The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-20
DOG FANC|ER TURNS
TRAITOR TO HIS FRIEND

Counsel for Wood objected to this
evidence and the court ruled that its
competency as determining the exist
ence of conspiracy must be proven
by other witnesses.
Il got into q sleigh with Breen,"
continued Collins, "and we drove to a
tailor's shop. Under orders from
Breen | knocked on the door and
when man came / handed him one
Of the packages and told him to keep
it and 1t would be called for later.
We then drove on and on, passing
strike headquarters. Breen called to
man and asked whore Ettor was
speaking He told him the name OF
the hall and we drove there but the
hall was locked and nobody was there.
Breen said he was awfully sorry as
he had wanted to get some of the juice
in there. We then went to st. Mary's
cemetery and put more Of the .jlice'
there
I'VE then went back to town and
stopped in drug store across the
street from Breen's place of business.
We stayed in the back room there for
a while and Breen told me to come
back in the morning as we were not
half through. spent the night in the
hotel Essex and came back to the
drug store next morning to meet
Breen. He came around at 8 o'clock
and gave me another package and
told me to take it to Syrian printing
shop on Lawrence street. There was
crowd there and went into the cob
bler's shop next door at 76 A and told
the man to keep the bundle until 1t
was called for.
He took 1t and put 1t on the shelf
behind the door with a lot OF shoes,
Breen had put pair of shoes in the
bundle with the sticks Of Juice. Then
/ vent and met Breen. He asked me
I If / had put 1t there and told him
I had. Then he went away. He was
gone an hour and came hack and said
II thought you said you put 1t there
ftold him did. He said i lied. But
Jumped into his sleigh and drove
down and showed him the cobbler's
shop. He left me and | did not ser
! him again until that night when he
met me and gave me $25 in five dol
lar bills"
Collins said that the hrst he knew
l8of what had been done was when nc
read In the papers that dynamite had
been found in Lawrence. He de
! clared Breen had told him he was to
get 500 for playing joke" and ne
promised to divide it equally. prom
lise which was not kept.
"why did Breen tell you he was do
ing this?"
4 "He told me the Syrians .cked hin
at the last election but that this Joke
of his would teach them lesson ane
would make him mayer of the city
"You are sure he said this?'
"Well that is the best of my recol
Election" !,
i wThere was a mill near st. Mary
cemetery. Were you told anythlns
I about that when you went out Their
that night"
4 Eyes / was supposed to place tn
Juice alongside of the mill. But Their
was deep snow and the crust wouldn'
!, hold me up and Just put the stun
an ton of the snow in the cemetery,
"How often was Mr.. Woods nam
!, mentioned?"
4 "once or twice, out only whe'
Breen asked me if knew him"
"pid you go to Lawrence again.
4 did"
"Did you see Breen there?'
/ Eyes"
, "Did anyone ever come to see 70
, In Boston after that?'
I eyes. Breen's brother charies
. came here on the day Breen was SUI
, posed to go on trial for planting tn
. stuff.
4 what did ne say?"
4 Defense objected but was overruie'
ocharles told me that John ma
: sent him down TO tell me to beat
> and he gave me SIS.
E "Did you beat it?''
II did the best could. ! went ava
/. for a week"
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