The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-18

the explosion the flesh Of his hand cruelty
torn and his face marked in six places
by the parts Of the U shaped water pipe
that flew through the Judges library
when tho inspector put his knife into
corner Of the package that held the bomb.
Eagan says that when he got to the
Judges room he found that the lid Of
the cardboard box that held the bomb
was lying face up on the table. He looked
for moment into the open box with its
two midget batteries lying in the opening;
made by the U OF the gas pipe and then
thrust his knife into a corner OF the box
10 get closer view Of the affair. As soon
M he did this there came the fash and
the roar. One piece of the pipe struck
the inspector on the chest, tore through
his coat and ripped papers in his pockets
in two as cleanly as though they had been
cut with a knife.
Eagan thinks that the explosive " as a
mixture Of chlorate OF potash, antimony
and sulphur.
"Tve been sitting here all the after
noon."' he told reporters, holding my
hand up in the air wondering why it was
that the Judge wasn't killed when he took
that cover of Glued onto the cover was
a triangular piece Of wood sawed by
some one who knows how to u se tools
and bevelled mt the edges. This wood
dropped down between two pieces Of
brass at the end of the wires leading from
the tiny batteries. Whoever sent that
box intended that as soon as it was opened
the brass pieces would come together,
form a circuit and send a spark into the
~h,,r hat lxyinn fha hot
tom Of the box.
The tube was hammered down at one
end. Its open end with the wires from
the batteries leading to II was above
the sulphur. bleached sulphur such as
in used for medicinal purposes The
inspector. who has been handling bombs
for some twenty years, thinks that q
splinter or particle OF some non-con-
Quoting substance was the only thing that
saved the Judges life when he took the
cover OF. A. soon as the cover was lifted
the wood glued to it came up and let
the brass pieces meet. But there must
have been something between them that
wouldn't let the current through. Eagan
thinks that when he stuck his knife blade
down into the corner OF the box that
particle was dislodged and the current
formed.
after the Judge had opened the package.
the thing was lying there on the library
table ready to 60 off at the least jar"
In addition to the triangular block
there was glued to the inside Of the cover
a cork about the size Of pickle jar cork,
used apparently to keep the batteries
in place in their trip through the post
Office. When they came to gather up
what was left Of the bomb the detectives
found a smaller cork with a wire running
through it. This Commissioner Dough-
prty said was probably screwed into the
open end OF the pipe and the wire bound
up with the wires from the battery and
the fine platinum wire which fired the
explosives.
\fhe pipe, the shoulders of which were
Joined in the middle with a nipple that
formed the base o: the U. was apparently
screwed to piece Of wood that ran across
the bottom of the box. The wood was
very old and on it was pasted brown
paper Those familiar with the makeup
Of the bomb that killed Grace Walker
say that brown paper OF the same sort
electric conduit pipe used in that case.
II you looked very closely at this paper
yesterday you could see tiny bit of
paper apparently pasted over it, The.
paper. apparently bit Of newspaper
had on it the letters "A 1 in print. No
one who saw the bomb wnen it was first
opened could remember observing any
newspaper clipping
The remains of the bomb which were
kept in the station house all day yester-
. day, will go TO the Bureau of Combustibles
for further inspection to-day. To-day
too, Commissioner Dougherty will put
more detectives and the best he has on
the case. and the few shreds of the paper
that have parts OF the typewriter ad-
dress in blue ink on them will go under the
microscope of some expert to whom every
machine has its characteristics and who
knows no two men can turn out the same
sort of copy from the same typewriter.
At the Glenmore lodging house at 4
Chatham Square little was known about
herman except that he was eccentric.
He has been lodging there nightly for TN.
uast two months. and was gone all day.
He is registered there under the name Of
Werner. Occas sonally he has visited llr.
Joseph Rudomin at s57 Beck street. Mrs
Rudomn is Bermans first cousin. She
said yesterday that he had been weak
minded for number of years but that he
was always considered harmless. and that
she was certain that ne had merely
happened to wander into Judge Rosal-
sky's house. possibly after reading his
name in the morning papers. lie il a
cigarmaker by trade.
BOMBS have been sent by mail before
this last series of two. Two that were
sent by mail were received on August
1s, 1905. at the Offices of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
and NJ Guggenheim, Sons Co. The
bombs were very different from tha
received by Judge Rosalsky. The on t
received at Kuhn. Loeb \ Co.'S Office
and addressed to Jacob II. Schif, who
was not in town. was cased in box which
resembled a childs pencil box. II was
made up Of gunpowder, loose cartridges,
emery paper and matches designed to
scrape on the paper when the box was
opened. The Guggenheim bomb was on
the same DrinCiple Ncithe exploded