The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-09
COUPE BOMB EXPLOSION.
sULPHURIO ACID THE BAsE OF
THE E~xPL0sIYE.

me owner or tho Cab, whe Apparently was
Presumed TO ne the New York Cab Com
psny. Evidently Aimed At-rohce faVe NOS
Vet Discovered VINO P"tt the "om' In inc Cso.
whoever Il was that left the bomb In the
coupe In which Jacob schnitzer was blown up
early Sunday did It not by accident, but with
malice aforethought This was shown yet-
terdsy. As TO who the person was that put
the bomb there. Or why he did IL. the police
are in the dark a, much a. ever. Only one
theory is apparently tonsbls. that the bomb
was placed in tho cab with tho intention of
doing harm to It's owner. who. on this theory.
.r..rmed IN bnv. been aha Now York Cab
company.
H.. yss,sraoy n s-.st sfYor,, to and N,
guilty person. Although Sill partly chnRinR
10 their arst-formed theory Of accident. they
realized more clearly than before that It
might not nave oeen an acelaent' not IL
must have bsen the act of some striking or
di'sruntlea caoman. "n'ea es.oh wa
most necessary TO eaten the pcrpctrator OF the
oor.on. Who hay. occasion to hir. cab. and
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tim, OF spite or malice toward the cab owners.
with this in view. not only were Detectives
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street station out all day yesterday. but In
.n,c,or Brooks had two men detailed from tho
Central once to work on the case. When
ali four OF them reported last evening they
bad found nothing at all that would lead to
they we're willirs to admit that tho task was
well h'Sn . nVpo'es' u
The hrst thing TO DO dono was 70 md out
VIVA. EXPLOSIVE o. 70. a@ Sa,U Os' srS %, 20. s SO hoar S,, .oo D,
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tho ,uOv, us 90 o'' W Wr "" 40 me-, no,o n .no stun u,
Combnstiblos. superintendent Murray s.ii.
I'M, hs.,ta,,on' whsn ha ,oosnd =, ,h.
stains on the mat and bad . description OF the
condition OF Mr. schnlt.ers clothes. that
OF the explosive;
IT'S ampess,oue 'o say omnsnl. n Q aaaea
yesterday a,.ernSoh: VIVA, was S Use Win the
acid TO cause the comoustioh, put IL cannot
slider the effects Il had on the cab. The
sSsin 3, % sehnitn,r's eioibe, W we're ond mSb snS
caused by sulphpTlc acid: Picric acid would
been pierre acid the bottom OF the cab would
certainly nave 6een oi6wh out; plcrio acid
IL. th and al IS S very %' Ts%sfia sh' The ffsn sss, n saS. ' xonid
have held enough 70 nave knocked out tho
bostSp OF the cab: x,,, -. .u,,,,-,, ..,, -.
cause the combustion It will take some days
to md out. There are any number Of things
an explosion. hut the most likely thing is a
n!ztg'e % potash rrt sugar. - oraSs,.ts BIZ
TIE Sun this morning.
The amount OF acid that could 10 put into
this test tube would not DO sufficient to cause
any great damage through the explosion itself.
II was sufficient TO break the glass by the ex.
panston OF the gases formed. but did not hurt
the wood work. Mr.. Sohnitzer. however. may
thank himself upon having had n very mar.
row escape. His putting up his arms I'm front
OF his face undoubtedly saved him. IL not from
death. from severe injury. Had he inhaled
the great body. of fumes. that arose after the
explosion his lungs would have been very CO.
verely hurt. The ~fact.that the sleeves OF his
ove'rnat were discclored by the acid 10 sum-
cieI to show how we'll he protected himself.
lie nav think himself . very lucky man.
IRON the nature Of the bomb as you call
II, am Inclined ~ doubt that II was put into
the Gao with the Int, ntion OF doing injury to
any one. Surely q man who knows enough
about chemicals to make the bomb would haze
known that the force generated would not
have been sufficient TO do much damage. ald
he would have used something stronger. which
would. have been quite as easy for him to do.
II he had wished TO sufocate the inmate of tho
cab he could have found simpler means of do
Ing So"
On the theory Of an accident II was suggested
:hat.ventriloQuists in their tricks often make
one OF their puppets smoke. This 10 done often
BY; putting a little acid In q cup inside OF the
doll. and. At the proper time, putting some
thing into the acid that would make q smoke
and forcing the smoke up through the puppets