The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-26
STATEMENTS OF EYE-WITNEssEs.
Interviews with Mr. Puleston, Nj. p, and Mi
Edwin Green

Edwin Green.
LONDON, Jan. 25.-Mr. John Puleston, NJ p,
who is we'll known in America, resides in Deans
Yard, near Westminster. On being asked for
information, Mr.. Puleston said:
my family was at lunch few minutes after
when loud explosion was heard, shaking our
house and causing my daughters much fright.
Before the CONSERVATION was over there was
second explosion, not quite so loud Our servant
we Immediately sent to make inquiries. Our
first impression was, the explosion came from
the Abbey. Before the man returned ran over
and found an immense crowd already gathered
around the closed gates Of the Palace Yard en-
trance. Of course, / was admitted and entered
Westminster Hail. which yo1 have seen for
yourself Amid the natural confusion prevail
ing when / arrived-only quarter of
an hour after the exploson-it was diff
cult to get at the precise facts but 1 found
from the police that a stranger coming out of the
crypt was seen by lady as he ascended the
steps leading to Westminster Hall, to drop par
eel about two feet in length, apparently rolled
up in an overcoat which had belt around it.
Forgetting him she Immediately pointed it out
to Policeman Cole, who picked it up and after
getting to the top of the stairs into the hall
some heat within it, as she said, caused him to
drop it, when an explosion instantly occurred,
slightly injuring her and fatally injuring Cole
and Policeman Cox, who was near him. This
explosion brought to the spot at once all in the
building at the time. Immediately after sec
ond explosion occurred in the House itself.
When I entered the House of Commons the
scene beggared description. Dynamite had
evidently been thrown inside the lobby, Oh
the government side, near or at the
entrance of the place directly under the peers
gallery reserved for visitors The destruction
there was very great The pillars supporting
the gallery, with the seats and doors thereabouts
s,,e e04N oil %6 Nr1 &c
in that quarter-were hurled, some to the center
and some to the further end of the house, but
confined chiefly to the same side of the chamber.
The Speakers chair was injured, and several
seats, usually occupied by ministers and mem,
bers, behind the Treasury bench, were ripped
up The chamber was not much damaged, and
can be repaired in a week. Fortunately, indeed
the House was not in session, for falling pillar
struck Mn Gladstanes Seat Among the Official
personages | saw Lord Harrington, Mr. Childers,
and half dozen of my fellow members of
Parliament, who looked sadly at the
wreck. Several foreign ministers were present
among them the French embassadorl NJ
Waddington. M Wadlington said to me,
with good deal of feeling, that it
disgraced humanity that such uses should
be made of the great progress in science.
We must all await daylight before q minute ex
animation can be made as the gas pipes are in
jured. fear this calamity, coming at the time
of other great anxeties, may have prejudicial
effect upon the health of the Prime Minister l
hope such may not be the case. We live polite
ally with dark clouds hanging over Englands
imperial person, and dynamite will not help to
make the clouds roll by, especially when waiting
breathless with anxiety to hear from General
Stewart. have just returned from the hospi-
tal," concluded the member of Parlia-
ment, land found the second policeman's recov-
cry hoped for, bnt Cole, who picked up the
clothing cannot live from his injuries and the
shock. His speech and hearing are gone, but he
is able to recognize friends"
A correspondent this evening had an interview
with Mr. Edwin Green a civil engineer, who
was terribly injured by the explosion in the
House of Commons, and who was removed to
the Westminster Hospital, in Broad Sanctuary
near the Parliamentary buildings Mr.. Green,
who was lying in bed, and covered with lint and
bandages, was able to give the only accurate
account of the finding of the internal machine
that exploded in the house that has yet been
given. Mr.. Green said:
II was visiting the House of Commons on a
sightseeing trip with my wife and her sister
who, by the way, are both Irish women. AS we
were descending the stairway leading to the
crypt my wife noticed roll. which looked
like clothing, lying on one of the stone
steps. Smoke was issuing from the roll My
wife exclaimed Whats thatl 1t looks like
dynamite We were all frightened and rushed
back yelling to the first policeman we saw. His
name is Cole. He seized the bundle and ran up
stairs with it, meaning to. carry it out of the
building. just as he reached the top step lead
ing into the hall, he dropped the bundle and it
exploded with the most terrible report | ever
heard. Both the ladies who were with me were
thrown TO the ground, bruised and half stripped
They both tainted. was hurled dozen feet and