The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-06
WILL WAGE FIGHT
ONROCKEFELLERS
Theory on Which Authorities
Are Working in New York
Bomb Explosion Case.
FOURTH VICTIM is FOUND
Evidence Gained in Ruins of
Wrecked Tenement Tends to
Show Plot at Assassination.

New York. July SIN the ruins OF
the Lexington Avenue tenement house.
wrecked yesterday by the premature
explosion of bomb that killed Arthur
Caron and three other persons. the au
thoritics to-day found evidence that
Caron's apartment was n centre for the
distribution o! infammatory literature
which was printed there. and that at
the time Of the explosion il WAS ap-
parenty a boinb factory, filled with
the ingredients Of death -tlcalin.. mis-
silcs.
small printing press. revolutionary
pamphlets and circulars. an electric dy-
naiuo. two electric batteries cartridges
and bits OF steel were among the arti
clcs Uncovered. which tend. In the opin-
ION or the police. 10 show an anarchis-
TIC plot at assassination. That a de
nonstratiou. halted hy the buugling of
some one VINO was preparing AN in
fernai machine for its mission. was
planned against the Rockefeller fainil..
IN Iarrytown, is the theory on which
the authorities are working Two OF
those killed In the apartment were
prominent agitators. who were TO BE-
placed ON trial at Tarrytown Tomorrow
on charges of disorderlv conduct In
connection with the demonstration
against John ID. Rockefeller, Jr.. as a
protest against his attitude in 'hc Colo
rHdo coal milne strike. The body Of the
fourth victim was found to-day. II
"as that OF Charles Berg, known in l.
w W. circles as .'thc Big Swcdc." an
associate Of caron. The other victims
We're Charles Hanson and Mary Ciayes.
The woman lived in an apartment next
to that occupied By Caron aud his as.
Soci3teS
ttRON DECLARED NOT
MEMBER of' ]. w ".
Equally as interesting as the discov-
cry by the police of anarchistic utcra
tuTc and electric machinery in the
ruins of Caron's rooms was tho asscr-
uon By l. W. ". leaders that Caron
Was not Il member OF that orGauiza-
ton. recently having been refused ad-
mission. They dcclar red the l. w W.
had nothing 10 do with the explosion.
Why caron was denied a place among
the workers was q point they did not
make clear.
a suggestive piece OF evidence. un-
covered to-day WAS severed hand
which clutched TWO small pieces OF
wire made ready for connections Tie
authorities believe the owner OF this
hand was in the act OF making an
electric connection for one OF the bombs
and "A battery when the explosion oc-
Cured.
The search for papers and notes was
minute. and some notebooks. wi,h the
names OF several anarchists. were
found. There also were pamphlets
which had been sold at I. W. w meet
inss. One poem, vitriolic attack on
christianity. Is believed TO have been
printed on the little press
Another of the papers found was am
appeal for funds TO pay the fine Of
Frank Tanneubaum. sentenced TO "a
year In prison and fined $500 for dis
orderly conduct in connection with an
l. W. w. demonstration.
CLOSELY QUESTIONED
ABOUT nOMB-MtkING
Louise Berger and Elcanora Fitz-
gerald. a teacher in the Francisco Fer
rer School We're closely questioned to-
day as To what they knew Of bomb
making in the fiat. They disclaimed
all knowledge Of il. The police tried
TO trap Miss Berger. into admitting
some knowledge OF a plot to use the
bomb. but NOT u single admission could
he drawn from her. y general alarm
was sent out to-day for the arrest Of
Michael Murphy. whose real name is
said To be Auspenti in the fiat when
the bomb exploded and whose escape
Is considered miraculous. He was in
the hands Of the police a short time
after the explosion. but before the
real nature OF the case WAS learned.
he was released.
Alexander Berkman anarchist and an
associate with Emma Goldman in the
publication OF Mother Earth. an anar-
chistic paper, tonight declared none
OF the dead men was a member of
the ]. W. w. and that the agitation
they had conducted was in behalf Of
the striking miners in Colorado.
\ party OF sympathizers, including
Re r ] IN "a or IA Ia prt-1rf
morrow. he said. TO attend the trials.
No unusual precautions to guard the
Tarrytown courtroom have been talk
en-. Sheriff Doyle to-day said he did
not anticipate trouble from friends
of those to he arraien
Louise Berger declared the three rner
who died in the explosion were mur-
dered. She made this statement as
she was being taken To police sta
tion for further questioning.
These boys were murdered; I know
they they were.' she said. Somebody
sent or brought the machine that kill
ed them all