The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-19
Charged with Conspiracy in 'PIant-
ing' Dynamite to Discredit
Labor UniOns--Court Room
is Carefully Guarded
DEMONSTRATION BY
WORKERS FEARED
Crowds Apply for Admission At
tOrneys for Defendant Conf
dent Of AcquittaI---lntcr-
est in Case Intense
Telegram by United Press.

Telegram by United Press.
Boston, May Charged with con-
spiracy to plant dynamite in an at
tempt to discredIt the Lawrence tex
tile strikers in 1912. William NJ. Wooo,
multi-milIionaire president Of the
American Woolen company, some
times called the aWoolen Trust" and
alleged to have been a powerful fac
tor in the writing of the Payne-AId.
rich tariffs schedule K. today was
placed on trial in the Suffolk super
ior court.
Unlike previous trials in which
there has been labor on one side and
capital on the other, the trial Of Wood
presents the reversed aspect Of capi-
tai the defendant and labor the ac-
cuser. Facing Justice Crosby with
Wood, were Frederick E. Atteaux, a
Boston manufacturer Of textile mill
accessories, and Dennis Collins.
Cambridge dog fancler. The tis&e
men were indicted last August BY
special grand jury called to investi-
gate the matter shortly after John ].
Breen, an undertaken Of Lawrence.
Mass, and school commissioned at the
time, was found guilty of planting the
dynamite and was fined $500 after he
refused to take the stand in his own
behalf
Special deputy sheriffs guarded the
court room and only working newspa-
per men and members Of the bar we're
admitted, enough, however, to over
crowd the room.
The sheriff declared he had been
warned that |, W. w. leaders from
Lawrence had planned court room
demonstration.
Despite the importance Of the trial,
the jury will be selected from the reg
ular panel and it is believed will be
completed BY tonight.
Woods attorneys insisted today that
his innocence would be quickly prov
ed and intimated that they might not
have to make any defense, declaring
the evidence purely hearsay.
Before the trial opened today great
crowds filled the court house. Prom
inent labor leaders and Socialists
were among those who literally storm
ed the doors to get Into court Evil
dence of the intense interest in the
proceedings was shown In the Installa-
tion of telegraph wires ln the court
house for the first time in the history
of court hearings in Boston. District
Attorney Joseph C. Pelletler and his
assistant, A. C. Webber, appeared for
the government. Attorneys Samuel L.
Powers, Daniel H. Coakley and Henry
T .Hurlburt appeared for the defend.
ants. Since his indictment Wood has
been at liberty on $4,000 cash tall. The
same bail was set for the other two
defendants.
Breen, who was found guilty Of
planting the dynamite on May is. was
expected to be chief witness for the
prosecution. He willingly testified be-
fore the grand jury which indicted
Wood, Attteaux and Collins Earnest
| w. Pitman, an East Milton quarry
man., and prominent in other bust
ness. enterprises, was to have been an
other government witness. He com
mitted suicide, however. or August q,
the day before he was to have tes-
tilted before the grand jury Pells-
tier is understood to have talked in
formally with Pitman about twelve
hours before the latter killed himself
and at that time is said to have got
ten enough information to compel
Others to testify at tie grand Jury in-
vestigation.
It was during the critical time IL
the historic Lawrence strike that dyu-
amite was found by the Lawrence
! police shortly after Joseph Ettoz's At
} rest late in January The cry W
} immediately raised that the tey
+ strikers had brought il p 10 dyD<
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