The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-26
Old Gang Tries to Wreck
John O'Malley's Saloon
But Fail.
NEIGHBORHOOD SHAKEN
Dynamiters Make Mistake and Place
Missile in Wrong Building
Gamblers in Fear.

Chicago. August 26-The neighbor-
hood of North Clark and Kinzie streets.
dominated by John F. O'Malley's sa-
loon and gambling house. was shaken
by a tremendous explosion of nitro
glycerine or dynamite at SIS o'clock
yesterday morning. Windows in three
big buildings along Kfnzie street were
shattered and two men were thrown
down and injured by the conclusion.
The explosion from all appearances
marked the second attempt within a
month to wreck O'MaIley's place 1t
is another chapter in the story of the
reign of terror in the present gamb-
lers war. 1t is the opinion of the po-
lice that the men who threw the ex-
plosives were the same gang of ex-
constables and criminals who have
been using this desperate method to
force themselves back on the payroll
of the big gambling syndicates, from
which they were separateda few
months ago.
Either through an accident, through
mistake of the buildings. or because
of fright, the soup" throwers got into
the wrong basement. OMalley's place
was about the only one on the north
side of Kinzie street that escaped dam
age The explosive was thrown in a
basement entrance identical in appear
ance with OMalley's, but leading into
the gasftter's workshop of the Car
michael Stove company at 1919 Kin
zfe street. three buildings east of
| O'Malleys.
Basement Wrecked; No Robbery.
| The Carmichael building, three stor-
les built Of brick, received the princi-
pal damage. The basement was a mass
| of broken glass and fixtures. Four
heavy doors were blown down. Nearly
| all the windows in the upper part of
the building were broken. The office
of the stove company was undtsturbed
except for the debris blown in through
the huge gap in the front window. No
attempt at robbery had been made.
There was no explanation of it on the
part of the Carmichael brothers.
The only persons moving about the
neighborhood at that hour of the morn
ing were night watchmen and porter
or two. Such night providers or gamb-
lers as happened to be around the sa-
loon made no mention of the fact.
When the terrific conclusion came and
the sound of glass falling. there We're
| few to feel the effects. John Walker,
a Waterman in the Creamery Packase
Manufacturing company at 1S6 Kinzie
street. was thrown to the floor by the
shock and bruised. Jack Hanna, night
engineer in the Sibley warehouse
around the corner, had the same eX-
perience. Neither man was injured
seriously.
Walker declared to the police that
when the explosion occurred he was
on the second floor of the building at
t1SS Kinzie street. When he reached
the windows, he told the police. he
saw two men running west in Kinzie
street. He gave a description of the
men to the police
Considerable damage was done &c
the windows in the buildings occu-
pied by F. B. Boebman, whiskfes, 49,
Kinzie street; Spangenberg Co.
! commission merchants. 201 Kinzit
street; and A. Dagger & Co, chemists
195 Kinzie street.
The occupants of O'Malley's saloon
and the Richmond hotel overhead
tenanted principally by theatrical peo-
pie. also received a shaking up. The
night porter in the saloon happened
to be on the sidewalk at the time. Al
empty automobile was standing at the
side entrance to the saloon.