The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-12-10
PHILLIPS IS ALIVE
The Bank Clork and the Dy-
namitcr Not the Same.
MANY POINTS OF REsEMBLANcE.
Identity Of tho Dsad Bomb Thrower as
Great a Mystery as Ever

Confidently Thought Yesterday that He
Was John Horbqrt Phillips, FOR some
Time Employed In the Hanover M
tinnaI BauR, who HAD Ortcn Threatened
Capitalists, aud said lie KRew "a way Of
Gettirq Mulion Out OF Could Disoov.
ered AlIve In chicago.
New YORK, Pee TO- --Datoctive Jos.
}. Aiken, OF the Hanover National
Bank, and John Massey, an ex-clork Of
the same institution, started yesterday to
make sworn Identification OF the dead
dynamiter who wrought death aud
destruction in Russell Sage Office last
Friday. They said the man was John
Herbert Phillips, who was employed
with them for some years as an assist
ant bookkeeper ia the bahk. A dis
patch from Chicago, however, last
night, showed that Phillips was alive in
that city.
Phillips was with the bank for three
years. His salary was 500, but it is
claimed that As Phillips was society
man in Brooklyn that sum was not
enough for him Ia order tu provide
himself with sufficient funIs it Is fur
ther charged he embezlled in small
amounts about 81, OJU aud 10 was owing
TO this theft that Detective Aiken's at
tentlOn was paruicul arIy drawu 90 him
as he was engaged in lerreJing out the
thief.
he saw the heud In the glass re cepta-
ols yesterday at the Morgue. 1t was not
in good state of preservation, but even
under those Disadvantages no identified
1t as belonging To Phillips.
He said tnaC he has mad exceptional
cause to study Philiips's head, as he had
him under observation while he was un.
der suspicion in the bank and on ac-
count Of his peGuliaIities.
Detective Aiken gave the following
points of identification: The head ne was
sure OIL aud this WAS strengthened by the
fact that the dynamiter wore such a
small shoe and had such a small leg that
1t was at first supposed when these por
tions of his body were found among the
ruins that they were believed TO have
belonged to woman.
Phillips wore l-2 shoe and was
very dainty about his dress. He was
of ten joked by the other clerks on his
girls legs, as they called them.
MIR. Massey said that Phillips was al
ways dissatisfied with his condition.
WSuld suddeniy start swearing over
bi. ,,ork "A Che objects of his wrath
were always capitallsu- -Ha wealthy peo-
pie.
lie often argued on financial matters,
and believed that the wealth of the
world should be equally distributed.
He was often heard to say that he be-
lieved he knew way Of 'blufling Gould
out of million. Mr. Massey said
] l,t.. I.r
Phillips was last seen in New York
two months ago.
dispatch from Chicago gives this
information concerning the man Phil
lips Dispatches from New York state
John Herbert Phillips is supposed 10
have been the man VINO threw the dyna-
mite bomb at Russell Sage after de-
mand-ng 81, 200, 900. Philips, the man
referred TO-, was in Chicago carly last
spring.
He called at the Office of the Com
merciHl Bank and presented a card
showing that he was or had been con
nected with the Hanover National Bank
Of New York. After introducing him
self to David Vernon, the assistan
cashier, Philips said he had bsen the
protest clerk OF the Hanover National
Bank, but WAS no longer in its emplo y;
that he had been in Dover and was then
returning East As Mr.. Vernon recol %
lects him Phillips was dapper young
man with dark mustache aad hand
Somely dressed.
During the afternoon Of the same day
the assistant cashier of the Hanover
National, who happened to be in CHI
cRgo on his vacation trip, dropped intC
the Office of the Commercial National
and in conversation with Mr., Vernon
said that Phillips had never been pco
test clerk Of the Hanover National, buI
had ut one time occupied some minoI
clerical pcs. Jion. He did not give Phil
lips the highest character, and spoke o.
him as being IL trihe highty at times
Phillips's father was Il retired SET
captain of considerable means. Whil
calling at the Commercial Nationa
Phillips did not apply for position o
ask a favor of any Kind
The matter created much comment il
banking circles downtown, as Phillip
was quite we'll known, and also owius
30 the fact that Russell Sage partially
identified the man from a phot ograph.