New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-01
A THIRD INTERNAL MACHINE
AN APPARENT ATTEMPT TO BURN MR.. WAL
LING,S HOUSE.

TENDENT OF THE POLICE.
The discovery of the name and address of G. w.
Wallng on the inside of one of the wrappers OF one
of the two internal machines intended for William
II. Vanderbilt and Cyrus w. Field led to the belief
on the part of those who examined the packages on
Saturday night that the idea of injuring the Super
intendent of the Police had been given up 1t was
ascertaincd yesterday, however, that such was not
the case On the contrary, an attempt to
set fire to his house by means of
somewhat similar piece of mechanism was made on
the same evening at about O'Clock.
Superintendent Walling's house is No. 81 East
Nineteenth-st. few doors below is No. 319, the
figure in which number has been i'll the
lapse of time that it looks exactly like 311. This
fact led to mistake on the p rt of the person who
intended to do injury to the house of Mr.. Walng.
Having reached he evidently supposed, the
home of that official. he openel the outside door
and deposited in the dark corner of the
vestibule cigar box, wrapped in German news
paper, The Folks Zcitisg wound around with fine
copper wire and containing powder and cotton satu-
rated with some kind of OIL 1t is supposed that
this package after having been placed in the vesti-
bule WAS ignited by q fuse. In short space of
time there a loud report which was heard for
several blocks, and flames were seen bursting
through the outside door, which had been left ajar
berd, who occupies the house and who was
lying down on sofa in the back
parIor. Jumping up quickly, size saw
through the glass windows in the door
great clonds of smoke in the vcstibue. She opened
the inside front door and the house soon filled
with smoke. With the assistance of one or two
passers-by, the box and its contents were thrown
out into the street, but after the fire
had been extinguished they were taken back
into the house to be given to the police.
The noise of the explosion brought all of the neigh
bors to No. 319 to lind out the canse of the trouble.
policeman appeared, but he considered it the
act of some rogush boys in the neighborhood, and
having assured Miss IIebberd that he would see
that there was no further trouble, passed on. 1t is
thought that without doubt the person who
prcpared the internal machines for Mr..
Vanderbilt and Mr.. Field is the same
one who prepared the combustible box and its con-
tents for Mr. Walling. Scraps of paper found in the
box show that the person is n German. Pieces of
the same newspaper The Folks Heitung were also
found in the other packages The injury done to the
bouse was not serious. The dOOrmat and the oil
cloth in the entry We're badly scorched, but the
wood work was not damaged much.
MISS HEBBERD's SUSPICIOUS.
A TRIBUNE reporter called at No. 3l9 East Nine
teenth-s yesterday, and Miss liebberd gave the fol-
lowing account of the explosion: " was lying on
the sofa asleep when heard loud noise. At first
! thought it was someone making an unusual ef-
f,rt to ,,et in but O king into the hall saw flames
ssuing from the vestibule and clouds of smoke
thick that could not see out of doors. With the
assistance of some OF my boarders succeeded IN
putting out the fire. after which one of the boys i'll
| the neighbohood tossed the box outdoors. |
J made him bring 1t back, however, as
thought Tse to keep it oP 6e pPce b s S a
and iie stopped TO assist III putting out the flames.
He reported the facts to P's fatber, stating to him
also that his address was the cover aud that the
! nackage was designed for his house, but had evi-
| IDENTIFY been misplaced. The superintendent came
here early this morning ana looked at the box
| which was afterward taken To the fOIce Head
| quarters, where 1t now is
| When were examining the scene OF
the fire a. %nt Dog It%sr saH dnat me-
from Of the bysanders he denied his previous
statement. His name is schoenoerg. II was re-
| nor ed TO Mr. Walng that when the boy made that
remark he was told 10 shut up by his father, and
Immediately sent into the house. The boy Is about
thirteen years old and is one of the worst i'll the
neIghbornood. lie be,Ongs to German family who
have been living IN No. 32| Tor some TINE Nr.
shaw the owner Of he house, who lives i'll No 30,
recently requested the family oi ShoenbeIgs 10
| move out. Ihey have been obnoxious TO the neigh
| borhood for time, ana M. SHAW HIM
| SELF stands somewhat III awe OF them.
| When Mr. shaw and his wife first heard the noise
| thev suuposed il was attempt on the part of
the Shoenbergs to blow UP or set IRE to their house
| Ihev botn rushed out OF doors and came III here.
boaroers who heard II saId to trend In the room,
| oh hear that shouting! | wonder what it is.'
| " hen went to the door my attention was directed
to the roof by people on the other side of the
street shouting out There they are, and pointing
up in that direction. lookednp, and saw two young
| boys about thirteen years old, leaning over the
eug, of the roof and looking down upon the crowd.
WHAT they could nave been doing up there at that
| time of tine night IS more than know"
The reporter then called ut No. 1927. Mrs.
Sch0enberg denied thai her son had made any such
| remarks az were attributed TO him, and she sad
| that no one had gone to the roof by the way of
her house. ller boy, she stated, was only thirteen
years old and ut the time of the expiOSlOn was III
| bed and had not been out of the house since z
o,rIocA M which time he had gone to the grocer's
| and returned. She further stated that her son
knew nothing about it, but refused to let the re-
porter talk with MN.
THE INVESTIGATION AT THE ST OFFICE.
At tine Post Office yesterday TRIBUNE reporter
inquired whether any clue had been obtained as to
the constructor of the machines which were sent
through the mails. None had been found but the
investigation is being carrie on. Postmaster Pear
son SAID that it would no doubt be a very difficult
task to find the guilty person, and that
as yet hc had no special theory as to
the manner III whicn the investigation
Hnid winch was designed to explode the canister
and which supposed on saturday night to
have contained illuminate of mercury, was sent to
Professor X. Ogden Dorcmus lie examined its con-
tents ana said that t"e tiuid was sulphuIlc acid.
his wrote Pro essor D0remus, IN note to Post
master Pearson, Il brought III contact with gum
powder and chlorats OF potash, even IN small
auantitcs will cause the powder to eX-
pIodeD The cement which fastened the bulb
and the bent tube TO the end Of the
box contained churtte of potash aud sugar.
| The bulb was of the thnnest glass and henne,ics
ly scaled. The slightest jar would break l. into
atoms. Ii was carefully made showing that the
person who constructed it was skilled III glass
blowing iOr II ls supposed that the tube was made
for ths especial purpose In the note 10 Postmaster
Pearson, Professor Doremus adds the fol;
loving: In the, Russian war with England
and France, the huSsials, am tOiu,
planted recrptacles of gunpowder in the ground III
front OF Sebastopo ana placed i'll the top OF each
charge a small glass bulb with suphuric acid, and