The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31


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New York. March "a red flag
fuUtered ia Union Square today; d
bomb fell; two men lay dying III the
peoples Playground; and New YORK
awoAe to the fact that 1t harOoEed
chose prepared TO give their lives In
armed resistance TO constituted au-
thOrity.
The mob was intended for the 20
lice who with rough frmness mad
broken up q meeting OF 10h00e un-
employed. 1t exploded pIematurely
in the hands of the assassin, horribly
wounding him, killing his companion,
injuring slightly four policemen and
throwing to the ground score Of those
who were massed in the vicinity.
Tonight Union Square Park, Wnere
thD public demonstration had been
made, is roped off from pedestrians;
a hundred police patrol the boundary
streets, and the station houses l,5O0
reserves armed with revolvers and
night sticks await in readiness to
throw themselves in any scene OF
rioting. No further disorder had ae'
veloped at a late hour.
Romb-thrOWing in the foreign set
!, tl5ment CT the east side Is a rather
common occurrence, but for the first
time, today an engine of destruction
was meant for Captain Reillys squad
against squad Of police officers. 1t
', as mean for Captain Reilly's squad
OF 20 men and a longer or slower
burning fuse would have perfect ii
ID instrument Of death for probably
every man Of the tWenty-One.
A labor or more exactly a labor
less meeting, without police sanction
had been advertised to be held at the
Park this afternoon. In the thousands
that gathered were many of diotous
disposition. a large number wore red
| hats and here and there red flag
| was displayed. Suddenly an order TO
clear the park was given and the 15C
police, half of them mounted, charg-
| ed the jeering, hooting crowds, ar
irving in time to drive them back tC
the streets Of the square circlfng the
park. In the wide streets, the crowds
| fast assuming the nature of a mob
| fell into an Indifferent formation and
| marched about the square. The police
| contanded themselves with keeping
the paraders moving. Encouraged the
procession grew, shouts of derisjon
and oathS directed at the police filled
the air, and then as though by pre-
arrangement the strains Of The
Marsailles" rose from ten thousand
| threats. The police hastily reinforced
held themselves in restraint Cap
tain Reilly's squad which had been
| stationed at the eastside of the
square started at a double quick pace
| two abrest across the park.
As they neared the fountain that
! marks the centre OF the recreation
grounds slightly built man darted
out from the shadow cast by the
heroic statue of George Washington
and ran toward the officers, whose
backs were now turned to their pur-
suers. A large man kept at the 9TH
er's heels. Within twenty PAGES of
the moving squad the two men halted
and the smaller raised a hand in
which was clasped smoking box
Even as he drew back his arm to
throw the weapon 1t exploded. The
shock that shook the skyscrapers OF
! the square threw a score of people
to the ground. The assassin and his
companion fell. the latter dead with
his breast torn out. The bomb throw
er still lived but his right hand had
been tourn off, both of his eyes were
gouged out and his skull and a
shoulder was fractured
The four policemen who brought
up the rear were injured but not
seriously, one of them being hit in
the foot by a piece Of the bomb A
panic followed the explosion and the
thousands that surrounded the park
crushed together as perhaps half of
the number rushed toward the scene
Of the killing, while as many more
turned in fright from the square.
Many were injured as the mounted
police surrounded the injured and
again drove back the mob A half
a dozen arrests were made OF hand
of those nearest the bomb throwing,
but no particular importance Is at
tached to the arrests. Little is known
OF the bomb thrower beyond what
he has told himself Rendered uncon-
scious at first. he later regained hi.
senses at a hospital and under pro-
ionged questioning declared that he
had been commissioned to hill the
police. They had beat him. ne said
At first he had insisted that he acted
alone and later ne said that his aci