Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-25
Had Been Visiting in Germany.

I'm going to wait till Sophie comes home
and then I'm going to Philadelphia
Had Been Visiting in Germany.
Sophie reached a30rne about o'clock last
night with her mother from a visit of four
months with relatives in Germany. They
were accompanied by a woman and her two
children who had come over to live at the
hotel with Mr.. Brandts family. The wo-
man, who does not speak English, inquired
today if the early morning affair was some
thing unusual or whether it was of daily
occurrence.
IF it's something that happens every
day" she stated, II want to go back to
Germany.
If there had been any doubt concerning
the manner in which part of the, building
was destroyed this doubt was removed by
the finding of quantity of dynamite in the
trunk in Mckees room The trunk was
locked and the key to 1t was found in the
pocket OF the trousers which were on the
dead man when his body was found. There
were also box of the caps used for eXplod-
ing dynamite found in the trunk and two
punches of wire. such as is used to cause
an explosion from a distance. Six whole
Sticks OF the explosive were discovered and
parts of two three broken sticks. Nine
paper coverings of sticks of the explosive
were found, showing that he had at least
nine sticks in his possession, or enough to
have wrecked row of houses.
Fortunately Changed Her Room.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brandt occupied the front
north room of the hotel directly beneath
the room in which the explosive was I'M
questiorably used. In the room directly
back of the one they occupied, Miss Sophie
Brandt usually slept, but last night she
occupied room In the rear end Of the
motel With the woman who had accom-
panied her and her mother from Germany.
Mckee no doubt thought Miss Brandt was
occupying her ROOM, and. III he mad
murder as his motive, he doubtless sup
posed the explosion would kill her as well
as her father and mother Had the young
lady occupied her own room she would
surely have been hurt, and she may not
nave escaped death,-as did her father and
mother So great was the force of the ex-
plosion that fragments of the roof Of the
hotel of the floor of the third story and
quantities Of bricks and mortar poured
through into the room occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs Brandt The floor ofitheir room gave
way and they presently found themselves
at the bottom of the mass of ruins on the
first floor in the dining room directly over
the bowling alleys. 7F@ 10
IT'S an electric shock gasped the in
Jured woman to her husband.
No said .he latter, ''ies dynamite, for
l smell the POWDER n
By this time gas was escaping from many
breaks In the pipe and there was a slight
open passageway had been left beneath the
debris next to the north wall, and through
this Mr.. Brandt and his wife were con-
Quoted to the main dining room In the rear
of the bar From this point they reached
the street through the side door and were
driven away to the hospital.
1t was after their rescue that the body of
the man who had caused the explosion and
committed suicide was found and removed.
Meets With Mishap.
George Brandt who was one of the first
occupants OF the hotel to get out, met with
a painful accident which slightly disabled
him. When he realized what had occurred
his first thought was about the safety of
his parents. Cropping through the dark
hallway on the third floor he reached the
front of the building where the fpor mad
fallen and in the darkness he lost his foot
Ing and fell upon the mass of DEBRIS get
ting out from where his parents had been
rescued only short time before.
] In the excitement he forgot his own In