Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-17
PLOT MATCHED To
KILL ROCKEFELLER
BERGMAN SAYS BOMB WHICH
SLEW REDS WAS MEANT FOR
OIL HAcHRTE


Denver. colo. FEB. L. - a plot
aEainst che life % John u. RocEefeuer
and Die son. John ID Rockefcler Irr
which vas % have been carried OUT az
the Rockefeller Tarrgtovu estate FOL
loving ths battle 90 l.adIo@. bur eHic1
pns thsarted bg the premature ca
pIoal0u % The bomb and tEs death ~
three 90 The cglapirat1Ts in the Lex
ington avenue horror il Sea flre last
July. vas admitted here hy Alexander
Bereman. anarc1iHr
ACCORDING o. Bc~auau fl-r men
were directly Involved. ilelldlrz q
uau named M4rply and toe three ul9
f0ef their fiVcs-ArtIur Caroc Mat.
thew Kahn and Charlie Bsrz. bio
does no. falna Matthew schmidt. held
a. Neu YoFE f1r the Los Angelic o..
ploalou. WGa concerned l1 the plot. al
though william q Barns. the detect
I've. thinks he vas.
The plot against the Lives o. the
TocEsfeilers- Bersmsu ssid. -aas
hnteFed after free speech Dol TarrF-
town had been virtually Elppres
turguEn the activity GO fle Hor."tsi-
Ter guards and shortly before HDcae-
Teller took permanent refuge Dol bis
home In cleveland Before This time
there had been big demon s-rati1rs ir
front OF lis Office az 2s Broadway.
witch R1ckcfeIler had finally sought
90 avoid bg remallire behind t.e walls
of hts Tarrytouu estate.
About twenty-five or Thirty arar-
cfIstr. amoaz them Murphy. DarDu.
Kahn. ana Eers and myself followed
him there Literally a siege was laid
% has place. and be- employed about $50
special oaacerr 90 protect him and sur
rounded hiF property with another
vail $50 then commenced tI spsaE
aEainst l.m on tho street corners. at
the gate. 90 hia ground. and wherever
W. 80 chance.
This procedure Ted t1 campaign
% repression. ln which several Dl the
speakera we're severely beaten Nugus
this number were Ca-01 and Kahn
Evidently they determined lr revenge
But they took 90 one except Murphy
and BERG. as far aa Q know. into their
confd~lcr.
They rented an apartment at one
Hundred and Thirty-tlirt street and
Lexington avenue and commenced the
manufacture OF the houh. which they
planned later tD Uuri into RocEsisile-s
carrlaee whenever Doc should attempt
90 leave BITS estate. They had De- about
finished according r1 Murphy. when
"a exploded and KILLED the three u-1
were nearest &c.
MUIR By. who was a. the back ~
the room. having been asleep ir am
other apartment. was hurled through
the side wall. virtually all % ulich
was carried away
Murphy flif was broken by q Num-
Der % telegraph wires. and he landed
m the street uuhurt fu tia uirIt shirt
he Jumped no and ran 90 q police ata-
ton Apparently no one tl1Gr-t -1
detain him. f1r Do appeared .u % short
while az ms Office. SEE afiH wore q
patruirnau's SUIT OF clothes tf-er that
he disappeared and nothing has ever
been heard % him since. though the
police tried Co. locate him FOR several
weeks PIE was yourr Ir.srrssu-
q was asked today 90 tris Murphy
could have been Schmidt. fFe man .
now under arrest in NeV Yo-s iu c1u-
uection with the Los Angelo Times
ease but from the description tfat iE
given o. Schmidt. % one-eTei man. 7 .
do not think they can o. the same. 10 .
a. possible Schmidt may have been iu .
the plot but do not think o. probable F.
because 90 nos know Schmidt