The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-05-10
Inf rnal Machines.
IChicago Times. J

New YORK, April 30.-Postmaster Pear
son to-day sent the internal machines
which had been addressed to ". H
Vanderbilt and Cyrns w. Field to Professor
Doremus TO examine the contents of tie
canisters contained in the pasteboard boxes,
the liquid in the glass bulbs end tubes, and
the cement by which the bulbs and tubes
were fastened in their places in the box.
DR.. Doremus spent several hours in making
thorough examination of the internal ma
chimes, and then made the, following report
10 Postmaster Pearson:
DEAR SIR-The liquid in the bulb is sulphurie
acid, which, If brought in contact with gun
quantities, win cause the powder TO explode In
the Russian war with England aud France. the
Russians, am told. planted receptacles Of gun
powder in the ground IN front of Sebastopol, and
placed on top OF such change q small glass bulb
with sulphuric acid and underneath il mixture
OF sugar and chlorate Of potash, 80 that when the
bulb was Todden on the glass would break. and
the acid would come in conisct with the chlorate
OF potash and sugar, fire it, and thus fire the gun
powder. PROFESSOR r. OGDES DoREMUs.
In further explanation of the machine
Professor DoremGs said that this cement
nsed to fasten the tubes 10 the end OF the
box was chlorate of potash and
sugar, such as was used in the Crimean war.
Each of the canisters contained one pound
OF gun cotton, the explosive power of which
would be four times greater than an equal
quantity of guppowder
Postmaster Pearson said this evening: 81
have placed the matter for investigation IN
the hands of Postofiioe Inspectors Samuel
Gardner and l.. A. Newcomb, but they have
made no report as yet The fact that SINH
lar box wrapped in copy of the Nolks-
Zeltung was thrown into the vestibule OF
the residence of j. Davenport, No. 3ll East
Nineteenth street. last evening, which was
evidently intended for Superintendent
Veil
who lives at a similar house at No. $40
East Nineteenth street, confirms my opin
ion that the attempt to iDjure these men has
been made by some Socialists or Commun-
lists, who really have never, directly or in
directly, been injured by Mr. Vanderbilt,
Mr. Field, or Mr.. Mailing Their job IRON
beginning to end appears 10 have been SO
crudely planned and bungingly executed as
TO preclude the possibility of its being the
work of intelligent men, or of men who
knew anything personally Of the men Who
were intended as victims, else why should
another house have teen mistaken for that
of Mr.. Walline, or why should the package
of Mr.. Vanderbilt been addressed TO No. AS
Fifth avenue. when Mr. Vanderbilt moved
TO his new mansion, No. 60 Fifth avenue,
fully two months ago To-day being Sun
day, il has been impossible to reach the en-
| ployes OF the Postoffice to question them
ana get any possible knowledge any Of them
have in regard to the packages, but they
will be thoroughly examined tomorrow"
The parcel which Davenport nicked up il
his vestibule was found to consist # cigar
box, wrapped in a copy of tie NolkS lei
Jung. a stout wire secured the whole. Al
the end of the cigar-box was small hole
through which fuse had evidently been
passed. A quantity of scoTched cotton wad
ding nearly filled the box, which, according
to every indication, had once contained
more or less powder. OF the manner of *
hitting there was no positive evidence. s
far as could be discovered the box had beer
placed in the vestibule Immediately after
J Mr.. DaVenport's entrance