The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-03
DYNAMITE.

DastardIy Attempt to Blow Up the Resi-
denee of Citizen of Lakeview, a suburb
of ChicagO-The Operators Make =
BunglinG Job, and Only Succeed in Rails
Ing an Internal Racket.
CHICAGO, July pa gas-pipe bomb
was exploded early this morning on the
sidewalk near 675 Lincoln avenue, Lake.
view. 1t startled the neighborhood, but
did no harm. Tt had been about eight
inches long and two inches in diameter,
and had evidently contained no more
powerful explosive than powder. 1t ap-
peared that the bomb had been placed
upon the sidewalk, the fuse lighted and
left to explode while the perpetrators de-
camped. The police are investigating
the case.
LATER.
It is now learned that an attempt was
made to blow up the residence of Chris
tian Kruger, No. 675 Lincoln avenue.
The agent used to do the work was a dyn-
amite bomb made out of a piece of Ordi.
nary two-inch gas pipe, about eight
inches long, and if it had been prepared
by a person of ordinary mechanical in
te1ligence, it would have done a great deal
of damage, and the loss of life would
have been appalling as there were a
dozen people sleeping in the house at the
time.
About two O'Clock this morning, Kruger
was awakened by the barking of his dog.
He got up, but discovered nothing, and
went back to bed He had just began to
doze, when suddenly there was a tre-
mendous report tt house gave a Iurch,
and in an instant Lincoln avenue for
blocks was astIr. Nobody surmised what
caused the explosion. The people went
to a saloon in the vicinity, in which brawls
are very frequent, thinking some body had
m "a MI daz
The attention of the crowd was then at
tracted a few doors farther down the
street, where they saw Officer Welden, of
the Lake View police standing. Here it
was learned what had transpired. A
piece of gas pipe shattered to pieces and
a large hole in the ground told the tale.
The bomb had been placed half way un-
der the south corner of the house, in the
front 1t had blown upward after plow-
ing furrow in the ground, and on the
corner of the building there is the mark
of the missile, which nearly gOuged its
way through the board.
The front of the house was despatched
with the explosive.
The police were first of the opinion that
it was simply scare, and that the pipe
was charged with nothing but powder. It
has since been demonstrated that it con-
tanned dynamite, and only the clumsiness
of the maker prevented a wreck.
Mr.. Kruger is a German, about fifty
years of ago, and has no idea
who could have attempted the
diabOlical deed. Several years ago
he kept saloon on Fullerton avenue and
Perry street. In this neighborhoOd a
large number OF Poles of a treacherous
character reside. 1t is said that Mr..
Kruger has always condemned strikes,
and the brick makers who frequented his
V,T1 h FOv h
reason. As they are now on strike, it
is thought that they determined to
aVenge themselves.
Captain Villiers, of the Lakeview po-
lice, at first ridicuIed the idea Of the pipe
being loaded with dynamite, but upon a
careful examination he thought differ
emily. If the ends of the gas pipe were
stopped at all, they must have been
plugged up with wood, as there is no
thread on the pipe to hold a screw cap. =.
The police are in the dark as to who the
perpetrators may be, but Captain Viii
| liers and several detectives are working
up evidence, and arrests may follow to-
| day.
Mrs. Heeny, living nextdoor to Kruger,
noticed a man passing by the house be-
! fore the explosion took place. He had a
| package in his hand aad was unwrap-
! ping the paper. Such scenes are not un-
common in the vicinity, as night earn IN
| pass there frequently.
! John Welden, a policeman, was on the
! opposite side of the street a short dis
| tance away when the explosion took
| place, and had been there for fifteen min
utes. He noticed nobody around during
! that time.
Inspector Bonfeld Sid he had been ex-
pecting something Of that sort aud still
| fears that the Anarchist leaders will do
! some harm before they can be checked.