The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-27
EXPLOSION IN STREET
GIVES NEW BOMB CLUE
Italian Arrested After Fingers
Are Blown OFF When TAX
ing Walk.
NOT KNOWN AS ANARCHIST

Several developments. including another
explosion and an arrest, gave hope to the
police yesterday that they might GET nen-
mite information concerning the persons
who have placed bombs in churches ana
courts recently. Although none Of the
facts obtained led to any guilty ners'n
they furnished many new avenues Oh IN
vest CATION
The first incident was an explosion IN
East Hath street IN The afternoon Az
tonic l.o,o. an Italian laoorcr maFF'eu
, and living al 400 East Tooth street was
walking through East llith street wheh
/ suddenly an explosion occurred ''dI
burned his face and blew Off the cnds VI
! the thumb and two fingers on his rlgh'
! hand and part OF the thumb and fore
finger OF the other hand
/ Lolo told the police and also owen
| Eagan Of the bureau OF combustlb'cs oil
! the Fire Department that he had picked
! up Eliminating cap In Long isiahd
few days ago and had it in his pocket
when it exploded. Loo who was ar
rested and taken TO tn Harlem Hospital
was subjected to rigorous examination
nv Eagan. who sad he did no; believe
Loio's story.
Enunn sure u Was Bomb.
II am satisfied" hc said .1s' light mat
l.olo was "ar,yinE . bono. ,omposed oil
an,imony and clhcr explosives. ana tn"t
the bomb exploded IL Ne carried 1t undtr
his overcoat and rear IS lace. TINS ~
indicated to me oy me rac' that his face
was burned, that rs nat was perforated
by slugs. and though MS oNr coat was no,
harmed, mis- other coat WAS pu'"c" "''
bore powder marks.
I,olo ia not SHOWN to be an anarchist
and he denied 20 t.e police That ne II Assoc
Iciated with ana! chiats or ~ meinptf Oh
the Free and dependent sons ot Mlle'u'
In whose headquarters AZ l53 tAerry stree
Ian explosion occurred Wednesday evening.
Three men were walking with Lolo al
the time of the explosion. Their names
we're taken and for time they were de-
tanned by the police. but afterward let go.
The police will investigate all OF Lolo's as
sociations and those OF his comrades.
| The other developments of the day were
the finding OF many papers and material
. in the headquarters OF the Mtlleto organ
i,ation. Guy Scull. secretary 10 Police
commissioner Woods, and Capt. Cray OF
the first branch OF the Detective bureau
spent the morning working on 'ht u'
tails of the explosion OF the previous
evening that resulted in the arrest OF
three men. who in the Tombs court
we're held in $4,000 hail each for exam
ina,ion tomorrow In addition pete,
tive. C;egan, Gildea and Lieut.. James "
Tunney. head of the anarch's' slu""'
! were busy.
! Analysts TO He Made.
Cant. Cray is convinced the men were
experimenting with some eNploSNe ~ W"
rear room of the headquarters ana tha'
, ,here was a mild explosion. lite gave
some OF the black material looking Ia the
notice much like black anthony. to MT
, Eagan for analysis, ana mu'h W."
, idepend on the result OF tha' test ~,
! men themselves say bono was nu' . ""
: through the window at them, nut the 20
h liica noint out that the windows were
: haired and that after the explosion ths
/, glass was found not inside the rooin' ou'
outside. ,. -,
F-,ncisco Ferrer. the anarchist on 'h'
ANNIVERSARY OF whose death bombs were
exnloded al St Patrick's Cathedral ano
. tho Catholic Church OF st. Alphonsus Inc
men arrested however, insisted they are
mot anarchists and 1t was learned tnes
= never have been REGARDED as cohi"0'eo
: with any annrchistic group. l
i The police found many letters ai'
naners aDparently connected with the or
L ranizatlon The letters were written II
q Sicilian They were taken q Police tiedu
y ana rters where a detective was SET "
= work to translate them and TO huht to
70 awning that looked like clue.
The organization mas about forty mem
hers II is hoped to obtain the name o
= every one, and their haunts ana hahU
viii be studied by the police. About wv
nounds OF powder was found In the room
a and also mortars such as are uSeu IN hhn
- ing fireworks. 1t was explained that IN
le Denomination had given celebration re
l. cently and had used fireworks ana II ais
re was asserted by the three men under ar
;, rest that the picture OF Ferrer frhu Jus
~ hannened to be in their headquarters AM
% had no s!enihcance whatever
=, Tuuuey Hunts for CIues.
Is Lieut.. Tunney spent much time yeste'
e. day endeavoring to hnd out sofne'hln
Il. about the three arrested men. He &c
he no clue TO suggest that the tnree eve
mingled with anarchists
EaRen did not have time to make n
~ investigation to ascertain whether IN
black material was anthony. He sal
however:
,y "A card was found in the room of Il
On organization telling OF fireworks fa'
ut tory 1t seems TO me that II the police II
ce vestigate all the fireworks factories ar
i'd look closely into the habits of the labore
az who go there they will get much evlden'
lie that NAV help to solve these bomb my
teries."
The three men under arrest are Fra
m cisco Castro 81, OF 1879 Cherry stree
Salvatore Gulinisi. IS. OF ICY Cheri
street. and John Vital, 20, OF las Cher
20 street.
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