The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-02-14
r,0toSinu of an Internal Machine.

The attempt TO kill A Hoveler, Of Pitts
A,rr Pa. BY means of an Internal machine.
n. saturday night last, has been noticed. The
p;isburg Post gives the following particu
Isr,ef that extraordinary case:
Aboul eleven o'clock, the residents not only
a Iawrenceyille, hut some in Allegheny and
pttshurc were aroused by a terrible eXplo-
..su which seemed to be continuous and re-
,.-brrsuyc lasting several seconds. lnyesti-
,,..on proved that the eXplo non originated
rom an Internal machine, which had been
,i,-ei IN the window sill of a room in the
oVer part OF Mr.. Hoveler's house. The
rfnm contained two beds, one occupied by
NJ Hoyeler and wife, and the other "a
t-geGls bed by two children. Mr.. Hoveler
he'd on!y retired about half an hour before,
having been sitting at the window where
,Ie machine was placed awaiting the arri-
i4l Of physician. who had been sent Tor to
minister 10 member of the family then i'll
IN. pccupauts of the room were suddenly
awakened by the shock, and found the room
literally covered with fragments of glass and
fullets several of which We're embedded III
,be wall while the beds Were also strewn
with the leadpn ms trumeuts of destruction
A door opening in 20 ano other room gave vent to
The charge and permitted Mr.. H. TO remove
bis family from the suftocating atmosphere -
rs what seems an interposition OF ProNl-
denee The design of the fiendish plotter
a~igst the lives OF the innocent was frustra-
q sight burn received by one OF the children.
There Is porch in front OF the house, and
the window where the MACHINE was placed
cppus upon the porch from recess al the end.
The "A. Chine evidently consisted tfrom the
frg.mprN picked APP of box made OF inch
Thick pine about a foot long, four inches wide,
and tie same depth. This was packed with
powder and a number of bullets, new, and OF
Two different Sizes fastened up, and then
bound securely with Irvine. The firing was
r.H lzr
had been placed on the sill, was drawn along
'ha railing of the porch, four or tlye teet, ana
smalch applied. The effect of the explosion
u such Satanic contriyance may be lnaSln
ed
The window glase and sash We're shattered
toatouts and scattered over the 0Doms, While
PICTURES and other small articles We're torn To
pieces The burning Irvine set fire to the
rees outside and iguited the bed clothing in
,lae The room was filled with smoke and
au9t shaken from the chimney, and the expo
son tore q shutter from its hinges. In the
morning Mr. Hoveler picked up fifty balls on
III, ground and nearly as many III the room
and throughout the day persons visiting tus
scene found them all over the premises. III.
tox must have contained several hundred
balls and If is indeed miraculous that no on
Wa. injured by them. II is probable, how
ever, that they were not so arranged III tn
fasug - to give Them fun effect and that tn
box was not strong enough to offer much re
-ls.ance 70 the force OF the explosion, thu
permitting a large proportion of The missile
10 tall outside, while those which entered
The room fell with little force. Marks oil bloc
were observed upon the porch, and II Is be
leyed that the ContrlVer of this tiendish pro
lectile vas himself injured by the explosion