New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-04
COURT WON'T DIRECT
JURY TO ACQU|T WOOD
ludoe Crosby Indicates That
Co-DefendantS Must Pre-
sent Evidence.
MILL MAN RESTS HIS CASE
Contends Charge Is Not Proved
Remarks from Bench
Not Wholly in His
Favor.

Boston. June 3.-The guilt or innocence
~ william NJ. Wood. president of the
American Wooden Company, charged
with conspiracy to discredit the textile
, strikers by planting dynamite at Law
renee. must be determined by a jury with
ont direct evidence having been intro
duced by the defence.
Judge John G. Crosby. presiding at the
trial Of Wood Frederick r Atteaux and
Dennis J. Collins. overruled the motion
made this afternoon by Henry F. Hurl-
burt counsel for the mill man. that the
iury be instructed 10 return a verdict for
his client. The court said that so far a.
Wood was concerned the questions TO be
considered were:
Did the evidence show a conspiracy TO
have existed?
Was the defendant Wood a party to
such a conspiracy?
Continuing. Judge Crosby minated that
Woods case could not be ASSOCIATED
from that Of AtteauX. Testimony had
been introduced that might warrant the
suspicion that AtteauX was AT Wood :
house az Andover half an hour before
the time that John j. Breen. the Law
renee undertaken. testified that Atteaux
left sos for him after a meeting There
fore. the case Of all the defendants. the
court said. should go TO the jury
Judge crosby went on to say that there
was evidence that Breen. who was con-
ucted and fined for placing the explosive,
and Ernest W. Pitman. the Andover
building contractor. who committed sui
eide when the investigation of the alleged
plot was begun. and who. according to
testimony. furnished the dynamite were
partners in a conspiracy to place the ex-
plOsye.
There is evidence" he said, that
might influence the jury to convict At
isaux There is evidence of intimacy be-
tween AtteauX and Wood. There is evil
dence that Atteaux and Wood were to-
gether at Woods Andover home the night
before the discovery of the dynamite
when both were attending a conference Of
mill men TO discuss the situation and to
consider the text Of a letter published the
following day over Woods signature in
which the strikers were advised 20 return
10 their machines
There is evidence that the evening be-
fore the dynamite was found a passenger
resembling the defendant AtteauX. but
not identified-took taXicab in front Of
Woods house and went to Franklin and
Washington streets There is evidence
that Breen saw Atteaux and received
from him 500 There IS evidence that
might warrant the inference that half an
hour before Breen and AtteauX met At
teaux was at Woods house.
1T seems TO me that all the evidence
presented warrants the submission Of the
case 10 the jury as TO all the defendants
Oniy two witnesses were heard to-day
Arthur Pira the taXicab chauffeur. who
testified Yesterday TO taking a passenger
resembling Atteaux from Wood : Boston
house TO an appointment at Franklin and
Washington streets. where it is alleged
Atteaux gave Breen money 10 pay for the
dynamite planting" was cross-examined
again by Daniel n. Coakley. counsel for
Atteaux. Albert l.. Marden. agent for the
company employing Pira. testified TO the
companys method Of recording taXicab
trips and identified card record Of the
trip described by Pira.