Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1908-02-19
CoMMoNNEss OF
OF
BOMB THROWING

COMMONNESS OF
BOMB THROWING
The police of large cities are doing
their best to stop She frequency of th"
use Of bombs aud other explosives for
purposes Of rcvcng" or intimidation.
80 many instances of the Kind have
come ~ light within tb" past few
months that ~ result in New York
and Chicago no little anxiety i felt.
la a single day recently the New YORK
police had three of such acses 10 invcs-
tigate \ milk wagon exploded bomb
wing in the road. tac driver being
thrown clear across the street Of
course the deadly thing was intended
for some other person. A. another
hour bomb was exploded near "A set.
element house where willing workers
gather each day 10 conduct a kinder
yartcn for the benefit of the children of
the neighborhood. and whore others try
10 cneer the lives of the mothers who
toll during the working hours. Heavy
walnut doors were torn from their
hinges. every window in the house was
broken, the plaster was shaken from
the ceilings. and the residents were bad
~ injured, and, Of course, greatly
frightened The police said the bomb
tnt "a hnr pnV |
still another ease the door Of the house
where the explosion took place was
hurled across the street against the cor
nice of tenement house, from which
the terrified tenants rushed, one of
them carrying the body of a dead child,
by whose coffin he was sitting when the
shock came This bomb was intended
for a contractor who had paid no at
tcntion to letters demanding money,
under threat of what followed.
To say that this form of revenge is
tne monopoly Of certain race is 10
say what is not true. As a matter of
fact the practice is not confined to any
particular race, even Americans having
/ been run down and prosecuted for hav.
ing these missels in their possession.
The police Of the big cities are at "a
loss to find the smallest trace of how
or where the bomb is manufactured, or
| whether they come in consignmcnts un.
der some other guise from the "bomb
foundrics" of the older countries. All
they know is that tue public has come
to expect death from these explosions,
and that the stir caused few years
ago when man was killed by one Of
them is not apparent now.
OF course, rs n rule, the bomb-throw.
or is a foreigner Invariably so-who
has come to this country with his heart
full Of hatred and resolved to abolish
authority at any cost. He has il in for
the bettcr-to.do, who, according to his
ideas, should divide his fortune among
his fellows. This is the spirit that
keeps anarchy alive. II is a pervcrsion
Of the normal mind, and shows how dan
gcrous is the fanatic Mt large
II the street corncr inhamcrs were
treated with less thought of their poll.
teal possibilities. and taken to Jail the
moment they utter a word or use a
threat Of personal violence against the
mead OF the police or the head of the
government, there would be less bomb
throwing, and fewer of the breed of
cut-throats in the land Liberty is very
well in its place, but the murderer has
no more liberties in this country than
in Russia, or any of the countries which
know so little of real liberty. Every
man suspected Of mb-throwing intent
whether the tendency appear in hi.
speeches or in his actions, should be
locked up, II the practice Of satisfying
revenge or hatred by the use of tn,
deadly bomb in to be stopped.
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