Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-25
/ 'ONSPIRED TO KILL
So Well That Five Corpses Are
Awful the Result.
DEVILISH DEED AT SAN FRANCISCO,

The Crsme Laid ut the Door of Uuion
Sailors and Three of Them Arrested
Attempt to Blow Up Non Union Board
ing House with Dynamite-wife Muir
derer Slain While Red Handed-Other
Bloody Transgressions.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. pa terrible ex-
plosion, supposed to have been that of a
dynamite bomb, occurred at the nom
union sailors boarding house and saloon
of Mr.. and Mrs. john Curtin, located on
Main street between Folsom and Harri-
son. The sidewalk in front of Curtin's
boarding house. where the explosion oc-
CURED, was torn TO pieces and the build
ings on either side of Curtln's house were
badly shattered. Six men who were
standing near the spot where the explo-
sion occurred were buried in the debris,
two being killed, three MORALLY wounded
and one seriously injured he scene after
the explosion was appalling in the ex-
treme. One nan had his face blown off,
another his legs, and all of them were
completely stripped of their clothing and
covered with blood, smoke and cinde-s
Names of the Deviltry's Victims.
next door were dauuted at the sight and
waited for the patrol wagon, while the
wounded men with shattered limbs and
torn face screamed and writhed in their
agony on the bloody ground George
Holmes, a stevedOre, and Brick McGinnis,
a non-union sailor, were instantly killed
and their bodies We're removed to the
morGue. William T. Mckenzie was badly
burned all over the body. Edward Muir
ply and Charles Bernard were terribly
lacerated from lac d TO foot. All three
were fatally injured. John Curtin, Jr,
son of the proprietor of the boordiug
house, was badly burned and bruised All
were hastily removed to the receiving
hospital. None OF them, except young
Curtin, regaiued consciousness after their
arrival there. Young Curtin stated TO
United Press reporter that he believed the
explosion to be the outcome of trouble be-
tween his father and union sailors
Testimony of ohm Curtin and His Mother.
They threw the bomb" said Curtin, Il
saw it near the door. There was valise
and something wrapped in a blanket. l
saw the flash and -" At this point in
the conversation the young man lost con-
seriousness. When he came to he con-
tlnued: i was standing outside, but didn't
see who left the valise and blanket there
My father knows. l do not know what
happened after that binding flash" Mrs
Curtin, in an interview, said These men
who did this came here last Thursday
night after some men. l wouldn't tell
them where they We're. They came again
and finally had one of the same men ar
rested who has just been arrested"
Three of ha wounl.d n.s,t
Shortly after the bodies had been re-
moved from the scene of the explosion
three union sailor, John Iyrrell, James
Woods and Terence Tracy, We're arrested
on suspicion of having caused the explo-
sion and We're hurried off to Jail. Tyrrell
was identified by Mis-. Curtin rs the man
who said 10 her a few days before: Your
days are numbered; we'll fix YOU" or
words to that effect. Mckenzie, Murphy
aud Bernard have died at the receiving hos
pital and John Curtin, ,Ir., is in critical
condition and suffering terrible agony.