So cleverly did he pass himself off as a bitter enemy
of capital that he was entrusted with secrets of the utmost
value and took part in making the plans and procuring the
dynamite to execute them. The quality of his nerve (as well
as his foolhardiness) is shown by the fact that he once
carried a dress-suit case full of the explosive around the
city, jumping on and off street cars, and dodging vehicles.
When the proper moment came and the dynamite had been placed
in an uncompleted building on Twenty-second Street, Guthrie
gave the signal and the police arrested the dynamiters--all of
them, including Guthrie, who was placed with the rest in a
cell in the Tombs and continued to report to the district
attorney all the information which he thus secured from his
unsuspecting associates. Indeed, it was hard to convince the
authorities that Guthrie was a spy and not a mere accomplice
who had turned State's evidence, a distinction of far-reaching
legal significance so far as his evidence was concerned.
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