The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-10-31

WILKESBARRE, Pa. Oct. 2S.--A
large Hungarian boarding house at Lau-
rel Run. this county. was blown to atoms
by dynamiters at O'clock this morning
and three of the inmates killed outright
four fatally injured and a half dozen
seriously hurt. The killed are:
FRANK NOwASKI, aged twenty
three.
MICHAEL CALLETz. aged forty, mar
ried.
GEORGE sILocKY. aged twenty
eight, married.
The most dangerously injured are;
JOSEPH CALLETZ, back broken.
MIKE LOSHITZ. head and face cut
and left arm broken.
KASHA CATARESK, aged eighteen,
one leg broken. other crushed. necessi-
tating ampu;aton.
MICHAEL URITZ. abdomen torn.
BLASH KRELL. both arms broken.
FAIR kOTZCH. shoulder broken and
injured internally.
ANTHONY sECHLECK, back and
breast crushed.
URITZ MISKO, legs crushed.
The fiends who planned the explosion
did their work well despite the fact that
par, of the plan failed. They placed
about twenty-fOur sticks Of dynamite un-
der the building, each being about nine
inches long and weighing about half a
pound A wire connected the sticks with
a battery about fifty yards away. When
the signal was given only about half
a dozen Of the sticks exploded.
They were sufficient, however. to COM
pletely wreck the building, not a beam
or plank OF which was left standing. Sew
eral OF the inmates who occupied beds on
the upper floor were hurled fifty feet in
the air. Some of them escaped fatal in
juries by alighting on the trees near by.
Half daZed by fear and sleep, they man
aged 10 hold on 10 The limbs until they
recovered their senses and were able to
reach the ground. The traek-walker. who
arrived on the scene shortly after the
explosion, says ii resembed a battlefield
The cries of the injured were heartrend-
ing. Some of them were in the trees /;
others were lying on the ground and I'M
der the debris of the wrecked building.
One of the boarders who escaped injury
made his way TO a neighboring shanty
and woke the inmates. Blankets and
bedding were carried u the scene and
the injured made as comfortable as posi-
bic.
At daylight the officials Of the Lehigh
Valley railroad We're notified and a spe-
cial train with a number of physicians
was hurried to the scene The doctors
dressed the wounds of the injured. who
We're then brought TO the hospital in this
city.
The boarding boss says he is at a loss
as to what prompted the dastardly deed
As far as he knows, he has no enemies
in the world. Some of the boarders think
the motive was robbery, as several of
them were known to have considerable
money in their nOgzagEion IF thie ttrac
the object of the fiends, II IS plain why
they placed so much of the explosive I'M
der the building. They wanted to kill
every person in the building in order TO
get the plumber and then escape detec-
ton. Up TO O'Clock tonight no arrests
have been made. one of the wounded
men says that Immediately after the ex-
plosion he saw four strange men running
down the roadway leading TO the village
at Miners Mills. They carried lanterns.
While he lay on the ground another
stranger approached him and rifed his
pockets lie also cut the belt which en-
circled his waist and carried it away. An
other of the injured gives as his opinion
that the men seen on the ground WEI
Irgmps The dynamiters used Pittsbur,'
dynamite, which fact may lead to their
discovery, as dynamite of that character
is used by the railroad contractors whose
tool house is near the scene. The house
had been broken open and a new battery
taken out. An old battery was found
near by. The supposition is that the lat
ter would not work and a new one was
necessary.
Michael Bellakovitch, the proprietor Of
the boarding house, was arrested tonight
and sent to jail The authorities say they
want him as witness. He had money in
his possession and on Saturday last told
a friend that he was going 10 the old
country on Monday.