Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-03
Tell Of Finding Dynamite.


feet away.
Tell Of Finding Dynamite.
A number of the officials and en-
ployes Of the Department of Agricul-
case was called this morning. How
ever. the only ones called were Robert
NJ. Reese, chief clerk of the depart
ment; G. E. Beckman. L. E. Eaton and
Policemen Simpson, who made the ar
rest, and Horton. who gave some ex-
pert testimony as to the explosive
found In the basement.
Chief Clerk Reese declared that about
ten minutes of yesterday afternoon he
down the corridors shouting that the
building was about to be blown up. He
said he was in his office and did not hear
the shouts Of Jauch. With G. E. Beck
man. he said. he went to the basement
and found the dynamite on the shelf
where. he said. Beckman had placed it.
Il carried the explosive out of the
building, placed It under a tree and then
went back and interrogated Jauch." he
said. Il asked him what he meant by
that part Of the building say tho fuse
flaming, and told how he had extin.
gutshed It with his fingers. at the same
time displaying his burned hand"
Under Secretary's Office.
@. E. Beckman said that he heard the
shouts Of Jauch and located him in the
ONCE of the assistant secretary OF the
department II tapped him on the Shout
der and told him to show me where the
dynamite was. He went with me to the
cellar and pointed 1t out to me-behind a
sack against the wall near the emergency
room and just under the Office Of the Sec
rotary Of Agriculture. I picked up the
fuse, on the shelf, where it remained
until It was carried out Of the building. a
few minutes later
The burned fuse and the four sticks of
dynamite. wrapped up in oiled paper,
were produced in court, and were identi-
fed by Mr.. Beckman as having been
found by him in the basement Of the de-
partment building.
Policeman Simpson told Of the arrest OF
Jauch and of the confession.
Jauch said, according to Simpson. that
he had some trouble with a man by the
name of Null or Hull. who had been pro-
NOTED over him, and that he wanted to
be promoted for bravery.
Policeman Horton, lingering the fuse
and decorating cap. said that he had
worked in powder factory. He said the
primer was one with a thirty two-pound
ploding the dynamite. The dynamite he
said, without the cap would not explode
but would only burn. He said that the
four sticks which he had before him
were the highest type of explosive made
naming the technical composition. He
| said the four sticks were enough to blow
down the whole Police Court building
Law Bearing on Case.
The section Of the code under which
the charges were placed against Jauch /.
S25a, making it unlawful to place an.
kind of an explosive substance agains
or about any building, structure or monu
ment with the intent Of destroying it, al
| though no damage IL done.
The affair happened shortly beorfe :
| o'clock yesterday afternoon. and wher
Jauch went rushing through the corridor.
of the building shouting for the clerks
to run for their lives. there was rush
for the exits in all parts of the building
panic was averted only after great effor
| on the part Of the officials and some O
| the clerks.
Assistant Secretary B. 7. Galloway wa.
| in his Office adjoining that Of the secre
| tary at the time the explosive was found
Secretary Houston is in Missouri attend
ing the commencement Of the Universit!
of Missouri. Jauch, who formerly was
| y, O06l
under treatment for nervous trouble re
| Gently at the National Soldiers HON,
Hospital. Jauch, it was further said, hat
suffered severe injuries to his head while
several years ago. He has been EN-
ployed in the department for five years
Jauch told the police that he had pur
chased the dynamite at Springfield. Ohio
turned Monday from visit to his mother
Soon after the excitement died dow
Jauch was taken into custody and close
ly questioned. and confessed. According
to the police. he explained that he di,
not light the fuse after he had deposited
the dynamite in the building He burne,
the fuse down to the end Monday Will
| alone in his room. and then carried tn
dynamite with the burned fuse attache
to its setting in the basement Of tn
and get q promotion. If everything
worked well.
To the police, it is said, he rehearse
a long story Of blasted hopes and man
sacrifices made for his widowed mother
who. he says. Is dependent on him 70
regularly. he said. and his one ambition
he went on. was to appear before her a
a man holding a responsible government
position in Washington
Jauch said. according to the police, tina
the officials had not been treating hir
right. having refused promotions whe
he asked for them from time to time. H
then concocted this scheme to win him
self promotion.
''It was a kind Of foolish thing to do,
he is reported to have told the police
"Of course, the scheme seemed right cley
er for time I was patting myself O.
the back and thinking how smart l wa
to think 1t all up by myself"
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