Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-09-19
Charged With Placing
Dynamite on Coast
Line Trestle
TEXT Of CONFESSION
Otis Norton's Story of
Crime Is Given to
Public
Especial to News

Jacksonville, Sept. 19-J. P. Partee,
Otis Norton and E. Pearson, railroad
strikers, charged with attempting to
! dynamite the Atlantic Coast Line
railway trestle over Six Mile creek
last Tuesday night, were held for the
criminal court without bail after a
preliminary hearing yesterday after
noon.
These were the only men arraigned
yesterday. Eight others, two taken
in custody late yesterday, probably
will be jr.ei Wednesday morning at
1886 o'clock before Justice Of the
Pea-e J. S, Geiger, who presided in
the hearing yesterday.
Pet" williams, one of the party
in the Six Mile creek affair, who es-
capped under gunfire, is still at large
Charles Husband, house carpenter
for the Hotel Mason, ard Harschell
MoseIey, a farmer living in the west
ernU section Of Duval county, alleged
strike sympathizers, were the two ar
rested yesterday. They are charged
with hafboring Williams from the all
.horit;es.
t. Confession of Otis Norton
MAJ public for the first time yester-
dsg, 5ollows;
my name is Otis Norton, p years
Of age. was born in Florida I am
married and have a wife and small
child to support. I have worked for
The Seaboard Air Line Railway for
three years. I am a member of the
Garments Union, Local No 3O3, A. F.
Of l. 7 went out on a strike on July
!. ! have worked for the county for
a short time cutting weeds for eleven
days. l have also worked for my IA
ther, living near the St. Mary's river.
I only worked for him for few days.
Before the strike l lived one block
from Enterprise street, When the
strike was called I was forced TO live
with my father-in-law at Day avenue
and Henry street.
Sunday I was on Lackawanna av-
enue. l met Charles GOolsby and he
asked me if I knew where we could
get a car to go out after something.
7 asked him what he wanted to go af-
ter and he said he'd see me later. l
next saw Goolsby Monday afternoon
when he came to my house a little al
ter dark. He came in the house while
/ was eating supper. l asked him TO
have some supper. He said he didn't
want any. Goolsby asked me if I
would 90 round with him to Partee's
house. ! went with him. He talked
with Partee. | don't know what they
said, Partee handed me two sticks of
dynamite. He got it in the woods
Partee handed GOolsby
some dynamite caps and fuses. Gools-
by ard / returned to the house and
asked me if 1 would keep
the dynamite over night. l agreed.
threw it outside of the fence. l agreed
to deliver the dynamite the next day |
at the place where l was working.
came over that afternoon, at |
house. was working with |
Pearson around his wood yard de-
livered the dynamite to GoOlsby. l |
had the dynamite hid in shed at the |
rear Of Pearson's house, l don't re-
member if l left Goolsby at PearsOn's !
house or not About o'clock last |
night Pearson drove UP TO
nv house in his car at that time
Pearson and Goolsby were in the car.
They called me out of the house.
asked me if l wanted to go
out and have little fun. I asked |
him what kind of fun. He said come !
on and go with him. l got in the car
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