Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-27
WOOD CASE WILL
PROVE NOTABLE
Trial Of American Wool
Company President
Promises Sensation

+ BOSTON. Mass. Feb 20 Tn
spectacle OF The leading representa-
.tses OF one OF the largest and veal
.thIest corporations 100 this state be-
linz tried upon the same charge Al
the thirty Representatives OF labol
aho short time ago we're convicted
OF conspiracy in indianapolis. vii
be- presented xhen william VI Wood
president ~ the American Nooiei
Company. and one o. the leading ten
lille maguatos OF the world together
.Ith several alleged accOmplices
will DO tried before a Jury 10 th'
Superior Criminal Court Of sniioli
County upon the charge OF compile
Its In the alleged planting OF dy
Mantle during the strike OF tho anil
hands AZ Lawrence. Mass. last sprinl
Owing 20 the great wealth and prom
IInont position OF President Nooo
land the serious nature Of the char
ges against him and the other deion
ldants the case which Us 20 begin
next week and Rill probably last
"A fortnight or more. BIS attracting
country wide attention particularly
Boo labor circles where the outcome OF
Tine trial IS awaited HI'h Intense 100
tercst
Tho Commonwealth which af tho
trial N.lI ., represented hy District
Attorney . g. prll'ter. charges ana
|WH try 20 prove that Wood and the
Iother defendants conspircd 10 place
ie.uIosites boo such @ manner n lhe
disturbed community as 20 dIsnr"dli
Ithr striking min operatives aud 10
Iurn public sentiment against Them
THE rial which has many unusual
features promises 10 bee highly sem
sational
Tho arrest of John ! Brccu a
member of me Lawrence school
board. upon the charge of having
planted dynamite. vas the first son.
sauon which developed 100 the con-
|srInc, cos. during the strike al
Lawrence Urrou was round guilty
land after quick trial Was sentenced
no pas a fine of $500. 10 was then
Inspected that others were concerned
/ loo the matter but b was seven
months later. long after the strike
had been ended. that the grand jury
found indictments AGAINST Wood ana
several others including Fred T. Nt'
Itolux. % dyer. Dennis Collins a
lCtmbride, dog faucior VIM N RICE
lam East Milton. qulrrymau. \ ie"
ldays before the indictments were r''
turned Ernest IS rItwau. head Of
tho g.. ~ pitmau Company, one ol
the LARGEST builders of textile mills
|.n NrV Eu land. committed suicide
40 h,s home .n Andoye. a day before
hc was 10 sal, with his family for
Europe % was rumorcd at the time
that he had inadvertently given dam
Ie.ue evidence To- the conspiracy case
land bad taken his lifc for fear OF
becoming cutauglod in the case
Wood and the other defendants were
arrested on August 30 of last year
land r.uas,i under heavy bonds
Naturally enough thc rcnrcal n
'i.H-f IS conferred upon William "
Wood tha principal defendant and
.lHr.,d leader of th, conspiracy lIs
TO-. Itor. Is unusually interesting
..I .s u.. .rum poverty ra wealth
... N.I position presents thn eIv
MANI. CO.. q -.markanI, romano. Dol
... IAN Co.. ESQ. Cant Hmr p,lsc
La tG4ler off rdlartoRu. Nlr'has
.A.r.lrI Eroueht with hIm fo that
.'.Nn ID poor Portuguese from tayJl
.n. OFF tH. Azores. who bad shipped
.. GOO. an fh, autam's vessel TH.
u.. mann, was Iae.utho. but o.,
5000. .ns..rI 10 tl Wood. Boo honor
... man who had b..u.udDd him
and r.uI.,l him win fsH.rmyu's
.o.f.t William Iarufho Wood soon
r.r..f l.f ou Arrl F.. INtI fH1l
.... hHH William ~ Wood. Nas
ron. In. .a. na. nr.H and H.
ftH.- tried nt. boost ta ..t. N.w au
education I..rtHa g.l no. .Hrt,
.n fr. ae \.N ENGLAND H.mlr. and
.r.. .. had worked ... a. n.. ..ar.
.t. fisherman .1lH..- aud steward 1r
.r. ut tI. -..rH I14f- d.. died a,
.N.u bedford u. tuberculosis
William Al Wood Vas eleven ,.,r.
.u|F .H.u f.. ..ff.r. 4I.I ana I... had