Evening journal., 1913-05-20
COLLINS
TURNS In FOR
PROSECUTION
Says He PLANTED" Lawrence
Dynamite After Breen
Said MiIIiOnoireS Were
Back of Him"
MENTION NAME OF
PRESIDENT WOOD ON STAND
BY the United Press.


BOSTON, Mass. May 2O.-Dennis
J. Collins deserted his co-defendants
and took the stand for the prosecu-
tion when the trial of William NJ
Wood president OF the American
Woolen Company and Frederick At
0eaux, wealthy mill supply manufac-
turer indicted on a charge of plant
ing dynamite to discredit the Law
renee strikers, was resumed before
Judge Crosby today
The first questions asked we're re-
garding his knowledge and acauaint-
snceship with John J. Breen, who was
fined $500 for the actual planting of
the dynamite. Counsel for the defense
objected and the court ruled that he
could testify only against himself. A
lengthy wrangle between attorneys
followed.
Justice Crosby made it plain that so
far as the testimony of Collins was
concerned it was accepted as an ac-
romplioe and must be corroborated
trom Independent sources.
Il met Breen, whom / have known
for many months. accidentally on the
evening of January 10, 1912. The
meeting took place on Court street.
in Boston. I was asked by Breen il
would help him out on a little mat
ter and told him that would do
SO. He asked me to telephone TO a
certain number and ask for man.
7 did so, but l had the wrong NUM-
ber We then went to a saloon at
Washington and Franklin streets
with Breen. He was waiting for two
men and they later came along One
of them was MIR. Rice. and l am no,
sure about the others name The
other man was quite stout man
Breen told me TO wait for him and
he walked away and talked to them
for fifteen minutes. Then they came
back to where I was standing and Mr.
Rice handed Breen a bundle We
walked about a block and finally
Breen laid the bundle down on the
sidewalk and said to me carry that.
We went to the railroad station ant
Breen said 10 me. Here is a ticket
Get into the smoker and keep ava,
from me on the train He met m'
after we got 20 Lawrence and W,
rode to his undertaking place In
carriage. still had the bundle
which weighed about forty pounds.
u went with Mr. Brccn upstairs tC
his bedroom, which was above IN,
store. | took the bundle up with m,
and laid it on the bed and opened il
! asked Brcen what it was. He sale
II was Juice
What did you understand by
iuice?"
"Weli, | didn't quite know. Ii,
didn't say. All he sale was Wal
until you see the joke tomorrow
There's nothing to it, Then he tool
some caps out of his pocket and gave
them TO me. He tcld me to divide
up the sticks into half dozen bun
dies and he gave me lot of old cop
les of the Boston American to wraI
them up in which I did
81 was still curious about what h,
was going to do and he said TO me
DO you know President Wood, of thu
American Woolen Company I toll
him ] did not and he said: We'll
never mind, it'll be a good joke any
how"
Counsel for Wood objected to thi
evidence and the court ruled that IL
competency as determining the exist
ence of a conspiracy must be provel
by other witnesses.
" Igot into a sleigh with Brcen.
continued Collins, "and we drove t,
a tailor's shop. Under orders from
Breen ] knocked on the door an,
when a man came | handed him on
of the packages nd told him t.
keep it and it would be called 70
later. We then drove on and on
passing strike headquarters. Breel
called TO a man and asked wher
Ettor was speaking. He told him tn
name Of the hall and We drove there
but the hall was locked and nobod
there. Breen said he was awful
sorry as he had wanted to get som
OF the Juice in there. We then wen
to st. Mary's Cemetery and pu
more of the Juice there.
ave then went back to town an
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