The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10

both men were Italians. One wac about
s feet 4 inches tall, rs years old and smooth
faced and wore an old bicycle hat. He
weighed, I should say. about I'm pounds
The other man ] remember more clearly.
He was about S feet inches tall. 3! years
the neighborhood OF l75 pounds and wore
a light Fedora hat. black coat and light
trousers.
"These men drove right on the pier and
when asked them what they had said
box belonging to man VINO Mas !, 70 san a o.,
sonal baggage and that 1t was to be placed
where the owner could get 1t in hurry a.
he didn't expect 10 reach the pier until
just before the steamer sailed.
Il asked for the name OF the passenger
but the men said they didn't know the
name. They had been hi on Thirty
ninth street to bring the box to the pier.
they said, and that was all they knew about
IT, The man would claim IT when ne came
Just had the box put with the rest OF the
baggage Of passengers near the. gang
plank and thought n, more about tne mat1
ter. think / would know the men II
ever saw them again.
The police were trying last nig ;hs G e mnd
the representatives. IN INV thS Guy oa ,e has an
office in the Park Row building. but IT was
closed early yesterday. The police also
tried to get some description OF the person
who mailed the special delivery letter at
the General Post Ofce.
The stamp sellers in the Post Office were
all questioned about purchasers Of special
delivery stamps Yesterday morning, out
little information could he obtained IN
this way. as great many special deli'eIy
stamps are sold at each window III .nE
mornings, ard the sellers cannot recau
the features of the purchasers
FEW PASSENGERS HEARD OF 1T.
Few, # any, Of the passengers on the
Tmbria learned Of the cause of the great
excitement on the pier lust before she
sailed. Capt. Dutton requested that no
word of the finding Of the box be sent on
the ship. as it might excite the passen gers.
especially those in the steerage, Ihere
were about three hundred first and second
cabin passengers on the lmbria, ana d
number in the steerage.
PASSENGERS ON THE uMBRIA.
Some of the Umbra's li5 cabin passengers
Cunning S. Bedford. Or. and Mrs. William
Culbertson, Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Champion,
George Doubleday. Arthur Elliott, Mr.; and
Mrs. Arthur W. Greaves, Charles H. Hay
ward, Mr.. and Mrs: j; 2. Hoffman, II ~ Mr :
Murray, Mr.. and Mrs. N L. McCready,
Frederick Mayer, Russell W. Porter, John
Rankin. Alexander Rankin. the Rev. +.
Manners Sanderson. Count de st. Sauveur.
Charles NJ, Trayncr. British Consul at Co
III,
Weston, and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert II. Wilkie.
The officers OF the liner are: Captain.
Thomas Button; surgeon, Charles Burland.
NJ D.; chief steward d. Gore; purser,
Joseph Lancaster; assistant purser. T. W.
j. Wall.
ATE PTS ON THE STEAMSHIP ouEEN.
The finding of the bomb recalls two similar
occurrences Of twenty years ago when the
Fenians were openly active at times. In
December, 1884, there appeared in Kansas
City newspaper long interview with Capt
Thomas Phean. an Irish Nationalist. In
the interview Phelan said he had been
with several Fenian explosion
plots ard that In 1883 ore to blow UP the
National Line steamer Queen at her Liver
pool pier had mi-carried only because she
anchored in midstream and her passengers
were carried ashore in small boats.
According TO Phelan, the man who was
to set OF the machine to blow up the Queen
was John F. kearnev. a friend Of o Donovan
Rosa. Phelan after having revealed this.
came to New York in January. 1885, and
went to Rossa's office. Phelan said he
went there on the receipt OF letter from
kenrney. At any. rate. he was stabbed
and nearly killed.
In August. 1857. Thomas j. Mooney. who
was later adjudced insane. threw phos-
ohor1ls bomb on the deck of the same steam
er. the Queen, at her dock here. II didn't
do much damage, but the event caused a
lot of talk because the police found in
rooms n dynamiter's outfit of
the then popular Mezzeroff style and in his
pockets an alleged Ferian proclamation
threatening harm to all British ships.