Evening journal., 1896-04-25
DYNRMlTER IN SKIRTS.
1t Is Believed That a Woman
Exploded the Bomb.
cIgw TO ATTACK ON MAJOR AIBEE

i1cnvIly voiied Female Seen Near the
House just Before the Explosion-Ca
riea a Mysterious Pachagc. which She
DID Not Have Later.
NEW HAVEN, April e5.-The efforts Of
tho police to solvo the mystery Of the dy
hamito explosion In Westvillo, by which
Tho YES OF Ma or George +. Albee and
his family were nearly lost have developed
yome curious facts, but have not yet dia.
closed the identity OF the perpetrator OF
the outrage. The mystery OF the case has
been accontuatcd apparently by the dis
covery that n strange woman was In the
Niclnity OF Major Alhoo's house at The
time ot the explosion and acted in such q
manner as to arouse the suspicious OF sew
eral rorsons who saw her.
IA running down this clew Police Cap
tain Brewer and Detective Gibson have
loarned that the woman had gone from
New Haven to Wostyile on the EdRewood
9venuo lin8 In Conductor Growers car.
When she left the car. she inquired where
the DO Rusie family, near neighbors Of
Major Alboc. lived. She carried small
package corresponding in shape and size
70 the dynamite cartridge supposed to
have been used. On tho street she met a
boy named William Smith, Of whom she
made tho same inquiry. Tho Smith boy
and the DE Rusie family both say she did
not call at the house. but passed It In the
direction Of Major Alboes residence
Just after the explosion the same wom-
an boarded the car Of Conductor Grover
on its return trip TO New Haven. Her ex-
element was so great as to attract the at
tontion Of the conductor and several pas
songers She no longer carried the pack
age. She le~ ale car at George and Col
lego streets and boarded another car. She
was traccd in this car 60 Fountain street
and Alden avenue, where all trace Of her
was lost. Sho was described to the police
as being rather tall neatly dressed in
black ane wearing u thick veil over her
face. t
Says He Has No Enemies
Thomas G. Bennett, president of the
Winchester Repeating Arms company,
and Major Albee are. unable to suggest
any motive connecting the affairs OF the
company with tho outrage, and Major
Albeo's popularity does not favor the the
ory that the act was committed by a per.
sonal enemy. The police and tho officers of
the company, however, agree In the CON
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20 destroy the family Of Major Albeo and
that It would have been successful had
the bomb boon more carefully placed
Mrs. Albee and her two daughters, Nab
and Marian. have recovered from the
shook. The house Is badly shattered. The
bay window was wrecked, the foundation
driven out OF plumb and timbers and glass
scattered about the yard and the interior
of the house. Amos Diokermnn's house.
which Is 90 feet away, was also consdera-
bly, shaken by the concussion and tile
glass broken out OF eight windows II the
bomb had exploded under instead OF at
the side Of the Albee house IL would have
been entirely destroyed, and the family
killed.
Chief of Detectives Cowles reported late
last night that no trace had been found Of
the man reported TO have been seen by
MIR. Dickerman in the neighhorhood at
the time of thoexnloson. Mr.. Diokermnn,
who Is also connected with the Winchos.
tor works, believes that the author Of the
explosion is the Same person who six
weeks ago placed three dynamite car
tridges in the yard OF John Gardner, SUI
perlntendent OF the cartridge department
Special details Of police have beon assign
cd to guard the houses OF members Of tho
Winchester corporation.