The Russellville Democrat., 1888-08-02
DYNAMITE.

Dasta-dly Attempt to Blow Up tho Resi-
 dsnce of a Citizen of Lakeview, Suburb
 Of Chicago-The Operators Mako n
 BungIing Job, and Only Succeed in Rals-
 ing an Infernil Racket.
 CHICAGO, July 27.--A gas-pipe bomb was exploded early this morning on the sidewalk near 675 Lincoln avenue, Lake, view. It startled the neighborhood, but did no harm. It had been about eight inches long and two inches in diane ter. and had evidently contained s.a .s:.SIe powerful explosive than powder. It ap- peared thet the bomb had been placed upo:s the sidewalk the fuse lighted and left to explode while the perpetrators de- camped. The police are Investigating the case.
 LATER.
 II 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 piece of ordi- nary two-inch gas pipe, about eight inches long, and if it had been prepared by person of ordinary mechanical in- telligenee, it would have done 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 tre- mendous report 1T ehouse gave lurch, and in an instant Lincoln avenue for blocks was astir. Nobody surmised what caused the explosion. The people went to saloon in the vicinity, in which brawls are very frequent, thinking mebody had been shot but the place was deserted. The attention of the crowd was then at tracted few doors farther down the street, where they saw Officer Weldon, of the Lake View police standing. Here it was learned what had transpired A piece of gas pipe shattered to pieces and large hole in the ground told the tale The bomb had been placed half way un- der the south corner of the house, ill the front. It 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 it's way tlHough the board. A
 The front of the house was bespattered 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 : tained dynamite, and only the clumsiness of the maker prevented wreck.
 Mir. 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 a saloon on Fullerton avenue and Perry street. In this neighborhood a large number of Poles of treacherous character reside% It is said that MT. Kruger has always condemned strikes, and the brick makers who frequented his place were bitter against him for that reason. As they are now on strike. it is thought that they determined to avenge themselves.
 Captaln Villiers, of the Lakeview po- lice at first ridiculed the idea of the pipe being loaded with dynamite, but upon a careful examination he thought differ ently. 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 screw cap.
 The police are in the dark as to who the perpetrators may be, but Captain Vil- llbTs dul StNtIdl 4NtSAStelfCa etV "OA . up evidence, and arrests may follow to- day
 Mrs. Heeny, living nextdoor to Kruger, noticed man passing by the house be- fore the explosion took place. He had a package in his hand, and was unwrap- ping the paper. Such scenes are not un- common in the vicinity, as night carmen pass there frequently.
 John Weldon, 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 said he had been ex- pecting something of that sort and still fears that the Anarchist leaders will do some harm before they can be checked.