The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-27
FIREWORKS BOMBS FOR COPS
FOIR FOIND OUTSIDE THE
MERCER STREET STATION.
Formally of IEnittnG Them Omitted
There Vas an Italian Prisoner Inside
whom Friends Had Been TrytnG 20
Get out-Three More Prisoners Now.

Three Italians were looked up last
night in tho Mercer street police station
on suspicion % being concerned in
pretended attempt to blow up the station
house The arrest was based on the
finding of a bomb. seemingly Of the
variety fired from mortars in pyrotechnic
displays. on the station house steps and
three others in a hallway next door
About fifty out Of the 40 men Of tho
precinct were in the building at the time
part Of them asleep.
few minutes before the bombs wore
found Frank Rocco % 2is Thompson
street had been arrested for punching
samuel Reinstein Of 100 Fast broadway
AZ Fourth street and Washington square.
Rocco was locked up in the station house.
At $50 O'Clock another Italian. who
described himself as Charles Ross. -
years old. of IS? Berrinan street. Brook
Ign. went 90 the station house and in
puired about Rocco's arrest He wanted
Ia know how he could get Rocco ont.
He was told that $50 bail real estate
would d. tho trick He went outside the
station. where two other men appar-
entity were waiting for him. and after a
momsnts conversation returned.
"Ferraro says you can fix it. no told
Lieut. Shea Shea wanted to know what
he meant and Ross said Ferraro said
that the lieutenant could FIX it 80 that
Rocco could get out Shea repeated what
he had said about the bail and Ross
started out
About the same time Policeman Raum-
bach. who was doing the station house
post. found three Of the bombs IN the
hallway Of the building next door. at
257 Mercer street There IL an areaway
between the police station and the ten.-
ment from which anything could be
thrown into the side windows OF the
station house. AZ he went up the station
steps he found on the steps fourth
bomb. Of the same kind as the others.
10 Capt Henry
The captain ran out and grabbed Ross
and the two men who had been standing
outside waiting for him and shouted for
help. Half a dozen policemen went out
and brought the three men inside The
bombs were thrown into a bucket OF
water
The prisoners. in addition to Ross. were
Rocco Ferraro Of Ms Mott street and
Joseph Selleri OF pa sullivan street All
three insisted that they never had seen
the bombs before. They were locked up
on suspicion
The bombs were cylinders made up OF
sew ral thickne-ses Of heavy paper with
cardboard ends Zach had fuse two or
three feet long The fuse on the one found
on the station house steps tTsilad down
the steps oward the men standing be-
low None Of the fuses had been lighted
When they mad had a chance to soak
a while one Of them was dlssected. II
was found 10 contain three kinds Of pow
der. one fine black powder. another
coarse and the third made up OF small
cylinders OF a light brown color Samples
Of the three were taken out in the street
and a lighted match applied TO them
They burned all right
Until they had opened the bombs the
policemen were not sure whether the
whole thing was not little joke With the
aid Of harmless limitations 81 bombs
Now Il - up TO the bureau Of combusti-
bles to tell Just What kind and ~ hat dam
age would have been done had one Of the
bombs been thrown lighted into the
station house or allowed to explode on
the front steps one Of the policemen
Said that he thought they we're the kind
sent up from three inch morArs in fire.
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