Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-05-20
WOOD, ATTEAUx AND
COLLINS ON TRIAL
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The facts attending the finding OF
the dynamite at Lawrence, Jan. 20
1912, We're related by Capt. VIM. II
Proctor and officers of the Massaehu-
sets district police, who were on du-
~ at Lawrence during the strike
Each officer told of the search an6
occupied by striking textile workers If
a part of the city occupied chiefly By
foreigners. Four persons were arrest.
ed at the time, the witness said, but
later were discharged.
Harry F. Huriburt, one of the
three attorneys representing Mr..
Wood, constantly objected to the lire
of the testimony, on the ground thai
some of it was incompetent, and
that some other parts of it referred
to events occurring after the compile
ton of the alleged conspiracy. De-
easionally, Judge John c. Crosby, who
presided. required the district at
torney to present his questions in an
altered form, at other times he al
lowed the testimony. saying that he
later would instruct the jury as to
their consideration of it.
Inc Observation-Disclosures VI litc o.ii
GERS was conducted by Daniel Fl.
Coakley, one of the two attorneys de-
Tending Mr. Atteaux. Mr.. Coak,ey
brought out the fact that John ].
Breen, who previously had been con-
yicted and fined $500 in the Essex
county court, for unlawfully conceal
ing dynamite, informed the officers
s where the dynamite might be found
Flynn and Bradford said that Breen
had drawn for them a plan of Sec
ton of st. Mary's cemetery in Law
renee saying he had information that
dynamite might be found at an inai-
Gated spot. A search of the cemeter,
disclosed the presence of the explo'
sives, according to. the attorney.
Flynn said that Breen told him h.
received his information regarding thu
dynamite from reliable source
Bradford said he heard Flynn tel
other officers that his knowledge re
garding the location of the dynamite
came to him from a person who die
not want to be drawn into the mat
ter, because ii might hurt his busi
ness. When Bradford finished hi
testimony court adjourned until to-
morrow.
The crowd that gathered about tn
door of the criminal court room wa
so large that admission. was restricte'
to ticketholders. and newspaper pho
tographers and sketch artists were re
fused admission.
An unusually large number of prom
inent attorneys appeared in the case
Mr.. Wood was represented by Forme
Congressman Samuel l.. Powers, Hen
~ F. Hurlburt and James II. Clark
Atteaux's attorneys were Daniel II
Coakley and Daniel II. Sughrue an
John j. Attridge, former president O
the city council and B. ]. Carbine ap
peared for Collins. District Attorne.
Peiletier was supported by Assistan
District Attorneys A. C. Weber, Dan
lei v. McIsaac. Frank Lavelle an,
Ralph Hailett.
The three defendants did not sit to
gether Mr.. Wood, surrounded by per
sonal friends, with whom he chattet
smilingly. occupied a seat in corne
of the room opposite the jury box. MI
Atteaux sat within the bar enclosur
near his attorneys and Mr.. Collin
was, outside the rail in the rear of tn
foomas
Although Breen is mentioned as
co-copspirator in the indictment hi
coYfvict1nn in an Essex county eoui
makes him immune from trial her
1t is the contention of the governmer
that although the dynamite wa
PLANTED in Essex county the allege
conspiracy was plannrd in Boston an
the episodes at Lawrence were Il
result OF an alleged offence committs
In suffolk county