Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-14
EFFORT MADE TO WRECK ~.
PATRlck,s CATHEDRAL AND
ST. Az, ,Hsos nEcToxx
FRAem $ 9 OF eoMss ,Np,-
cs 5 WORK OF ONE PERSON
Liv g Fifty srperIlsd BY Bomb
ed Within Cathedral Second
Bomb Thrown in Reetery Yard 3svsn
Hours Laesr-Invasion Of Church BY
Unemployed Lass Spring Recalled.

New Yurk, Oct. 14.-F,rom bits oe
iron picked up tn both st. Patrick's
cathedral and in tho yard of tho st.
Alphonsus rectory. in West Broad
way. the police believe that the bombs
! exploded yesterday afternoon and early
today at the two edihces were the
work Of tho same person or persons.
That the bomb In the cathedral was
placed there by demented person was
the opinion expressed by Monsignor
L4avelle. who left the scene OF the ex-
ploston few minutes before it oc-
CURED. Tho explosion rendered . boy.
kneeling in prayer thirty feet away.
unconscious, and tore q hole in the
floor several feet wide. splintering
nearby pew doors and clipped the
marble ceiling.
Lives Of Many EndarpsrsA.
Late Tuesday afternoon some ono
placed bomb IN st. Patrick's cathsd-
raj on the floor near the baptistry
which stands against the north wall
adjoining tho Fifth avenue entrance
There were about nfty persons IN the
cathedral at the time and most Of
them were kneeling. Not a soul. how.
ever. saw any suspicious looking pr.
son, man or woman.
At 4:45 o'clock the bomb exploded
Several candlesticiks on affairs fels
crashing. Those who were In tho
building said the roar and echo re-
verberating thru the great Dove were
dearening in their intensity. Tho re-
port was heard for half q milo IN Ill
directions.
No Ono Seriously Hurt.
No ono was seriously hurt ana the
Damage was trivial. The furce of ths
explosion seemed to b downward, The
dynamite Eouging . hole about tAreo
| feet IN diameter in tho stone 4aon -
| the floor.
! John Rodgers, . hseboS UDo -
kneeling m . pew twanty 4AsG 0Ng
was struck on the forehead hN = saneu
nat piece Of iron which had oDsue -
force in fight. A biz Of tho 1kaa W0D
cut. but otherwise he was unin5a1u
st. Alphonsus Priest injured.
The bomb in the areawny az Ot. H
phonsus church sexp!odcd seven hours
after the one at the cathedral and
slightly injured priest. Gt n befloved
to have contained a higher charge Of
explosive from the fact that windows
in the rectory and nearby BUILDINGS
were shattered or iooseued so that they
Ioll IrO(n IHhT lTdfI16S. no SlOCN OIL
both explosions was felt for several
blocks.
Between the explosion OF the two
bombs. man. who said he was olaf
Olsen. stationed himself at the en-
trance of Holy Trinity church in West
Eighty second street. and began to de-
liver on anti clerical speech and to
shout Objectionable remarks Mt per-
sons entering and coming out of tho
church. In common with several 9TH
or churches last spring. st. Alphonsis.
ON March o. was visited by an army Of
unemployed under the leadership OF
Frank Tannenbaum. The mon forced
their way into the church and almost
all OF them were arrested Tame nbaum
was found guilty Of participating tn an
unlawful assemh!ase ana sentenced -
servo n year In tho blackwell Island
penitentiary and TO pay n fine of $500
He has served little more than half
OF his term