New-York tribune., 1908-03-29

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exploded before silverstein could throw it. like
a common cracker in the hands of venture
some boy who had delayed too long
BARON BENEDETTo'S ACCOUNT.
most circumstantial story told by
Baron Benedetto d'Aitomonte. d the correspondent
OF a Florentine newspaper, who was close by.
He has bomb outrages in Paris and in
other Continental cities and at warned the
police that in ali likelihood there was another
accomplice about with bomb in reserve.
should the first one fail. Point given his
warning by the chase after the third one Of the
gang and his partner. In his story to Coroner
Shrady he said:
Il was standing in the park when 1 saw two
men standing near the fountain. One was fac
ing me and the other had his back toward me.
| This last facing the policeman. and
! had in his hand implement resembling
! grapefruit but white in color Probably it
was wrapped in paper He shook it two or
three times Then blue fame appeared and
| there terrific explosion. A piece of the
| bomb flew past my head. 1 the two
! fall from the force of the explosion. One fell
| on his face and the other on his back. 1 to
| them, and / the you call Sverstein
| had his right hand blown of-the hand that
! held the bomb"
| A DOCTORS STORY.
| The explosion came right after the police had
| let the people into the square" said w. T.
! Demarest. Of the Church News Association who
saw the explosion from his office For half an
hour or more the square had been cleared. Then
the police let them in again. and collected hem
! selves in squads. as If to return to the station
houses.
"One squad of police gathered at the south
east corner of the Union Square fountain. Just
after they had collected. it seemed the bomb
pynlndpl INN hph
There cloud of smoke and a report like
that of a heavily charged shotgun.
In the cloud of smoke l saw. two men fail in
a line between the fountain in the middle of the
park and the Union Square Hotel The police
picked up one of them and assisted him to
bench.
Immediately following the explosion there
panic in the park Panicstricken, tn,
crowd scattered. and the police then picked up
of the The other lay where he had
fallen. The police had great difficulty in
trolling the horror stricken mob
SEVERAL ARRESTS MADE.
Three drivers of vans placarded with de-
mandatory signs arrested before the expIo-
sion and the police gathered in a lot Of wit
nesses right afterward, who virtually
placed under arrest.
The police regarded their escape as providen-
tia well had everything worked for Silver
of the explosion
! God must have been with me this afternoon"
said Captain Myies O'Reilly. Il stood Just about
four yards away, perfectly resigned die in the
performance of my duty should another bomb be
thrown. but God wilied II otherwise. and some
how 1 escaped death AS l turned l the
two victims of the explosion fall to the ground
right behind me, but / was safe"
I'm surprised that he didn't throw that bomb
said IpS Sol ba.
moments rest after restoring order and get
ting control OF the situation. He has broken I'D
many a lawless meeting.
The inspector noticed wild eyed young man.
hatless. standing at the edge of a crowd and
he ordered Lieutenant Burke 10 arrest the
youth A derby hat which did not fit either
the dead the bomb throyyer was found
the fountain and II believed that the
hatless its He described him
self Max Dolinger, furrier. OF No. 13l Suf-
folk street. Dolinger declared he had been IN
the park but had nothing TO do with the bomb
throwing. He was the first OF the grist that the
police collected.
One OF the hats belonged 10 Seer Greicenberg
of No. 204 Clinton street. who went back for IT.
He said he had seen the attempted wholesale
assassination but knew nothing more about II
Then the police. one by one. locked up as wit
nesses suspicious persons Samuel Rifkin. OF
No a. Gouverneur street; Robertson, Walter
RUPERT of No. 127 East Nth street: Maurris
Mindl, who had a slight scalp wound from a
flying fragment of the bomb. and Max Groth. of
No. 39s Van Brunt avenue, who seized by
Deputy Commissioner Woods. He distrib-
uting circulars demanding "a square deal for
trade unions and other workers and contain
ing many infiammatory and anarchistic denun-
Citations.
Franz siege Of No. $50 9th street. taken
TO the West 10th street station
the others.
Four men and one woman were arrested by
Central Office detectives Immediately after the
explosion at 14th street and Fourth avenue.
They said they Michael Hyman. Ru-
manian. living at No. 625 9th street: Robert
Herower and his brother, Max, both Austrians.
living at No 414 East 10th street; Reuben Katz.
of No. 2OS Madison street: Minnie TadonIa.
cigarmaker of No. 259 Stanton street They
were all about nineteen or twenty years old
They were all charged by the officers with re-
fusns to move on when ordered. with using
vile and indecent language and with causing a
crowd to collect. The detectives say that they
were giving out circulars upon which were
printed the words I'VE demand work" when
taken into custody. When the prisoners were
searched at Police Headquarters etterhesd
of the 9Th Assembly District. Socialist party.
No 313 Grand street, was found Michael
Hyman. 1t follows verbatim:
Workingmen wen wake to realize your condi-
tion-at all depense upon your brain or all goes
perdson So hurry up-the battle is won.
The victry shure ours Election day will
Then you hear calling are you ready for the
frey Stand like men and do your fighting lis
but corros that runaway when the emblem of
your party stands like men around your flag.
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