Semi-weekly herald., 1908-02-27
TELEGRAPH NEWS.

NEW 1Ohh, fep. A+--fAh ie@Ai'""
bomb explosion similar in character
to many which have taken place in
this city within a year, occurred in
Brooklyn early today when Peter LIE
catos music store on Morgan avenue
was wrecked Locate has received
many so-called BLACK Hand letters,
but having refused to pay for indem-
nifty. his store was first blown up last
spring. IN December last another
bomb was lett on the stoop and the
doors and windows We're demolished.
Since then he has received several
letters demanding money but has ig-
nored them. resulting in the third
mysterious attack today. The lives OF
Locate his wife ard three children,
who Occupied room in the rear Of the
store. were endang ID by today's eN
plosion. hut they narrowly escaped
death.
NEW YORK. Feb. 24.-ln letter
signed ''Black Hand" addressed to
Commander Bramstrueter, in charge
of the United States naval magazine
south OF West Point. the threat is
made that the enormous stores OF
smokeless powder will be blown up
unless the married men discharged
from employment ON the island Jan.
i. 1908. be put back to work at once.
There are three million pounds OF
smokeless powder and other eX'
plosives stored in the numerous mag
azines.
SALlNA. Kas., Feb. 24.-Flfty per
sons at Solomon. near here, We're
made i'll Saturday night by eating
canned fruit at dinner party given
at the Montezuma hotel by the Local
Elevator company. Four persons,
Mrs. W l.. Olson. George Stephens,
Mrs. Schuyler Gould and Mrs. Dan
Carlin are in a dangerous condition
today. The others are recovering.
NEW YORK, Feb. IA happy
singing party of nine Young men and
girls-sweethearts. mcst OF them
were caught in a carry all between the
lowered safety gates OF grade cross
ing at West Nyack. The mountain eN
press OF the Ontario & Western rail
road, running G5 miles an hour. struck
their wagon. -Four Went to death
with the song on their lips, hurled
high and far by the flying locomotive.
And when the rest were disentangled
"a al. ,,sI,t tnl,
been carried third of mile down
the road on the pilot of the engine, |
two more were dying and the remain
ing three were cut and torn so that
they had only a fighting chance OF
life.
DENVER. Feb. 24.-Defending he
claims. the good name of the woman
from whom he had been divorced for
two years, William Longnotti yester
day afternoon shot and killed the
friend OF his boyhood, Charles Riedel,
by firing two bullets into his abdo
men. The shooting occurred at Nine.
teenth and Platte streets, where the
two had been. in the company of other
friends chatting and laughing, appar.
emily on the most friendly terms only
a few moments before. Within an
hour Longinotti was arrested by De
tectiye Green. He made full COZ
fession to the police, claiming justif-
cation on the ground that his victim
assailed his former wife's name.
DENVER. Feb. 24.-Kneeling at the
altar OF St Elizabeth's church. at
Eleventh and Curtis streets at 81
o'clock yesterday morning, ostensibly
to receive sacrament holy commun
ion from Father Leo, Giuseppe Guar
naccio. teacher of anarchy. spat out
the scored wafer before the priest
and then shot him down in cold blood,
but not before the sacrament of ex-
treme JUNCTION had been administered
by Father Wustan. In all the twenty
centuries OF the history of the Cath
olic church no such APPALLING fate has
been heretofore melted out to one OF
its servants, There is no parallel re
corded Fleeing madly down the cen
ter aisle of the church, the assassin
was intercepted by f. J. Quigley, n
Rio Grande conductor. Turning his
revolver upon his would-bo captor
Guarnaccio would probably have com
mitted second murder had not Pa
trolman Daniel Cronin. who was at.
tending mass in plain clothes, reached
his side in time to grasp him by the
arms before he could pull the trigger.
The assassin was arrested and taken
to jail
The murder caused the most in
tense excitement. A mob gathered to
lynch the murderer. The chief of po,
lice spirited him out of the city and
lodged him in the Colorado Springs
Jail.
Father Leo's body will be taken 20
his former home in Paterson ~ j.. to
day The church is closed 1t will
have to he reconsecrated before 1t can
be used again. 1t is one of the finest
and largest churches in the city.