, 1874-01-05
An Tnferna1-Machine Sent to
His House.
BE Escapes Death by a Happy Ao'
cident,
Four Murders Reported from Different
Parts of the Country.
Mail Adyiccs of Horrible Murders
in New Mexico.


Attempt to Kill Judge II oEris.
SPECIAL DISPATCH to The Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK. Jan. 4.-The desperation Of the
Brooklyn ring at the near prospect OF active
prosecution OF the large gang OF ro2eateEs and
ballo:-box suffers in its pay is Indicated oy
d;abolical attempt to take tho life Of Judge S. D.
Morris, formerly District-Attorney OF Brooklyn.
and the most active and prominent opponent OF
tho ring. Morris holds in the reform m vement
of Brooklyn abou. the same relative Position rs
Charles O'Conor dld IN this city when Tam
many was oyerthrown; and leads, as well as
legally advises, the reforms OF Broollyn. He
WAS the chief counsel engaged in prosecuting
Winchester Britton, the present Dlstrlct-Attor-
ney of Brooklyn, for mnlfeasauce in Office, and
thus made himself
PARTICULARLY OBNOXIOUS 70 THE RING,
who recognize that the removal OF Bri:tou and
the epr ointment of o reformer IS Distiict-At-
toruey by Gov. Dix, would result in the indlct-
men. OF many members Of the r1ng- during the
investigation of Britton, and III older to estab-
lish the charge that nc had protected ballot-tox
suffers, by whose frauds it il admitted Rritton
WAS elected, it became necessary to provo crime
on about ten Of the ring. gang, most OF whom
had to resign public Offices aad secrete them
selves during tile trial. The proof Of guilt was
conclusive, and if B1itton is removed, States prls-
U1 6LtlE6 t1EkA Au0 4tbIt. 49,
would probably prosecute aud convict them ard
it is believed that some Of theso viliAila 1nst:-
gated, If they did not commit, the crime just
brought to hight.
TIE INTERNAL MACHINE
On New Years Eve q boz, apparently contain
irg cigars, was sont to Judge aorris at his resi-
dcnre; aud, in ILLS aosenco at Albany malln5
the closing argument before Gov. DIX against
Brittop. his wife laid it aside. Several nenoels
OF the Reform Committee. OF which Morris IS
counsel, called on his family On New Years Day,
aad welo offered cigars, but the box left tho
night before WAS fortunately not called lDto
lequisition. Tho Jud,,o did not return from
Albany until last night, and the box
was undisturbed until about 10 O'Clock
this morning, WHOM Morris opened it n his bed
room, surrounded oy his wife and several little
ones. On lifting the lid the snap OF spring
Was hcard, and ut q glance it ,sas scoa that tho
box WAS an Internal machine. It is q miracle
that it did not explode. Only the
TOO CHEAT PREcAUT1oS
Of the mixer prevented the explosion, the
matches which we're to lgnite the powder having
caught against tho edge Of the sand-paper across
which tho spring vas Intended to fave drawn
them. The box contained torpedo and
enough loose powder and gun-cotton' to
have shattered the house to pieces. Judge
Morris carefully lifted the box and placed
it iu bath-tub, where it WAS saturated with
water and then taken to pieces. 1t is in the
hanis OF the police, who are already in search of
the ballot-bo1 suffers, in hope that some one
Of them will coufess the crime, to which it III al-
most impossible otherwise to obtain clew-