Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-21
Met Attorney at His Office.

attorney or the sheriff
Met Attorney at His Office.
| Breen said that he knew both Collin:
and Atteaux. In January. 1912, the
| month Of the textile strike. he met At
teaux at the latter's Office in response tt
a telephone request. This was few
days before the dynamite episode. The
call lasted two hours, the witness said
and the conversation was in regard &c
the Lawrence strike.
"The next time l saw him was on
January 19. / went to report the con-
dition of things to him. The cOnver-
sation was about the strike condi-
tions. / said affairs at the mills were
getting pretty hot. / added. If I was
| nghting those fellows I'd fight them
by their own methods What do you
mean he said. dynamite" Dynamite
or anything else / said"
! he i said. No. Then he suggested
that perhaps Mr. Pittman might get
| some.''
The Pittman mentioned by the witness
whom. the state alleges. Wood. Atteaux
and Collins conspired. Pfttman com
mitted suicide on the day he was sub
poenaed to appear az witness before
the grand jury which was investigating
the alleged dynamite plot.
Atteaux Confers With Pittman.
Atteaux telephoned to Pittman, Breen
continued. and an hour later Pittman ar
rived at Atteaux's office.
.'Atteaux said. Excuse US. John.' and
| he took Pittman into the corridor" said
| the witness. "Pittman returned in about
| three minutes and said to me. DO you
| think you can do this business? and
| said. Yes. SIR 1 am not sure that At
| teaux was present at the time.
"Pittman said to me. III get some.
| Where can i telephone your l told him.
"Atteaux came in after Pntman left
and said to me. We'll. you can't do this
for nothing l said. No. l will have to
hire some one to help me-.
".How much do you need?' he asked.
viii 500 be enough
Il told him that would be enough. At
teaux then asked me about the police,
and / told him that Inspector Rooney
was a friend OF mine and would never
suspect me when l gave him the tip
/ about the dynamite.
| Breen told of meeting Collins and OF
asking Collins to go to Lawrence with
him. Later he met Atteaux at a street
| corner. AtteauX got out of taXicab and
said: Follow me, john.
| II followed him. continued Brcen, land
he dropped a package. AS / picked it uI
he said. Don't say l never gave you any.
thing When I opened the package
4 IL
/ Breen made a second trip to the street
| corner. this time with Collins.
| Il stood on the cerner. said the wit.
ness. until Pittman came up. He took
me down the street and introduced me
| to a Mr.. Rice. Mr. Rice has the pack
age for you,' he said / took the bundle
and said to Mr.. Rice. What danger is
there with this?' He said, None; it's
| frozen solid
Il carried the bundle up to t5e cor
trn yrhn nj n n-oc x,aft IT,, =,
dynamite. Be careful even If Mr.. Rice
does say there is no danger
| Breen said that he and Collins took
to Breens rooms. Here Collins opened
the bundle and made smaller packages
of the contents.
Tells Of Planting Dynamite
Breen saw the dynamite sticks made
up in small bundles. but did not see
any detonators until later.
collins knew what / was going to
do." said the witness. because / had
told him at the saloon in Boston that
we were going to place dynamite
around Lawrence"
Collins put the bundles in suit
! case and they entered sleigh. 1--WE
drove up to Oak street." the witness
| said where one bundle was left al
| Assaf s. CThe tailor shop of a Syrian
Then we went to T6A Lawrence street
where l told him to put a bundle in ar
Italian printing shop. The place was
closed and no dynamite was left there
The reason Breen selected the printin)
shop was because 1t was in the center O.
a district where the strikers and tn,
police had had frequent clashes. he said
He said dynamite was left in st. Mary,
/ cemetery. but denied that he told Collins
to put the explosive near the Arlington
mill.
The witness then telephoned Inspector
i Rooney OF the Lawrence police that h,
had located two places where dynamit,
| was hidden.
The next morning, according to Breen
he and Collins met and he asked Collins
whether he had placed that other
bundle" Collins replied in the neg.
/ ative, but on being told to do so by
Breen PROMISE to place 1t. and left a,
/ once. Later he said he had placed it
whereupon Breen obliged him to show
him where. and Collins pointed out Dc
Bratto's cobbler shop in Lawrence street
After saying that he was convicted las,
May, Breen testified that he met Atteau1
in April. and told him he needed more
money, his expenses having been heavy
No sum was mentioned by either man
but a few days later Breen received by
four ffty-dollar bills.
in Lawrence.
counsel for Atteaux. Breen said that hf
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