The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-08-22
BLACK HAND" PUT
BOMBAT MAYORS
OFFICE TO SCARE
Inspector Believes Dynamite
Plot Was Scheme to Stop
Activity Of Police.
CAMBRIA IS ONLY CLUE.
Detectives Have Rounded Up
SO Blackmailers and %
Have Been Held.
CAMBRIA IS ONLY CLUE


tectives working under him became con-
WINGED to-day that the placing Of four
sticks Of powerful dynamite primed and
capped and with fuse lighted under the
windows OF Mayor Gaynor's suite OF
ofhces on the Broadway side OF City
Hail. where the dangerous stun was
discovered. UNEMPLOYED. yesterday. was
q deliberate act Of defiance on tho part
Of some Black Hand" dynamiters and
a threat TO call the police of their trail.
That the dynamite was designed to
explode and do damage to the City Hall
Is proved by the hslf-burned fuse found
attached 70 the broken stick In the
bundle OF four. But that the bundle
found near the door Of the Marriage
License Bureau was Of the type OF the
scare bomb" designed to impress .
victim Of the power Of the BLACK Hand
rather than to do any great amount Of
damage. 10 also the opinion OF Inspector
Of combustibies owen Esan and 1nspec-
tor Faurot. Had the dynamite exploded.
unconnned As II was In any metal case.
II would have shaken bricks out OF the
foundation OF the City Hall and broken
much glass. but would not have done
the damage Of half that amount OF ex-
plosive In close confinement.
PACKAGE THE SAME As ONE
USED ~ "olAck HAND"
It was Inspector Egan's positive
Identification Of the dynamite package
as being similar in every detail to one
found In . hallway At No. is% First
avenue on Aug. I that gave Acting
Captain Tunnsy and Inspector Faurot
their hrst reason for attributihg the
placing Of the dynamite at City Hail
to motives Of bravado and defiance on
the part Of professional biackmaiiers.
Other circumstances siren gthsnsd this
opinion.
Tho bomb In the First avenue hail.
way was swathed about by blue Ital.
Ian cambria in identical fashion. A
punk served a. fuse and at its end
were tied several matches designed to
set the punk burning. The victim Of
tho First avenue bomb was a wealthy
italian who had been cooperating with
the detectives in an effort to stamp out
the Black Hand criminals OF the east
side. He had received private warm
ings that unless he desisted his place
would be dynamited.
The finding OF the dynamite yesterday
- - 49, 0A1
vatore Zaccaria, man suspected Of
harborinG q nest Of BLACK Handlers" In
his saloon At No. 32S East Twelfth street.
was sentenced to three months for vio-
lation Of the Sullivan law. BY the Arrest
Of zaccaria the detectives broke up. 20
they believe. one Of tho most active
centres Of the dynamitins industry.
The night between the "Black HAND
dispensers Of dynamite and powder
bombs and the detectives set 10 catch
them has been waged intermittsntiy. II
was only short time ago tina, Commits
| sioner Waldo. spurred by this fact that
one hundred bombs had been set since
the frst Of the year. put Lieut. DOM
mick Reilly In charge OF q squad oi
| Italian sleuths with orders TO rouni W
| the blackmaiiers. Forty were gathered
| In and of this number twenty-eiRht were
held and are now awaiting trial or
various charges.
This roundup by the police has
brought the affairs OF the dypamitsrs
to q crisis, and. 20 Inspector Faurot
believes. led TO yesterdays deliberate
act Of defiance.
STRIP or CAMBRIA 10 THE ONLY
CLUE.
Moreover, the placing Of the dyna.
mite beneath the windows OF the
Mayors office would react favorably
for tho Black Handlers" the detec-
tives believe. These criminals could
point pridefuily to the fact that they
were able to put dynamite below the
offices OF the city's chief magistrate
without being hindered by the police
a potent indication Of their power.
The only clue the detectives have &c
work on in the case 10 the scorched
strip Of blue italian cambric which
bound the dynamite sticks together,
and that 10 OF doubtful value. So much
dynamite 10 being used below ground
In New York and Brooklyn At present
that It will be practically hopeless to
try to run down the place whore the
stioks now In the hands OF lnspscto'
Esan were obtained. Dynamite psssss
as currency In some Italian saloons
where the Black Hand agents fore
gather.
Detectives sent by Inspector Faurot e
Fire Headquarters to-day received from
Lloyd willis. secretary to Commissioner
johnson, a list OF thirty.tv0 places IL
Greater New York where y per cent
dynamite. the type represented by tn,
sticks found under the Mayors window
yesterday. Is used ir surface excavation
The detectives will visit all OF thes'
places In the hope OF determining wher,
the explosive found yesterday was OBJ
ta.ned.