New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-14
PATERSON POLICE CENSOR
ALL SALES OF DYNAMITE
Attempted Theft Of Great GUAM
tity of Explosive Has
City Scared.
ARREST 2 BURIED IN COAL
G.. G.. Battle and DR.. P. 8. Grant
Challenged as Witnesses
for the Character of
Patrick Quinlan.
lBy Telegraph to The Tribune

Paterson, n. j., May 13.-An attempt
to steal dynamite from large maya
zine at Fairlawn. in Bergen County,
some line last night caused scare
here to-day. George A. Myers. a local
hardware dealer, who owns the maya
zine. reported to the police this after
noon that the lock had been tempered
with. but had apparently dehed the
manipulators.
The magazine is q steel affair, with
an outer and inner wall. 1t contained
two hundred cases Of dynamite of one
hundred sticks each Deputy Sheriff
Heath OF Hsckensack placed guard
near the magazine this evening with
orders to shoot all providers in the vi
cinity.
Coming on the heels of the two at
tempts TO wreck Erie trains in Pater-
son and at Ferndale in the last fifty
six hours, the Fairlawn mystery caused
plenty of excitement here. All dyna-
mite dealers called in the police to-day
when strange customers called TO buy
. the explosive. The police required all
buyers to produce their licenses and
permits.
Coal Avalanche Impefils Boys.
With drawn revolvers the police ar
rested two boys for setting the emer-
gency brakes on an eastbound Erie
train this morning near the Agnew
Coal Company's pockets. west Of the
Market street station. The boys had
escaped to a trestle above the coal and
defed the police, who fired two shots
into the air. The boys dropped TO the
coal heaps ai.d were nearly buried be-
meath an avalanche Of coal.
They said they were William Nc
Crumb. sixteen years old. of No. 26S
Ninth avenue. and Mike" Sista. sew
enteen years old. of No. 252 East 18th
street. They were released from the
Bergen County Jail a short time ago
after turning states evidence against
two other boys with whom they were
mixed up in train robberies on the Erie
line. They told the police that they
came from Tuxedo and were beating
their way back to Paterson. They
plugged" the train TO evade the con
ductor they said. The police have Oh
-Iained the names of six of their con-
sfederates 10 aid them in their investi-
cations into the attempted train
wrecks
Patrick Quinlan. the l. ". w. agi-
tator. who is being retired before
Judge Klenert in the county court
house for ''inciting TO riot" the day
the silk strike began last February,
said to-day that the attempts 10
wreck Erie trains were fakes" He
said they were the work either of
boys or OF the unorganized out of
door laoorers, who are conducting a
perfunctory strike in Paterson Quin-
Ian said the letter signed Paterson
Strikers" threatening to cause millions
Of dollars worth Of damage suits
against the Erie road. was in all proba-
bility Z work OF detectives employed
by the mill owners TO discredt the
strikers.
George Gordon Battle, law partner of
Senator OGorman, of New York. and
the Rev. Percy Stickney Grant, rector
Of the Church of the Ascension Fifth
avenue and West 10th street, New
York. testified to-day for Quinlan
Counsel for the defence tried 10 intro
duce them ? character witnesses
Munson Force, assistant prosecutor
objected on the ground that neither
witness knew anybody in Jersey City
where the defendant said he had lived
for the last two years.
Jersey City is not the whole world.
Indignantly retorted Dr. Grant. The
courtroom Uttered and Mr. Force
blushed furiously
81 want the prosecutor 10 under
stand that the Christians idea OF
neighborhood isn't limited by geo,
graphical lines" shouted the rector ir
defiance Of the prosecutors vociferous
attempts to shut him Off
Both Mr.. Battle and DR.. Grant tes-
tined that they had known Quinlan FOL
Ave years, meetiis him at the Church
OF the Ascensi n. where the defendant
was a regular wOrshipper. Judge
Klenert overiuled ell efforts of Gus.
tav A. Hunziker. Quinlans lawyer, 10
have them tell the jury that Quinlan s
general reputation was good among