The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-05-14
SENDER OF
BOX KNOWN
Police Expect Soon to Catch the
Umbria Dynamiter.
HIRED ROOM AS G. ROsSO,
Boarding House Keeper Tell. Detec-
tives About Him and From Her
story Driver of Express wagon
IL Promptly Located.

New York, May l4.-Ihe arrest OF
the man who sent the box Of dynamite
to the cunard pier last week is now
supposed to be but a question Of hours.
Inspector McCmsky and nearly the
whole headquarters staff are hot on his
trail. They have a good description Of
him and have a large part of his be-
longings, including his trunk and some
Of his clothing, in their possession. The
inspector. has known. as a matter Of
fact since Monday morning last that
the man who sent the dynamite sent it
from Mrs. currie's boarding house, 366
West Thirty 5erst street, where he en-
gagged a room on Thursday last under
the name of g. Rosso, or G. Rosseo, or
G.. Rosseau.
Patrick Rooney Of 425 West Thirty
first street. who was once an election
worker for Devery. was the express
man with whom the stranger made the
bargain to take the box TO the pier
Two of Rooney's men-Peter Barthe
OF $50 West Thirtieth street and Jo
Eeph Mccormick Of 425 Ninth avenue
called for the box at the Currie house
and delivered it in the green wagon at
the pier. With them went q young
man of the name Of Frank Carlton,
who was ont OF work and who went
along to take a free ride. Rarthe drove
the horse and Mccormick and Carlton
sat unconcernedly on the box all the
way down to the pier.
From Mrs Curries story ii was
learned that the stranger went to her
boarding house on Thursday morning
and paid d weeks rent in advance for
room on the second floor. He had
with him large trunk, in which it is
believed the Internal machine was con-
cealed Soon after arriving he re-
moved the box from the trunk and
went out to arrange for Its transfer.
About o'clock that afternoon the
stranger approached Rooney, who,
with Barthe and Mccormick, was
standing at the southeast corner of
Ninth avenue aud Thirtieth street.
Hires Expressmnn TO Transfer BOX.
II have d box that want taken from
300 West Thirty first street, around the
corner from here, he said. ito the
Cunard steamship pier, No 81 North
river
Rooney told him to give the order to
Barthe and he would attend to it. The
stranger explained .that the box was
not addressed, but that they We're to
leave it at the pier and say that it
would be called for by passenger sail |
ing on the Umbria. He told where his
room was in the house and said that
the housekeeper would show where the
box was.
Barthe took the twenty-five cent
piece which was offered for the re-
movaI of the box and drove around to
the house with the old green express
wagon. Rarthe and Mccormick car
ried down the box They drove around
the corner before starting for the pier
and say that the man who hired them
was standing there and waved his hand
to them as il to say that everything |
was all right They did not see him
Iagain. It was then that Carlton jump
ed In the wagon and went along. The |
men say that while they were carrying
the box from the wagon to the baggage
pile on the pier it fell, and piece was
knocked off the bottom. They picked /
Il up and carried il along.
Saw story In Papers.
The first knowledge that the police /
had Of this end Of the dynamite story
came from Mrs Currie, who read Of
the scare in the newspapers and called
up Inspector McCluskey on the tele- |
phone on Monday night She said that
she felt sure that the box came from
her house and told Of the actions Of the
mysterious stranger who had hired l
room from her on Thursday and whom
she has not seen since. Inspector Nc
Clusky sent Detective Sergeant Arthur
Carey around to investigate. From
Mrs, Currie the detective learned Of the
express wagon and got the stories of
the men who took the box to the pier.
Mrs. Currie said that she saw the
man writing something with a lead
pencil in his room on Saturday morn
Ing. This is evidently the letter Of
warning which was received at police
headquarters at 1915 o'clock Of that
day. From the time that Mrs. Currie
told her story TO Detective Carey de-
tectives We're stationed at or near the
house to catch the stranger in case he
should return There was little rea.
son to believe that he would, however
for he had evidently hired the room
That lie might send the box from it.
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