The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-10-05
BONES UNDER HOMES.
Efforts Made TO Blow Up Two City
Pn~ iI..nf.eS

For 20 years following 4 quarrel
with the Typographical union and
the changing Of The Times 20 a nom
union papeG. Gen. Otis has fought
union!sm with every resource a; his
command He has been seconded n
this fight by the Merchants and
Manufacturers association. whose
secretary was the objec; Of the At
temp; at dynamit;ns. Feeling ran
high throughout the city during the
day over the Times disaster and was
augmented by the discovery that a
dynamite bomb had been found un
der the residence Of Secretary Tee
handlelaar The public reached
state OF alarm and CONSERVATION as
The attenp, to blow up Gen. Otis
home became known.
The Otis home known as the
Biyouac." stands on WILTSHIRE ave
aue in the most fashionable part OF
the city. After the finding OF the ILL
fernal machine at the Zeehdndelasr
residence. Detective Rice was sent
20 The Bivouac" 20 search the prem
Ses
Aided by Charles Focua. the gard
ener. he found suit case hidden III
Z bunch OF vines under a bay wiz
dow on the east side OF the house
fronting Westlake park. Detective
Rice telephoned Chief Of police Gal
!oway. who went Immediately TO Gen.
Otis house. The officers examined
The suit case Chief o: Police Cal
!oway wanted 20 take Il 10 the police
station without opening.
Rice insisted on opening il there
and finally stuck knife through the
side Of the case buzz OF mechan-
ISM was heard inside and smoke
oozed out
Convinced that the sui, case con-
;ained a bomb. Chief Of Police order
I'd the Internal machine rush
ed over 20 the park where It's eX-
plosion could DO little damage.
Rice picked II up and dashed
across the street Putting il down.
they sped away and put about 800
feet between them and the bomb
when il went OF with q crash iha,
threw the entire neigh borhood into
\ panic.
The explosion tore OUT :. portion o!
the curb!ns OF the stree; paral!ei!ns
the park branches OF q tree direct
" overhead were torn OF together
with a portion OF the park fence. y
plat. glass wind shield fronting !
porch in the Otis home also was
shattered.
Rice said the Internal machine
weighed aDou; 30 pounds
In the Otis home al n" time o;
he explosion wer. Mrs. Harry Chan
dler. dauch;cr OF the general. and :,
relative. Mrs. Booth. and The latiers !
TWO children.
Rice hurried back 20 the scene In
.n.diately after n. explosion TO look
Tor any possible clues. He found
OF The sui; cases and shat
erred portions OF cI"ckwcr! which
'orm-d the cNpiodin: mechanism OF
ne Internal machine.
The internal machine found al Nj
residence waS COM
POSED OF II sticks OF giant powdcr
attached 10 = fuse and So; 5r clock
work 20 explode a; j o'clock in III"
morning. the same hour At which ;ae
,xa.oSion occurred in The Times Of
ice
Tn. bomb was FIRST discovered 4.
he ZeehanGelaar home ,: a servant.
,ho called An officer Had no, som"
,art OF The mechanism failed %
york. the house would ;ToaAA:H
ave been demolished and n" N
aa...; killed
Assistant General Manager Chand-
e- OF The Times saws TIA, an az
emp; Was made 20 blow u? IN"
ines auxiliary plant a; College an!
an Franc:Sco. few minutes after
he explosion DESTROYED n" maIn
uildinE.
The succession OF tragic events
nd the runorS o! Other a;tem pied c
utrases set the p"pular" o: Los
.nce,cs IN q state ot -l:d 2o!de:
= d panic.