New-York tribune., 1911-09-22
WAR GAME IN THE A|R'B0Y TELLS OF BOMB WORK
Police Say Youth Who ConteSSes
Is Crazy, but Is Guilty.
POWDER FOUND IN ROOM
Admits Making Deadly Things
with Gas Pipe and Setting
Them Off for Fun.

Walter Mikoluejki. eighteen years DID,
who. the police say, Is probably Insane
sat for two hours In Commissioner Dough
erty's Office at Police Headquarters last
evening and told how he had planned ana
carried out three bomb explosions In MAN
haitian this week.
Although the boy went into great delaii
and explained with pleased interest every
move I'm his career as q bomb setter inc
police say he may know about the ponho
explosions which began as far pack as
July l. Mkoluejki will he taken TO the
Harlem court this morning, and the ponce
will ask that he be committed to Bellevue
where he may be examined as TO his SAN
ity.
The youth, whose operations, on his own
confession, since Monday night have kept
several Italian quarters in tremor OF
fear, was arrested yesterday morning ABOUT
two hours after the formation OF ponce
dragnet in charge of Lieutenant Brown
of the East e6th street station. SO mucn
pressure had been brought TO bear upon
the police since the bomb scare began 'ha'
Brown decided to begin house-to-house
canvass for the offender
The roundup had worked up Second ave
nue. as far as No. 1851, when Detectives
Walsh, Redmond and Mancennl became IN
terested In remark dropped by the woman
ianitor at that number. fhc said there was
a Young fellow Oh the top floor that had
had a lot of powder I'm his room. The de-
tectives went upstairs. where they fouhd
Mikoluejki and placed him under arrest
l9n0-
ed AT headquarters, however. that his cap
tors realized the importance ot the arrest
and the stories he began TO tell led 10 t"e
interview with the Commissioner tNe'eh
ing. I'm which he is alleged TO have relat'u
the story If his labors with the boinu'
The youth sat easily i'm chair in front
of the Commissioner and explained az
cording TO the police, that although NJ
had always liked TO hear big noise ne
had never tried to make any hiinseH u""'
last Monday. lie had a small brass cannon
which for several years he had ehJoEeu
firing of. but Monday it had occurred 10
him that he might make something OF the
sort himself.
IIo went to tbe Winchester Arms Com
psnv. at No. 2l2 Broadway. and bough'
fWeifNHI1NF NNlulillE E'i'liCf '''r
Mikolueiki told them. and then went down
in 1oith street TO a building between sec
ond and Third avenues, where he toUhd
several short lengths Of gas pipe. He TOOK
these pieces home and started in to make
bombs.
He first took piece of pipe, six 'nches
long the police say he confessed. plugged
ND the ends and loaded It with powder out
of the salutlng shells. About midway
Of the pipe he bored small hole. Apou'
u O'Clock that night he went to q vacant
lot I'm 99th street between First and Sec
ond avenues, the story goes, where he
propped up the pipe, made crude fuse
out Of powder and pieces Of paper, ana
set match 20 it,. The explosion that fol-
lowed brought out every one within hve
blocks. At first Mikouejk was frightened
and ran away. but afterwards he came
back and mixed with the crowds, enjoying
the excitement and listening to the com
ments made. Then he went home.
Tuesday, the police say Mikoluejk con
tinued, he waited till midnight when he
took another bomb, this time an eight-inch
one. and exploded It in the yard in front
OF the public school at No al East Tooth
street Pleased with the excitement that
followed that night, he went 10 the roof
of the building at No. 1851 Second avenue
on Wednesday morning and there touched
of fourtoen-inch bomb. Although the
roofs swarmed with people after tho eX-
plosion, NIikouejk says he got away with
out being suspected
Mikouejk denies that he knows anything
about the bombs exploded before last Mon
day. The boy Is OF Polish extraction. lie
lives with his parents at the address where
he was found yesterday. He says that up
TO recently he was employed by NJ. Cantor,
a boOkbinder, at No. 1874 Second avenue