The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-07-09
ANARCHIST SLAIN
BY BOMB INTENDED
FOR ROCKEFELLER

which exploded prematurely ana
wrecked tenement building. killing
four persons and injuring score more
Saturday was intended for John ID.
Rockefeller or his son, is the con-
clusion of police, after an investigat
ton Of the premises. me archcoh-
spirators are believed to have peen
killed.
The apartment OF b. Arthur Caron,
one OF those killed, is believed to have
been the Headquarters for band OF
anarchists. 1T Is believed Ht was nlleu
with deadly explosives. Much tnfiam-
matory anarchistic literature was
found about the premises. Besides
Caron, the victims Of the explosion
were Charles Berg, an ]. w. w leader,
known as "Big Swede;" Mary Cloves
and Charles Hanson.
Bomb for John D.
Deputy Police Commissioner J. r.
Rubin and Inspector Schmittberger
said it was probable that Caron was
making a bomb to throw at the Rock
efellers. The condition of Carons
body indicated that he had been close
to the explosion. His hands were IN
jured and his arms were cut: his
shoulders and body were black ana
blue and his face marked by burns. The
skull was crushed. a hole being Iounu
n the TOP and back or the head. Skele-
ton keys were found in the pockets OF
Caron's clothes. In the debris were
found many cartridges OF large caliDer
with steel caps.
That the explosion was the result or
a bomb makers carelessness became
certain when Caron's body was iden-
titled by Alexander Berbman, the an
archist who tried to l1ii!1 kTenry g. Frick
and by Beautiful Marie" CAM, the
woman agltator. who was imprisoned
for threatening TO shoot John ~;
today from Blackwell's Island peniten-
tiary
Met With Anarchists.
'I know nothing about Caron having
been a bomb maker. I know he was
an anarchist. So am /, said'Berkman,
after viewing the body.
Berlxman admitted that there had
been a meeting of anarchists Friday
night in the rooms Of the Ferrar asso-
citation. 60 East One Hundred and Sew
enth street, to discuss another invasion
of Tarrytown on the occasion Of a trial
before a justice OF the peace Of 13 an
archists and l. w. w. agitators ar
rested there last month. Caron had
been one OF them and had been released
on bail furnished by BeTkman.
A small printing press, revolutionary
mo. two electric batteries, cartridges
and bits of steel were among the arti-
cles uncovered which tend, in the opin-
ion of the police, to show an anarchistic
plot. Two OF those killed in the wrecked
building were prominent agitators who
were to be placed on trial at larry
town today. ...
Gruesonne Discovery.
Equally as interesting as the discov-
cry of anarchistic literature and cleo
trio machinery in the ruins of Caron's
room was the assertion by l.. w. w.
leaders that sCaron was not a member
of that organization, having recently
been refused admission. Why Caron
was denied a place among the workers
was not made clear.
A grewsome but suggestive piece OF
evidence uncovered was a severed hand
which clutched two small pieces Of
wire made ready for connections. The
authorities believe that the owner OF
this hand was in the act of making an
electric connection on one of the bombs
when the explosion slew him.
The search for papers and notes was
minute, and some notebooks with the
names of several anarchists were
found. There also were pamphlets
which had been sold at ]. w. w. meet
ings. One poem, vitriolic attack on
Christianity, is believed to have been
printed on the little, press.
Another of the papers found was an
appeal for funds to pay the fine of
Frank Tannenbaum, who was SEN
fenced to q year In prison and fined
$500 for disorderly conduct in con-
nection with an l. w. w. demonstra-
ton. .ET
; Murphy Widely Sought.
Michael Murphy, 10 years old, the
only member of the group of free
speech advocates who escaped with his
life from fhe fatal explosion on Satur-
day morning that wrecked the tene-
ment at 1923 Lexington avenue, Is be-
ing sought by every policeman and de-
tective in New York as the one person
mostly likely to know the real story Of
what occurred in the little fiat. Muir
ply disappeared after being in the
hands OF the police. but they were
aware of the identity of the victims Of
the explosion. He visited a nearby
police station, was given clothes to re-
place his own, which were torn to bits
and then dropped out Of sight. Just
what charge could be placed against
Murphy the police say they do not
know, but 1t Is believed he might be
induced to throw some light on the
cause of the explosion and perhaps ex-
plain why alarm clocks and other
things in the making of bombs were
EnV IN, h.