Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-07
WOOL TRUST HEAD /
FOUND NOT GUILTY
IN DYNAMITE PLOT
William M. Wood Acquitted
After AIl-Night DeIibera-
ton by Jury.
DISAGREE ON ATTEAUX;
FINDS COLLINS GUILTY
Verdict on Two Counts Against
Dog Fancier Who Turned
States Evidence.

BOSTON. June AFTER deliber-
ating throughout the night the jury
acquitted President William II. Wood.
Of the American Woclen Company.
Of the charge of conspiracy to ini,irs
the textile strikers at Lawrence ~
planting" dynamite A dfsazreea
ment in the case Of Frederick E. At
teaux was reported. Dennis J COL
Inns. who turned States evidence. was
round guilty on two counts and not
guilty on the other four counts OF the
Indictment
The first count charged conspiracy
TO injure the textile strikers, and the
second count conspiracy to injure un-
known persons. The other counts al
legged conspiracy against certain per-
sons and a plot to damage property.
The case, one Of the most sensa-
tional that has grown out of a dis
pute between capital and labor. was
given to the jury at noon yesterday.
The jurors began their deliberations
at o'clock and when they had failed
to report at midnight they were
locked up for the night Court re-
convened at $50 this morning and the
jury came in at 10 O'Clock.
The foreman reported that Collins
was guilty on the first two counts.
Wood acquitted and that the Jury
had been unable to agree in the case
of Atteaux.
The court ordered that bail for At
teaux be renewed pending disposition
of his case.
Immediately when the verdict was
sci for Wood. asked the court TO d.
rect an investigation of the published
statement that an attempt had been
made to influence Morris shuman.
one of the jurors. Before the court
made its charge yesterday Shuman
was questioned by Judge John c.
Crosby, District Attorney Joseph c.
Pelletier and counsel for the defense
regarding a statement which he was
said 70 have made recently TO tbs
district attorney
This was to the effect that man.
unnamed. had intimafed to him that
he might have a business position
for life and $500 in cash if he voted
right" Upon assuring the court that
he would not be Influenced BY the
was permitted to continue in tbs
jury box.
Attorney Hurlhurt said that he
wished the matter cleared up prompts
ly in justice TO all concerned.
Judge Crosby stated that an in
quiry would be begun before him
next Wednesday. and he instructed
all the Jurors to be present
In asking for the investigation MT.
Hurlburt said:
The newspapers Of Boston have
been filled with the statement that a
/ juror was approached. While the
name of the attorney 10 whom it was
said this juror was to go to get 5000
was not mentioned, 1t was generally
known, through rumors circulated
about the court that the attorney was
myself
I am an officer of this court. The
| charge of attempting to hribe a Juror
Is of the gravest character. If any
officer of this court or any attorney
is implicated it is due to such persons
that proper and thorough investiga-
tion be made. The jurors are here,
and l ask that they be kept while
those charges are publicly investi-
gated. I am informed that the grand
jury is making an investigation. but
the grand jury inquiry is secret. and
I move that this court hold an imme-
date public Investigation of those
charges in open court
Judge Crosby stated that, though
the usual method of Investigating
such cases was through the grand
| jury. he saw no objection to a public
hearing. But, he added, so far as
Mr.. Hurlburt is concerned, 1 think an
| investigation is unnecessary, for il ie
| inconceivable that any person of Mr.,
! Hurlburt's high and honorable pro-
fessional standing should have had
any connection whatever in any at
fair of this kind
Later in the day Mr.. Wood gava
out a statement in which he said in
part:
Il am profoundly grateful for the
verdict which the jury has rendered
/ in my behalf in the so-cailed dyna-
mite cases. I had no reason at any
time to assume that the verdict
would be otherwise. l was not con-
scious of any guilt in connection
with the alleged conspiracy, because
| was in no way implicated in It, nor
did l have any knowledge of it