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as he believed, the strike cause. Together
they hit On the scheme OF levying from
the Ryan boxes. This would save tam
pcring with the locals funds. as the col
%lections from the organs flowed In every
night.
Told Local Omcers Of Plot.
However, Herllhy with his sense OF
loyalty to the union did not want to
fequisltion the money until he had ac-
quainted his fellow officers with the pur-
pose for which twas to be employed.
This brought into their confidence
Pollock. assistant to Herlihy. Hamilton
and Kulle. These men said they pro-
tested gains violence. but had to yield
when the others argued that the strike
cause would he benefited. The organ
collections ranged between $50 and $40
night. On one OF the big nights Her
1ihy instructed Kulle to turn over $50 to
Pollock. which money was turned over
TO him-Heriihy.
Merna, Herlihy and another who
must be designa. Cd as X until the police
arrest him. went to Caldwell. n. j., on
Monday. October 20. They went to the
home OF Mcclure. a chauffeur. with
whom one OF the men was well ac-
ouainted. They confded in Mcclure and
ell slept at his house that night. Next
morning they took a trolley to the Her.
cules Powder Company In kenvil. n. j.
Herlihy told the powder men he rep
resented c. +. johnson of Bernardsville,
N. ]. johnson wanted to build "A garage.
but had to blow up some tree stumps'
Mcclure was with him and backed up
the plausible story. They were able TO
buy nifty sticks Of dynamite. 100 ful.
inmate Of mercury caps and 100 feet OF
D,s,A THAI, ,,atS &c ga fnr the dNnamNte
and a few dollars more for the caps and
fuse
Checked Dynamite in Hotel.
They we're advised they could not
carry the explosives on the trolley car.
o they hired q factor. driver to carry
them TO Dover. n. j.. where they checked
rhe box In a hotel. Wrapped up In thick
brown paper the dynamite was taken to
McGuire's home by Herlihy. Mcclure.
Mcrna and X.
That night they made a test OF the
1neA They learned II required only a
minute for a foot and three. quarters OF
s4ps0 to burn down. They fitted two OF
.thssS nifty sticks OF dynamite with the
Originating capt to which they attached
f0aesL The explosives were packed In a
suit case. The twined fuses were pulled
through Q hole in the top of the suit
case.
After paying $40 20 McGulre's wife
tor their board and meals Herlihy.
Merna and y. took trolley TO Newark
and went from there by taxicab to City
Hall In Manhattan. they arrived there
about 4 o'clock and took u northbound
Lemon avenue train.
They decided to plant the bomb at
10th street. which IL an island plat
form. While Merna and X. went to the
end OF the platform IIerlihy watched the
station agents. on his signal hat they
were unobserved on the deserted sta
ton the others lowered the suit case.
holding on to the ends OF the four foot
0ouble fuse. To get a good light one
OF the men clipped of i've inches from
the end OF the fuse.
Bomb Explodcs, Fuse Il Police Clue
After touching "A match to the fuse
the uen walked leisurely out of the
station. They had just jumped over the
Central Park wall when the bomb ex.
ploded with n violence that shook the
ground under their feet. SO violent
was the conclusion that the strip OF
fuse held by one OF the men dropped out
OF his hand. He did not stop to pick II
up. The three OF them ran through the
park until they reached a Fifth avenue
gate.
Next day the man who had dropped
the fuse end went back to the park.
He found detectives searching near the
park wall for clues ana quit the spot
Valentine Correli OF Capt. Tunney's
squad found the bit Of fuse. the only
thing that offered a clue. Tunney put
all his men to work. He argued the
dynamite could not he bought In New
York because OF the slrictness OF the
regulations, so lie sent his men TO New
Jersey.
Detective Sergeant George Barnitz and
Lieut.. George Busby went To the Her.
cules plant. They ran down all the sales
FOR the month and found all except one
TO be authentic. The one defective sale
was mad" out in the name of Sc. +
Johnston" They cou't find no such
man In Bcrnardsville, y. J.. so they de-
cided strikers had bought the dynamite.