The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-13
SINGING OVER WORK
YOUNG GIRL BLOWN
To HORRIBLE DEATH
Opens Package Containing
Bomb or Internal Machine
Police Believe Was Intended
for Her Employer.
Other Employees in Room Have
Miraculous Escape From
Girls Fate---Lead Followed
by Police May Lead to Early
Capture of Criminal.

NEW YORK. Dec. IA young
girl. Ida Anusewitz singing over her
work of opening the days mail for
her employer. William H. Callahan.
IN the office Of the o. *. Bottling
company. at 52S West Thirty eighth
street, this morning was so dreadfully
injured by the explosion of an infer
nal machine just received by express,
that she died twenty minutes later.
1t was mere chance. the accidental
detention by young man who want
ed advice. that saved Mr.. Callahan.
the owner OF the factory. from Miss
Anusewitz's fate. The police believe
that the internal machine. or bomb
there wern't enough fragments left
to determine precisely what sort of
rnurderous machine II was--was
meant for Callahan himself. The
maker with frightful irony had writ
ten on the cover of the parcel. along
with the address OF the bottling COM
pany Surprise Independent Com
pany."
Explosion Terrific.
Another man, Thomas McCabe, the
managing salesman of the company,
who was alone in the office with Miss
Anusewitz. the bookkeeper ana ste
nographer, and who was Joking with
hSF ABOUT AsT merry spirits as ne tiiS
watched her unwrapping the express
package. was thanking his lucky stars
today that he was not killed or Grip
pied for life. III stood within four
feet Of tho unfortunate girl. was hurl-
ed to The floor and ar0ae, only slightly
hurt. TO see Miss AnusewitZ. hardly
recognizable as anything human,
crumpled In front Of the office safe.
Michael Ryan. a stableman, who was
outside the once on the chipping
floor. was cut by glass splinters that
were driven through shattered win
dow.
with no motive even conjecturabIe.
with tho usual clues lost in the wreck
age OF the Office. the. police had enc
definite lead and one only-that the
Internal machine was contained In
package delivered TO the bottiing COM
pany's office at SlZ A. NJ. by a driver
for an express company. But inside
Of four hours, Commissioner Dough-
erty and his detectives had accom-
piished a splendid piece OF work. They
had obtained an excellent description
Of the young italian who took the
package at 4:15 T. NJ. on Thursday
To a branch Office of the Adams In
press company. at Isl Bowery.
Have His Description.
That IS the man, so cunning and
dsvelish that he is described by Com
missioner Dougherty as one of the
most dangerous criminals of the age,
whom the whole police and detective
force OF New York Is searching for.
nougherty was sure tonight he would
have him at police headquarters with
In forty-eight hours
And while this hunt for the man is
on, many side Investigations are being
undertaken In the hope of establishing
a motive. There, TO the police. Is the
inexphcahle part of the whole affair
Miss Anusewitz, not long graduated
from the Washington Irving high
school, devoted to her first employ
ment, interested IN the work OF the
Educational Alliance. fond Of music
and fond of thoughtful literature. a
teacher In the neighborhood of her
East Side home, was an unusual sort
of girl. not the sort with past tnat
could react 40 violently. Mr.. Gala
han. her employer. expressed the be-
lief that she had not an enemy in the
world.
Nothing. however. that can suggest
itself. Is being left undone by. the de-
tectives On the ground that a. man
named Donohue lost an eve by the
explosion In the bottling works, and
was unsuccessful in a suit for dam
ages, the police are looking for DON
ohue for the purpose of questioning
him in the general inquiry,