Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-08-02
DYNAMITE 6.

Dastar,ity Attempt to blow I'm the Real
d.oc~ OF y Citizen of Lakcvtcw "a suburb
OF chicago-rhe Operators Make q
Bunglng Job. and Only Succeed In Rails.
Ing an tnfcrnaI Racket.
CHcAso. July 27.-A gas-pipe bomb
was exploded early this morning on the
sidewalk near 67J Lincoln avenue. Lake
view. II startled the neighborhood. but
did no harm. u had been about eight
inches long and two inches in diameter.
and had evidently contained no more
powerful explosive than powder. II ap-
peared that the bomb had been placed
upon the Sidewalk. tho fuse lighted anil
left o. explode while the perpetrators de-
camped. The police are investigating
the case.
1t Is now learned thai an attempt was
made TO blow up the residence of Chris
tian Kruger, No. 635 Iaucoin avenue
The agent used to do the work was dyn-
amite bomb made out ot piece Of ordi-
nary two-inch gas pipe. about eight
inches long, aud II II had been prepared
by person OF ordinary mechanical in
tellisencc, II would have done a great de al
OF damage, and the loss ot life would
have been appalling "a there were a
dozen people sleepiag Ia the hous. at ths
time.
Abou, 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 trc-
mendous report. II ehouse gave lurch,
and in an instant Lincoln avenue for
blocks was astir. Nobody surmised what
caused the explosion. The people went
to II saloon in the vicinity, in which brawls
are very frequent, thinking somebody 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 Welden. OF
the Lake View police standing. Hero il
was learned what had transpircd
piece OF gas pipe shattered To pieces and
large hole in tho ground told the tale.
The bomb had been placed half way un-
der the south corner OF the house in the
front II had blown upward after pIow-
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 bespatterel
with the explosive.
The police were first OF tho opinion that
1t was simply scare, and that the pipe
was charged with nothing but powder. II
has since been demonstrated thnt il con
tanned dynamite, and only the clumsines 81
of the maker prevented wreck.
Mr.. Kruger Is German, about fifty
years of ago, and has no idea
who could have attempted the
diabolical decd. Several years ago
he kept "A saloon on Fuller on avenue and
Perry street. In this neighborhood a
large number ot Poles OF n trcacherous
character reside. II is said that Mr.
Kruger has always condemned strikes,
and the brick maSers who frequentcl his
place were bitter against him for that
req son. As they are now on strike it
is thought that they determined to
ayengc themselves.
Captain 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
entity. II the ends of the gas pipo were
stopped ut all, they must have been
plugged up with wood. as there is nU
thread on the pipe to hold n screw cap.
The police are in the dark as TO who tho
perpetrators may be, but Captain VIII
liers and several detectives are working
up evidence, and arrests may follow to-
day.
Mrs. Heeny, living nsxtdpor to Erugsr,
noticed a man passing by the house be-
tore the explo sion took plecs. He had y
package in his han1, III was unwrap-
ping the paper. Slch scenes are not un-
common in the vicinity, as night earn 4
pass there frequently.
JNn Welden, a policeman, was on the
opposite side of the street 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 Bonfield said he hal beou ex-
pecting something of that sort and still
fears that the Anarchist leaders will do
;c.ne hc rm before they can be checked