The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-07
The Bank Cashier Was In-
Stantly Killed
ALSO MAN WITH THE BOMB
He Had Asked the President Tor Loan
Of 5000 Unidentified, But Was
Poorly Dressed and Looked
Like Foreigner,

Philadelphia, Jan. Two men dead
score Of Others injured, two Of whom
may die, and the interior Of bank
building laid to ruins, is the result of a
bomb being dropped in the Fourth Street
National bank at Philadelphia Saturday
by man who had demanded loan oi
$4,000 for which he could show no col
lateral, The identity Of the man /;
unknown, for he was blown to pieces by
the bomb and nothing Is left to tell who
he is but bunch of 10 keys found ii
a fragment of clothing. A plate on the
ring holding the keys bore the name OF
RI Steele, Garner, la" The other man
killed by the explosion was w. Y. Me
Lear, the cashier OF the bank, who had
been talking to the stranger and had re,
fused his request.
The Dead.
W. Il. MeLear, cashier OF the bank.
Unknown man, who dropped the bomb
The More Seriously Injured.
William crump, eolored, private mes.
senger TO the president of the bank
badly mangled and may die.
William Wright, bank employee. may
die.
Thomas B. Rutter of LansdaIe, Pa
fractured skull
Frank Labold, clerk
A. Il. DominiclSi, clerk.
G. r. Horton. clerk
Miss julia Brady stenographer
Cashier McLear was instantly killed
With the exception Of his right arm and
shoulder lie was not mangled The dead
cashier resided at ST. Dayids, a suburb
with his wife and three children. The
most seriously injured is William Crump
who made a heri0c attempt TO seize the
object which the man was about to dror
from his raised hand, but he was an
instant too late. The messenger Is bad.
" torn, and if he survives his terrible
injuries he probably win be blind
A man answering the description Of
the homb-throwcr earlier in the day
visited the Equitable Trust company on
Broad street and demanded a loan ui
$500 on securities he declared to be in
his possession Receiving Teller McDev.
| lit, whom he approached, ordered the
stranger away. The man fumbed in
his pockets, but finally withdrew. He
stopped ut the doorway, however. and
again fumbled in his pockets. A woman
patron Of the trust company passed the
man and his eyes followed her This
| Il is said. diverted the mans attention
snd when the Waterman, following in.
stIucticns of the teller ordered him ont
be reluctantly left the building. Soon
lafterward news Of the explosion at the
Fourth Street bank reached the trust
company.
The Fourth Street National bank i.
the largest financial institution in The
city and occupies the greater portion Of
! the first floor OF the Bullitt building on
Fourth street, between Chestnut and
Walnut streets, in the heart of the fnan.
cial district The explosion was terrific
and caused tremendous excitement in The
crowded building and on the street. The
explosion occurred few minutes before
12 o'clock when the bank is usually filled
with persons in hurry TO transact bust
ness before the bank closes. No one saw
the unknown man enter the bank ex'
cept +. F. Shanbacher, the vice presi
dent, who was passing out to luncheon
4 He noticed that the man was poorly
dressed, looked like Russian, and car
ried small parcel.