Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-05-21
Dennis J. Collins Admits
Placing Explosives In
Homes of Textile Work
ers in Lawrence During
1912 Strike.
p PACkA AGES WERE
MYSTERY TO HIM
Incidental to His Story He
Brings In Name of Man
Already Convicted and
of Millionaire Wood, a
Defendant.
ASSOCIATED PRESS D1sPATcH1

BOSTON. May -2O.-An ATTEMPT u
show that representatives, OF capital
entered into a compact to discredit
organized, labor was made in the
superior court today where President
William NJ Wood of the American
Wooden company, Frederick r. At
teaux and Dennis j. Collins are on
trial The defendants are charged
specifically with conspiracy to plant
dynamite in Lawrence at the time of
the textile strike in 1912.
Collins. who testified as a witness
for the prosecution. confessed taking
part in an alleged plot though insist
ing he was unaware at the time he
was handling dynamite. lie admitted
he did not expect 10 receive a jail
sentence if he told the truth on the
stand The defense will contend that
neither Wood nor Atteaux had any
connection with the conspiracy.
Collins told of distributing the dy
Mantle at different buildings occu
pied by the striking textile operatives
in Lawrence, but made only casual
reference to Wood and did not men
tion Atteaux' name. He said that at
the request OF John Breen. who was
d member Of the Lawrence school
board at the time. he carried'.a pack
age Of dynamite from Boston TO Law
renee, and at Breen's direction dis
t1ibuted smaller packages Of the eX-
plosiVe at various places where the
strikers congregated. Breen has been
convicted and fined for actually
planting" the dynamite.
The reference to Wood came when
the witness in telling of the conver-
s&tion between Breen and himself
when the other announced he would
be the next mayor of Lawrence. and
that "A million was back of him,
Collins said he asked Breen what
that meant. and the undertaken re-
Piled with the query, Don't you know
President Wood. of the American
Woolen company"
Collins said he did not and Breen
told him, he said, he would know
later. No other mention of Moods
name was made by Breen according
to Collins, but under the persistent
questioning by the district attorney
the witness admitted he told the
prosecutor last Friday that Breen had
said, Mr.. Wood and several other
millionaires are back of him and he
viii be the next mayor Of Lawrence
He explained the discrepancy in his
statements by saving he was nervous
, in the district attorneys office and
declared his testimony on the stand
was correct.
/ Attorney Hubert, counsel for Wood.
declined to cross examine the wit
| ness, on the ground that his testi-
mony had not incriminated Wood
Inspector VIM. j. Rooney, of the
Boston police department, and Police
| Inspector Chas. r. Vose, of Boston,
testified to the discovery of dyna-
| been directed by Breen.
| With regard to the finding of dy-
ranite in a cobbler shop Inspector
Vose said the explosive was not dis
covered until the third visit made
to the shop. Breen insisted the dyna-
mite was there, but the witness was
positive the package found on the
third visit was not in the place at
the time of the officers two previous
visits.
Under, cross examination the in
| spector said that part of leaf from
q trade magazine devoted to under
| takers was wrapped about the small
package Of detonatOrs found with the
dynamite. This led him to suspect
Ereen of completely, because Breen
the undertaken, on his subsequent in :
vestigations, had showed every copy
Of the magazine received in Law
renee accounted for except the one
received by Breen.