Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-06
BOMB FACTORY AND
 INFLAMMAToRY LITERATURE.
New York House Where Four Were Killed Was Center-k w. w. Leaders Deny caron-Had Been Refused Ad- mission, They Say.

New York. July 5.-In the ruins of the Lexington avenue tenement house wrecked yesterday oy the premature combustion of a powerful explosive which killed Arthur Caron and three other people, the authorities today found evidence that Carons' apartment was a>center for the distribution of in- hammatory literature which was print ed there and that at the time of the explosion 1t was apparently bomb factory. filled with the ingredients of death dealing missiles
 A small printing press, revolution- ary pamphlets and circulars, an elec- tric dynamo, two electric batteries cartridges and bits of steel were among the things uncovered in the search. which tend. in the opinion of the po- lice, to show an anarchistic plot at assassination.
 Theor~ of Plot.
 That demonstration, halted by the bungling of someone who was prepar- ing an internal machine for it's mis- sion. was planned against the Rocke- Teller family at Tarrytown, is the the ory upon which the authorities are working.
 Were to Be Tried Today.
 Two of those killed in the wrecked apartment were prominent agitators who were to be placed on trial in Tar rytown tomorrow on charges of disQr- derly conduct in connection with the campaign of demonstration inaugural ed against John D. Rockefeller, Jr., as protest against his attitude in the Colorado coal mine strike
 The body of the fourth victim of the explosion was found today It was that of Charles Berg, known in L w. W. circles as The Big Swede" an as- sociate of Arthur Caron, who was also killed The other victims were Charles Hanson and Mary Claves. The woman lived in an apartment next to4the one occupied by Caron and his associates. IdentfN cation of Berg,s body was made by Louise Berger. step-sisteF of Han- son, who lived in the flat where the fatal explosion occurred.
 Caron Not an l., w. w. Equally interesting with the diseov- cry by the police of anarchistic liter atsFe and electrical machinery in the ruins of Caron's room was the asser- ton by I. W. w. leaders that Carox was not member of that oFganiza- l tion, having recently been refused ad- mission. They declared that the I. W ". had nothing to do with the explo- sion, Why CaRon was denied 8 place among the workers was point which l they did not make clear.
 After hours of searching though Garon's rooms, the authorities were l able, from the positions the bodies oc- | Cup1S0 WuSfl. 1OthA1, L0 Judge or Cne {! manner in which the explosion occur red Caron's body had been hurled l through a window to the fire escape Berg was buried in the wrec9sage jus1 | under the window. The police are o1 i the opinion that the two men were | standing near each other and wers blown toward the window, CaEon ge- ing through and Berg striking the wall Severed Hand Ciatci1ed Wire. |
 A gruesome but suggestive piece ei | evidence uncovered was severed hand I which c1utched two small pieces oi
 wire made ready for connections Tn,
 authorities believe that the owner O.
 this hand was in the act of making al electrical connection for one of ths
 bombs and battery when the explo
 sion occurred and he was blown tt 1 pieces, leaving the hand a mute wit
 ness of the manner in which the trage | dy occurred.