New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-10
ANOTHER BOMB SCARE
FOR BRONX POLICE
Mysterious Package Found in
Hallway StirS Up Much
Excitement.
MAN SEEN SNEAKIMG AWAY
Officials Ridicule Theory That
Pasteboard Box Is Dangerous,
but They Are Taking No
Chances by Opening 1t.

Within block Of the APARTMENT
house ~ No. 1855 Fulton avenue The
Bronx. where a bomb killed Mrs. Made
l'nr herrera last Monday niGh, the po-
lice found last night what they believe
to DE another internal machine. al
though until the Bureau of Combusti-
hleS has examined the package this
will not be determined
The suspicious package was first
found by Herman Goldberg, of No. 1415
Fulton avenue, who saw the thing.
wrapped i'm yellow packing paper. lying
or III" floor of thn Ncstibulc. Remember
ing the explosion of the Herrera bomb.
Goldberg. who was with his wife and
child. jumped from the vestibulc and
ran to telephone. He called up the
fremont police station and told Lieu
tenant Thompson that he believed the
pacs#cc To be another bomb.
Thompson at once rang the bell to
tn" back room and summoned the re-
serves. lie then detailed Patrolmen
Porter. Gilbert and Keeling and Dctec-
tives Hcmcy and Conway 10 go To- the
Fulton avenue apartment house. The
policemen jumped on a trolley car and
hustled over To the place where the
supposed bomb was lying.
scorns Advice. Gets Package.
\ crowd OF more than two hundred
persons was gathered about the door
way of the apartment house. although
none ventured to step inside the vcsti-
bulr Rcmey scoruins the advice Of
several persons. walked into the yesti-
bulc ana picked mp the package.
Guarded front, sides and rear boy the
other policemen. Romey marched back
To- the station house. followed by "a
crowd OF several hundred persons
At the station house hc deposited
the mysterious package ON the desk IN
front Of Lieutenant Thompson. Ncith@r
Thompson nor Captain McDerm1tt.
who was also behind the desk. tclisncd
the proximity of the possible danger
lurking in the innocent looking pack
age. but finally THOMPSON grittcd his
teeth and took mold sngcrly. He was
ABOUT 90 open the parcel which W.s
tied with Il string, but Captain 40
Dermott strongly advised against his
and Thompson was perfectly willing
To obey his superior.
Picking his steps with great care.
Thompson. directed by Captain Nc
Dermott. took the package 10 lAe far
end of the room and placed 1t gently
on The floor. whore il Will rcposc until
the Bureau ol Combustbics takes
charge OF 90. The parcel measures
about four 10y six inches and is about
two inches deep. u weighs about two
pounds. and seems 60 bee packed sol
idly. There was me- writing on the
paper. and the thing was tied with
ordinary Irvine
Strange Man Seen Near House.
A. result Of the Investigation made
bv the detectives they learned from
Mrs. Hannah Sauerlnar, Of No. h4S
81 Paurs Place. just around the cor
ner from where the package was
found. that strange man sneakcd
ont OF the vc~tibule of the house at
10. i41j Fulton avenue few mintes
before the package was fond 10y Gold
berg This man, according to MIS-.
Sauerman. ran across the street and
disappeared in Crotona Park, opposite.
The police scout the theory that the
package contains bomb. They are
inclined to believe the package was
placed there by some practical joker.
probably "A child. Another theory is
that the article was put there 10y some
Of the tenants in apartment houses IN
81. Paurs Place, who were forced to
move ont two months ago because the
landlords raised the rents.