Show II WOMAN PLANNED CRIMES RI iES iE'S r. r Son Charged With Arson Makes Startling Confession of Plots 3 I t. POISON BOMBS AND ARSON 1 i Baby John Martin Says Mother I Intended to Annihilate Anni Anni- 1 Whole Town Redding Bedding Cal Cat Feb 10 ln In In the tile prese presence presence pres' pres pres pres- e ence erice of ot a q crowd of ot sp that tilled filled Justice Barbers Barber's court room at Weaverville today Baby Daby John Martin Mar Mar- tin a q boy a i 16 made a confession conCession r during the thc preliminary examination o ohis ot of othis his mother Mrs John Martin on a 4 charge of ars ars arson n n. n that at once places place I that woman In the front rank of ot th the tho arch criminals o of the country and re revealed revealed re- re a n plot on tho the part of ot his another molher to mur murder cr not only certain corain individuals Individual rt-l' rt i. i against whom she sho had a a. grud grudge e bu buto but woman and child to poison polson ever every man ant i In the town of ot who wo drink drinkwater I I lif lifto Y water ter t the tae a town roser Baby Johns conCession confession not only onh of the Mor- Mor lorf lor- lor burning t.- t. C fastens the crIme f barr barq worth 2000 upon himself b bu u Indicates that he fired the building through fear of his mother and and ana re reveals reveals re- re als a pot plot of Mrs Martin Marlin to blow biow ui fl J Judge Bartlett superior ju Judge ge of ot Trin- Trin Samuels of Oakland Oak 4 t Ity fly county count and Judge land with Infernal machines to kill 1111 f r rL Postmaster A I. I L. L Paulsen of oC with Infernal Internal machines that were t r. r to tn have h v been hern In an envelope in I. I such ud uda sucha a a manner ir that Paulsen would woul nave have 7 been killed In the act of or applying tho the f stamp tamp and ad to place poison polson in the town reservoir with which the people of I- I arc aro supplied with water fi for drinking ln purposes Arson Aron n r. r t. t Baby J John Jphn hn stated that the Morris k barn rn was the first of what was to be bea r i a n series of oC crimes that would have i. i startled d the world and would have ha havee t e thrown thrown Into Insignificance tho the plotting y 1 and conspiracies of the most notorious 1 criminals of ot the dark arlt a ages es k During the pro progress res of ot Baby John Johns s r testimony Mrs tIrs Martin frequently In Interrupted Interrupted Interrupted In- In him with pleas of ot Dont t talk dot don't ij She had not been allowed to communicate communicate with him since their arrest andt and t had not been allowed the l to coach him had ho been susceptible t r of ot receiving recel Instructions from the tho i 1 I mother whom he feared E I. I John In answer to a direct question stated that thal he fired tho tim Morris barn S j but did so at his mothers mother's command and anI only after atter she sho had threatened to lock him In a a. tunnel and blow him up If he heI I refused Mrs Martin fainted taInted at this st statement 0 of oC her boy and cried out He lie is crazy h he Is Is' Is crazy The boy said that his mother wanted t- t him to burn the barn a few tew days before the fire actually occurred but he did i- i not want to do It because there was the tho ground and his tracks t. snow on tho would have been discovered Sh She told him h ho he could not bo be convicted ed on tho the t strength of the tho tracks and urged him W. W to do the Job After refusing for tor two arr 11 f. f th barn JH 1 J 1 o Baby Daby John told of his knowledge of the tho cy cyanide found In his mothers mother's possession possession pos pos- I session when she was arrested In Redding Bcd Bcd- Red ding and stated tate that It had been purchased purchased purchased pur pur- chased for tor tho the purpose of t poisoning the waters o of tho town reservoir Mrs t. t Martin wanted to drop this Into the reservoir during low water so that every cry one ono who drank the fluid would be bc killed The boy then told of or having assisted his mother manufacture a bomb that was to be placed beneath tho the residence J of or Jud Judge c Samuels In Oakland This was to be used to blow up the judges judge's homo In the hope of killing him Tho The plot was not carried out because there V was a a. Ugh light t on tho the opposite side o of the str street et and arid Mrs Martin was afraid the boy would be Le seen placing tho the bomb ll He e eaId said aId th that t part of the bomb was wa afterward aft dt- l t erward orward destro destroyed ed and tho the other part hurled burled under one ono of Mrs San Samuels cottages cottages cottages cot cot- In Oakland Sixteenth and Peralta Peralta Per- Per it alta streets which were afterward destroyed de do- y s p i He said be he fired these cottages at nt the 7 request of his mother r Other Machine lit The plan to kill lellI Postmaster Paulson r- r against Mrs Martin had a grudge t was to place an infernal Internal machine in an nn ani l i J envelope and put It In the office Paulson Paul Paul- I t son would stamp tho the envelope and the contact of ot tho the stamping machine machino with the tho explosive would result In tho the postmasters postmaster's postmasters postmaster's post post- masters master's death Taking her cure from the confession I a. a of or Harry Orchard Mrs l Martin planned to kill Jud Judge e Bartlett In tho the same samo manner manner man man- ner ncr In which Governor of Idaho mot met his death He lie was to bo be at attracted attracted nt- nt tract cd to his gate which on being r r. r opened would set off ort a bomb that thai vi v- v would hurl tho the Jurist Into eternity The Judge Samuel bomb was to be bet t operated by clockwork Tho The poisoning I of ot a person named Lauk was another unit of tho the great system of slaughter The spring from which Lank Lauk got his water was to bo be poisoned The plan was never nover carried out for the reason that Lauk was sent to prison for tor life r i. i on a n charge of assault Baby John also stated staged that his mother wanted to kill H. H Price Miner for Cor a long time In tho the employment of j Mrs Martin Her plan for or this murder i i- i i was for tor the tho boy to toll follow ow It s I |