New-York tribune., 1910-12-26
GAMBLERS WAR WITH !.
DYNAMITE, POLICE say
Two Bomb Explosions Frighten
Harlem Merrymakers and
Do Much Damage. =
THOUSANDS JAM STREETS
Women Faint at Dance and
Small Panic Occurs-Desp.te
Recent Driscoll Raid, Gam
blers Know of No Feud."

Recent OrlScou ka1o, od1u-
blers Know of No Feud."
Two explosions of dynamite bombs
within five minutes OF each other early
Yesterday morning caused much excite
rnent in Harlem and did several thou
sand dollars damage The first borno
went of In tine areaway Of four story
brick building at No. 100 West Iloen
street. Before the neighOorhood had re-
covered from the shock another ootno
exploded in the vestibule of bulidlne
at Nos 236 and 23S. block away. "
spector Hussey and Captain Farrell SAID
they believed the explosions were the re-
suit of a feud that 1ad long existed
among Harlem gaTnD.
The building at No - was unoceu-
pied. but the police lid It was being
fitted up as social Sub and billiard
parlor In the building where the sec
ond explosion occurred IS the bltiiard
parlor of James McDonough- bit he as
sured Inspector Hussey and Captain
Farrell he knew of absolutely no reason
why any one should seek TO destroy DIS
place, and said he knew Of no teud
among tl.e gamblers
The Oriscoli Raids Recalled.
Some time ago Deputy Commissioner
Clement j. Driscoll. with Detectives
Cody and Murphy raided the Cornwelt
Club, in West 116th street, without q
warrant. On the same floor was the
Lusitania pool parlor- Not long after
this raid Commissioner priscoh an
nounced that the Harlem gamblers had
raised a. fund of $4,000 for the purpose
cf killing him.
At No. 1O4 West 116th street, next
door to the scene of the first explosion
is the New Cornwen Club. which took
possession recently. 1t was CROWDED
with men at 2:iO o'clock yesterday
morning. when the first bomb went Off
There was the widest scramble when
the building shook and panes OF glass
blew out.
On the top floor of No. 1o2, in tbs
Lenox Dancing Academy, there was a
Christmas dance of the Millner WORK
ing League, and the several hundred
uerrymakers. more than half OF them
Young women, were thrown into panic
Several OF the women tainted Most OF
the others made bee line for the door,
The orchestra continued PLAYING live
Iy dance air, but that didn't help IN
alIavjnr the fears OF re dancers, and
yyiss-s.,z=~. few moments the hsE was
emptie6I
restaurant. at No. 105, fled to the street
in the widest alarm, and the tenanss
of the Graham Court apartments. down
the street from the building where tbs
bomb exploded tunnbled out of bed, but
their fears were quieted by the tele-
phone operator. Soon after the detona~
ton the street was iammed with thou
sands OF people.
The bomb that exploded at No 1oS
tore a hole in the concrete floor Of this
areaway three feet in diameter. shat
tered every window in the building and
blew out panes of glass in nearby houses
incident Of the Black Tsxicab.
Patrolmen Gustav Thomson and Joseph
Rochelle, OF the West 125th street sta
tion, said that shortly before the ex-
plosion a black taxicab. with man
hanging out of the window and talking
excitedly to the chauffeur, went whiz-
zing west in 10th street at teTritis
speed
For a moment after the explosion the
patrolmen were bewildered. Then they
sent in a call for the reserves, and in
few moments Inspector Hussey and
Captain Farrell were on. the scene
st-,
reserves arrived Both the inner anil
outer doors of the building at Nos. 236
and 23S were blown off their hinges. part
of the office of the International Corre-
spondence School. ON the tirst floor, was
wrecked. and at least $1,000 damage
done to the Crescent Storage. Van and
Express Company. in the rear Ray E.
Little. the proprietor. III estimating the
damage to his place at that figure. said
several thousand dollars worth OF bTic-
a-brac stored there had been destroyed
In the front office furnishings were
knocked over. pictures Were torn from
the walls. and part of the cei!.nS cane
down.
The fifty or more men in NcDonough'S
pool parlor, on the floor above, wsrs
wondering what caused the first de-
tonation, when the second bomb senH
them running helter skelter-
Inspector Hussey and Captain Farrell
straightway got busy TO ascertain. Il
possible who set off the bombs. All ths
men known TO them as gamblers whom,
they questioned professed the profound-
est ignorance. The police said il was
more than likely that the bombs Were
meant for the men who informed Com
missioner Driscoll of the threat 10 kilt
him.