Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-04-03
.,sAssINs SOUGHT LIFE OF
pe!!CE IN Big CITY.
-, Thug in Act of Hurting Deadly
sphsroid whs" 1t e1p'0d'' :" pu0-
,,re of the city-AIarmino In
,, Follows Dispersal OF Meeting
=, the Unemployed.

40 ~ NJ
souare Saturday, and bomb
-. two men lay dying in the peo-
l D,a,s Fairgrounds. and New YORK
pe ass TO the fact that 1t harbored
hose Nose prepared to give their lives IN
mos resistance to constituted au-
thorisy. ,.o,dad for tho M.
,,os who, with rough firmness' had
a nv. up a meeting of 10000 unem-
u ,Srsd It exploded prematurely in
Nv hands of the assassin. horribly
'us him, killing his companion,
'",uring slightly four policemen and
.ssoving to the ground a score OF
luz wbo we're massed in the vicinity.
M uomb throwing in the foreign set
.,amonts the east side is rather
"ommop occurrence, but for the first
. ..a saturday saw an engine of de-
'.-rction openly and deliberately di-
ssOted against a squad of police. It
~ss meant for Captain Reilly's squad
=, On men, and longer or slower
burning fuse would have proved an In
S,,ument of death for perhaps every
man of the Il.
labor or. more exactly, a labor
lace meeting. with police sanction, had
noen advertised to be held at the park.
N the thousands that gathered were
m,rv of a riotous disposition, a large
rumber wore red hats, and here and
tbsrp a red flag was displayed. Sud
dsulv an order to clear the park was
given and the $50 police, half of them
mounted. charged the jeering, hooting
crowds. arriving in time to drive them
hack 10 the streets of the square cir
ding the park In the wide streets
,he crowds, fast assuming the nature
of mob. fell into an Indifferent form
alton and marched about the square.
Having cleared the park of all but a
few apparently harmless men who &C.
upied the benches, the police content
| ed themselves with keeping the parad'
ers moving. Encouraged, the process
sion grew; shouts of derision and
OathS directed at the police filled the
air. and then, as though by prearrange'
ment strains Of the Marseillaise rose
from 10000 threats. The police hast
ily reinforced, held themselves in re
straint. Captain Reilly's squad, which
has been stationed at the east side oil
the square. started at double quick
pace. two abreast, across the park.
As they neared the fountain thai
marks the center OF the grounds
slightly built man darted out from neal
the statute Of George Washington anC
ran towards the officers. whose backs
we're turned to their pursuer. A large
man kept at the others heels. Within
70 PAGES Of the moving squad two mel
halted and the smaller raised han'
in which was clasped smoking bomt
Eve, as he drew back to throw tn
weapon II exploded. The shock tina
shook the skyscrapers Of the squar
threw score of people to the ground
Then the assassin and companio
ieN the latter dead, with his breas
ionout The bomb thrower still live
out bis right hand had been shot or
both Of his eyes were gouged out, an
Dis skull and shoulder were fractured
The four policemen who brought u
The rear were injured, but no serious
" one Of them being hit in the foe
Oy piece Of the bomb. A panic TO
lowed the explosion, and the thousand
mat surrounded the park crushed t
setner as perhaps half of the numbe
rushed toward the scene of the killinl
while as many more turned in fiigl
rom the square.
Many were injured as the mounte
ponce surrounded the injured al
OfoVe back the mob.
Assassin's Name.
SnVerstein, the Union square bon
said:
did it because policeman be
me up"
among the injured are two polio
~en' Immediately after the explosiC
, hurry call for ambulances was Sc
, aalt dozen hospitals. When t
. saioulances rushed back to the hi
saS' 'hey had as occupants several
. .neu policemen and some Of the ps
S Ss,pants in the demonstration w
sSu been Injured by the bomb, or
i ~s g., cash with the police.
% 'nVerstein's body was literally to
10 " y, pieces by the force of the explosic
70 Ao. s op OF his head was ripped ope
70 ~" n VI MS eyes were blown out, |
ana was terribly cut and mutilat'
!, Nv =, Doth hands had been blown
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