Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-12
BLACK HAND BOMB KILLS TWO
House in Italian District of St. Louis
Wrecked by Explosion.
FOURTEEN PERSONS ARE INJURED
One of Victims is Unidentified Man,
Who is Thought to Have Placed
the Bomb in the
Building.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. ia Black Hand
bomb exploded in the crowded ltala'i
colony on "Dago Hilr' here last night
killed man and a woman and more or
less seriously injured fourteen other resi-
dents of two-story brick building which
was completely wrecked. The placing OF
the bomb followed the receipt last Friday
and Saturday of two Black Hand letters
by the owner of the building. The letters
came from BROOKLYN N. Y, where the
owner, Tony Romano resided until seven
months ago The dead;
MRS. JOSEPH sARDELL.O.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN.
The injured:
Sam Salorado.
Josephine Tariff, his wife.
Joseph Farrarra.
josephine Farrarra, his wife.
Sam Raymon.
Josephine Raymon. his wife.
Joseph Dominica
Tony Sorrentino.
Orlando Tiardino.
Sam Marcuso.
The explosion, which was the most ter
rifle and destructive of the kind ever ex-
perienced in st. Louis, occurred about
o'clock, when the families were asleep. So
great was its force that most OF the resi-
dents were thrown from their beds into
Debris Takes Fire.
Immediately after the explosion the de-
bris caught fire and II was with difficulty
that the rescuers were enabled to take
some Of those injured out Of the way vof
the flames. The police, aided by three
fire companies and many volunteers,
worked the remainder OF the night in
searching the ruins for possible victims.
According to the police the bomb had
been placed in the front entrance to the
building. Its explosion lifted the structure
from its foundation and within few mo-
ments, aided by the fire. it was a COM
plete ruin
The unidentified man is supposed by the
police to have placed the bomb in the
building occupied by Romani His body
was horribly muulated. Residents Of the
district said they had never seen him.
The excitement in the colony was great
and 1t was difficult for the police to OBJ
tain a coherent account Of what had really
happened or to ascertain the number of
those who lived IN the building. Only a
partial list of those missing were obtain
able this morning. On their arrival the
officers were met by hysterical women,
many OF them unable to speak English,
most of whom had infants in their arms.
All of them were in their night clothes as
also were most OF the men
Other Houses Damaged.
In addition to the wrecked building, most
Of the other houses in the colony for a
radius Of several blocks felt the force OF
the blast Most OF the windows in the dis
trict were shattered and all of the resi-
dents were awakened and rushed into the
streets.
Early this morning the chief of police
ordered q complete investigation TO be
made. report had It that a man was
seen running from the vicinity of the
wrecked building q few moments before the
explosion No arrests have yet been made.
This Il the second explosion In the last
six months on 'Daso Hin," which has
been attributed 10 the 'blAok hand"
In q grocery store. conducted by Antonio
Di Lorenzo. was blown up after he had
refused to pay 500 demanded by the Malta.
For protection Lorenzo remained at the
mounted district police station for two
weeks.