The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-01-10

Philadelphia. PA. Jan. S.-Shortly be.
for noon Saturday an unknown mar
hurled a bomb In the Fourth street Ma.
tional bank. resulting In an explosion
that tore the bomb throwcr TO piece
and killed w. Y. McLear, the assistant
cashier.
Several other employees OF the bank
and patrons were injured. Two may
die.
The bomb thrower had demanded
money from President Richard II.
Rushton. when this was refused he
took the missile from under his coat
and hurled II ut Rushton.
A slight fire followed the explosion,
and the tenants In the building Ia
which the bank is located fed from the
offices.
The police placed the vaults and Sc
curitics under a heavy guard.
President Rushton, after the explos-
ion was very much excited. trembling
like leaf. He told the following story.
"a man who gave his name as q. T..
williams. shabbily dressed, giving no
place OF residence. came into my oftics
and asked me To lend him $1,000. was
busy looking overssome papers on my
desk at the time and paid but little at
tention tn what the man said. He sat
there looking at me very curiously un-
I'll became Suspicious he was crank
and asked him To excuse mo for min
ute while went into another office. As
left the man he arose and went over
10 the cashiers window. ] noticed hin
talking To- the cashier but do not know
what he told him. the explosion follow
\ ing next did not see the man throw
/ the bomb. but have every reason 10
suppose he did throw ~. My cashier
william =. McLenr. was killed outright
~ fifE
amongst us all. Glass flow from tho
smashed window and fell In a shower
over us aud four or Ave women were
among the employees who rushed FOR the
door"
Later Rushton WAS overcome by the
nervousness of the tragic affair and was
sent 10 his homo IN "A carriage.
/ Bank in Ruins.
! At the time OF the explosion all the
vaults were open. books piled on the
desks and papers at all sorts of Nalra
were lying on desks preparatory 10 bg.
ing put away fug the day
The explosion devastated the laicr...
or tho big banking room, Glass a.'
wooden partitions wc;c wrecked H
though cyclone had swept tEgua
Decks were ruined ana Iron bars
twisted. In fact there was hardly $50
object left intact iu the room.
OF all the persons il the room 90 l.a..
ak were hurt, two probably fatally.
The escape uf President lugA,uU .a
n iraCulous FOR the damage Was grr..
est iu his Office. He does not know
how he escaped. but rrJui.eHts SOL D..
up the steps OF tie building 90 thn dow.
town club. = dining organization. where
hc was found !u a daZ,a condition.
Was AZ Iowa Man.
AS soon ua the excitement suhgi3,.
policemen wer" set TO work aeaGga.uT
the wreCkuEc Tor papers.
n will probably take days before las
officials are able 20 tell how mluy vale.
ablc documents were destroyed.
Detectives are trying To Identify i.r
man who caused the tragedy. OHE
thing found that belonged 20 him We
n bunch OF twenty-five keys on "a r!Us
on which was the name II Steel
Garner. Iowa"
President Rushton described him as a
TAIL. dark man, apparently foreign
The form OF the bomb IL not known u.s.
neither Rushtun or any one else saw h.
A small piece of tin box was found
among the wrcckagc. but whether this
was n portion OF the deadly missile has
not been determined.
/ w. Il. McLegr the dead cashier. w.f
about 45. and had been with che inst.
tuition ten years. lie was regarded #
I financial circles as one or the ab.Hs
bank officials I'm the state.
| William Crumbs. "A messenger. n.'
terribly injured. both eyes were blut
out and his scalp torn or,
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