Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-08
Charles M. Dickinson, Formerly
of Champlain, n. Y, Held on
Technical Charge.
BEST DETECTIVES PUZZLED
Helen Taylor Received Mysteri-
GUS Package Which She Open
ed in the Presence of
Her Guest.

New York Feb 4-Dcfinite clues to the
identity of the person who sent the bomb
that caused the death last right of Helen
TAYLOR. known also as Mrs. Grace WALKER
in her apartments on West nth street.
had failed to matcrilize tonight al
though a score of the city's best detec-
tfvcs employed all their ingenuity toward
tnrav yelling the mystery.
charles NJ Dickinson, the employe of n
motor company, and formerly of Port
land ore who was present in the apart
mcnt when Miss Taylor opened the pack
ace that contained the bomb, will he
given hearing tomorrow by Coroner
Foinherg on Il technical charge of homi-
ode hut the police seem inclined to &C
copt his statement that he knew nothing
of the bomb until the explosion occurred.
Diclinson's father, Thomas II. Dickinson,
postmaster at Champaign. n. Y, is ex-
poctod to arrive here tonight to look
after his sons interests.
Efforts either to establish a motive for
the crime or to find the messenger who
delivered the innocent looking cigarette
noX with its death dealing contents have
,hus far proved unavailing. The police
developed the fact. however, that there
was another man In the apartment just
previous to the explosion, a fact which
they learned, they say, from Miss Edna
Lamarre. who occupied the apartment
with the Taylor woman. Miss Lamarre
admitted, according to the police, that
when Dickinson arrived at the apartment
early in the evening, she left by rear
door accompanied by the man. who was
not, however, seen by Dickinson. About
1i,t, 1pta I'm la1
Taylor on the telephone, the police say
she said. to carry out prearranged plan
to induce Dickinson to leave the house
on the ground that Miss Taylors brothec-
in-law was coming. Dickinson and Miss
Taylor had quarreled. she explained. and
the latter was anxious to get him out
of the house.
Miss Lamarre got no answer to her
message. she said, the explosion having
nlrendy occurred. she believes. The
police say they have the name of her
companion, but will not make it public
until they have intcrrogated him. Just
what happened during the 10 minutes
Miss Lamarre and her companion were
absent. Dickinson will be asked to
Tell tomorrow.
BUSINESS CARD FOUND
A small business card on which was
printed "American Electric Fuse COM
lnny. Muskegon. Mich" with repre-
scented by ]. H. Taylor" written In ink
was found in the dead woman's apart,
ments to-day, and to this the police
seemed TO attach considerable signif-
canoe. They have communicated with
the firm and expect information to-
morrow which they hope will throw
some light upon the woman's past OF
which little is known. other than she
has lived in New York for the pas
seven years. She is reported to have
been married to Il man named Howard
Walker but the police do not know
whether he is alive.
Coroner Fcinberg, after an examina
ton of the remnants of the bomb, sai'
that it betrayed great similarity to tn
ingenious internal machines contrivet
10y foreign anarchists and was of tn
opinion that a foreigner was responsible
Tor It's manufacture. While the polio
searched the East Side to-day on thi
theory, they lean to the belief that tn
maker manufactured the bomb for som
one else rather than for his own pur
poses
Either nitroglycerine. or illuminate O
mercury was the explosive used, COrone
I'cinberg said this being encased in
three-inch steel cylinder about the cir
conference of q nickel with steel ca
screwed on either end Wires leadn
from n small hole in the pipe to tw
small dry cell electric batteries on eithe
side and thence to spring in the Ii
Of the box provided for the ignition {