The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-06
Cashier of Institution is
 Killed.
CRANK IS BLOWN TO PIECES
Denanded Loan of 5000 from
 the President.
was Referred te Other oniciai and nx. plosion Followed Immediateiy AL --Man Is Supposed ts Cons E.s.is
 from Iowa. gas3

Philadelphia, Jan. 1.-TWO men deaA q score of others injured. two of whom may die, and the beautiful interior oft bank building laid in ruins. ia tho result of bomb being dropped in thSi Fourth Street National Bank here to-s day by a man who had demanded aj loan of s5,o0o for which he could show, no collateral.
 The identity of the parpetrator of the. outrage is wrapped in mystery for hAl was blown to pieces by his own engins' of death. Nothing is loft to tell who1 he fs but Q bunch of ten keys foun0 in a fragment of clothing belonging te the bcmb thrower.
 A plate on the ring holding the keyn bore the name of "R Steele" Garner- Iowa, and the police are looking up the man. The other man killed by the ex-t plosion was w. q. MoLear. cashier oE the bank, who had been talking to tha' stranger and had refused his request
 Among the most seriously injured are<
 William Crump, coiored. private mes senger to the president of the bank badly mangled and may die.
 William Wright, bank employs may die. " fractured skull.
 Frank La Bolda. clerk
 A. F. Dominica. clerk.
 0. R. Poton. clerk.
 Miss Julia Brady. stenographer.
 The man who dropped the bomb calbs cd upon R. r. Rughton. President ofI the bank, who is also President of the Philadelphia Clearing House Assooia- tion. shortly before noon. and asked for loan of $5,0oo. The president quickly sized him up as an eccentric and turned him over to the eashier.s with the idea that ths latter would n. N. &n4~ tk4sfI fs&sF Befone leaving MT. Rushtcn. tho man showed him picture of woman ana . child. with the remari<s
 "Ain't they all rtghtF'
 A few moments later there was q fer~ rino explosion which shook the biEs interior or the bank Cashier McIssaf waE tn hia Qfllce whan tho man threw tho bomb and was iantantiy kiliad- with tize exception Of his right arm and ah0uiaer ha wha pek uaanE1ed. The mo9f seriously in1nkeu ia yyazisafh . heroic attempt to aszxn the obteok which the man was about to drop from his raised hand. but he was an Instant too late. The messenger in badly tern and if he survives hls terrible fnju- rfes hs probably wtii bs blind
 The Fourth Street National Bank fs the largest financial institution In the city and occupied the greater portion of the first floor of the Bullet building on Fourth street. between Chestnut aud walnut streets. in the heart of the fn- ancta1 district. The explosion was kere rific and 1t caused tremendous excits~ ment in the crowded building and the street.
 Looked Lake Rusxaan.
 No one saw the unknown man enter the bank except E. F. shanbacher. tho vice president, who was pass1ng out of the building on his way to luncheon. He noticed the man was poorly draas-& 2 ed, looked like Russian and carried n small parcel The man walked straight back to the ofEice of the president, Richard Fl. Rushton.
 The president said: I was very busy when the man entered my office and asked him to be seated for a moment. He was very poorly dressed. nae patches on his shoes. and his entire ap- pearance made me a bit curious. While he was waiting for me to finish the business I had in hand at the moment. l happened to notice that he looked at me very cautiously. I asked him his business and he gave his name at e. b. Williams and said he wanted Q loan of S5,0oo. He did not look Iiko a man who could make loan of that amount, and asked him for collateral He said something about an sQaurance policy and that 1t would mature in from one to Ave years. was then copvine- cd that the man was Q cFank and de- cided to dismiss him at once.
 T told him he would have to see the cashier, and directed hsm out into the banking depar tmenG At the same mo- nent I called my celoYed messenger, William Crump to see that the man was quickly taken ont of the building. Az turned to continue my work at the desk, there was Q terrific explosion ana thought the building was coming down. The man had not time to reach the cashier, the sxptosion came 90 { soon."
 The door to the oflcs of Cashier Mc-> Lear Is only few feet from that ofi President Rushton and the man musg have dropped the deadly missile be- tween the two rooms. Cashier Mclean was sitting at his desk at the time and his body was badly mangled. The bomb throwers body was torn t0 pieces. At the time of the explosion. the vaults were open. books piled on desks and papers of all sorts were lying on desks prepatory to being put away for the day.
 Devantmted Bank.
 The explosion devastated the inter- for of the big banking room Glass and wood partitions were wrecked and leveled to the ground as though a eye lone had swept through. the place. Desks were ruined and iron bars were twisted. in fact there was hardly an object left intact in the room Of all the persons in tho room at least six all of the injured were sent to the hos pital-
 The explosion blew every one in the banking room to the floor and for a moment they were daEed- The roar of the explosion brought the tenants on all floors to tbeir feet and a general rush was made to the elevators and tha{ stairways. As the excited people came out there was a rush from the street x to rescue those who 1t was thought had been caught in the explosion