Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-19
EKPLODEs BOMB
IN ST. PETER 5
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throne room, where he admitted to
private audience Monsiegnor Kennedy,
rector of the American college, who
presented to his holiness Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis ]. McCloskey of Philadelphia and
Paul s. King of New York. who
noticed that the pontiff was pale and
labored under some emotion.
After this reception his holiness pro-
ceeded to the hall of the consistory.
where he received about 200 persons. in
cluding twenty-five students of a South
American college, to whom he deliv-
cred short address. None of these
persons know anything about the ex-
plosion.
Signor Massagini, Italian minister Of
ilnance, was eating lunch at the cafe
Aragano when he heard the news He
at once took cab and drove to St
Peters, where he met a number of
papal authorities, including Count Ca
milo Pecci, a nephew of Leo XIII and
commandant of the Palatine guard.
The explosion produced no alarm out
side of the basilica, the sound being
taken by ever one for. ~ noondf./
gun, but by afternoon the news was
known all over the city and stream
OF people went through the church to
view the result of the explosion.
There is certain nervousness in
the city and people are apt to magnify
the events. This was exemplified this
afternoon when the explosion of a fire
cracker in the new tunnel, above which
stands the Quirinal, caused consider
able excitement and alarm, people fear
ing another bomb outrage.
1t was soon discovered, however. that
the cracker had been set off by a boy
as joke
Fragments Examined
Every piece of the bomb that could
be found was gathered up by the po-
lice and carefully examined. The bomb
evidently consisted of a large tin box,
bound tightly together with wire of
two sizes.
1t must have contained more than
two pounds of gunpowder and three
pounds of nails. The nails were of
three sizes, some seven inches long
and so heavy that the force of the ex-
plosion threw them only short dis
tance The nails were enveloped in
newspapers dated November 16 and II,
proving that the bomb was prepared
either yesterday or today.
The rumor having spread abroad that
his holiness Intended to visit st. Peters
today to pray before the tomb where
the outrage was committed drew an
exceptionally large crowd to the BASIL
lea. The rumor was unfounded, for
only Cardinal Rampolla entered with
the procession.
This bomb explosion makes the third
anarchist outrage in Italy in four
days. the other two being the murder
OF Professor Rossi in Naples yesterday
and the explosion of a bomb in front
OF the Cafe Aragano here on Novem-
Der IA.
The attempt OF today has caused
deep-seated and universal horror and
Indignation on account OF the locality
selected by the miscreants and the re-
sentiment OF the people is very great
st. Peters Is the greatest basilica in
Christendom. II took $50 years I'm the
building and stands today a result OF
the work of forty-three popes and the
genius Of Michael Angelo. Bramante
and Rafael.
The commission of such an outrage
In such a place. has called forth un-
limited condemnation and II is believed
the perpetrators OF the crime were aetu-
ated by feelings worse than those
which moved the vandals and the Sara
Gems.
The theory is held that this attempt
was not directed against the papaey,
but was rather a challenge to society
IN general by attacking religion, the
most sacred institution OF the people