The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-06
NEW YORK HERALD FRIDAY. APRIL g. l877-TRlPLE SHEET

exploded cap waa on tho nipple beneath the hammer
The little pistol Was empty, and tho handle OF the
knife was stained with blood OrvilIc D. Jcwett was
borne down ssars, and. tho ambuance having arrived
was taken 10 tho Now York Hospital
EXCITEMENT.
Captain Petty arrived with squad OF police in good
season. ana just In time TO prevent the crowd IRON
getting into tho onico and taxing absolute possession
OF IL Nearly everybody down town mad hoard
OF tho terrible affair ten minutes after Il occurred
and IL was almost impossible 70 keep the
people out Of tho building Captain Petty stationed
his officers at The had all tho lower windows
closed. No one was admitted except tho Immediate
trends OF the family and the reporters Those who
stood In the streets gaxed at tho shattered windows Of
the ofhce and drew upon their imaginaouA 10 oil out
tho dreadful picture seen by those within Whispers
Of murder and suicide seemed TO come through the
cninks OF the doors. Suspicious OF foul play aud
hidden tragedy were vaguely limited from lip to lip
Something predesermincdly wrong had transpired in
that little back everybody thought. the hun
dreds without Of aborers, cartncn. clerks and prin
cipals OF other nrms know very welt that no ex-
plosive material was stored in tha. warehouse, much
less in the private ornoes Of John Jewstt Sons.
swho u deadS" and "who has escapeds" were
the eagerly put questions whenever an ofncer or
reporter out To all OF these the most unsats-
factory answers were given. The truth leaked out
very quickly, however And whom IL known that
only the two old gentlemen in the with tho
younger At the time OF the disaster gravoly
shook their heads and murmured dark inuendoes
corning that last meeting Of the trio. One won't
far say that they knew there had been sroubo
Of kind between the injured parties. In short
nobody could be found who believed that tho explosion
purely accidental
AvrRR TIN EXPLOSION.
Fifteen minutes after the explosion DR.. harrington
OF the Astor House. WAS IN attendance upon Mr. Dcan
and Msssrs Carl Strong. OF Burling slip, druggists
sent over largo supply Of Lint and styphcs, which
we're greatly needed and OF inestimabls value
Charles Jeweu sent Charles Tantor down 10
Staten Island to break tho terrible news
10 George W. Je6etts family. and theu the attention
OF the police and other people turned to the scene
or tho tragedy The carpet was covered with thick
coating ofsoot, which had evidently been shaken from
the chimney Of tho open fireplace by the concuss,n,
and fragments Of the shell conical hama grenade
found IN disssn. parts OF ROOM Their coursez
were singularly cratic. Some pieces tore obquey
to the left from the spot which the explosive had
been dropped. Others dew to tho right, tearing
through the furniture smashing portions OF the
wainscot cutting fragment from the side OF the
scat Of an arm CHAIR This piece hurled agains.
the partition between the rear and middle
rooms and buried end on in tho soft pine boards.
II was evident from the position In which the
found and from tho slight state.
ment made BY Mr.. Dean 10 his father-in-law, Judge
Lathrop Lass night, that whom tho grenade cast
upon the noorN both the OLD gentlemen seated
their desks One fragment OF the missile struck Mr..
Dean In the feshy part Of the left leg aud his right
arm; another tore away . portion Of the desk
and half the key which was In tho lock Of
tho secretaiEa The panes Of glass IN the
upright part OF ths desk werc shattered, as were
thc windows directly ovor Mr. Deau's head Mr. Dean.
with first impulse OF tho shock PAM sprang TO bis
leet and attempted escape by the OF the middle
Office. Another fragment OF the shell struck
George w. Jewctt In tho posterior .Aoxor
muscles Of tho loft leg and tore away about SIX
inches OF the calf showing clearly that the
poor gentleman seated with hrs hack TO
tho point which tho grenade Toll Tho thing itscl
made just sufficient Impression the flooring ndi-
cato the spot which II had exploded. This was
within three tour feet OF Mr.. Deans desk.
Tho hand grenade mover seen in tho place by
any OF the clerks nor was Il known to have been IN
tho building. There was no earthly reason tor It's
presence Is tho belief OF oil that the internal ma
chine was nrst brought into the Office yesterday morn
ing from his homo at Orange. N. J., by Orvile D.
- scrss oy rar DISASTER.
The onloes as shown In tho diagram, are To-
Gated on the second floor, which Is reached
by dark stairway from the warehouse below.
They are front Office, Is by % feot, set apart
tho junior partners the CENTRE ~ by IL the
Clerks and the rear Is by H. occupied by the scniors
They neatly furnished, and in tho centre OF
middle office there double desks, furnishing &C
commodation for four clerks \ bookkceper. In
the diagram below tho open spaces tho Burng slip
side represent windowA