The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-28
They Stole a SatcheI and
II Contained Some
Explosive.
SIX ARE CUT AND BURNED
Man Who Owned the Bag Is
Arrested on Suspicion
East Side Excited.

Six children were burned and cut yes-
terriay afternoon when "A can which they
had found in a cellar and which they were
trying To open with a pair Of shears ex-
ploded. The police ARRESTED Lesser Blatt.
the lessee and janitor Of the house at
$40 East Eleventh street. where the can
WIS found He is entered on the blotter
atIHeadqiarters as a suspicious person.
In his cellar mt go Fast Eleventh street
Blatt has a workshop. There IL a car
peuter's bench. tools. paints. bottles OF
oil and benzine and n conRlomeratIon
of gns pipe couplings and miscellaneous
hardware The dinRy. low ceilinged
vault with its treasure of junk has
great attraction for the children Of the
neighborhocd. especially as Blatt drives
them out every time he finds them there
Yesterday afternoon julius Alderman.
II years old. his brother Charlie. aged
Q. % oOI Fast Eleventh street, with several
other children from the neighborhood.
sneaked down the steep stairs 10 the
cellar door at 8iO The door was unlocked
and they went in There were several
candle stumps lying about and they lighted
one and started an exploration Of the
mysterious cellar Suddenly they heard
steps They blew out the light and
rushed up the stairs Julius still clinging
To a battered sltchel which he had picked
up
No one followed them and they took
the Satchel TO the doorway Of a vacant
store AZ col julius opened the prize
and with "A pair of scissors which some
one handed him started to pry the cover
from "a small tin can which was IN
the satchel II was about four inches
high with an inset friction cover such
ne il used for paint AZ he held the can
up his brother Charlie saw some brownish
powder drihble out
There's nothing in there but he
started - tell Julius when there was a
tremendous bang and big pun Of white
smoke Half a dozen Of the children
tumbled over backward, their faces
burned and cut The rest ran. but were
met by "A pushing crowd Of East Side
fathers and mothers who had heard the
eXplosiun and who pushed the neeinR
children back on their injured companions.
Some II the fTemen of Engine company
-. which il just across the street, saw
the accident and cent in call for an
ambulance
Then they tried 20 push their way
through the crowd to the injured chill
dren BY the time the ambulance ar
, rived the fremsn and the reserves from
the Union Market and Fifth street stations
had cleared space about the children
and DR. VI X Altman 81 S2S East Tenth
street VAS doing what he could for their
kurts
julius Ackerman was the uiost seriously
hurt hs heed wa cut and burned and his
right l.g had ga-h IN ~ Charlie escaped
with a few scratches oil the back OF his
neck Besides julius those who were
taken To Bellevue w"N" samuel ISoew.
YEAR, old coz Fast Eleventh street. leidoT
Izzergot years old. or Fast Eleventh.
street I,o,Ilss Albrecht 10 wears Old, Ell
Fast Eleventh Itreet. Francis tiaeb. 10
wears old CO East Eleventh street. and
Nellie Dunn, l9yearr old, ca Fast Eleventh
street
several long wire nails were found
driven INTO the door Ot tn" store wher-
the explosion took piac.. No pieces 81
the tin can could To- found. hut there were
several articles. such a. china disk like
thus" used To seal gas meters. a broken
paddock and pieces ~ metal which proha-
hlv were blown Out OF the Eaich"l toy the
explosion There were also some pIec-'s
Of wood which Charlie ACkcrtnan said h"
thought were PARTS of hox which was IN
the satch..l and which had naIis IN II.
The poIC,' went TO blO Fast Eleventh
street and questioned Lesser Hiatt tn.
JaTitor He told them thar IN" ratchel
was his He had h.it u hanging on
chair IN the cellar He urcd u to carry
tools TO his houses IA The Bronx when
any repairs were To- L. mnde. ~" did
not know he SaId that II contained any
explosive n there was any such thing IN
never had bad PnN eNplo-IN" mixture IN
the cellar h" sa'd
There were several empty paint cans
on the hooT such a. Charlie Alderman
sa'd had exploded They all were either
sncAred with paint or else had paper
lahels on them. The hoy said the can they
found was clean and white After ques-
tioning Blatt Detective Cohen OF The
Allen street branch bureau took HIM To
Headquarters wh-r" lac was locked up.
He ~ charged on the blotteT with -sus
picion 81 having IA his apartment tin
boa containing some unknown explosive.
left unRuarded and which vas found by
Julius Alderman. IN whose hands u e>-
plodcd InjurIng him and five others
There have h.en several bomb eN-
ploslons on Fast Tenth and Fast Eleventh
streets hut they haV" all taken place
further w"st Tho Italian district - 20
IN. west Of Avenue Is and IN TN" mel ghboT
hood wh.re the children were hurt there
are almost no Italians. all the HOUSES
being occupied Nv Jews
When the explosion came 1heOdor"
Thal"r. q years old. 81 Isl Fast Tenth
street was sitting ON a fence a few doors
away The noises scared him so that h.
fell and diSlOCated his right arm He
was taken TO Bellevue IN the same am
a al. II