The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-20
OYNAM|TERS WORK
ON PUBLIC OPINION
GOVERNMENT COUNSEL SHOWS
COLLISION As TO PLACING
OF EXPLOSIVES.
STIR UP SENTIMENT
COLLINS TO TURN STATES WITNESS
IN FAMOUS LAWRENCE STRIKE
CASE NOW BEING
HEARD.
STIR UP SENTIMENT

BOSTON, May is.-Numerous viii
nesses, many of them members of the
district police. testified today regard
ing the discovery OF dynamite at
Lawrence during the great textile
strike there early In 1912. AT the trial
of William NJ: Wood. president of the
American woolen company: Fred e
Atteaux. president of the Atteaux
Mills Supplies company. and Dennis
j. Collins. a dog financlcr. on -indict-
ments charging them with having
conspired TO plant dynamite in that
city. for the alleged purpose OF ARGUS
ing public opinion against the stfik-
ers
The trial began before Judge Cror-
by, in the secool session of the Su-
perior court, ard Il Jury was seeri ed
without great difficulty. Atttaux 8
motion TO have The indictment against
him quashed was denied.
District Attorney rcilc:ier, in his
opening argument, sad that the de-
PENDANTS are bafsad with having con-
spired among themselves. and with
John j. Breen aui Ernest w. Pitt
man. but with nreea the Jury need
not CoiItih 'tsti., pStaoSS isS soo
been tried in .rother court. and Is
not n defendant In tins case, and
Pittman committed suicide when he
was called before the grand Jury.
Hence thera are only three deten-
dants-Woai Atteaux and Collins.
The setting If shis crime. he sad.
was in Lawrence. There was mill
strike between January lith ard
March 18th. and $1,000 &c 10000
mill operatives were said /, be cut.
To Show Conspiracy.
The government purposes to show.
he said. that Wood and Atteaux were
together before. during and after this
strike. There were telephone mes
sages from " Gods o;:iae in Boston to
Lawrence. about the time IN. con-
spiracy to olant the dynamite was
made.
The government will snow, further,
he said. that Wool ana AtreauS went
to Andove.- almost at the very time
of the planting Of thar dynamite: that
they were aim ost. IN the scene. The
placing of the dynamite. he contended,
was left to Collins and to Breen.
At the close of his address twelve
witnesses were called and sworn for
the government. and the taking OF
evidence began.
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the first witness. told of going to the
home OF Ernest w. Pittman. con-
tractor. who built several of the wool
en- companys mills in Lawrence on
August 26th, last. and Of serving him
with a summons to appear before the
grand jury in this city. He was fol-
lowed by Charles HI. Littlefeld. Jr., OF
Lawrence. who said he had been as
ISOLATED with Pittman in the building
business there sna.~ ..,5.e5s
Death Of Pittman.
when did you last see him y ask
ed the district attorney.
ION the morning Of August 9th.
THE day that he died. :. replied Little
field II was at his home and in his
presence when he shot and killed him.
self.
trict police force, testified that he was
at the police station in Lawrence on
the morning Of January goth, when
search warrants were issued and Of
| ficers sent out to hunt for dynamite
lupon information given by Undertaken
/ Breen, Proctor said he went to sew
| eral places designated by Breen, but
| found no explosive Policeman Flynn
gave similar testimony. He said he
found no dynamite in the places in
dictated by Breen. but in order to test
what was recovered by other Officers,
| he exploded three sticks.
/ On cross-examination by Attorney
Coakley. for Aaateaux. Flynn said
| that Breen drew a plan giving the To-
cation where the explosive was secret
ed,
1t is understood that Dennis Collins
| the third defendant. is going to take
the stand as a witness for the govern
ment
Stca.s Wood in Summer.