New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-12
THE STORE FRONT BLOWN OUT
SOMEBODY HAD DELIBERATELY LIGHT
ED TWO INTERNAL MACHINES.
A DIG EXPLOSION IN A BUILDING IN AVENUE
A BLACKENED FUSE, KEROSENE POURED
OVER THE FLOOR AND OTHER EVIL
rr>-f,r-s oE rtyE, OUTRAGE

DENCEs OF THE OUTRAGE.
Some one made desperate and nearly Sue
cessful attempt on Wednesday night to blow up
with dynamite or gunpowder the four-story tene-
ment house No. "a Avenue d. Two Internal ma
chines were used. One exploded on scheduie
time and blew out the whole front or the TAILOR
store kept by Plncus Cans on the ground noor'
Cans had been the owner OF the bulldinS, puI
two years ago sold 1t to his brother simon, Tor
sl6,50O The house. the tailor's stock and all the
furniture in the building were heavily insured
although mortgaged Business with Cans had
been slack for many months, and at the time OF
the explosion scarcely vestige of stock was 10
be found in the store. On the floors over the
store live the families Of Joseph Davis and Moses
Silberstein. Davis being related TO Cans
At about G: 80 o'clock on Wednesday night the
building and the neighborhood Of Fifth-st and
Avenue ID were shaken by terrific report 'hat
seemed to come from the direction OF the avenue.
4 moment later In front Of No. "a was crowd
of frightened men and women. The whole front
Of the place had been blown into the street. Inc
wreck of-the store floor was burning.
When the fremen had put out the blaze they
began q thorough investigation under the di-
rection Of Chief Ahearn The wreck suggested
n gas explosion but there was smell of gas.
The gas meter had been torn away from the
wall while the pipes were burst. but still there
was no smell OF gas. The frozen pipes were
plugged, and then the party went down INTO
the cellar This was what they found: In the
corner nearest the street lay small paste-ooard
package about fifteen inches long and -FOUR
inches in circumference; what was in the pack
age itself has not yet been learned. To one end
OF 1t was attached fuse. The bottom or the
fuse had ben carefully rubbed with gunpowder.
From this contrivance there led IN every d.
recticn trains Of gauze and cotton batting
twisted into long wicks and soaked in oil. The
trains converged toward the blackened fuse OK
the bomb and the whole floor of the cellar was
covered with kerosene. a careful examination
of the fuse showed that it had been lighted but
had failed to connect with the bomb
II now became evident that another bomb,
placed behind the gas meter in order to convey
the impression Of gas explosion. had burst up
stairs 4 close examination Of the store revealed
what are probably the fragments OF the bomb.
The police and the fircmen believe that the bomb
in the store exploded too soon and that the con-
cussion Of the report put out the lighted fuse OF
the IN the cellar
At the time of the explosion Cans was away
at the theatre with his two children. but on the
top floor his wife lay i'll. This circumstance goes
against any suspicion that might attach to him.
Fire Marshal Mitchell and the police are now
making a thorough investigation of the facts and,
It Is believed, have clew to the perpetrators of
the outrage.