. m. the divers em-
ployed by the Jersey Central railroad
| brought up that of Captain James
Armstrong, of 1873 Claremont avenue.
| Jersey City. the Captain of the
! Whistler, the boat of the Du Pont Pow
| der Company. 1t was identified by one
of the men at the pier and later at the
morgue by friends. The coroner's Jury
! will view 1t this morning, and then
| the body will be turned over to friends.
| Albert Smith, an employee On the
| lighter Empress, of the Empire Tow
| ing Company, which was at Pier 8. the
| adjoining pier, when the explosion hap
pened, settled the fact yesterday that
the first explosion, il there was more
than one. was on the Katharine w.
He said that the Whistler was loaded
at 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning
and the Katharine w. arrived half an
hour later and was being loaded when
! the explosion took place aboard her.
Smith called at the City Hall station
and told Captain John Cody what he
knew. and Immediately he was sub
poenaed to testify at the hearing next
Tuesday night.
Tryne Anderson, one of the Ingrid
crew has told the police that he was
offered q bribe to testify that he heard
two. distinct explosions. Anderson had
told the alleged briber. whom he de-
scribes as a well-dressed man about 35
years old, that he had heard only one
report. The stranger, Anderson de-
clares replied:
IF you can testify that you heard
two explosions we will pay you well.
You can stay In America year and 1t
won't cost you anything"
Another name was added to the list
of dead last night. 1t was that of
John A. Deepen, aged SS, of 274 Clare
mont avenue, this city. Deepen was q
clerk in the freight office of tho Jersey
Central, and was at his desk when the
explosion occurred. BY the shock d
fire extinguisher hanging over the desk
was knocked down and II struck Den
pen on the head, fracturing his skull.
He was taken to St Francis's Hospital,