The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-06

Thought to Be Implicated in Plot to
Blow Up Munitions Factories.

Hoboken, N. j., March 6.--Anothei
man was taken into custody here to-day
on suspicion OF being implicated with
Fritz Kolb, the German arrested yester.
day in plot to blow up munitions fac.
tories. The identity of the second man
is being carefully guarded by the police
i After a preliminary investigation the
authorities announced themselves as con
WINGED that the plans OF the alleged
plotters had to do entirely with destroy
| ing war supplies and that no attack on
| the presidents life was contemplated,
The police also said they had come into
possession of information which might
help them in solving the Black Tom,
n. j., explosion and the destruction of
the Kingslaud, n. j., plant of the Cana
dian Car & Foundry Co in which large
munition supplies for the entente allies
were blown up.
Kolb was found in small hotel OPP
posite the piers of the Hamburg Amer
lean line. His room, il was asserted,
bore the appearances of having been used
as laboratory Besides the two bombs,
the police said they found some tubing
resembling that used in ships, part OF it
brass and part of il stsel- The bombs
were made OF this material There were
also flask Of black powder, two lead
cans. three bottles containing gasoline,
benzinc and alcohol, tools, miscellaneous
materials, trinitrotoluol and black disc
powder. Experts from the New York
detective bureau said the disc powder
was new to them. but they believed il
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The bombs, the experts declared, also
were of new type and apparently OF
great power They were about seven
inches long. an inch and half in dame
ter and fitted with an explosive which
was taken out by the police to be ana
lyzed before they would express an opin-
ion as to its nature. About the steel
body OF the bomb was wound a thin
copper tubing, perforated at intervals.
The fuses were contained in this tube,
the evident purpose being to protect
them. the convolutions beiag designed to
permit a considerable length of fuse be
ing used so that time would be given
for anyone planting the bombs to reach
a safe distance before they exploded.
The workmanship of the bombs, the
police said, indicated ingenuity and skill.
They were wrapped up in shirt which
Kolb, they said, admitted was his.
Kolb denied that he had anything TO
do with making the bombs, but said, ac-
cording to the police that his room was
used for that purpose by man he knew |
only as karl" whom he met in a sa
oon. He added that he did not know |
where Karl could be found at this time |
Kolb said he was born in Cologne, Ger |
many. and shortly after the war began I
anne to this country on q Standard Oil +
steamer, working his way He made sew
,ral trips between this country and Mex
co, he said, but not recently. At va
-ious times, he said. he worked as a bar
keeper and waiter and also admitted
hat he was a druggist and had sought
position as a weigher in chemical houses.
He gave his age as 80. He had lived
It the hotel here for five weeks, paying
Il .25 a week for his room.
Officials of the Canadian Car & Foun-
lry Co said there was a likeness be-
ween Kolb and a photograph of for
ner employe of the concern for whom
hey have been searching since the ex
,losion at Kingsland, n. j. They said
hey would have several workmen who
new the original Of the photograph call
t headquarters to see whether they
ould identify Kolb.