Salt Lake Herald | 1906-02-25 | Page 13 | Dynamiters Arrested

DYNAMITERS ARRESTED Plot of Three Men Alleged to Blow BlowUp BlowUp Up Building New York Feb squad of nine de sergeants tonight frustrated what the they declare was a well laid plot to dy dynamite dynamite a building being constructed by Post McC at East Twenty third street Three iron workers two of whom are said to be walking delegates of the Structural IrOn Workers union were arrested the ilie detectives alleging that they were about to set of off twenty pounds of dynamite when they were caught One of oC the men made a desperate fIght draw drawIng drawIng Ing a bla blacic jack and striking at the do de detectives until he was cowed with a re revolver volver The prisoners are Thomas Weir of this city olty and Charles Moran and John Guth Guthrie rie ne both of Jersey City Information of the plot was given to the police poUce in a let Iet Iett t r wrItten by a woman who stated that the three men who intended to effect the explosion had arranged to meet tonight at Third avenue and street Nine detectives disguised as Ia borers gathered at the place mentioned witnessed the meeting of the three men and followed them to the building bunding On the wa way the detectives say they saw the themen themen men take a package out of a satchel which they then burled buried in a sand heap After the three had entered the building the detectives attacked and captured them after a hard fight On Guthrie th the detectives say the they found twenty pounds of dynamite with a fuse attached An Another Another other package con containing fifteen pounds of dynamite was found In the buried satcheL satche J