The evening world., 1894-03-21
THE MYSTERIOUS noMn.

Trainman Frank w. Bishop of 25s2
Eighth avenue discovered the bomb.
The train had just left the Fifticth
street and Sixth avenue station at 10
o'clock wher he was nearly swept or
his feet by rush of pcopl"
scrambling out of the front car next
to the engine and of which he was in
charge. to get into the second coach.
They shouted thu, there was dynamite
bomb on one OF the seats. and that the
whole train would be blown up.
Bishop bravely entered the car and
found the bomb lying on cross seat.
An iron-cad rule OF the 81" road Is that
all Al 'tcles found on the train must be
taken to the end of the road a kcg OF
powder under this rule would have to be
taken either to one Hundred and Fifty
NTH street or South Ferry. 1t would
not he allowable to put it off at any in
tcrmediatc station.
Bishop. conforming to this regulati
picked up the bomb, put 1t into his
pocket, got on the front end OF his car
at Fifty-third street and Eighth avenue,
rode to the end Of the road and then
turned it over to Dispatcher Edward NJ
Cox.
Cox, after ruzzlng over It for a while.
sent 1t up to the Thirty-seconl Precinct
Police Station. at one Hundred and
Fifty second street and Amsterdam ave
nue.. 1t got there about l2.3O this morn
ing. At l24j Police Headquarters was
notified OF the find.
The bomb was given room all by
Itself in the rear of the station on pill
low and the door locked.
Inspector conlin took charge OF the
case. ana was at the one Hundred and
Fifty-seCond street police station early
this morning, when he showed the bomb
to 'EypnIDE WOIlI' rpnortpr,
a more perfect or better finished
deadly explosive agent has never come
bomb is made Of cast, not, as usually,
of wrought iron. 1t Is five inches In
length. "hlong In shape and three. inches
In diameter at its greatest circumf,rcnce.
AT one end there Is n small hole one-half
an inch IN circumference. and hermeti-
cally sealed.
At the opposite end a sImilar-sized
| hole perfnratrs the bomb horizontally
for two inches; II soft lcaden tap is
screwed INTO the mouth OF the hole.
From this hole hangs "A fuse made OF
chemically prcpanrIl thin twine leading
! just be seen at the end of the hole
The bomb weighs about one and n half
pounds. II Is beautifully finished on the
exterior. and all tn" joints are as neatly
made aS cabinet work.
An inch of the fuse was cut OFF 10y
directlon OF Inspector tonlin and tested,
Nnd when, III" tlam. died out retained IL
| original shape stiiily.
| The Bureau Of romhustihlss was noti-
ned, and AT II O'Clock removed the homl
or examination. A report VIII be mad,
! nf its contents this afternoon, and sent
to Police Irpdquarter3.
ntil he has made further investigations
| Inspector tunlin refused to express any
opinion about the case, except to say
! that ne believed the bomb contancl
dynamite.
II" also said IT was the finest artIcl,
,f NJ. hAn
is entirely different from the bomh'
found in John Krlly's possession las
,y'"k. They we're rough and imperfect
This one is tae work Of an artist. per
feet in his unlerstGnlng Of explosives
Under instructions from the police
TrAlnman Bish"p refused 10 give an!
las; night lie viii be seen nv lnspecto
'onlin, who win make a report on tn
cas-" this afternoon at Police Head
The rain on %hich the nomh WI
because i only runs between tn Eat
'ccv and rifN eighth street with pas
the passengers all left 1t at FIFTY eight
street. II was then run out to tn
one, Hundred aal Forthwith stree
Near whore Elehop found the BON
two men were seated, They left IN
train at Fti;y,s,E;hth street There wa
ancc. and no particular attention wa
paid 10 them by Bishop.
General Manager llain. of the Elevate
system. told an " Evening World !,
! porter that he had no further infurmn
lion to give out concerning the nndin
or an alleged dynamite bomb 10y the II
lice and the newspapers" in "A Sixth av,
, | nue. elevated train.
When asked to give the names OF N
trainmen who had found and handle
> the bomb, cob Hahn said:
: "oh, ] had them. but l have not 50
, them now"