The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-11
BOMB THROWN IN THE BEND.
PITCHED INTO PARK STREET FROM
BEHIND an KIoH7-FooT FENCE.
and the Oniy Damage Do.e was Window
s-ashinr-Two Persons Sew The Missile.

The Bo,us was s~nn. che Street was E-pty.
and the Oniy Damage Do.s was wisdow
s,nshine-Two Persons Sew the Missile.
A small bomb thrown across Park street.
Just below the bend Of Mulberry street at 1880
o'clock last night exploded In front OF the
italian banking house and saloon Of A. Defeo
at 05 Park street. and shattered the plate
glass front Of the saloon and the windows in
several buildings In the nelRhborhood. No
persons were injured. The damage amounted
to about 500.
The saloon and banking room are In four
story brick building at the corner Of Mulberry
and Park streets. owned By Morris Levy. The
rooms have the only fronts Oh Park street. and
are separated by q low partition. No. %, the
building adjoining. 10 an Italian coffee house
and lodging house.
Across Park street from the saloon IL fonce
eight feet In height and about twenty feet
long. behind which Is an area opening into the
rear yards Of several tenement houses No. 90
10 low brick building next to the fence and
occupied By James Sing. a ciRarmakeE The
other buildings in the neiRhborhood are italian
stores or tenement houses. Park streets mar
row az It approaches Mulberry.
Luco Uccelli. who makes his living By clip
ping horses, AS In one OF the front rooms
OF the Thru lory. directly over tho ga
loon, at 1880 o'clock last evening. He
was looking across the street when he
saw something thrown over the fence
and toward the building. 1t looked as large
As his two flsts and Rlistened under the gas
light. Uc ELL says 1t shone In the light like
glass. 1t curved through the air and dropped
downward. Uccelli could not see where 1t fell.
and re had hardly noticed It before there
was an explosion that shook the build
ing. Ucoelli was lifted from his feet by
the shock. several OF the tenants In the second
and third stories over the saloon were thrown
from their chairs. and the glass In all OF the
windows OF tho building fronting on Park street
was broken. The window glasses in the cigar
store across the street. in the adjoining res
taurant and in the Colombo restaurant at 80
Park street were cracked.
The plate glass front window Of the saloon
was broken into fra9 ments along with several
bottles on the bar. Defeo. the proprietor.
who was alone In the saloon. was shaken up.
There was NO damage aside from the broken
1t was evident that the explosion occurred
on the sidewalk close TO the window. The
only other person aside from gecelli who saw
something thrown from, the oPposlte side Of
10 the boz. the missile looked like q base
ball He did not see 1t thrown from the other
IL ss ands
Then no saw a flash followed by an explosion
which was heard ct the bridge entrance.
There were NO people on the street at the
time
Within fiye. minutes, though. there ,was. .
great crowd Of excited Italians jammed into
together like ants from the saloon 70
Mulberry street and for several blocks
below. They we're gesticulating and shout,
ing In their discussion OF the affair. and
returned almost as fast as they were dispersed
By Sergeant Baker and dozen policemen
from tine Elizabeth street station. Finally
two lines OF policemen were formed 70 keep
the people away while the sergeant and two
detectives made search.
cept perhaps an Empty shotEuh :nrtridgs
was Of glass, as Uccelli thinks the parts may
have been lost In the heap OF broken plate
glass from the window. There was . dark
spot on the walk at the right OF the window
where the bomb may have struck.
Defeo has occupied the lower floor Of 90
Park street for year and half He says that
he has no enemies SO far as he knows. and has
never received any threats.
and does not belong to any. secret societies.
It will probably not be difficult for the police
to discover who got up the justification. It
looks like performance by mischievous
young toughA