New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-23
Police Compare Papers Found
in Secret Arsenal with
Scraps from Missiles
That Killed Two.
ADLYCHEMICALS IN ROOM
Hiram Maxim Denies He Aided
Bronx Craftsman in Expert
menting with Smokeless
Powder-Not Known
to Herrera Family.

Klotz. We're concentrated yesterday on
endeayors to connect him with the
bombs sent to Judge Otto Rosalsky,
Grace Walker and Bernardo Herrera,
which were fatal in two cases. 1hey
doubt his story that he was expert
menting with smokeless powder wnen
the explosion occurred that seriously
wounded him i'm his home. at No. l33-
Fulton avenue, Friday night.
Klotz was in no condition to be dues-
toned by the police yesterday. They
arc anxious TO question him about the
arsenal of weapons, ammunition ana
explosive chemicals in his room and
also regarding pieces Of cardboard
boxes and wrapping paper, which cor
respond to those used by the maker
of the Walker. Herrera and Rosalsky
bombs.
The place in which the deadly coll
lection was found is small bedroom
in the home of his parents. IL never
was entered by any other member. or
the family and was guarded by an eiec-,
trio arrangement, by which klotz could
detect if had been entered during his
absence from it,
Klotz made his own bed and cleaned
his room himself He was employed IN
the Typographical bureau of the Bronx
Borough Hall. His leisure time he spent
in his room. experimenting, he told
the police.
Arscna! in Room.
More than fifty guns of various types
all fully loaded. were hung on the
walls. They included French and Amer
ican rifles ard revolvers of the latest
automatic models.
The ammunition found by Inspector
t.sgan. of the Bureau of Combustibles,
| included:
| Twelve vials of shot and smokeless
black powder, one package OF Arrow
| loaded PAPER shells two cans parity
fuI of rifle smokeess powder, one can
of smokeless powder. four cans party
ful of Latin & Rand smokeless pow
der. two cans partly full of rifle Du
1
Of 80 calibre rifle smokeless powder
three boxes of "A calibre ball cart
ridqeS one box of Remington cart
ridges one box so centre fire U. NJ. ..
CO.. four boxes of As calibre L. VI. I.
| Co. cartridges, five boxes OF "a caiiore
cdfty in each boX) Winchester cart
ridges one box .32 calibre automatic
Colt centre fire, 500 % calibre long
rifle cartridges, eight boxes soft point
bullets l.. S. Army rifle, eleven ooNes
% calibre (tifty iii each box), one man
box of nitro primers, one box 80 can
hro < G. w cartridges. one box as
sorted rifle cartridges and one box Oh
gun caps.
Chemicals in Room.
The chemicals found were IN Was
which contained chlorate hydra'e' !"
senous oxide. borax. cyanide OF nnei
crrv calomel. oi-chloride OF potash.
sulphur mercury. black antimony ana
permanganate of potash.
According to Inspector Eagan' many
electric wires, dry batteries, sol, ah'
steel capped bullets. cork ana "oou'
wire springs and a fully equipped e'cc-
tricaI outfit were also in the room. -N"'
Eayan saws. correspond TO the oa'ts
&C, 4, the construction of the bomp
sent To Judge Rosalsky. which exploded
in his home in the Hendrick huuso"
arortment house on March III OF iast
,,oar and TO the bomb when kine1
c,.ce walker at No. lO3 West ut3
s,reet on February ; of the same year
rho remnants of the bomb which killed
Madeline Herrera. practlcally oli""7"
her husband and resulted IN the co1-
sr.mept i'm Fordham Hospital, in whicn
,iss Koltz. of Miss Sarah Fucnsmah'
boarder at the Herrera home, are iue'-
teal. Eagan asserts.
The parts of pasteboard boxes am
nor found i'm the room used by htotz
are also of the kind used by Grocery
Arm in the wrapping of its chocoia'es'
which figured prominently IN the WI
Lar case. The box used in the making
of the bomb sent TO Judge hosaisSy
,vos similar to that used by the same
| firm.
Easan's Prophecy Recalled.
Inspector Eagan also laid stress on
the fact that the bomb which Killed
Grace Walker and that sent to Judge
Rosalsky were both sent on Satur:
day. The Herrera bomb was found on
q Sunday night. Eagan was injured in
handling the missile sent to Judge Ro-
salsky.
A remark made by Inspector Eagan
on the night of the explosion in the Ro-
salsky home. that the maker of the
bomb would not be caught until he
himself was either blown up or in
iured by an explosion while he was
making the bomb, was recalled last
night. At the time Eagan gave as his
theory that the explosive used was a
combination of sulphur. black anti
mony and chlorate of potash. While
talking last night Eagan carried in his
rocket the three Walls which contained
the chemicals found In Klotz's room.
He explained that when handled sepa.
rately there was no danger Of them ex-