The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-22
DYNAMITE Is FOUND
AT ARCHBOLD HOME
TarrytOwn Police See Plot
Against Standard Oil
President.
PROVIDERS ON GROUNDS
Explosive Hidden in Drive
Where Automobile Would
Explode 1t.

TARRYrowN, ~ Y. Nov. 21.--A
cleverly planned plot against the life OF
John u. Archhold. president OF the
standard OIL Company OF New Jersey,
was discovered here yesterday when
four sticks of dynamite were found con-
cealed within nifty feet Of his home Mt
2si South Broadway. The explosive was
bile path leading from the garage to the
avenue In n place where Mr.. Archbold's s
chauffeur would have had to Crive over
II after taking his employer from the
house.
Only the fact that the Standard oil
masnate went to his offices in New York
on his yacht Vixen yesterday saved his
life. the police believe. 1t Ia his usual GUS
tom to travel to and from the city by
water during the week. but on Saturday.
half holiday. he often makes the
journey In his machine. This time. how
ever. ne changed his plans. The plotters
evidently were familiar with his habits.
for the explosive must have been placed
In conceaiment some time Friday night
in preparation for the attack which Mr..
Archboid's unexpected change Of plans
defeated.
Gardener Finds Dynamite.
John wAhlquist. head gardener OF the
estate. found the dynamite while he was
inspecting the grounds late Saturday af-
ternoon. lie carried the package into
the house and waited until his employer
returned home. When Mr.. Archbold was
told uf what had been found he had the
dynamite kept at the house until after
dark. when wahlauist took 1t TO Chief
OF Police William J. Bowles.
An investigation was at once started
and the police obtained the Information
that led them to think that the explosive
was 10 have been used IN a plot in which
Mr.. Archbold might not have been the
only victim Fire Chief Thomas Foley
told Chief Bowles that on two or three
nights during the past week he has
seen suspicious looking men on the
Archbold grounds. on une OF the nights
a man. on hearing him approach. hid
behind a tree. chief Foley thought
little OF the incident at the time, but
Immediately connected II with the dis
covery Of the dynamite.
The matter was kept quiet through
the efforts of Mr.. Archibold until this
afternoon. when the story leaked out.
partly because 1t was learned that
guards had been hurried from New York
to the Archbold home. Watchmen are
now stationed throughout the estate and
no one II allowed on the grounds.
The home OF Mr. Archboid. at 2sl
South broadway. is IN that part Of
Tarrytown where number OF other
New York business men have their resi-
dences Mr. Archbolds neiehbor TO
the south is Col. Jacob Rupert, owner
OF the New York American baseball
team. while to the north Is the home
of Col Robert c. Clowry, formerly prcsi-
dent of the Western Union Telegraph
Company John D. Rockefeller's estate
Is about three miles north.
Think II Due to Recent strike.
The police believe that the attempt on
Mr. Archbold is "A result Of the Bayonne
strike against the standard oil Com
pany and Of l. W. W. antaeonism.
Similar trouble followed the strike In the
Colorado mines owned by Mr.. Rookie
Teller. when anarchists appeared AZ
Pocantlco Hills in the early summer of
1914. A year previous 10 that a plot
to burn down the famous $4,000 tea
house of the Rockefeller estate was
discovered by a workman. who stumbled
upon oil soaked waste and straw con-
cealed in the shrubbery An attempt to
burn the stables had succeeded shortly
before. The I. W. W. anarchists even
tried 20 force their way into the Rocke =.
feller home and were repulsed by armed
guards.
Upton Sinclair, the late Arthur Caron
and other radical leaders we're thrown
off the estate and many were arrested
when the so-called "Silent Protest"
league besicged Pocantico Hills.
Mr. Archbold has never before been
singled out by the !. w. w. radicals or
any anarchists as an object Of hatred
He has been singularly free from the
dangers visited upon the Rockefellers by
these workers, The plot against his life,
therefore, came as a surprise to Tarry-
town.
The only explanation offered by the
polic, Is that Mr.. Archbold, as presi-
dent OF the New Jersey corporation.
was singled out for the vengeance of the
radicals who were defeated In the re-
cent Bayonne trouble.
Mr.. Archbold's estate IL one of the
finest in the surrounding group of
wealthy homes. II is half a mile from
Tarrytown village and overlooks the
Hudson River.
NEW ZEPPELIN EXPLODES.