Evening journal., 1915-12-17
ARREST POWDER
WORKER, Scent
PLOT TO BLOW UP
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(COnunueO FROM rage H.
solicited the protection of the local au-
thorities.
The complaint against Svoboda was
made by Clarence j. Chapman, who al
leges that the defendants stole a pair
of gloves and lot of powder from the
dupont Company. When the warrant
was served on Svoboda his room was
searched, and the officers found gun
cotton, dynamite and nitroglycerin, to-
gether with some black powder. A
combination could be formed chem
ist at the plant said. which could bring
destruction 10 all of the plants.
Suspicion pointed to SvobOda about
three weeks ago. when all employees
received orders to report at the Of
fee photographer TO have their picures
taken OF the $4,000 men Svoboda de-
clined. The photographs were wanted,
II is said. to use in connection with
the pay checks. so that they could not
be transferred and any one outside the
company's employ use them TO get into
the works.
Il is said the authorities have let
ters in French and German that will
be translated before the day OF hear
ing that will probably throw some
light on the case.
No hearing is 10 be given until all
OF Svoboda's effects at Pennsgrove
have been thoroughly searched and
bis whereabouts previous to coming
TO Pennsgrove traced.
SvOboda denies that he stole the
gloves or the explosives found in his
room, and alleges that they were
placed there by somebody TO throw
suspicion on him.
A man giving the same name as
svoboda is known i'm this city because
Of a visit he paid TO the newspaper
offices last summer. He appeared In
The Office Of THE EVENING JOUR-
NAL producing some typewritten
copy and some clippings from news
papers to the effect that he was an old
soldier and had medals for bravery,
especially in saving life. He said that
he had lost his wife and several chill
iren in the Slocum disaster. which
was the destruction OF a Measure
steamer by fire some years ago In New
York. He desired to get before the
people the information that despite
ihe great record he had made in war
and in saving lives, he having passed
lhe age OF 20 years. was forced to
make his living in the powder line.
While in THE JOURNAL the man
giving the name OF Svoboda gave sew
aral reporters of the paper pieces OF
smolSeless powder and promised to
come again and present canes made
1f the powder The story he left was
not run on the day he left Il. so he re-
turned next day and took away part
of the copy he had left the day before
He did not bring the powder canes with
him. He said al the time that he had
a son working in the powder plant
With him.
The same man who called at THE
EVENING JOURNAL office called at
the Office of the Morning News and
offered one OF the editorial staff a
pass with which to get into the Car
1ey's Point plant to write il up"
Major Richard Sylvester, chief oi
The DUPONT Co. secret service. in
speaking OF the case this morning said
that the man now under arrest had
been under suspicion for several
months and that reports received
from investigations were now being
verified He said that the prisoner
had two persons living with him. One
he said. was his son and the other a
nephew. They lived together in a
house in Pennsgrove. According to
reports the old man. under arrest,
was more Industrious and prompt in
reporting for work than was either
bis son or nephew
Major Sylvester today said no time
had been set for a hearing in Svo-
hOda's case so far as he knew. De-
iectives OF the dupont company are
tracing back the movements of Svo-
hoda for several years. So far as
could be learned the men supposed
20 be son and nephew OF Svoboda
have not been detained as witnesses
in the case against the man in Salem
ial