Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-08-24
ACTIVITY IN BOMB MAKING.
Constantly Improving Effect
iveness of these Weapons.
UTILIZING LIQUID AIR
Easiest Made Set In Motion by Sim
ply neutrality-suspicious. With
. Basis Of CELEBRATES Most Formid-
able - Percussion Bombs and
Those With Fuses Out of Fashion.

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Those with Fuses Out of Fashion.
The most dangerous feature OF re-
cent bomb outrages Is not their NUM-
Der, though the increasing frequency
OF such outrages. indicating as II
does that the ranks OF the anarchists
are ever being reinforced. Is a mat
ter OF the greatest concern to every
civilized Government in the world,
The most alarming sign Is the con
tinuai Improvement that Is being
made in the construction OF bombs,
Recently. In various countries.
bombs have accidentally exploded In
the hands of their makers and have
created havoc over quite wide area.
In more than one instance wrecking
whole floors of hotels or houses.
Then. too. the number OF persons
who can be killed by a single bomb Is
now much greater than it WINS when
these engines OF destruction We're
FIRST introduced.
The time has not yet arrived when
n man or group of men can destroy a
city. but bombs are becoming more
and more powerful. and anarchists
are becoming. apparently. more and
more numerous As matter OF fact.
however. the great majority OF bomb
makers are unable. owing to lack OF
education and skill. to make fnll use
of the means of destruction at the
command of n clever chemist, When
such a man as Morales. who threw
the bomb at King Alfonso. turns
anarchist, the result can be appal-
ling. He was a profound student OF
and he made bomb which literally
scattered death.
The ordinary anarchists and Rus
sian Terrorlsts are far from possess-
ing Morales skill though the Rus
SLAMS have among their number seve-
raj able bomb makers. Even in Russia
however, the deaths due to the acct
dental discharge OF bombs have re-
Gently been almost as numerous as
the assassinations In Warsaw, for
instance, a roomful OF the mangled
remains of bomb makers was found
after one explosion.
A writer in a French paper de-
scribes some OF the methods at pres
ent In use of manufacturing bombs
and internal machines. The num-
Der of explosives that can be used IL
remarkable. The easiest bomb to
make, and, therefore. the one that
has been most employed by terror
turning 1t upside down This il gem
orally made OF good-sized tin bis
cult box. or any similar box II Is
lined and padded with paper and
more than half filled with carefully
prepared mixture Of chlorate OF po-
tassium and ordinary sugar Into
this a small bottle OF certain acid
is introduced. and the rest Of the
space In the box is filled with nails
and scraps OF metal.
The lid having been soldered on.
the machine Is ready for use. All the
anarchist has to do is to place the
box upside down at the place whore
he wants the explosion to occur and
then to take to his heels. TIE acid
quickly eats through the cork OF the
bottle, mingles with the chlorate OF
potassium--and the bomb goes of
with disastrous results to any hap
less person or persons who may
chance to be In the vicinity. The lat
est improvement In this class OF
bomb is to cover the box with a cas-
ing OF cement, which BY It's resist
ance adds to the force OF the explo-
sion.
Percussion bombs and bombs with
fuses are out OF fashion. and are now
only employed by anarchists very
backward In the science Of chemistry.
Explosives with basis OF chic
rates are the most formidable. Take,
for instance. asphaline. the basis u
which Is chlorate OF potassium and
bran. and which IL set on by powder;
either the famous green powder"
which IL exceedingly powerful. and
into the composition Of whisA entsr
chlorate Of potassium. picric acid.
and another product. or Turpin
powder. In which q proportion Of
pitch gives such Elasticity that It can
be handled almost without danger
Thsn there Is the bomb filled with
mixture OF guncotton and bicro-
mate Of ammonium, and having de-
tonator of illuminate. and another
made Of picric acid and oxide OF lead.
But these are far from being all
OF the weapons in the arsenal OF the
up-to-dats bombmaker. In 1t we
find. in addition TO dynamites and
nitroglycerine smokeless powder,
(campborated collodion.) meIenite
and lyddite tpicric acid liauened.)
cresyiite. ecrasite. and many others.
Chemists say that In the near flu
ture liquid air and liquid acetlyne
will be employed In the manufacture
OF bombs. II is even asserted that
wireless teiegraphy may be employed
by the anarchists. IL Is said that a
recent invention permits a bomb OF
liquid air being set on from a dis