The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-05
BOMB KILLS
TWO PERSONS
Fathers Body Is Dismembered
by an Explosion.
EIGHT OTHERS INJURED
Former BOarder Had Quarrel
With Family.

Of a dynamite bomb, which had beer
thrown By revengsful hand. q father
and child we're killed in Chicago Height.
yesterday morning. a mother was seri-
ously injured, and several children were
slightly hure
Partly wrecked By the erce OF the ex-
p-osio1, the house caught IRE. and. With
a residence adjoining. was destroyed by
the flames. with the contents. the occu-
pants barely having time 10 escape.
Two men, one OF whom the police be-
iieve 10 have perpeuated The crime. are
under arrest Loss OF money BY thefs
ard unrequited love for the daughter OF
the victim are reasons assigned as .
motive Tor revenge
The dead.
coRDECK JOSEPH. IS years old;
arms and less blown or
CoRDECK LUCY. years old; body
blown 70 pieces.
The injured
Mrs. Lucy Cordeck. IS years old. flesh
torn OF right side. taken 10 Presley terrain
hospital: may recover.
Mamie Corteck. slightly injured By fall
ing plaster.
Edward cordeok. slightly injured by
falling debris.
Emil cordeck. slightly injured BY fall
izg debris
Peter Cordeck, slightly injured BY fall
ing debris
Josephine Cordeck. slightly injured BY
falling plaster.
Helen Cordeck. slightly Injured by fall
ing debris
Della Cordeck. months old. slightly in
jUred. carried out By her mother.
Cordeck and his family lived in a one
story frame cottage IN the suburb. The
fsther and mother and Two babies occu-
pied one room. while two other rooms
were occupied by the three girls and three
boys. The bomb was placed under the
room occupied by the parents. To get Il
there the guilty man was forced TO re
move a board from the side OF the house
near the ground. making hole large
enough for him to crawl under the build
Ing.
So great was the force OF the explosion.
which occurred AZ o'clock in the mora
irg. that It blew large ragged hole in
the floor Of the room and tore the bed
into shreds. Cordeck's body was dismem-
hered. The body OF Lucy was almost OBJ
liberated. Flesh was tory from the right
side u Mrs. Corceck. anS the baby's body
was cut by flying particles.
Though painfully wounded Mrs. Cor
deck seized her baby. jumped to her feet.
and called 70 her husband Receiving no
answer and believing be already had left
the house with the other child. the
mother rushed through the lanes and out
TO the street There she fell unconscious
Aroused BY the explosion and the plas-
ter and boards which were falling around
them, the other children fastened from
their beds The FIRE was threatening
them, and being unable 70 save any Of
house. IN another instant the cottage
was in flames.
Thirty feet 10 the north was the resi-
dence OF Justice Cam,olawsky. and this
also caught fire. The family was awak-
ened and had just time 70 escape. leav-
ing all their belongings behind
Attracted by the noise OF the explosion
and b the fire. residents OF the suburb
fastened 10 the scene and at once gave
their attention 70 the care OF the injured.
' hile the local department was fighting
the fire. Mrs. Ccrdeck was found on the
ground with The baby at her side. She
Hss partly revived and VIXEN she realized
what had occurred she accused Charles
Smith. . former boarter az the Cordeck
house.
She inquired for her husband and then
il was learned he had not been seen since
he explosion. Search was made for him.
and IN a plt torn into the earth BY the
dynamite. an arm was found. Later the
3ther arm, both legs and the chared
body were discovered IN the debris ~ the
x rocked and burned cottage
Continuing the search small portions -
he BODY q tho little giri vas found A.
hey we're gathered up and placed ter
ieriy az the side q the mangied form
y the father many q TIE citizens we're
,orced 20 turn away
PITS Of The bomb were also secured.
.nd -o..e = the iron was fcund in the
-sraola# islsy house. ard they viz - kept
y ths police as evidence
acting on TIE statement made ~ Mrs.
-ardeck. Policeman Grove went 70 Tire
.0lse where Srith roored- Smith Wzs
ound IN bed. and in re sarle room was
Thomas kohiirsiSt Ecth we-e arrested
NJ locked up n The Chicago 9sishts szl
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