The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-07
suffragettes Placed Internal Machine
Beneath the Throne In st.
Peters Cathedral But
Il Was Found.
MORE PROPERTY BURNED
Dickinson Bill Turned Down In the
House Of Commons by Vote Of
2s5 to 21s Aroused
Their Ire.

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a bomb with clock-work and battery at
n tachment, which was found under the
Fl bishops throne in st. Pauls cathed.
4 raj today, Is believed by the home
Hlof1ce to be the work Of suffragettes.
sla part of their threatened nationwide
slcampaign of revenge for the defeat of
1.-THE Dickinson bill, which the house of
.fcommons last night turned down by
sls66 to 219.
Il Another bomb was found by the po.
,Ilice In Bouverie street, opposite the
building Of the Evening Star and close
lby Temple Chambers.
il The cricket pavilion in Bishops
|rark, Fulham, was entirely destroyed
Thy fire and suffregette literature
1 scattered in the park, gave the po-
/ lice clue to the incendiaries.
The bungalow at Bex Hill and a
souse in Finchley Road, all unoccu-
pied, also were burned during the
night.
The cathedral yerger who found the
internal machine, plunged it into
bucket of cold water, and then turned
it over to the police who took 1t
10 the home Office for examination by
Mr. McKenna's explosive experts.
The attendant was attracted to tae
sekAncel scf the chnrch by TIM ticking
Of q clock. He was busting nearby,
about twenty minutes before time for
the daily opening Of st. Paul's and it
struck him as strange sound. In.
yestigation showed a parcel under the
chancel, wrapped in brown paper.
from which came the ticking.
Unwrapping the paper, the verger
found cnbical receptacle of iron,
about six inches square, with alarm
clock and battery attached, contriv-
sLce similar to the bombs used by
American iron workers in dynamit-
q ing.
AT the home Office officials were
reticient, but let it be understood
that the bomb was filled with high
explosive, nails and scraps of iron.
They said it was powerful enough to
have destroyed the entire altar. choir
and organ.
The bomb could not have exploded
{ at any time during the day without
endangering human life. st. Paul's
Is open to worshippers from early
morning to late afternoon and thera
always are a dozen or more persons
near the altar. sometimes many
times that number.
Home Secretary McKenna was
greatly perturbed when informed of
the finding of the bomb, for st. Paups
was supposed to be under the most
rigid surveillance. For several weeks
the cathedral has been under daily
IND nightly guard by Scotland Yard
tetectives, who were supposed to
( leep out all suspicious people
Sfotland Yard Immediately suspect
ed suffragettcs of placing the bomb,
though no clue to the possible per-
petrators Of the outrage was found by
the verger. The fact that the women
nave made threats against ST. Pau's
. and other important buildings turned
/ police attention to them.
That the bomb was man-made"
police experts say there is no doubt.
u Is no amateur affair made from a
canister, as was the one left at the
Grand hotel yesterday by Ada Ward.
| me st. Paul's bomb is the result of
skilled workmanship and thorough