The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-17

bomb over and advised the others to leave
the room. He first picked up the small
parcel Of powder and laid that TO. one
eide on the glass topped mahogany table,
remarking that there was enough Of the
stuff in the parcel to blow the side Of the
house of. II was probably a illuminate.
Then he took out jackknife with a four
inch blade. and startingi II at the top OF
one Of the corners. ran 1t down 10 the
bottom of the box. The others who had
been In the room had stepped out into the
hall with the exception Of Capt. Iunney
and Policeman James White Tunney
grabbed White by the arm and pulled
him out into the hallway.
That's pretty dangerous business.
he said. Wed better get out"
In the private hallway watching through
the doorway were the policemen and Muir
Mrs. Rosalsky and the negro maid were
down at the other end Of the foyer.
NosALsKY PHoNING TO "rHE SUN" WHEN
EXPLOSION CANE.
Judge Roealsky had just been called
to the telephone by THE SUN to answer
Inquiries regarding the bomb he had re-
ceived. The telephone in the apartment
being surrounded at the time by tho po-
licemen who crowded the narrow hall
way, Judge Rosalsky had gone into an
apartment across the hall to Use another
phone.
Inspector Eagan. having cut down one
edge Of the paper box; started to cut down
pressed the knife blade down as he h ad
done before. and then the explosion came.
Judge Roealsky. talking to- THE SUN
from the apartment across the hall. ex.
claimed, "My God, the thing has, gone OF
now!' and dropping the receiver ran
hack TO his own apartment.
HAoAS on THE FLOOR COVERED WITH
BLOOD.
The Judge and the policemen. orowding
into the library. found Eagan lying on
the floor near the table The index finger
Of his left hand was badly mangled and
both hands were covered with blood. he
seemed to be bleeding from the top of his
head to his waist. Policemen picked him
up and helped him out to a chair in the
foyer. He was able to walk with as
sistance. Capt. Tunney did up in ban
.dages the hand which was moro ser
iously injured and applied y tourniquet.
while NJ. Uhand. who lives next door and
who had run In at the sound Of the eN-
plosion. ran back to his own telephone
and sent in call TO J. Hood Wright Hos
pital for an ambulance.
DR.. Vernon Oler came with an am
bulance from the hospital Few minutes
later and took Eagan to the hospital.
The inspector had been holding the box
with his left hand while he used the knife
with his right. The index finger OF the
left hand was so mashed that il had 10
be amputated. The first joint OF the
thumb was mangled and two joints OF
the middl finger were crushed. The
other two fingers on that hand were un'
injured. On the right hand two joint.
Of the middle finger and one Joint OF the
index finger were smashed: His face was
spattered and there were fifteen or twenty
small cuts made by flying bits Of the iror
pipe None of these face wounds was
large enough for stitches. Mr.. Eagsn
last night. II is possible that amputatior
of nine fingers may be necessary. The
physicians say the greatest danger is
from tetanus. Anti-tetanic serum was
injected before he left the hospital
$3.50 PRESENT TO EAoAN.
Later in the evening Eagan, who ha'
known Jndge Rosalsky for q long time
returned to the Hendrix Hudson. Wher
he entered the Rosalsky apartment the
Judge told him that he ought to be in thu
hospital or under a physicians care a,
home aud asked him why he had CONE
back Mr.. Eagan said
Il came back. Judge out Of friendship
for you. I'm glad got it and not you
! think we're both pretty lucky to b'
here now"
Judge Rosalsky wrote out check fo
$3.50 and put il in the pocket Of Ea gan
coat-Ea gan's hands were 80 injured
and 80 banda ged he could not have takei
it himself A he tucked the check il
the inspectors pocket Judge Roselsk,
told him that it was for the children
Eagan has large family.
EFFECTS or THE EXPLOSION
Murray Rosalsky '>as looking at Eagan
when the explosion occurred He said
later: Il saw Eagan working there at the
box with his knife and pretty soon there
was great explosion and everything
went black in my head. When | came
to ] saw clouds OF smoke in the room
and everything seemed to be shattered.
The centre of the explosion was on the
heavy mahogany table directly under tn,
spot where the box lay The plate glas.
covering Of the table was pulverized
at that point and the wood beneath was
shattered. Newspapers and legal paper-
lying on the table near by were sprinkle
with Eagans blood. A stained glass
drop lamp on the table not two feet anc
a half from the box was not disturbed
at all Two sections OF the iron pipe
passed completely through the panels
Of the door leading to the hallway where
the spectators stood The door open
was swung back against the wall. One o
the windows was open, bringing two thick
neeses Of glass in the path Of one Of th'
Tying pieces OF iron. The bit OF irOI
shattered the first pane and didn't even
crack the second. A score Of pieces Of the
iron dug holes in the plaster ceiling
Another larger piece lodged in the Woo
frame Of a sectional bookcase without
breaking the glass "A fraction OF an inch
away.
Louis Rinaldo special deputy sherif
and a friend Of Judge Rosalskys. VIII,
lives in the building next door. was mott
fed Of the explosion by an elevator bO.
and ran over. assisting in the efforts I,
get together the pieces of the bomb in tn
search for evidence of its origin Judg
Rosalsky's apartment is on the fifth fioor
directly over that of Joe Weber. tn
comedian. Mr. Weber was out. Mrs
Weber ran up stairs with the other tenant
to see what had happened The Webe
apartment was not damaged at all
BosALsKy TOOK BIG RISK.
Supt David J. Kelly Of the Bureau q
Combustibles went to the apartment q
soon as he had heard of the accident l.
Eagan. He examined the pieces lyin
about and said that the bomb had bee
loaded with chlorate of potash and sui
phur and that it had been provided wit
a. detonating cap. He said that II wa
only by the merest chance that the bonn
had not exploded when Judge Rosalek
raised the lid, as the bomb had evidentl
been arranged with that in view.
JUDGE DOES NOT SUSPECT ITALIANS
Judge Rosalsky was asked il he ha
Any idea who had sent the homb