The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-02-04
CONFESSES To
BOMB OUTRAGES
John Paul Farrell Clears Up Mys-
steries of Murders and At
temptS on Others
STORY AMAlES DETECTIVES
Declares He Killed Own Daughter
and His Employer With In
fernal Machine /,
ATTEMPTED LIFE OF JUDGE

New York, Feb John Paul Far
rell, assistant superintendent of the
apartment house where bomb ex-
ploded Sunday night i'm the rooms of
Bernard Herrera the superintendent
causing the death of his wife and "a
possible loss of Herreras sight, and
injury to Sarah Fughtman. a boarder.
was arrested today on the charge of
homicide after making a fun confess
sion to the police
To illustrate his confession the pris-
oner constructed at police headquar-
ters a bomb similar to that exploded
in the Herrera fiat. tarrelTs motive
according To the police. was revenge
for his impending discharge. Tho
bomb was So much like the bomb ex-
ploded IN the homes of Judge Rosalski
and Mrs. Helen Taylor that the police
hope to connect Farrell with these
crimes. Mrs. TAYLOR was killed.
Later Farrell astonished the police
by calmly rcciting he sent the bomb
which killed Mrs. Helen TAYLOR "a year
ago, adding that Mrs Taylor was his
daughter Next Farrell solved the
mystery surrounding the sending Of
bomb last year to Judge Rosalasky.
Finally he explained the death Of
Kid Walker. slain i'm 1857.
He slew Mrs Taylor, he said. be-
cause she was his daughter and had
gone wrong. Walker was killed. ne de
clared. by a man named Lestrang be
cause Walker caused Mrs Taylor's
downfall The attempt on Rosalsky's
life, he added, was made because the
Judge sentenced "A criminal. unnamed
to twenty years Imprisonment. The
bomb was sent to the judge by a man
known TO Farrell only as Tony" Her
rera's life was sought because Herrera
said nc would discharge him from his
job as janitor
Before the astonished detectives the
maker of deadly bombs constructed e
dummy Internal machine. explained
how To make IT, what 10 put i'm it. how
il was operated and what the damage
would be If person should open IT,
The Taylor and Rosalslly bombs. he
said We're entrusted to the mails. In
the case Of Herrera. ne crept upstairs
when Herrera was away and placed
the bomb. wrapped in pasteboard box.
on the landing outside the door. He
insisted, however, he intended only To
scare the family
Arrested yesterday as material
Witness Farrell confessed only after
an an night grilling
Unless this man Is crazy" said
Commissioner Dougherty, we have
caught the most dastardly criminal
that has como 20 the attention of the
police for hfty years"
The attempt on RosalsRys life was
made during the height Of the Brandt
case at the time when interest focused
ON the thirty year sentence imposed
10y the judge on Brandt Mortimer
Schins valet The instrument was
sent TO the iurisrs home and placed on
the library table. He did not like its
appearance and notified the bureau of
combustibes. Inspector owen opened
IL i'm the library and an explosion foi-
lowed, his hand and shoulders being
lacerated.
Kidd Walker was shot down on the
Bowery 26 wears ago. His taking OF
caused a sensation al the time. but the
slayer was never found
Mrs. TAYLOR. or Grace Walker. was
killed a year ago. An internal instru-
ment was made to resemble a box or
candy and mailed at the Grand Central
station. Opcnine il she was instantly
killed. ana until today the identity of
the assassin was unknown.