Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-05-22
BREEN IS STILL
ON THE STAND

DOSlOll, MaSS., May 2E,-JOln
lreen, the undertaken w;o confessed
that lie distributed dynamite at Law
renee during the textile strike in 1912
iuXamlnation when the trial of Presi
,.ent " llllaln NJ. Wood, OF the Ameri
can WOODEN company, Fred Atteaux
and Dennis j. Collins, charged witt
conspiracy to plant" the explosive
/ was resumed in the superior court TO
uay.
breen was question regarding tele
phone conversation with Police In
spector Rooney of Boston on the night
ol January l9. He said that when he
lold the inspector not to come to Law
renee unit! the next morning it was
rot because he had not nnished
| planting" the dynamitee. Some OF
The explosive was placed after Room
,e, S arrival at Lawrence.
reference was made to the suit for
damages brought against Breen by
those who had been arrested after dy-
namite had been found on their prem
ises. The witness could not recall that
Re had agreed with the attorney for
two plaintiffs to settle by a cash pay.
ment to each OF the parties of $500 on
June H. Nor could he remember hav
ing postponed the promised payment
successfully to July l, July ., and
July IL.
Did you say to AtteauX when you
came to him for the $4,000 on July
13, that your trial had bankrupted
you?" asked Mr.. Oakley.
Il don't remember. may have,
replied the witness He denied that
he had said to Atteaux, If you had
asked Mr. Wood don't you think he
would help me out?" That Atteaux re-
piled. Il would as soon think OF tax,
ing Mr.. Wood by the throat as of mix
ing him up in such nasty mess as
this
Referring to telephone conversa-
tions between Atteaux and himself,
Breen said he could not recall one
during which he said to Atteaux:
There's going to be an explosion one
of these days and to which AtteauX
replied: 81 hope it won't be of dyna-
mite,'' and hung up the receiver.
The witness denied emphatically
having said to Atteaux over the tele-
phone on another occasion: Il won
der how your rich friend would like
10 have the labor men know about
this?"
Breen said that Atteaux finally re-
ferred him to William B. Watts, for
mer inspector of the Boston police and
Low head of a private detective
agency, and that Watts in turn sent
aim to Attorney Coakley.
Try To Discredit Breen.
At attempt to discredit the test'-
nony OF John j. Breen, one of the
principal witnesses for the prosecu-
ion was made by Attorney Daniel p. /
Oakley, counsel for Frederick E. At
.eaux, at today's session Of the trial
If Atteaux, President William NJ.
Mood, of the American WoOlen COM I
,any, and Dennis j. Collins, for con-
piracy to plant dynamite at Law
'ence during the textile strike last
ear
Breen, who says that Atteaux hired
lin to plant the explosive, admitted
Inder cross examination that he made
ause statements repeatedly relative
0 the case, but declared that in his
estimony he had told nothing but the
ruth.
The witness told of the payment to
i'm by Atteaux of $500 on January 10,
912 the day the dynamite was taken
0 Lawrence. Breen said that he
TODD at the corner of Fontain and
Washington streets, at $50 p. m. when
.tteaux drove up in taxicab and
aid to him. Follow me, John. The
loney is in the package. will drop it
nd no one can ever say that | gave
on anything"
Breen said that he followed about a
Dot behind AtteauX and that when the
ackage was dropped he picked it up.
.eplying to Mr.. Coakley, Breen said
nat the corner where the transaction
,ok place was very busy one at $50
m. with hundreds of persons pass
lg. He knew no reason, he said, why
tteaux should select such spot Tor
ayment in preference to the privacy
{ his offices where no one could see
r hear what was happening. Although
lere were many people on the street
t the time, he was not afraid that he
light be seen or that the package
light be picked up by some other per
ms before he reached it.