The evening world., 1911-08-26
BLOCK n PANIC
WHEN BOMB IS
THROWN OFF ROOF
Eighth Black Hand Explosion
In Month Drives Thou.
sands From Home.
WINDOWS
Police See Missile Circle Across
Street and Fall in Front
of Tenements.
WINDOWS

The eighth Black Hand bomb since
Aug. I exploded At Las this morning In
front Of Nos. ri and 2ls Chrystie street.
Windows Ind fanlights were shattered.
The block Is one OF the most densely
populated In New York. and thousands
OF terrified jewellers ieaped from their
beds and poured pell nell into the
street. The explosion was heard for
nearly a mile around.
The ground Moor OF No. 23 IL Occur
pied by the East Side Meat Market.
conducted for four years by Frank
Rosenberg OF No. III Delaney street.
The explosion broke a plate glass WIN
dow and the fanlight, IND numerous
other windows In front Of the building.
which IL a six-story tenement. shelter
ing eighteen families.
In No. III. 4 hve-s.o.y tenement octu-
pied by twelve families. IL the saloon OF
r.e.c. Bruno .rd A,,i". 4 r'-'" g''..
window was broken here. a side Ugh,
wrecked and other windows shattered.
More windows were smashed In No. ZIG.
across the street. which was twice pro-
vlously been the object OF bombs.
Policeman Martin. OF the EldrldEs
street station. Was on the post at Hous-
ton and Christie streets. a stones throw
distant. talking to Detectives Sheppard
and Hanley. when all three saw an OBJ
ject circle across the street. apparently
from a roof. Martin thought II was .
pigeon" the ~vernacular Of the dis
trict for newspaper-wrapped packages
Of garbage. The object struck the sidS-
walk between Nos. III and 2ia n sx.
ploded with a terrific detonauon.
HUNDREDS IN PANIC DASH
DOWN FIRE ESCAPES.
In a moment the neighborhood was In
q panic. Men. women and children
rushed from every doorway. jumped
from low windows and came half falling
down a hundred fire escapes. Frenzied
men began shooting revolvers into the
air TO summon the police. Thousands
ed into the street from ~nelghborinE
blocks. Unable to restore anything like
order or drive the frightened people
back into their quarters. the onicers
called the reserves from the Eldr!dGe.
Mulberry and Fifth street stations be-
fore undertaking an investigation.
Search revealed little In the way OF
evidence. All the scuttles were o'en
that led to the opposite roofs. The
officers believe. however. that whoever
threw the bomb wore rubber-soled
shoes which were removed on re-enter.
ing the building. No footprints could
be found In the moisture on the roofs
nor any indication which way the per.
petrator had fed. The street was de.
serted at the mi OF the explosion.
Rosenberg mas had no Black Hand
letters Of late. he says. Three years
10 he received a demand for 5000,
which he was ordered to wrap up and
toss under the uptown elevated station
AZ Ninth avenue and Fourteenth street.
He notified the police and put a docoy
package at the place specified. De-
iectives watched until daylight but no
one came.
Rosenberg says he has had no de.
msnds since and no Black Hand mes
sakges. Allano. one Of tho partners Of
the saloon arm. declares positively that
neither he nor either OF his partners
has received any demands.
Eight bombs In one month Is a new
local record. The bomb OF this morn
ing. II IL was Intended for Rosenberg 4
place. makes the fourth since Angus
8. hat has been thown at butcher shops
1t also makes Christie street a close
rival OF the notorious 800 block Of Easl
Eleventh street.