The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-31

r. Rice IN Fast Milton Rice SAYS that
Pitman represented 10 him ho wanted
dynamite to blpN ~ :, me stumpS on land
IN Worcester. II" went tu Rirr'~ piaC"
IN an automobile" ilr obtained several
sticks of dNndmi'" from Rice. tn"
latter accompanied him TO Boston because
he wished 10 talk to HIM with view Ia
induce HIM To- take aii interest IN th"
quarry.
silently URndch over Dynamite.
Rice said that Pilman told him that
"a was to me-t is foreman pitman
gave the dynamite to "A man. but not n
TorC: was spoken in the prosen," of Rice
80 To- what il was. After Pt'uan went
10 the North Station to hoard a train for
Lawrence Rice returned home
Rice testified before the Grand jury.
In getting Rice District Attorney Pell.-
tier resorted To detective work. Breen
had said that he did not rem, mber the
name used by pitnan in calliug Wy the
man regarding the dynamite lie thought
IL was Rice or Wright. He further said
Pitman talked to III" man in Saugus
The District Attorney knew of no quar-
ries in the neighborhood of Sjuigus, but
knew there were many in the vicinity OF
Quincy. he also learned that men named
Rice and Wright were in the uuarrying
business in that locality.
Pitman had said that the dynamite
WIZ Olu ana VA u f'hf'n pNllDSsI 10 tnp
cold. II was learned that Rice had old
guarries in Fast Milton and the District
Attorney had Inspector Lynch summon
Rice before the Grand Jury
Collins is said to have been the man
who went with Rreen to I.awrenc" at the
time Pitman delivered the dvnomite -
TO the latter. Collins has denied an kuowl-
edge Of the matter.
IA pItmnu Commits suicide.
The persons first arrested w.r. able
10 prove thai they had uolhing To do
with the planting ui 'he explosives
An investigation was begun winch lasted
long after IN" strike was settled. Last
Tuesday IT wis announced that the
Grand Jury would TAX" up the matter.
and on the same evening Ernest W
Pitman. Il rill constructor of AndDVcr
Mass. committed e.li 'dr.
District Attorney Paliotler later said
That Pitman had talked with him con
cernng the alleged planting" Of dyna-
mite in Lawrence last winter and that
he had been summoned TO testify he.
for the Grand iltrv 49, to what he knew
Cf III" matter
Pitman left ur note ur other word as
10 his reason for shooting himself Some
of his friends aitrihut"d the suicide To
worry over lluau"ial AFFAIRS. whilr others
Expressed the belief hat he had killed
himself rather than testify regarding the
dynamite Cas"
Brccn Priu"ipni witness.
Breen test flied before the Grand jury
and is the principal witress against the
defendants. who include Dennis i Collins
alle ged to have aided Brcen IN carrying
the dynamli. from Bost on to Lawrence
after he had received il from Pit nman
Mr.. WOOD was away Yesterday. but
, after the Grand Jury made it, report his
counsel waS III ComnuniCat ion wit n
Dist rict Attorney Pa llet Ter and II is under
stood arrangements were made to ha We
him surrender himself al police head
quarters to-day.
, The annolin, ement Of Grand jury in
Nestigat ion 10 ascertain who were behind
the plan to plant h. dynamite, Il having
been assumed that Breen. an undertaken
personally had no interest that would
cause him to act on his own initiative
caused a sensation in Lawrence and this
city
After his release on bail Mr. Wood gave
out this statement.
"Of course ! am greatly surprised al
the action Of the Grand Jury. ! cannot
conceive what informant ION could have
been presented to the Jurors which in
any way connected mo with the So-called
dynamite plot. | certainly had no con
meet ion with II and this fact will he fully
established at the proper time to the
full abstraction of the public and even
the District Attorney Beyond this
have nothing to say"
Mr. Wood personally handed this state
ment to newspaicrrnen and then said
that. in compliant" with his colInsels re-
quest ne would give out NOT thingt llrt her