The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-06

Philadelphia, Jan. demanding a
loan of $4,000 and failing TO get it, a
man who has not yet been Identified.
dropped a bomb in the Fourth Street
National bank today. blowing himself
10 pieces. instantly killing Cashier w.
y. McLear, and injuring six others, one
or two OF whom may die.
The only clue to the identity of the
bomb-thrower was bunch of keys
found i'm a portion OF the clothing at
tached TO which was q plate inscribed,
''R. Steele. Garner. Ia"
The Fourth Street National bank is
the largest financial institution in the
city, and occupies the greater portion
OF the first floor Of the Bullitt building
on Fourth street. between Chestnut
and Walnut streets, in the heart of the
financial district. The explosion was
terrific. and il caused tremendous ex-
element in the crowded building and
street.
During Rush Hour.
II occurred a few minutes before 10
o'clock. at a time when the bank is
usually filled with persons in a hurry
10 transact business before the bank
closes. No one saw the unknown man
enter the bank except h. F. Shanbach-
er. the vice president. who was passing
out of the building on his way to
luncheon. He noticed the man was
poorly dressed, looked like q Russian,
and carried a small parcel. The man
walked straight back to the rear of the
bank and asked a clerk to direct him to
the office OF the president. Richard
Rushton What took place i'm his office
is best told by the president himself:
Story of the President.
Il was very busy" said President
Rushton. when the man entered my
office, and / asked him to be seated for
n moment He was very poorly dressed,
had patches on his shoes, and his entire
appearance made me q bit curious
While he was waiting for me 10 finish
the business I had in hand at the mo-
ment. 1 happened to notice that he
looked at me very curiously. / asked
him his business, and he gave his name
as G. l.. Williams. and said he wanted
2 loan of $1,000. He did not look like
man who could make loan of that
amount. and / asked him for collat-
eraL He said something about an in
suranCe policy. and that it would ma
ture I'm from one 10 five years. I was
then convinced the man was n crank
and decided to dismiss him at once,
rot for a moment thinking there was
any harm i'm him. / told him at once
that he would have to see the cashier.
and directed him out in the banking de-
partment. At the same moment
called my cOlOred messenger, William
Crump, to see that the man was quick
~ taken out of the building.
Threw Bomb at Once.
LAS I turned to continue my work at
the desk there was a terrific explosion,
and I thought the building was coming
down The man had not time to reach
the cashier, the explosion came so
soon"
Details as TO what actually happened
when the man left the office of Presi-
dent Rushton differ as no one can be
found who saw the man drop the bomb.
The door to the office OF Cashier Nc
Lear is only a few feet away, and the
man must have dropped the missile be-
tween the two rooms.
Cashier Mclean was sitting at his
desk at the time, and his body was
4 badly mangled.
IN Scene Of Devastation.
At the time the explosion occurred all
the vaults were open, books were piled
on desks AMI papers OF all sorts Of
value were lying on desks preparatory
20 being put away for the day. The
explosion devastated the interior OF the
big banking room. Glass and wooden
ia -titioHs We're wrecked and leveled TO
the ground as though a cyclone had
swept through the place. Desks were
ruined and iron bars were twisted; in
fact. there was hardly an object left
intact I'm the room. OF all the persons
I'm the room. at least six. all clerks,
were hurt. two probably fatally. Three
OF the injured were sent to the hos
pital.
The explosion blew every one in the