New-York tribune., 1904-08-09
THE BOMB MAKER KNOWN
Il NEW-JERSET ITALIAN.
He Makes "Daeo" TOrpedOes-
Chief Murray Searching for Ham.

Chief Murray Searching for H'm.
The injury OF score Of people by the ex-
plosion Of bo5nb in East One-hundred-and-
hfty-irst-st. on Saturday night, following close
~ several similar outrsges by members OF the
Italian Back Hand" organization. has set
.nany people I'm the city wondering why the
police do not suppress 4 society which Is Dc
coming dangerous. In all the recent cases
Of bomb throwing The explosions have been pre-
cedcd by demands for money, usually MADE %
letter signed by the Black Hand
Such a letter was received by an Italian
tIadesman in Brooklyn before his home et NO.
Go Fourth-st was partly wrecked by Bomb
on the night OF May % The same sort OF iet-
ter was sent to the Italian grocer at No. 20
Eclizabeth-st before the front OF the grocery was
demolished by a bomb Oh the night OF July -.
The band OF biackmaers has not confined Its
work TO this city of late. but early on the morn
ing Of last Friday the shop OF an Italian barber
at No. 473 Main-st.. PGssaic, was wrecked by a
bomb.
In several cases the police believe that the
sufferers know the members Of the Back
Hand" but are afraid to betray them. Ihe
police say that ninety-nine out Of hundred OIL
the more prosperous Italians in the city on
whom the society makes demands for money
submit to the blackmail through fear. and can
not be induced to tell detectives the names OF
the persons who receive the money IN MAKING
these statements. the police lay d chai . -
coTardice against the Italians
Police officials who talked on the subject yes
ter,iay said they believed that the bombs useu
by the BLACK Hand" were made with dynaill4te
stolen from contractors 1t Is not possloie ~
buy high explosives al any store in the city
said an inspector, but most Of the contractors
in subway work and contractors who conduct
blasting operations for cellar excavations or
street openings IN the city keep on hand supPheS
Of the explosives, and usually have Italians EN-
Moved Ii is easy for the Italians to steal some
dynamite now and then. Some OF them may
be members of the Black Hand Organization
MATERIALS BOUGHT AT DRUG SIoRf-0
George Murray, chief OF the bureau OF COM
bustibles at Fire Headquarters. said that whlle
It was true that dynamite and other hlgh eA'
pIosives were obtained by contractors only from
the agents OF the manufacturers. and were ho'
TO be found al any store in the city the ooilips
used by Italians IN recent outrages proDaoiy
were made from materials which could oe
bought at any drug store in the city without
the slightest difficulty. one could buy materials
for ten pound bomb Mr.. Murray said. with
out leaving any record at the drug store
NJ Murray thinks he knows the name Of the
Italian who makes the bombs for the BLACK
Hand" end he has tried to catch hlnl' oul ne
evaded attempts to lure him across the ferry
TIE Italian makes fireworks, known as 'Daeo
torpedoes. because they are s3id nossiy 70 '.ie
Italians TO be used IN their religious tetes. AS
. rule these torpedoes are small, and therefore
are not dangerous when they are eNpIooeo
singty on z sidewalk. hut one OF them WIZ make
a noise almost as loud as the report Of a can
non Mr. Murray has seized these torpedoes
wherever he mas found them o. fered for sale at
Italian shops. He seized 800 OF them In Null
berry-st. only few days before the explosion
in EFZabeth-st. -. :, ,.,
a yeIlowish stain wherever 1t is exploded Mr.
Murray is convinced that the bomb which partly
wrecked the grocery in Eizabeth-st, ana ieit
the stain there. was made or the same mate
rials and was. in fact, "Dago' torpedo OF un-
usually large size. Analysis Of the "Dago" tor
pedo shows that IL is made Of chlorate or potash
sn+iYnonv sulphur and coarse gravel. Mr.. Muir
raw would not give the percentages, saying that
publication might tempt more Italians 10 be-
como bomb makers.
HIS WARES SOLD SECRETLY.
While dynamite cannot be exploded without
percussion cap, Mr.. Murray says. the 'Dago"'
torpedo can be exploded either by a slow fuse or
by throwing IT, Therefore in the hands OF the
organizat ton which blackmails Italians 1t is a
weapon calculated to inspire fear. peculiar
feature of the manufacture Of this dangerous
article is that the maker keeps the place Of his
factory a secret except that a few trusted
agents probably know it. The maker himself
STAYS away from New-York- His agents deliver
the wares to such italian tradesmen as can sell
them secretly ana WITHOUT CT SelLute.
when inspectors OF the Bureau of Combustibles
discover and seize "Dago" torpedoes in an Ital-
ian shop. the shopkeeper always pTetends not to
know who sold or delivered them to him.
IF we could catch and send 10 prison the
maker OF these torpedoes," Mr. Murray said
yesterday, I'VE would put q stop - this Italian
bomb throwing business. Cor am convinced
that the rascal has a monopoly Of the manu-
facture OF the bombs used by the Italians, and
holds the secret of their manufacture from the
other Italians. He may be the leader OF the
Black Hand Anyhow, he holds a weapon
which keeps other Italians I'm a state OF terror"
The police made little progress yesterday in
sitting the bomb throwing in One-hundred-and-
hfty-first-st. They had in custody the man who
threw the bomb, and learned that his correct
name was Vincenzio Vinnetto. but he declared
that he too drunk when the bomb was
thrown to know what he doing. The de-
tecHVes found two Italians who said they heard
hin, admit that he threw the bomb, but his
stOVy is that somebody gave the bomb 10 him
TO throw when he was TOO drunk 10 be re-
sponsible. The detectives arrested a son OF
Giovanni FenDell. the saloonkeeper in One-hun-
dTed-and- ffty-hrst-st and said they had wit
nesses TO swear that they overheard young Fem
neu Urging Vinnetto 10 throw the bomb.