The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-16

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The material Is not at hand even yet to supply
q perfectly correct description of the missile,
but enough is known to demonstrate that it was
constructed with devilish ingenuity to fully
accomplish the barbarous purposes of its manu-
facturers. All the victims of the bomb who
were sent to the County Hospital from the time
Of their arrival have been under the care of
attending surgeons e. w. Lee and J. B. Muir.
ply. While all the wounds produced
by the internal machines have the
same general characteristics. each wound
has special peculiarities, which. SO
70 speak, individualize it, This Is explained by
the fact that in every case the injuries were In
Hicted by metallic fragments of varying sizes
and forms. This metal, while it resembles lead,
Is more pliable, and it is thought to be COM
posite of solder and powdered glass In every
ease where the missile producing a wound In the
body of the sufferer from the bomb has been
found it has proved TO be made of this metal,
and, though the size Of the bomb is not definite
~ known it was agreed that it was hollow and
loaded with slugs of this deadly composition.
The nature of the wounds shows it would be diff
Acuit to put In operation a more destructive
agent than that employed by the Anarchists In
surgeons
countered anything to compare with il.
The wounds are very peculiar" said Dr. Lee
to-day. land so are the missiles that made them
These have invariably been pieces of lead, all of
Snem hollow, scooped out, and with ragged
edges suggesting to me more closely than any
thing else the appearance of a broken peanut
shell The wounds do not at all resembls bullet
wounds, which are incisive and clear cut. The
bomb slUgs made jagged wounds, tearing their
way through the clothing into the body On the
w.&w 10,
penetrating the skin, cavities We're found that
would readily admit the finger, the
muscles and tissues being so torn as to in
sicate that the lead had revolving
motion. Another popularity of the action
of these missiles is that in every case they car
ried into the wounds pieces of the clothing, and
80 greatly enhanced the danger of blood poison
bag. The force with which they were propelled
was tremendous. as was made apparent in the
case of one of the officers where the leaden
fragment entered the bone without fracturing it.
With ordinary force 1t would have smashed the
bone when il crashed against it. and its power
and velocity must have been extraordinary to
have penetrated it. / satisfied that there
were no bullets in the bomb. The pieces of lead
looked as il they had been put into the bomb in
hollow shape, the intention being to have them
rent by the explosion. Wherever a bullet has
been found in the officers it HIS been evident
that 1t was discharged from revolver.
DIR. Murphy's description of the general char
actsr OF the OomD WOUNDS, ana or the erratlc
action of the missiles producing them agrees in
every essential with that of DR.. Lee. He had
one especially remarkable case, however, and it
las suggested theory TO him that would not be
supplied bv any other wound. The case is that
sf Lawrence Murphy. the front half of whose
foot was crushed and destroyed by slug from
the bomb two inches long aud seven-eighths of an
inch In diameter. The missile was found i'm
Dedded IN the flesh and resting against the
fractured bone OF the great toe. Ii
was cone shaped and hollow. the cavity
fapering from diameter of bali
an inch at the base to diameter Of quarter of
"a inch at the apex. Vshaped piece of the