The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-03-22

occurred and he was hurled back on the
bad.
capt. Price talked with him about
this story for several hours. lie men
toned finding the powder and Klotz
had no explanation to offer az to his
possession OF 1t. klotz said the weapons
found had been left to him by his father.
a German soldier.
Confesses TO "Eaperime ting"
At length the detectives, after telling
klotz there was no use making mys-
terry out Of the case. induced klotz to
own up. This is his later story, as given
out by Capt Price:
"I'yc been experimenting with smoke
less powder in an attempt to Improve IL.
know Dr. Maxim, the explosive expert
and he told me there was lot OF money
waiting for the man who could perfect
smokeless powder. I've been studying
up on the subject, and this afternoon
determined to spend the extra time
given To me in seeing what could 40
several days ago the plumhers
came to my house. and after they had
left | found n piece of lead pipe i'll the
cellar took this to my room AFTER
got home Yesterday Then ! took some
black gunpowder some smokeless pow
der and some bichlorioc OF potash.
mixed this up and intended to put 1t
into the lead pipe.
81 planned to take the lead pipe out
into the country some day soon ana
explode the contents, to see how little
smok. the mixture had made would
cause.
II then began to put the mixture into
the lead pipe. The friction caused the
explosion. and the next thing | knew
| was lying across the bed. injured 10y
the high explosive | had mixed"
Capt Price said that klotz said Ia
had lied in his first story. fearing that If
II became known that he was expert
menting with high explosives and kept
them in his house he might get into
trouble
Victims Of other Bombs.
Grace Walker was killed by IA bomb
which exploded in her home at l03
West Seventy seventh street on febru-
airy 3. 1912. This was one Of the first
and most important OF the bomb out
RACES that have kept the detective de-
pprtment ~ the present administration
busy ever since.
While detectives were still looking for
the sender of the Grace Walker bomb
Judge otto \. Rosalsky received
through the mails at his apartments IN
the Hendrix Hudson, riverside Drive
and l1Oth street. bomb which ex-
ploded when Inspector owen Ecar
opened it. This was on March l6, 1912.
All this time bombs were whanginc
away on Mott and other streets where
weekly explosion usually in the small
hours is To be expected. But som
missioner Dougherty said that the
sender Of the Grace Walker and Rosal-
sky bombs was the same man and tha,
he showed superior skill to the manu-
facturers II the ordinary crude affairs.
Madeline Herrera Killed.
lust day less than a year after the
murder of Grace Walker. on February
Of this year. Madeline Herrera, wife
Of the cuban superintendent of an
apartment house at llI5 Fulton ave-
nue. The Bronx. was killed by the en-
plosion Of an Internal machine in her
home. Her husband found package
without an address on il lying in the
vestibue NJ his apartment house. He
'tbk " IN Ine mouse ana Nnlie MS vile
was opening IT the bomb went off.
At the time Commissioner Dougherty
said that he believed tn. bomb was d
gaspipc Contrvance ike the Walker
and Rosalsky bombs and manufactured
by the same man that sent the other
two. All the bombs he said, were made
in a hnN in such n way that when the
lid was lifted the bomb was exploded
L., l,. ~f ..In a,,.,.,
John Paul Farrell. janitor of the
apartment house, apparently feeble
minded was arrested and brought 10
headquarters. After his examination
fessed 1" sending all three bombs. While
they were eNultinG over their capture
however. Farrell told newspaper men
that he had been browbeaten by the
police and that as matter Of fact he
had never sent any bombs lie is now
in the Tonhs
Ever sine" the Herrera murder
alarmed residents If The Bronx have
hecn finding packages which they were
sure contained Internal machines bu,
which turned out to be harmless.
The bomb or contrIvance described
10y klotz a. his was of much the same
character as the one that killed Mad
cline Herrera. The Herrera home is
only two blocks distant from the Klot2
home.