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A History of Organized Felony and Folly Most of the cases of assault were not simple in their nature but in most of them there was an intent to commit murder. Men were bound and thrown into rivers, left un- conscious upon tracks where there were approaching trains and otherwise placed in positions where escape was doubtful. Among the cases of sabotage cited in the Attorney General's exhibit were the following: Four bombs rolled into Southern Pacific yards at San Francisco on night of August 13. Five bombs exploded in yards and roundhouse of Southern Pacific at Roseville, Cal., August 12. Four bombs exploded at San Bernardino, Cal., August 11 and hand grenades thro^^^l into Santa Fe stockade at that point. Two Illinois Central bridges between Belleville and East St. Louis, burned August 9. Two bridges ten miles from Roodhouse, 111., dynamited August 27. Two bombs exploded at Erie shops at Peru, Ind., August 19. Freight train wrecked on Pennsylvania near Indianapolis, August 27, by taking up and relaying track to less than standard gauge. Michigan Central express wrecked by removal of spikes near Gary on August 21. Fireman and engineer killed. Attempt made to wreck Kansas City Southern express near Shreveport, August 22. Other attempts to wreck passenger trains in this district were unsuccessful but several freight wrecks occurred from tampering with tracks. Boston & Albany train derailed near Worcester early in August, causing death of two persons and injuries to 30. Stick of dynamite throv-Ti at sleeping car at Meridian, Miss., August 4, but bounded back and exploded in air. Sack River bridge north of Ashgrove, Mo., blown up by dynamite August 13. 64
A History of Organized Felony and Folly Three bombs throw-n at West Shore train near New York state line August 14, and ten persons injured. Southern Railway water main at Spencer, N. C, blown up August 19. Bridge on Frisco lines in Oklahoma blown up August 21. Attempt to wreck train on Baltimore & Ohio by turning switch at UniontowTi, Pa., July 22. Bomb exploded near sleeping quarters of U. S. deputy marshals at Dallas night of August 17. Attempt made to dynamite train on Illinois Central at Paducah, Ky., August 18. Attempt made to wreck California-Florida Flyer at Capleville, Tenn., night of August 28, by pulling 28 spikes. Chicago & Alton bridge at Brake, 111., blown up by dynamite. Engine run into turntable pit at San Bernardino, August 11. Three hundred air hose cut on Atlantic Coast Line cars at Tampa, night of August 8, and 50 at Lakeland, morning of 10th. Soap powder found in tender of engine on passenger train running from Tampa to Jacksonville. Attempt made to wreck passenger train from Key West to Jackson\'ille by throwing switch, July 25. Striker arrested for placing emery dust in locomotive grease-cup at Venice, 111. Strikers cut air hose and drained boilers on Kansas City, Mexico & Orient, at Wichita, July 18. Hundreds of air hose were cut on lines of Illinois Central and Louisville & Nashville in Kentucky between July 5 and 28. Roundhouse burned at Portland, Me., destroying 15 locomotives and property worth $1,000,000, August 13. Shawnee was practically under control of a mob of strikers armed with high power rifles between August 19 and 21. The foregoing are a few of the characteristic acts of •violence taken from the exhibits of the Attorney General. 65
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