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**Arthur Caron** (1883 - 1914) was an anarchist and a member of the
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[Industrial Workers of the
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World](Industrial_Workers_of_the_World "wikilink"). He masterminded an
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attempt to assassinate John D. Rockefeller using a bomb constructed from
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dynamite. While building the device, [he was killed
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along](Lexington_Avenue_Explosion "wikilink") with Carl Hanson, and
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Charles Berg on July 4, 1914, when his bomb prematurely exploded. The
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blast also killed a renter of the building who was not part of the plot
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and injured dozens of others. In the wake of Caron's death, some 5,000
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mourners gathered in New York's Union Square, where anarchist leaders
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Alexander Berkman and Rebecca Edelson among others spoke in memory of
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those who died.\[1\]
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## References
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1. [Wikipedia](Wikipedia "wikilink") -
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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Caron> |