Milford chronicle., 1907-01-11
THREW DEADLY
BOMB IN BANK
Assailant and Cashier Killed and
Many Others Injured

Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. with the
finding of the personal effects of the
man who threw the bomb in the Fourth
Street National Bank on Saturday,
when refused a loan of $4,000, killing
Cashier W. 2. McLear and himself,
there is little doubt left in the minds
Of the police officials that he was Rollo
/ Steele Of Garner, la.
The dead are: William K. McLear,
cashier; RolIo Steele, the bomb throw
! er.
The injured are: Thomas B. Rutter,
discount clerk, fractured skull, con-
cussion of the brain and decorations
of the face; William CrumR colored'
messenger for President Rusmon, hor-
ribly mangled by fragments Of bomb,
eyes partially blown out, scalp nearly
torn off and chest and arms badly cut;
William A. McAney, lacerated face and
scalp; Miss Julia Brady, cut about
face and hands; Frank Laboe, lacerat-
ed ear; Harper Mercer, slightly cut
about face and neck; William Wright
scalp wounds; Harry Beck, lacerated
scalp; Eugene McIlhone, ruptured ear
drum and laceration of face and scalp;
Angelo F. Dominica, shock and contu-
sions; C. r. Horton, head cut; ]. T..
Albert Hosbach, badly cut about face;
Halburt Smith, lacerated arms; Ar
thur McNichol, cut about head and
face; Jay McNichol, cuts of face and
arms; Albert Troebler, decorations OF
face and ear nearly torn off; Horace
Kriebel cut about fac eand neck; Rob-
ert Robertson, thrown to the floor by
force of the explosion and severely
shocked; W. D. McAleer, Commissions
and cuts of face and scalp.
The bomb thrower was found to
have slept Friday night at the Grant
House, a hosiery on the outskirts Of
the Tenderloin, frequented mostly by
respectable working people. The man
registered as J. R. Steele, Of New York.
He arrived at the hotel about Z o'clock
on Friday night and engaged a 5O-cent
room. He carried a grip, which he
refused to allow the cOlOred porter to
carry to the room.
William J. Crump, the negro mes
senger in the bank and body guard of
President Richard H. Rushton, of the
institution, who is the most seriously
injured, was operated on. His cOndi-
ton was such a few hours after the
explosion that he was reported dead,
but he rallied, and the physicians OPP
Grated in an effort to save his eye
sight, though his eyes will never re-
gain their normal condition.
Crump was visited after the opera
ton by his brother, Thomas, Of Rich
mond, Va, through whom he gave an
interview He said that his recollec-
ton of what occurred comedies with
the statement that was made by Pres
ident Rushton regarding the affair, ex-
cept that when he started to escort the
bomb thrower out of President Rush
toms office he walked him past Cash
Ter McLear's desk. Crump says the
man was apparently making for the
door. and he permitted him to go on
alone. When the messenger turned to
go back into Mr. RushtOn's office he
saw that Steele had stepped back to
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remarked to Mr.. Rushton: That is a
persistent man" He says he started
toward Steele when the explosion oc-
CURED. He remembers nothing more.
MIR. McLear was sitting at his desk
when the bomb exploded The force
of the explosion picked him bodily
from his chair, hurting him over the
top Of it into the rear of the Office
His face and trunk were mashed into
pulp almost past recognition. His
arms were torn from his frame, and
only his legs showed no effects Of the
explosion.
The small counter over which the
bomb thrower had been leaning was
wrested from its fastenings and the
splinters. hurled against him, dismem-
5ored his body, tearing it into shreds
and hurting it with great force in ev-
cry direction The two legs were torn
aHart the arms broken and the flesh
eat into ribbons, the torso mashed into
a jelly ana cast against broken pieces !
of iron grazing, ard portions of the
skull scattered over the entire recep- |
ton room. A shovel was used to col ,
lect the scattered pieces,