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The Waco Evening News
Waco, Mclennan County, Texas
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In Montreal, three young men including the son of ex-Premier Mercier were arrested for trying to blow up Nelson's monument with dynamite; one carried a large cartridge and fuse, and they were jailed.
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Three young men, two law students, the third a son of ex-Premier Mercier, were arrested Monday morning last for attempting to blow up Nelson's monument on Jacques Cartier square in Montreal. The young men affected indifference when arrested, one loudly declaring: "Things had no right there anyway and should be made mince meat of." They were locked up after giving their names. On the person of Paul De Martigny was found a dynamite cartridge nearly a foot long and about thirty feet of fuse.
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Montreal
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Monday Morning Last
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three young men arrested and locked up; dynamite cartridge and fuse found on paul de martigny
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Three young men, two law students and the son of ex-Premier Mercier, were arrested for attempting to blow up Nelson's monument on Jacques Cartier square. They showed indifference upon arrest, with one declaring the monument had no right to be there. On Paul De Martigny, a dynamite cartridge nearly a foot long and about thirty feet of fuse were found.