The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-13
Thousands of Tenement Dwell
ers in Yorkville Routed
From Their Beds.
TERROR IN DISTRICT.
Cousin Of DR.. Scimeca, Whose
Child Was Kidnapped, Oh
ject of Black Hand Plot.

The underground traii OF the Black
Hand suddenly struck tangent With
First avenue In the Yor4<vile district
early to-day. and two heavily charged
bombs. exploding on the same avenue
within . mile of each other and with
not an hour between their rackinG de-
donations. spread swift terror through
long blocks Of tenements and the wards
Of eight hospitals.
Nicholas Mlleo OF No. 5r East Seven
ty-ninth street was hurt by one Of the
bombs. He was found. cut by flying
glass and with his clothing and hair
singed by the bombs flames. In front
OF the tenement Mt No. 1tGO First
avenue. which felt the shock Of the nrst
bomb. and after his wounds had been
patched up at the Reception Hospital,
he was detained for further question:
Ing.
The f'rst bomb roared its message o;
terror In the midst of crowded block
cf tenenents between Seventy-seventh
end Seventy-eighth street. The deadly
machine had been set In the hallway
leading to the stairs and a few feet
back from the front door. which had
been opened by the bomb setter.
Louis Seligman. IL special Waterman
employed by several storekeepers In
the nel1hborhood upon whom the dread
Of the Black Hand hangs heavy. saw a
sputtering spark OF red In the gloom OF
tho hallway and jumped to the conclu-
sion that II was a bomb. Seiigman ran
down the street to ind a policeman in
stead Of tackling the burning fuse him
self. Just as he had told Patrolmsn
Gamble of the red spark he had seen
back In the hallway at No. litO came
the roar Of the exploding bomb.
IMMEDIATE PANIC IN NEARBY
TENEMENrs.
The policeman and the Waterman
dashed back Just At the moment when
the tenements for blocks around were
disgorging their hordes OF scantily
dressed and wholly terrified sleepers.
The reserves OF the East sixty-seventh
street station had hard job shooing the
tenants bach to their beds and excite
ment dubbed for an hour and more.
The bomb went off in the hallway
adjoining the drug store OF Francisco
Brancato. who lives at No. $40 East
Sixty-seventh street. The shoe store OF
Joseph Krause was on the other side
OF the hallway. but Krause's nationality
let him out, In the eyes OF the police.
from any possibility OF being the Black
Hand victim.
AS soon as the druggist had reached
the scene OF the explosion he gasped
and threw up his hands.
"Ah, l knew that was meant for my
store" he shouted and then he got
grip OF caution on himself and refused
to explain why he had the premonltIon.
He denied that he had received any
Matchmaking letters or that he had ar
enemy who might have done the trick.
He did admit. however. that he was .he
cousin OF DIR. Enrlco Scimeca, the
wealthy physician OF No. 4 Prince streat,
whose four-year-old son was kidnapped
two years ago and held for ransom
four months. Scimeca 10 credited Dy
the police with having paid to Get hi,
boy back.
SECOND EXPLOSION HEARD IN
SEVEN HOSPITALS.
The second bomb at No. 1I43 First
avenue was the one which spread the
widest CONSERVATION and affected the
patients in the Flower Hospital at
Sixty-third street and Eastern Boule-
ward. the Manhattan Maternity Hos
pital on East Sixtieth street, the Man
haitian Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital.
the Presbyterian. Hahneman and the
smaller Misericordia and Italian Hos
pitals.
This bomb was placed In front OF the
fruit store owned by Nincenzo Aprea.
which adJoins the shoe store Of Giuseppe
scudara. All OF the windows In both
stores and along the face OF the Ave-
story tenement above the two stores
went out with the explosion and the
walls OF the shoe store were smashed.