New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-15
hampton Lakes Police
peticent Over Threat to
Destroy Second Mill
uplSONER WORKED
A DAY IN PLANT
Scores Depart Despite du
Points Denial OF
Conspiracy

p, noon Of yesterday every ono IN
,.~,,on Lakes. y. j., a mile from the
Pan, plsnt 81 Haskell. had heard Of
y. ,bc desperate dynamiter. who had
~, osrt Of the munition plant sky
I'D on Friday night had been ar
rested ,
Ubuo the Drawer citizens talked Of
..,.ertins Bert Miller, their fearless
.r,s chief and saloonkeeper, with a
-,3al many Of the more timid began
..,ns7e 10 leave town, for the story,
.i,,,6 10 every one at least twice. as
.,.,s ,hst the cap mill Of the factory
-. due to be blown Up before even
NJ
While one man lsnguished in the
--,ieipsl Jail. FIRE house and city
III the rumor insisted that there
-. two other conspirators still loose
- that Bert was hot on their trail.
rsporter who visited Pompton
,,k,s last night in the hope OF catch
=, the chief 90 his trsil-hitting. ham
-,-,s and hammered at the door Of
!, SUsouehanna HOtel-Bart' hos
,lr7-bcforc he could arouse any one.
Chief Goes TO Bed
.Wso's there" womsn's voice
.rs ike to find out where Chief
Miller is.
What DO you want at this time OF
Mile The rest OF Pompton Lakes
numbered and the reporters watch
-,ked resolutely on toward $3.50 its
amer carried on a three-cornered con
,srsstion with the police chief, VINO,
..-s,ched upon his couch, dictated his
,r,uers to the invisible woman at the
window.
BEFORE sleen oyercsme him. II was
rs,iered that Police Chief Bert Miller
vas not going TO say anything about
No nan that he had arrested. was not
r-e 10 speak of the charge against
In. vas not going TO state whether
here had been any confession or not
n short. was not going 10 say any
-.rc 10 ans one about anybody.
he portion Of Pompton Lakes po-
la force that is on duty az $3.50 sun
isy nights is named Arthur Gilbert
Hs had helped Bert make the arrest. as
is5 Lieutenant George A. kell, OF the
d Pont police. and several other citi-
S.
Worked in Mill a Day
The man has been working IN the
.a- uill Of the plant for just one day,
bert said. "He said IN lunch room
TO-DAY that ne had heard that the cap
nM was the next building to be de-
.troysd. I. was Just idle talk. | think,
for after be was arrested we ques-
oned hin for more than an hour. lie
told US that he had talked with several
men, who said that they were leaving
town because they were afraid there
would be more explosions, and that
that vas what he had been talking
about To- the restaurant"
Lieutenant Kell could not be found
d.. night, but Sergeant James Reilly,
who said that he had helped Kell and
Gilbert he'p Chief Miller arrest the
pan. confirmed Giibert's opinion.
He was just arrested on suspicion,
,s said. "and 7 guess they will let him
70 IN the morning"
Il umors continue 70 spread in
Ponpton Lakes there won't be enough
lnhabltnats left 70 help Chief Miller
make an arrest in a week OF so. The
sst train 70 New York last night was
damned with former employees Of the
60 Pont company. who were leaving the
'anger zone in case the two other
.ohsplrators' blew up any more build
6 before they we're arrested.
Many Quit Powder Zone
AZ late as II o'clock the road to Pster-
30 was dotted with men who we're