New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-03
Intended for Garment Strike
Breakers in Bronx House.
It WreakS Death and
Injury to Others.
LIKE FATALITY A YEAR AGO
Ten Families Stampede in
Panic as Terrific Explosion
Rocks Building from
Cellar to Roof Amid
Shrieks of Victims.

jus. year ago. lacking :; day. from
the date Helen TAYLOR. a widow, was
Killed by an Internal machine sent TO
her home, No. lO3 West 18th street. a
bomb. which the police think may have
hoon intended for some strike breakers
ip the garment makers industry who
make their home al No. ifiJ Fulton
avenue. The Bronx. riddled tho body Of
one woman and sent two other persons
to Fordham Hospital in serious con-
clifton II exploded in H. apartment
Of Bernardo Herrera superintendent Of
the five story double apartment hou .
az that address. late !. { night.
The dcad woman is the wife OF tho
superintendent Mrs. Madeline Her
rcra. forty-Gve years old Herrera
himself has "a laccratcd head from be-
ing blown against tho wall by tn" force
of the explosion. and a piece Of ~"
steel ia his left eye. and a hoardcr IN
the family. Miss Sarah Fuchsran.
thirty years old. has tive wound, in
her breast five in her left arm. three
in her right and half-inch piece Of
steel i'm her skull The third hnger Of
he left hand was also blown off.
Miss Fuchsman was placed on the
operating table at the hospital as coon
as che arrived. and the doctors aeid
out hope Of her recovery at an early
hour this morning. She is the more
seriously injured of the two.
Miss Fuchsnan was forcwoman n a
cloak and suit factory in Walker street
She did not go ont on the garment
workers strike, and detectives are in
vestigating to see if tho bomb was
meant for her and was sent by anGercd
strikers or their sympathizers.
Deputy Police Commissioner Dough
erty. after investigating, said that the
bomb was evidently similar to the one
sent 10 Judge Rosalsky. of the Court
Of General Sessions, last summer
Ten Families Stampede.
The explosion caused CONSERVATION
in the apartment house and sent the
ten families which occupy II out int"
the street on the run. Their alarm was
communicated TO the crowds in Gro
tona Park. across the way, nd Tor a
time the police had hard work 20 re-
store order Tho fiat where the OK
plosion occurred was completely
~ L.. xtrari cod N hf
were in the midst Of supper were
thrown from their chairs.
Herrera, who is a Cuban, and wOl
at his trade Of cigar making besides
being superintendent of the house.
found the bomb in the vestibule Of the
apartment house OH his return from a
moving picture show last evening. l.
was wrapped in innocent looking white
paper and tied with a string 10 re-
semble box Of candy. Though ii was
unaddressed he picked it up and car
ried il into his fat. on the first floor,
with the idea OF asking the janitor,
John Farrell. where it came from.
The package aroused the curiosity Of
his wife. and when Miss Fuchsman
suggested that il might be present
from some admirer she was for open
ing IL on the spot. Herrera warned
AGAINST IL, but was overruled by the
two women. who pooh-poOhed ms Tears
Miss Fuchsman procured pair or scls-
sors and Mrs. Herrera cut the string.
Havoc Wrought by Blast.
Instantly terrific explosion shook
the fat. The dining room table, on
which the bomb was placed, was split
IN half as cleanly as though q gigantic
axe had fallen on IT. The sideboard
was blown to atoms. Pictures flew
through the windows and the plaster
fell in showers from the walls where
uleces Of the steel penetrated.
Patrolman Gilbert, Of the Bathgdte
avenue station. standing on post at
Wendover and Fulton avenues. heard
the eyplosion and rushed 10 the scene.
Giving what aid he could to the in
iured. he sent in an ambulance call 10
which several responded. Or. Muth. Of
Fordham Hospital, arrived first and
pronounced Mrs. Herrera dead. He re-
moved the others 10 the hospital.
Herrera remembered that numbes
az non-union workers in the garment:
factories made their homes IN his
house. whe.. questioned by the police.
With this clew Captain Samuel Price
and detectives started out last night 10
run down the sender.
shortly after the arrival OF Commis-
eioncr Dougherty, however. Herrera
u.os made a prisoner and was taken 10
tho Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital.
%o 30 East 9th street, i'll the cns-
todv Of detectives. for an immediate
.,orotion. Commissioner Dougherty
refused To make a statement folloNin ms
tho arrest Of Herrera.
The bomb that killed Helen Taylor
o, February :, 1912. was inclosed in
e,,,al wooden box that was 50 arranged
that when opened 10y the receiver 1t
ovrloded. In the room at the time was
Charles NJ. Dickinson, son of the post
master Of Champlain. y. Y, who was
o,rcstcd and n eXonerated by the
coroner. lie was but "A short distance
fron the woman when il WAS opened.
\ steel slug " h IL cdded itself III