The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-05
ATTEAUX DEFENSE
RESTS ITS CASE
After Several Witnesses Had Been Called
To Corroborate Testimony of
the Defendant.

Boston, June 5.--After introducing sew
Ieral witnesses to corroborate the testi
mony OF the defendant yesterday, ths
defense of Frederick +. Atteaux in the
dynamite conspiracy trial rested shortly
before noon to-day.
1t is expected that the case will &c
to the jury soon as counsel for Presi-
dent William M. Wood of the American
Woolen Co. elected to call no witnesses
and the third defendant, Dennis j. Col
Inns, turned states evidence.
Among the witnesses for Atteaux were
William B. Watts, former chief inspec-
tor of the Boston police department, and
A. A. Corbey of Lawrence. Their stor-
les tended to confirm the version of the
dynamite affair given by Atteaux, who
set up that John j. Breen and Ernest
w Pitman hatched the plot to plant
the dynamite at Lawrence during the
strike. Later, the defense claims, Breen
drove Pitman to suicide by threats of
exposure and then used the same tactics
in an attempt to blaekmail Atteaux and
Wood. The government had no rebuttal
to offer.
Boston, June 5.--Frederick e. Atteaux,
a co-defendant with President William
NJ. Wood of the American Woolen COM
pany and Dennis j. Collins in the dyna-
mite conspiracy trial, told his story to
the jury yesterday.
He denied emphatically that he had
conspired with the other defendants and
with John j. Breen and the late Ernest
w. Pitman to "plant" dynamite at Law
renee, for the purpose of prejudicing pub
lie opinion against the striking textile
operatives during the industrial strike
OF 1912
The greater part of his recital dealt
with his relations with Breen, the Law
renee undertaken, who already has been
convicted of placing the explosive and
who testified that Atteaux hired him to
do the work and that Pitman furnished
the dynamite. In many respects, At |
teaux's testimony dovetailed that of |
Breen, though the witness denied all
and declared that portions
of Breens testimony were absolutely !
false.
Atteaux intimated that Breen had in
veigled Pitman into the dynamite plot,
and that when the exposure came and
Breen was made the defendant in a
number OF civil suits growing out of
The arrests of persons on whose prem
ses the dynamite was found, Breen
tried to blackmail the witness and Wood
n order to raise the money with which
% settle the suits.
Atteaux said that the American
yoolen company had accepted his offer
o assist in settling the strike. He was !,
Introduced to Breen over the telephone
" Asa korbey, a Lawrence Syrian, in /,
he pay OF the woolen company. Breen
ater called on him in Boston and at ,
Ireen's request he telephoned Pitman to /,
acct Breen in Atteaax's office. He left !.
'reen and Pitman together and then the
ynamite plot probably was Matched.
Ireen several months later demanded |
1900 and threatened "an explosion"
the money was not Forthcoming by
ertain time.
Atteaux denied that he was the person
riven in a taxicab from Woods Boston
ouse January 10, 1912, to the corner OF
rankin and Washington streets, where
reen charged that Atteaux paid him
500 as the first installment for plant
lg" the explosive.
The cross-examination by District At
,rney Joseph c. Pelletier was brief.
tteaux denied that he had sent dou
lie over to Woods house to take taxi =
ID on January 10, or that he knew who
he man in the taxicab was. z