The sun., 1903-01-21
BOMB TOSCARE THB DOBLGERS
MIGHT HAVE BLOWN THE DOOR
IN HAD 1T EXPLODED.

Police Announce the Conclusion That u
Was . Trick TO Frfghten the Book
Into Hiring Watchmen-No Proof Of
his-Just Q Prof essionai Suspicion.
A bomb. made Of twelve-inch section OF
il-inch steam pipe, and loaded with or
dinary black gunpowder. was set against
the front door OF the residence Of Peter
Doelger, tho millionaire brewer, at the
northeast corner Of Riverside Drive and
Tooth street. early yesterday morning. and
whoever placed II there evidently made an
effort to explode II. for attached to 1t was
olumsily made fuse of tissue paper and
powder. which had been partially burned.
II the bomb had exploded II might hive
blown down the door Of the Doelger house,
and would certainly have made some noise.
A detective concern has been after Mr..
Doelger and other rich men who live in the
neighborhood for some time. Offering the
services OF watchmen. Mr.. Doelger had
neglected to subscribe. After careful in
vestigation Of the circumstances surround
ing the placing Of the bomb on Mr.. Dodgers
front stoop yesterday morning. the police,
who don't love the detective concern over
much, announced the conclusion that some
person or persons anxious to scare Mr..
Doelger and his neighbors into more thor
oughly guarding their houses at night
had provided tho bomb a. pror aganda.
There is no proof that this 10 the case. but
the police declare that 'coercive measures
have been used before. and that obviously
the person who put the bomb on the stoop
had some other object than to destroy Mr..
Dodgers property, az he must have known
that the bomb wouldn't do that.
The bomb was discovered by Rounds
man Relyea Of the West Tooth street sta
ton. He was at the corner Of West End
avenue and Ninety eighth street at
o'clock yesterday morning. when a man
came up and said he had seen two men on
the front stoop Of the Doelger house. and
to the Doelger house. There was no one
there and the front door was fast. While
examining the door Relyea found the bomb.
II was standing upright against the door.
When Relyea saw what it was ne put It
down again In a hurry and fastened to
arouse the Doelger family. The first person
to appear was the coachman, who had been
Get some water, quick said Relyea,
and when the coachman brought a pail
policeman soaked tho bomb. By this time
the Doelger family was aroused and some
Of the neghbors were up. too. to gee what
all the excitement was about. When they
heard about the bomb very few OF them
went back to bed. Instead. a house-to-
house search for more bombs was made.
There were no more.
The bomb was taken to the station house
in the pail OF water and Capt. Wiegand
made an examination Of It, He decided
that the proper place for such thing was
the Bureau Of Combustibles and sent i
L. ska <laxy G., t<Nx
it apart and made this report on 1t to
Sun reporter:
The bomb is made Of i2-nch section Of
steam pipe. threaded at the ends, ard with
ordins ry Iron caps screwed on On the edge Of
this hole a fuse has been placed. Inside Of
the bomb was about hall a pound or there
sbouis OF ordinary black EunI}ow;der y r.. The sr
md powder, and had not been subjected 70
any chemical process TO ma Ike il burn steadily
IDENTITY a attempt was made to hre the thing
The amount Of da ma ge that the bomb
s dens i the o
iha9 that person sf within y thirty feet Of i
menf OF the pipe to break the skin; Alto
gether 10 "a very bogus bomb and the person
Sds esnel or ese wUy !
Toe bomb was painted over with bronze
paint and the paint was 30 fresh on it that
when Roundsman Relyea picked it up it
came on on his hands. 4 fragment Of a
sample Lallot for the Fifteenth Congress
district, found inside the bomb at the
Bureau of Combustibles, was put there hy
Capt. Wiegand, VINO used bit OF the wasted
paper 10 poke out some powder
The man who told Relyea about suspicious
strangers at the Doelger house disappeared
after giving the information. Mr.. Doelger
who il 70 years old and has been i'll for some
time. said that he had no elemies. He and
his two daughters and his son Frank were
all in the house at the time. There were
also Ave servants.
Peter Doelger, Jr.. who is manager Of
his fathers brewery. said Yesterday that
he knew Of no one who would want to injiurc
his father There have been no labor troubles
at the brewery.