New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-09
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A st-SpIcIOUS-L.OOKI PACKAGE STOPPED IN
THE MAII,-DOuBTs ABOUT IT'S ORIGIN
Chicago March S-The employees OF the Hyde PARK
postal station at Fifty-hfth-st. and Kimbark-ave
were thrown into great state OF excitement 'as'
evening by the discovery OF supposed oEhahi'e
bomb that, from general appearances. was capaDie
OF blowing up the entire establishment The OBJECT
NJ snspicion was concealed in small pasteboard
box four inches long and one and half Inches IN
height which bore the inscription:
"P. d. Armour 2.ll5 Prairie-ave., Chicago Ill.
The box was neatly wrapped In yellow paper, tied
with green ribbon and had evidently been mailed In
Chicago at some OF the outlying districts. Fore
man Henry Woodruff who has charge OF the dstrlb-
uting department at Hyde Park. discovered the
box when II dumped from the downtown mail
pouch. and the fact OF its having an address that
was OF the Jurisdiction Of his station caused him
to carry the box to Superintendent j. ;. Hendrick-
son. who examined the package critically and was
about To lay II on his desk when slight click, not
unlike the noise made by the trigger OF revolver
attracted the attention OF both men. The superfn-
tendcnt and foreman looked at the box and then at
each other, and without further argument left the
room. AS nothing further happened In the course
OF the next minutes they decided to go back and
take another look at what they now were convinced
was Il mysterious machine
Superintendent Hendrickson carefully united the
string and pulled the wrapper from the box. which
proved TO be a small AFFAIR OF two compartments.
risks however the superintendent cut small round
hole In the middle OF what appeared TO be the upper
portion OF the object. and discovered through the
hole IN the Id piece OF c-Guarternch gasppe,
fastened securely to avoid rattinr Al It's end
n protrudinR fuse. which connected with
small cap. that arranged that II would ex-
pode II one box drawn through the other,
would necessarily follow In its recipient tried 10
get the interior. The article then placed In
the safe, which was locked.
Sho uld tho box prove to tain deadly explosives.
Its mailing will constitute the fourth unsuccessful
attempt that has been made TO XIII or seriously In
jure Mr. Armour. and In each instance the United
States mail service Will have been the OF dis
covering the character OF the missives.
The officials OF the Hyde Park postal station. how
ever are OF tho opinion tonight that the bomb was
mailed by a reporter for the paper which published
a story about II exclusively this morning. Superin-
tendent Hendrickson said the package had been in
tho oflcc only twenty minutes when "A porter for
morning paper came in making inquiries about IT,
Information was refused. and the supposed Internal
machine was locked up in the vault A report was
written on the matter but II was not taken to Post
master Hesing nor any information Siven out
by the three employees OF the station. Notwithstand
ing this the paper published minute description
OF the bomb and the superintendent says Il could
not been written unless the writer had seen the
alleged Internal machine. The matter VIII he re-
ported TO Inspector Stuart and Mr. Hesing to|inoF-
row morning