Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-04
SENT HIM DEADLY BOX
physician Mails the Machine to
Father-in-LaW.
HAD A NARROW ESCAPE
DR.. Julius A. Gottlieb When Arrested
Says 1t Was a Mistake.
MADE THREAT ONCE BEFORE
Son-in-Law Said He Would Fill the
House With Bacteria, It
is Asserted.
MADE THREAT ONCE BEFORE

NEW YORK, January A 3Scaliber
ball cartridge fitted into four-inch bit of
gas pipe, three tiny batteries, a magnet
for a ground and wire arranged so as to
spark the illuminate cup of the cartridge
this deadly combination, connected with the
works of a clock, and packed inside
wooden box with a sliding cover. was sent
on New Year day to Morris Glucksman, a
wealthy retired pawnbroker. who lives in
a fve-story brownstone house at No. 211
East Goth str ct.
The package was received and opened
by Mr.. Glucksmans daughter-in-law, who
lives with him. AS she slid the cover Off
unknowing of the tiny cog wheel inside
which was drawing two ends of wire to-
Eether to make the circuit. the spark
showed; but it was not strong enough to
explode the cap. and the Internal ma
chine failed of its purpose. The batteries
were too weak for their work, though the
coutrivance was perfect piece of mech
ianiSm.
Son-in-Law Confesses.
In the East 9th street police station last
night DIR. Julius Adelphi Gottlieb Har-
lem physician. who married Annie. young
er daughter of Mr.. Glucksman, five years
ago. confessed to Capt Shire and De-
tectiyes Eggers and Van Twistern that he
sent the deadly machine for a New Year
Joke. DR.. Gottlieb was arrested in his
handsome apartment, No. 225 West 1O6th
street. an imposing structure, early in the
evening.
When the package was delivered to Mr.
Glucksman's home last Tuesday it was
wrapped in brown paper and bore a tag
OF the American Express Company. on
which the sender's name was written as
'R. Evenge, No. 40 Canal street" Inside
the paper was wooden box such as alarm
clocks are packed in.
The clockwork was sent to the bureau of
combustibies for examination by Prof.
FRANZ Wolff. To the detectives Mr.. Glucks-
man said he couldn't think of an enemy in
the world. They went to the express office
at No. % Bowery. Samuel Appel. a clerk,
said he remembered receiving the package
on Monday from a man who said his right
hand was injured, and who filed out the
address tag with his left hand.
He looked like a DOCTOR" said Appel,
and carried a doctors bag. He was about
SIX feet tall, inclined to be stout and wore
q Van Dyke beard
The detectives took this description back
to Mr.. Glucksman, who sat up and breathed
hard.
why, It's DR.. Gottlieb!"
why. that's my son-in-law, DR.. Gott-
liebi' he exclaimed. My God. / didn't
think the man would attempt my life.
never suspected him
The pawnbroker the detectives said. told
them that ever since marrying his daughter
Gottlieb had made demands on him for
money and had uttered threats. Glucksman
said GOttheb. among other threats, made
the following:
III clean out this house with disease
III saturate it with deadly bacteria"
Accompanied by Appel, the express clerk
Capt. Shire and the detectives went to Dr.
Gottlieb's home. The colored hall boy said
DR.. Gottlieb was not in. The policemen
pushed by him into the apartment. In a
dark closet, hiding, they found the physi-
clan. they said. Appel declared he was the
man who sent the express package.
Appel repeated his identification before
Sergt. ODonnell at the East 9th street
station, where DR.. Gottlieb's pedigree was
taken. He said he thirty-seven years
old registered physician and that he had
served in the Spanish war under Gen. Shat
ter. He will be taken to police headquarters
this morning to be photographed and then
arraigned in the Yorkville court
why that machine won't go off," he
said. He was locked up on a charge of
violating section $50 of the penal code,
(which deals with the sending of explosives.
L can't see why Julius did this said
Mr.. GluckSman last night. Il have never
done anything to him except to treat him
with kindness. | am the happiest man in
New York tonight to think that my life
and my daughters have been spared. The
whole story will come out in court"