Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-16
|. ". ". PLANNED
RAID ON PARADE
THREE WEEKS AGO
Alleged Confession Made By
a "Red'' Says They Expect
ed An Attack on ArniStiC5
Day and Prepared for It,

10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL .EAsEo wiREl
Centralia Wash, Nov 15 (hy the
| Associated Press. )-Industria Work
ers of the World planned the Centralia
shooting three weeks before Armistict
day according to an alleged confes.
sion made by L. Roberts, confessed
w, w, who surrendered himself tC
the officers following Tuesdays shoot
ing in which bullets from the guns
of the radicals killed four former
American soldiers marching in the
holiday parade.
The confession said the I. w. w
expected their hall would be attacked
on Armistice day and that all the
radicals who took part in the shooting
expected to be killed. According to
Roberts statement, f. Wesley Ever
etts, the lynched l. w w, apparently
directed the movements of the radi-
calls as he sent Roberts and two 9TH
ers to Seminary Hill, near the scene
of the shooting, with orders to shoot
when they shoot or when We heard
shots"
Roberts in his alleged confession
implicated several alleged |. w. w.
who are in Jail here and nearby cities.
After making the confession Roberts
is said to have stated that he feared
vengeance at the hands of his fellow
radicals because of his confession.
The Alleged Confessions.
The alleged confession, bearing
Roberts signature and witnessed by
Robert Jackson, a local police officer,
- 1F
and a member of the American Le-
gion follows;
"I was on top of a hill with n .22
high power shooting into the street.
I shot five shots. We started plan
ming this three weeks ago, as we fig
ured the I, w. w. were going to be
attacked Wesley Everetts sent
me to the hill with two other
men. I don't know both of their
names. Hansen was the name of one.
His right name is Loughtenoff. and he
is a Finn, The 7. w. w. furnished
the guns. used a .22 high-power
caliber and Hansen used n .250 Saw
age. | don't know the name of the
other man, but he wore a loggers'
shirt and blue overalls. We We're sent
up on the hill about / o'clock Just
before we went one man was put In
the Avalon hotel. l don't know his
name, but he wore a brown suit, light
Macknaw and he had a small light
mustache. Evaretts told us 70 shoot
when they shot at us or when we
heard shots. Smith was to use a 1890
revolver We expected all to be killed
and we done this with the intention
of protecting our hall do not think
that we got orders to do this from
the outside, but planned it among
ourselves. I don't know anything
about any other plan, or where men
were to be put, but Smith was co stay
in the hall. I know o. c. Bland,
Britt Smith, Roy Becker, Hansen,
that was with us and myself took
part in the shooting. After the shoot
ing I went home and hid across the
field from the house in the brush.
The other two men went to a shack
of Hansen's up at the head of the
Hanford river Hansen and the other
man went together. We took the guns
up in a suitcase and Hansen carried
the suitcase That was the suitcase
that was found UP there
(signed) al. ROBERTS.
witnesses:
ROBERT JACKSON.
sc. H. LEWIS"
Confession Made i'm Jail.
Roberts, who, it is said, is known
among the radical element as
Grand Mount" made the confession
according to officials, while in jail
here Friday Roberts was one of the
ten prisoners charged here yesterday
with murder in the first degree.
IT was said here tonight that Coun-
ty Attorney Herman Allen and C. D.
his special assistant.
have obtained a more detailed confess
sion from Roberts since Friday.
Seminary hill, mentioned in the al
legged confession, lies not far from
Tower avenue and Second avenue, the
street corner near which Tuesdays
shooting occurred. After the attack
4 small boy reported he saw three
men on the hill during the parade.
they were shooting toward town, nc
old the police. Ii ter the boy found
he suitcase mentioned in the state
ment.
The Hanford river mentioned ap-
rarently Is not kr own here. There
IS n Hanford valley near 1ere and it
IS thought possibly some small stream
N the valley is called the Hanford
liver.