Arthur Caron

Arthur Caron (? - July 4, 1914) was a French Canadian anarchist and a member of the Industrial Workers of the World. He masterminded an attempt to assassinate John D. Rockefeller. He was killed along with Carl Hanson, and Charles Berg on July 4, 1914 when his bomb prematurely exploded.^[1]

References

^ "Exploded in Apartment Occupied by Tarrytown Disturbers. Only One Escaped Alive". The New York Times. July 5, 1914. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9802E5DA153FE233A25756C0A9619C946596D6CF. Retrieved 2007-12-30. "A large quantity of dynamite, which the police and certain friends of the leaders of the I. W. W. believe was being made into a bomb to be used in blowing up John D. Rockefeller's Tarrytown home, exploded prematurely at 9:16 o'clock in the upper story or on the roof of the new seven-story model tenement house at 1,626 Lexington Avenue."

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Name	Caron, Arthur
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Short description	Attempted to assassinate John D. Rockefeller
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Date of death	July 4, 1914
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