The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-20

the manufacture Of his bomb II Is
proba bic that other members Of this
apparently terrorizing crowd Of gang
steers will be arrested and held rs
accoplice before the fact
The boys motive for vengeance IS
said to lie in the fact that he and ais
gang we're forced to move from in
front Of Nj COINS residence hast
Christmas when in the midst Of an
orgy Of fireworks. one Of Mr.. Coins
children was Ill, and he asked the
boys TO move So that the IA chiid
might not be disturbed They refused,
and then an officer was called. and
they were forced to transfer them
selves to another scene Of operations
AS he left. NcCandlish IL alleged 70
have said To Mr.. Cohn, I'm get even
with you for this il II takes me q
wear" Neighhors ate said Ia haAA
heard Ike subsequent threats and The
boy is said also TO have made open
threats in the ONCE Of the Western
Union, where he is employed as a
messenger.
Several other attempts 10 harm Mr.
C'ohn and his family or 70 wreck the
house have been made
Several times huge stones were
hurled through the windows, once
white they were seated at dinner,
the missile narrowly missing one Of
the children. At another time tin
cup fashioned into a bomb vas found
on the porch by MIR Cohn II had
failed To explode because Of defec-
tive fuse After the first bomb out
rage was attempted police were de-
tailed 10 guard the house for two
weeks, but no other attempt WAS made
during that time The young despe
rado was evidently hiding his time. But
this state of affairs kept Mr and Mrs
Cohn in continual anxiety. for they
Were never certain any night that
their lives would not be endangered.
They were much relieved when they
heard Of the arrest of the young gang
ster last night. and Major Werner also
expressed satisfaction at the quick
work OF the detectives They had
watched the house OF the suspect. 2ol
West Cary street. patiently all day.
The boy quivered with fear when they
placed restraining hands on him and
his face went white. He evidently had
some idea DIS to the enefnity of the
crime with which he was charged.
Threatening Letter Found.
When he was searched a threaten
Ing letter to one of his friends named
Harry, addressed to 9ordonsVille.
was found in one of his pockets He
uphra ided this friend for having been
afraid to do II" when he was here,
and threatened him II ne did not soon
answer To give him "a Jolt on the jaw"
and to hand him "one On your tin
ear The letter was surprisingly we'll
written In a plain. clear hand. show
ing that the writer had good knowl-
edge Of punctuation and English The
letter was dated August 10th and the
writed said that he intended to leave
for Gordonsvitle on the 2:I5 train the
next afternoon. admonishing Harry 10
meet him.
OF Petersburg Family.
The boy comes of a distinguished
Petersburg family. having lived here
with his parents several years age.
His father. Robert McCandlish. was
once assistant postmaster in Peters
burg. and is now clerk In the en-
ploy Of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
way company. Mrs McCandlsh was
Miss Eiva May, daughter of DR. David
May, noted physician and prominent
citizen OF Petersburg. Miss May is
said to have been noted belle and
beauty. The McCandlishs have five
chcildren, OF which David is the eldest,