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Show PLANNED TO CA8T 8USPICION UPON INNOCENT MEN Atteaux Defense That He Was Em- ployed by Corporation to "Plant" Dynamite 8trlkers Premises Boston, May 26. Indication that tho defense would rely upon Its abll-Ity abll-Ity to prove that Frederick E At-teaux, At-teaux, who Is admitted to have re-ceived re-ceived checks from the American woolen company, was employed by the company in h legitimate capacity, developed nt tho dynamite conspiracy trial today. The government alleges that money paid to Atteaux upon tho authority of the president of the American Woolen company, William Wood, was In furtherance of a con-splrhcy con-splrhcy entered Into by Wood, At teaux, Dennis J. Collins, John J. Green and Ernest W. Pitman to cast suspicion upon textile strikers .it Lnw-renc Lnw-renc by "plontlng" dynamite nj premises occupied by them. William II. Dwcllcy Jr.,, tho secretary sec-retary of the woolen company, who was summoned as a witness for tho prosecution, testified under cross examination ex-amination that Atteaux was Instructed Instruct-ed to visit various places wnero the company's factories are located and confer with the mill agents regaid-ing regaid-ing labor troubles. The payments to Atteaux in wd checks, totaling $2,605 were en'.jwi according to the witness In tho mhti-ner mhti-ner thnt nil legitimate disbursements wcro recorded on the compan'a books. Testimony that Atteaux had performed per-formed similar services for the company com-pany in 1912 during labor troubles and that he had been paid In precisely pre-cisely the same manner, was given by C. C. Wlggln, vice prcsldont and comptroller of tho woolen company. For this work, tho witness said, Atteaux At-teaux received $1000. The voucher for this payment was Introduced and shown to be Identical In form with tho voucher for Atteaux'e account in 1912. The witness explained that nny expenditure authorized by President Presi-dent Wood would be paid without question. Attorney William Butler whs called In an attempt by tho sthte to establish estab-lish that Wood and Atteaux me-, nt the offices of the American Woolen company on January 19, 1912 the day the dynamite was "planted. ' l"i. witnesg denied that he had ben a the company's office on that day or had seen Wood or Atteaux together He also denied that he had toll the prosecutor to the contrary. m m |