Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-04

cartridge under the lodging house at
No. 727 New High street at an early
hour yesterday morning created no
small sensation in that locality. The
explosion occurred at very nearly mid
night, but it was not until several hours
later that the news reached the police
station.
THE DAMAGE SLIGHT.
The damage done to the building was
not intrinsically very great, as the
structure was an old one and was in a
very rickety condition. AS viewed by
q HERALD reporter yesterday noon it
plainly showed the effects OF the de-
structiye missile, but a ne wer or more
compactly bailt structure would have
been worse torn up. The building is
used as lodging h ouse, is two stories
and half high, with cellar under.
meath. On the ground floor the front
room takes up the full frontage of the
house, and was evidently used as q
dining room. There were two long
tables, one at each end of the room,
with long bench on each side Of the
tables.
When the explosion took place the
window at the northerly end of the
room was completely blown to pieces,
the window frames and sill were demol-
ished, and the shutters blown clear
away from the building. Bits of debris
were found on the opposite side of the
street. The window glass at the south
erly end of the room was also broken.
Directly under the center of the north
window the floor was badly torn up,
leaving an opening about two feet long
and the width of two floor boards.
In the cellar nothing could be found
except pieces of splinters and the usual
cellar rubbish. The lattice work under
the house was badly shattered. This,
with the loosening of the paper ceiling
in the dining room, was the extent Of
the damage.
REvENGEssUPPosED TO BE THE CAUSE.
The house is occupied by Mariana
Raudize, a Sicilian, who uses the upper
floors as a lodging house. Oftcourse the
usual amount of turmoil ensued, and
the scene of the explosion was soon
alive with curious people. The dodgers
in the room immediately over the spot
where the bomb was exploded, however,
of the house and looked out in the street
moment, and then went back to bed.
In attempting to find out the cause
and motive for the act, a HERALD re-
porter closely questioned a son of the
proprietor of the lodging house as to
whether his father had any enemies who
would take such method of revenge.
The boy said, in substance ,,'There was
. man here some time ago with whom
my father had some trouble. dom t
know what his name is. My father sold
him a wagon; but only received about
half of the purchase price. After the
man had kept the wagon for number
of months without paying for it, my
father took it away from him.. Then
one night the man came and stole it,
and took it down to the brick yard on
the other side of the pest house, broke
it all in pieces and threw it in a hole.
don't know where the man is now.
There are also great many people who
are jealous of my father because he has
a vineyard out in the country, and is
doing WE'LL"
THE CHIEFS VIEWS.
In line with the foregoing was the
statement made by Chief Glass in re-
gard to the matter at the session Of the
police commissioners yesterday. He
said he had been at the scene of the
explosion and questioned number of
parties. From what he could gather he
was led to believe that the motive of
the crime was jealousy on the part of
some other Italians who had not pros
pered as the ones against whom the ex-
plosion was directed. The woman stated
that her husband was running q winery
outside of the city, and together they
had been quite successful. This, she
said, caused much envy on the part of
parties less thrifty, and was the prime
motive of the murderous plot.
MORE CARTRIDGES FOUND
About O'Clock yesterday afternoon
Officer Goodman was called into the
saloon on the corner OF New High and
Ord streets, owned by Michael Calan-
dino, and was shown two giant powder
cartridges and about three feet of fuse,
which Calandino had found in closet
in the rear of his place of business.
Officer Goodman brought these carts
ridges to the police station. They are
each composed of two sticks Of powder
about five inches long, wrapped in pa
per and bound together with heavy cord.
The fuse was not attached.
Mr.. Calandino discovered these bombs
in peculiar manner. His draught
beer 10 forced up by hydraulic appara
tus, and this afternoon he noticed that
the pressure was very low. There are
two closets in the rear of his saloon,
which are connected with the same pipe
from which the beer apparatus is sup
piled. Investigation showed that one
OF these closets, belonging properly to
the adjoining premises, was open, and
accounted fol- the low pressure of water
in the saloon. Attempts to close the
valve were unsuccessful, but upon tax
ing the thing to pieces these two cart
ridges were discovered, and disposed Of
as above.
This ia all the police have as yet dis
covered upon which to commence their
search for the perpetrators of the out
rage.
Of course there were all manner of
wild rumors afioat, and all conversation
about the affair was thicl1ly sprinkled
with such words as Anarchists. ven
delta, Ravachol, Malta, and one wild
eyed individual mentioned the name of
Anschlag.
At late hour last evening there had
been no new developments. although it
is safe to say slumber will be light for a
few nights in the vicinity of New High
and Ord streets.
DISAPPOINTED ANARCHIST.