New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-04

was meant to wreck the apartment house
because of labor difficulties the builder
had when the house was completed. IT
has only been occupied for the last four
months. II was built by the Bethel Con-
struction Company, of which Morris
Frankel il president. An assignment of
rents had been made to the Packard com
pany. a banking concern. Of No. 90 Mas
sau street.
House in Receivers Hands.
Last Saturday it was learned a receiver
had been appointed by Judge Hendricks,
Of the Supreme Court. From tenants In
the house it was said that on several oc-
casionS mechanics who worked on inc
building during its construction visited
the Hcrreras and made inquiry a. To who
was the owner and from whom could
they get the money due them
Little credencc was placed in this be-
lief from the fact that had such been the
intentions a bomb Of greater power would
have been constructed. In the present
case. the bomb was plugged with frag-
ments of iron the kind used In the cases
of Judge RoSalsky and the Walker wom-
an. SOCn CODlrlNdH''S dl' 'pIi7Ai h'N'N
for the purpose of dealing death TO the
one opening II.
Throughout the afternoon a secret cN-
animation was being conducted in the
detective room of the Bathgate avenue
police station. The principal witness
Of the star chamber proceedings wax
John p. Farrell janitor OF the apartment
house No 1876 Fulton avenue. Of which
Bernardo Herrera, husband OF the dead
woman. was the superintendent
The captain emerged from the police
station late last night, accompanied by
Detectives Cassassa and McKenna, with
Farrell, and headed north on Bathgate
avenue. Attempts to trail the quartet
We're frustrated by the captain. who de-
| tailed another man Of the bureau TO keep
| the reporters in the station house until
he was out OF sight He refused to ex-
| plain the nature of the proceedings or
| TO say where he intended taking the
| janitor The presence of the two boys in
the station house was likewise shrouded
! in mystery.
| Soon after the Deputy Commissioners
| left the police station Detective Doyle
|
| old. II was said that they were wanted
! 10 tell of the seeing of a mysterious man
! in the neighborhood of the Fulton avenue
| house on the night the bomb exploded. Ii
was later reported that their testimony
was wanted TO substantiate information
of the police which might prove Of a
! damaging nature against the janitor.
other than any suspicion they might have
which might connect him with the mys-
| terious case.
After examining the fragments remain
| ing of the death dealing instrument In
spector Samuel Rosenblum, of the
| Bureau Of Combustibles, made the fol-
| lowing report;
1.-THE remnants that were picked up
| consist Of several pieces. threaded to-
gether on the inside. as IL caps had been
screwed into length Of pipe, probably
from three to six inches long. One cap
which remained intact bore the initials
NJ I. f. Co. and had a very tiny hole I'm
the centre through which a fine wire
could be run. There were also small
| pieces of wood.
| Attached to the pieces Of wood was
cardboard such as is usually found in
candy or shoe boxes. To one piece Of
| wood very fine copper wire was at
| tached There were blocks of wood TO
| brace the box and support the bomb. The
/ pipe contained a very high explosive, per-
| haps Illuminating compound or some dyna-
| mite with high percentage Of nitrogly-
corine in same. and Illuminating cap. The
exciting agent was probably fine cleo
| trio battery. The battery was so arranged
| that the lifting OF the cover or inserting
of metal instrument completed the con
| tact and caused the bomb 10 explode. The
| pipe and batteries were wrapped in an in
sulating compound"
Iron Slug Pierces Lung.
Coroners Physician Curtain held an
autopsy yesterday morning at the Ford
| ham morgue and found a piece of iron
| two inches long had penetrated the right
Jung and several smaller pieces had found
their way almost through the woman's
body.
The husband of Jhe dead woman. Bcr-
nardo Herrera. was removed from the
Fordham Hospital 10 the Eye and Ear In
Urinary. in East cath street, in the hope
of saving the sight of his left eye. The
right eye was blown out Fragments of
the bomb are embedded In the left optic
Sarah Fuchtman. who was a boarder
of the Herreras, and who was present
when the bomb exploded. could offer lit
tie information to Coroner Healy which
might reveal who the guilty person is.
The daughter Of the murdered woman,
Evangelire Herrera, scoffed at the idea
, that the bomb was meant for her pa
rents or the Fuchtman woman. and be-
came indignant when IL was suggested
that it may have been intended for her
self She IS twenty years old. of Cuban
type She is TO be married soon TO Emsn-
uel Pastor. a chauffeur for Bronx ply
scian.
1t was reported late last night that the
boys who were questioned during the
day by the police were taken to the
Ch'ldren's Society. The police, however,
refused to discuss their case.