Hide Article Text (OCR)
COMMITTEE SEES WEAPONS USED SABOTAGEMurray Shows Dynamite, Blue Vitriol, Emery Dust, and Track Derailers.J. C. Murray, general manager of the M. N. A., was again placed on the witness stand before the Legislative Investigating Committee this afternoon and his testimony was the most sensational yet given.Bombs, Acids, Etc. Exhibited.By way of explaining how eight railroad bridges were burned in 3 days, he exhibited a collection of dynamite, bombs, blue vitriol, boxes of emery dust, articles placed on the track for derailment of trains,, dynamite fuse, cut hose, etc.These articles were brought into court in a bushel basket, and was called a “basket of relics,” by J. Sam Rowland.Two Dynamite Bombs.There were two dynamite bombs. These are made by wrapping the-dynamite in excelsior and enclosing that in coats of pitch, concrete, wire and concrete again. The last moulding looks like a lump of coal and is intended to be thrown into the engine by the unwary fireman, and cause an explosion, derailment and perhaps loss of life to trainmen and passengers.
Newspaper Details
Harrison Times
Harrison, Arkansas, US
Fri, Mar 23, 1923
Page 5
Full Page
Clipped by
Arkansas S.
