The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-30
EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE.
Thrown Against the Side of a
Restaurant.
THE GUILTY PARTY ESCAPES.
Furious Crowds Around the Corner
of Mission and Twenty.Ninth
Streets.

A sharp report rang out at $40 O'Clock
last evening which created panic ana
general commotion in the vicinity OF
Twenty-niuth and Mission streets.
A bomb. presumably Of dynamite or
giant powder, had been placed beneath the
large show window of the restaurant OF
Sopa & Musladin, at the southeast corner
of Twenty-Dinth and Mission streets.
When it exploded the window was
wrecked. the guests were frightened
nearly to death. and there was general
shaking up of the neighboring buildings.
Fortunately no one was injured. though
a great hole was torn in the side OF the
building.
There is a bar as Iwell as a resta urant
combined. At the time that the dastardly
attempt of the assassin was made there
were but three people in the place. A
gentleman and lady who were taking a
meal in the private rooms were nearly
startled out of their senses and lied with
out finishing their repast or thinking to
pay for IT.
a pla te of soup to the third customer, but
the conclusion caused him to land it in
his lap.
Fortunately, only the window was wholly
wrecked, and the pile of oyster shells un-
der it, where the blast was placed, was
scattered all over the street.
At the Eagle Pharmacy on the opposite
side of Mission street number OF bottles
were thrown down and Manager Thomas
Wise ran into the street in wild alarm.
Ex-Deputy Sheriff John Castle, who has
saloon on the northwest corner OF twenty
ninth and Mission. was startled In the
midst of a conversation with L. >. Cody.
and each rushed into the street with drawn
pistols in pursuit of the miscreant who had
done the work, as both of them say it
flashed upon them that 1t was murderous
work.
Sergeant Burke was on the corner OF
Twenty-fifth and Guerrero streets talking
to one of his policemen when he heard the
report.
AS the Italians of the neighborhood were
celebrating a national holiday, nc atten-
ton was paid to the matter until he re-
turned to the Seventeenth-street station.
when he heard through the telephone
what had happened.
Immediately he went to the scene. but
not before Engine II had responded with
out being called. The peculiar sound OF
the deadly bomb when it went off was suf-
ticent to attract the attention If the
trained ears of the firemen. and though
nearly five blocks away, they quickly
hooked up and made for the spot where
the disaster mad occurred.
There being nothing for them to do,
however, they soon returned TO their
house.
| On the arrival Of Sergeant Burke an iu-
| vsstigation was made.
A blacksmith named Mathai, who lives
near at hand. stated that he saw a small
boy running away from the scene few
moments before the explosion occurred.
and he seems to believe that the boy had
something to do with it.
The proprietors assert that they do not
know of any enemy that would do them
so much harm in such way. They have
been keeping the place about one year.
and know of no one who would do them
such an injury.
search for particles of the bomb by
the police was not fruitful. as no part Of
fuse or can could be discovered.
The whole Mission is aroused over the
affair, but cannot tell upon whom to wreak
vengeance.
The proprietors of the restaurant or
chophouse and barrooM are Slavonians,
and it is conjectured that there may be
some society or political strife behind it
all.
more rigid investigation by the police
may disclose something that will lead to
the capture of the guilty party or parties.