The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-29

beyond what he has told himself. Ken
dered unconscious at first, he later re-
gained his senses at a hospital and. un
der prolonged questioning, declared
that he had been commissioned to kill
the police. They had beat him, he said.
At first he had insisted that he acted
alone, and later when he said that his
act was inspired, he refused to reveal
the identity of his companion. His
first statement was:
Statement of Bomb Thrower.
Il am Selig Silverstein, 81 years old,
and 1 live at p Van Brunt street,
Brooklyn. / was entirely alone in this
thing; no other person being in league
with me. l made the bomb from direc-
tons got from the encyclopedia.
was ten feet from the police. and 1
wanted to throw 1t at them. l was
mad; a COP had hit me. The bomb
went off in my hand"
Later he added:
Il was told to do this. / bought the
nitrOglycerin for the bomb at a drug
store at Clark street and Broadway
Brooklyn. 1 made the bomb myself
from a piece of gaspipe. l have a wife
and two children in Russia. I have
been in the United States two years.
My nearest relative is named Cohen,
and lives at q Park street, Brooklyn
worked for a tailor named Goldstein
on Eldridge street, near Brooke street,
Manhattan"
Little Chance for Recovery.
He refused to incriminate others, and
nothing further had been learned from
him when he was placed under an IN
aesthetic preparatory to an operation.
There is little chance that he will long
not been identified.
Silverstein's statements, made I'M
willingly, caused him the greatest ply
ksical effort When he had refused to
Nay more of his act, and when, on a
cot at Bellevue hospital, he seemed to
be~sdyfng, re -repeared AGAIN and again,
''MyNname is Silverstein," as though in
death he wished to leave the indisputa-
BILE knowledge of his identity
The bomb was about the size, ap-
parently, of a large orange. 1t was
made of lead pipe, encased in brass
jacket and filed, it would seem, with
nails and scrap bits of iron and nitro
glycerin. The brass jacket broken in
half, was recovered. Bits of the bomb
and portions of the bodies of the two
victims were picked up a hundred
yards from where the bamb exploded.
The rioting of today has caused
deepest concern upon the part of the
police officials as we'll as citizens gen.
orally. Tonight public sentiment, as
systematically gathered from a varie-
ty of sources, hesitates in expression.
Though no one of repute can be found
who does not bitterly denOunce the act
of violence. there are those who be-
lieve that the police lacked discretion
in their treatment of the crowd and
hold that the serious situation devel-
Oped demands the counsel and man
agement of the wisest and most expe-
rienced of police authorities
Certain it is that the city's quarters
where it is believed anarchy fiOurishes
will receive a housekeeping such as
they have never before experienced.
Organized labor in this city, which
has ever stood solidly against any
form of lawlessness. will purge its
ranks more vigorously than ever if any
lawless element in any quarter is even
suspected. 1t is quite as certain that
the police authorities will give the sit
uatiOn their most serious and thought
ful attention.
Anarchists Must Go.
There is no doubt of the ability of
the police TO drive from the city every
one of anarchistic leanings, but there
is also a sentiment strongly in favor
/ of treating most considerably those of
the unemployed who may seek to air
their grievances, real or otherwise, in
public. Bomb throwing directed
against the police in one of the city's
squares was hardly believed possible.
The sentiment behind such attempted
murder is impossible TO estimate with
any degree of certainty, and it was
agreed tonight by those who make I'D
the city government that Whatever is
done must be with caution as well as
with thOrOughness. and that while the
dangerous element must and will be
handled without gloves. the Iaw-abid-
ing labor seeker shall be treated with
intelligent consideration.
Today's meeting had been called
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