The evening world., 1905-07-20
WOULDN'T OPEN PARCEL
Enough Powder Dropped Out to
Make Him Suspicious and
He Sent for the Police.
"LAWS0N' ON THE PAPER.
Package Probably Sent from Boston
by Somebody Who Had Been
Caught in the Market.

An Internal machine containing gum
powder, matches. sandpaper and a
substance resembling guncotton was
received to-day by Edward Wasser-
man, senior emb OF the firmNof Was
serman Bros. bankers and brokers at
No. ~ Broadway. The contrivance was
so arranged tha had It been opened
according to directions written on the
outside the matches. scraping against
the s~andpaper, would have ignited and
the explosive would have been set off.
After an examination of the machine
at the Bureau OF Combustibies Deputy
Inspector Owen Egan said that II Mr..
Wasserman had opened 1t by pulling the
string according to the directions he
would probobly have been blinded.
The machine was IN two partisan
outer covering of pasteboard and within
that an imitation leather case of a hand
camera. The case was full of mixed
gunpowder, charcoal and pulver!zed
wood, and in the entire of this was
packed a small vial full OF ~gunpowder
and stopped with cotton instead Of a
cork.
Mr.. Wassernan was suspicious of the
package and investigated only far
enough to satisfy himself that it con-
tanned explosives. A detective from the
Stock Exchange was summoned, and he
took the machine to the Bureau of Com
bustlbies at Fire Headquarters for ex-
animation.
Sent by Man Caught in Market.
From inscriptions on the package it
is assumed that it was sent by some
body VINO has been caught in the stock
market. The postmark is blurred, but
Is believed to show that the Internal
machine was mailed in Boston last
night.
Bosh Mitchell, a negro porter in the
Wasserman Bros. offices. received the
package in the S o'clock mail to-day. 1t
was addressed TO Eddie" Wasserman.
No. - Broadway. and carried one two
cent and two fve-ccnt stamps. Mitchell
placed 1t with the other mail OF the
desk in Mr.. Wasserman's office.
The broker reached his place OF busi-
ness at 10 o'clock. 1t SO happened that
the Internal machine was on top of the
pile of mail on his desk and was the
first piece he picked up. He tore of
tho wrapper OF manila paper. disclosing
a pasteboard box four inches long two
inches wide and two inches deep
lawson's Name Written or Box.
Drawn or the box was a representa-
ton Of the American flag, Underneath
was written the word Reading" Be
low this was drawn q heart. and still
lower was written Thomas w. Law
son, OF Boston" Stamped on the top
OF the box were the words Hand
Camera" and II appears that 1t ha (!
been used as q covering for q camera
OF some sort.
Projecting through a care'essly
punched hole at one end was a piece OF
string and under the string wa written
the direction, Pull with stead. hand
The box was light and did not ave a
dangerous appearance, but the J.. Grip.
lions on Il made Mr.. Wasserman eau
t.ous.
Not for mine" he remarked to malt
a dozen customers who were standing
near. There might be something ir
there"
WHATS the natter asked William
Nurcoe. a curb broker, Are you afraid
3 or getting your head blown OFF,
II don I SCI Gag aSN '' n NIldIltel
with a thing like this, - replied Mr.. Was
y se,man Il have a notion to hevA I
thrown into the river
q Marcoe volunteered TO open the box
e The Others reueated 10 the far end 0,
n the room while the curb broker studieI
h ave inscriptions. He decided nnall,
I mat he would not pull the s,ring wiz
4 STEADY hand and began g plcl
: a, the hole iroIn Which the string pro
truded,
suun Of cotton attracted Als atten
LON .nd ne pulled II. Qu.ee u CA4.Ih y
p,-u..Al .Od..!GG cotton allowed IlyI!
.Ae iOrce OF tLc pun. Then came fUu
matches, a ple-s Of ~sdudplper ana
: qGanuly Cf cydc.a DlacE plwGgT. AllV
zoe turned tAs DOG upside DOM AM
shook II. Nor" powder II coltul
V dropped out.
:, He concluded that he wouldn't foo
with the machine any further and gin
u ger!y placed Il On q table While MI
n WasscTmlr ~telepaonel 20 the Wa,
Street Bureau Of the Contra. Office, -
Acknowledgement Derry arrived IN a fe,
minutes ana took charge Of tie oox,
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