New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-05


Ills.
II il was the intention OF the MAX
ers of the bomb to use it TO intimi-
date the Tarrytown officials, the plot
went askew. for among the victims OF
the explosion were Arthur Csron and
Carl Hausen, two of the anarchists
themselves. while third man,
Charles Berg, known TO have been
involved in the scheme, is missing
and his body is probably buried in
the mass of debris and wreckagc
caused by the explosion.
The known dead are:
Arthur Carou. an |. ". ". agitator
and a member Of the Francisco Ferrer
School at 63 East l07th ST., an associate
OF Alexander BeTkman, the anarchist.
and leading spirit in the Anti-Mili-
tarist League.
Carl Hansen. a disciple of Berkman
and Emma Goldman, and a member of
the staff of Mother Earth" the anar-
chist magazine.
Mary Chavez, twenty-five years old,
cigarmaker, who had no connection
with the ]. W. W., who was instantly
killed in her apartment. adjoining that
in which the bomb was exploded.
Missing: Charles Berg. an associate
Of Berkman and other anarchists. His
kaA sc haIf to H. -, L.
The house where the explosion oc.
Cured is one of the human rookeries
characteristic of the upper East Side.
1t contained thirty-fve apartments.
only two of which were untenanted.
The force of the explosion ripped the
roof from the structure and demolished
the outer walls on the Lexington az.
side in diagonal direction as far as
the second floor
The explosive which caused tho dam
age was undoubtedly dynamite, rs the
force of the concussion was downward,
and every floor in the forward portion
of the house was shattered into mass
Of splintered timber and wreckage
which filled the basement.
Only the fact that yesterday was a
holiday and most Of the occupants Of tho
house had left the place early TO spend
the day at neighboring pleasure resorts
prevented disaster, according 10 In
spector Owen Egan, Of the bureau OF
combustibles of the Fire Department.
"The bomb was Of the most powerful
construction ever employed in the per.
petration of an outrage Of this kind in
tais city" said Egan. 81 cannot under
Stand why there was not even a greater
loss of life"
The explosion, which shook the
neghborhood for blocks around and
shattered the windows OF buildings for
a radius of two hundred yards, occurred
at 9:16 yesterday morning. For time
il was thought to have been caused by
the detonation of dynamite stored IN
the Lexington ay. subway, but this
theory was quickly upset when the nat.
ure Of the explosion was studied.
The watchman in charge of the sub
way excavation also proved the fallacy
OF the suppostion when he explained
20 the police that there was no dyna-
mite stored in the big ditch within hall
mile of the scene of the accident.
When the body of man found dang
ling from the twisted and crJmpled
ruins of the fire escape was identified
as that of Caron, the anarchist. the frs.
inkling as to the real cause OF the ex-
plosion was CLEANED. Then Deputy
Police Commissioner Rubin dispatched
detectives to the Office Of Mother
Earth" and TO the Ferrcr School, and
gradually the tangled skein Of the an
archist plot was unravelled.
Torso Found on Roof.
The fearful force Of the explosion
can best BE- illustrated by the terrible
mutilaton Of the body Of Hansen.
whose mangled torso was found on the
roof of the DcutScher Evangelical
Church. which adjoins the tenement
house in which the Internal machine
was secreted. His right leg WAS found
lying in the middle Of Lexington ay.,
between the surface car tracks.
The apartment in which the explosion
happened was rented by Miss Louisa
Berger half sister of Hansen, one OF
the victims. Miss Berger. who is twenty
six years old. is also member OF the
Ferrer School. and a number OF her
comrades" shared the apart
ment with ter and her half brother.
This group included Berg, the missing
man; Caron ard Mike Auspenti, other
wise known as "Mikc Murphy" Aus
penti or Murphy. as he was best
known had been in this city only two
weeks. having come here from Chicago
at the beheSt of Emma Goldman, the
high prestess of the local "reds."
Friday night at the Ferrer School
Berg, Caron and Murphy at
tended a meeting called by Alexander
Berkman TO devise ways and means for
the defence Of the eleven |. W. ". agi-
tators arrested in Tarrytown, but since
on bail, whose trials are 20 be
held tomorrow in that town. The meet.
ing was attended by all the agitators
involved, as we'll as by number OF
thoir "~"~' radcs" - 'h~ - -e,liod sinner