Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-06
FOUR BLOWN TO PIECES.
I. w. w. Anarchists Believed to Hav'
Been Victims Of Own Bomb.

]. w. W. AnarcniSeo believed 20 0aVo
Been Victims Of Own Bomb.
New York. July 6.-Three men and a
woman were killed Saturday when a
dynamite bomb. said to be the most
powerful ever used in this city. ex-
ploded with tremendous force In an
apartment tenanted by Industrial
Workers Of the World. The upper part
Of the six story tenement house in
When the bomb was being made, was
wrecked.
A score Of persons were seriously In
jured and much property damage was
done In q wide radius from the scene
Of the explosion.
Thoss Aead and those who escaped
injury In the apartment included L w.
w. men who were defendants in the
trial to begin today In Tarrytown, N.
Y, where they were arrested for
creating disturbance q few weeks
ago. They went to the village to make
demonstrations outside the Pocantico
Hills estate Of John D. Rockefeller
where John D. Rockefeller, Jr., had re-
tired after being heckled in front of his
office at 2e Broadway. In this city. by
I. w. w. members and sympathizers,
including members Of Upton Sinclairs
free silence league. Their activities
here arose from the coal mine strike
troubles In Colorado where Mr.. Rookie
feller, Jr., has mining interests.
Think It Was Victims Bomb.
AS soon as one Of the bodies Of those
killed in the explosion had been iden-
titled as that Of Arthur Saron. who
came here from Boston and who was
one Of the defendants in Tarrytown.
the police began their investigation Of
the explosion on the theory that a
bomb was being constructed by Caron
and others for possible use at the I.
w. w. hearings in Tarrytown on Mon
day. Since the arrest Of the agitators
in that village there have been rumors
OF threats to town officials II the de-
fendants were not released.
Late Saturday the police escorted
from the Office of Emma Goldman's s
publication, Mother Earth" to a po:
lice station, group Of agitators, in
cluding Marie Cans. arrested some
time ago for making outdoor speeches
in which she threatened to shoot John
D. Rockefeller, Jr. Miss CAM was re-
leased Saturday morning from the
Queena county Jail after serving q
term as a result Of her speechmaking.
All Met Friday Night.
The cross examination disclosed that
all the eleven defendants. who are out
on bail, met here last night with Alex
ander Berkman. anarchist, and others
at the headquarters Of the Francisco
Ferrer school, to devise a way to aid
the spersopS 1acing trial Monday. The
conferences included leaders Of the so
called Anti Militarist League, which
seeks to discourage workmen from
Joining the state national guard.
Present at this meeting, according to
statements to the authorities, were
Carl Hansen, member Of the star Of
Mother Earth. and Carl Berg. "a, a car
penter one Of the Terrytown defend
ants Hansen was blown to pieces in
the explosion. Part Of his body was
found ON q church roof and part on the
car tracks in the streets. Berg Is miss
ing and 81 counted among the victims.
The other person known to have been
killed was Mary Claves, 65 years old, q
sigarmaker. who occupied an apart
ment adjoining the one In which the
explosion occurred.
sg Police Find Evidence
In support Cs the police theory that
bomb was beifig made for use In Tar
rytown. : search Of Carson's apart
Il sment disclosed two dry batteries wired
for use, q loaded revolver. cartridges
and partly constructed blackjack, to-
gether with bowl Of yellow substance
thought to have been used in bomb
construction.
Statements to the police indicated
that the group at the Francisco Ferrer
school disbanded about midnight last
night. Earon, Hansen, Berg and q
fourth man, Mike Auspenti, who came
!. here from Chicago about two weeks age
I left together and went to the apart
ment where the explosion occurred AT
1895 Z Lexington avenue between One
4 SInndrA1 AnA Ascond and Ono Hundred
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