The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-06
Anarchistic Literature and Electric Machinery Are Found in Ruins of
 Apartment
SEVERED HAND HOLDS
 SMALL WIRES READY
 FOR CONN TION s
Authorities Working on Theory That Demonstration Was Planned Against Rockefeller Family
 in rrytown-Agitators
 to Face Trial Today

New York, July 5--In the ruins of ths
 Lexington avenue tenement house wrecked yesterday by the premature ex-
 plosions of bomb that Killed Arthur caron and three other persons, the au- thorities today found evidence that Ca- rons apartment was center for tho distribution of inflammatory literature. which was printed there; and that at
 the time of the explosion it was appar-
 ently d bomb factory, filled with tho
 ingredients of death dealing missiles.
 A small printing press, revolutionary
 pamphlets and circulars an electric dy-
 namo, two electric batteries cartridges
 and bits of steel were among the arr
 tices uncovered, which tend, in the opin- ion of the police to show an anarchistic
 plot at assassination. That dempn- stration. halted by the bunglng of some one who was preparing an internal ma chine for it's mission, was planned against the Rockefeller family in Tar rytown, Is the. theory on which the au- | thorities working.
 Two of those killed In the wrecked apartment were prominent agitators who were to be placed on trial at Tarytown tomorrow on charges of disorderly con duct in connection with campaign of
 
 feller Jr., as a protest against his at titude in the Colorado coal mine strike. Fourth Victim Found | The body of the fourth victim was 1 found today It was that of Charles | Berg. known in |. W. w. circles as I the "bg Swede,' an associate of Caron. | The other victims were Charles Hanson
 and Mary Claves. The woman lived in | an apartment next to the one occupied | hx | 'u Iipf, ag Equally as Interesting is the discovery | by the police anarchistic literature and l electric machinery in the ruins of Carons | rooms was the assertion by l. w. W. l leaders that Caron was not q member of | that organization recently having been | refused admission. They declared the |. | w.. w. had nothing to do with the ex- | plosion. Why Caron was denied a place among the workers was a point they | did not make clear A suggestive piece | of evidence uncovered today was a sev- | cred hand, which ciutched two small pieces of wire made ready for connec- tions The authorities believe the owner of this hand was in that act of making an electric connection for one of tho
 bombs and battery when the explosion occurred.
 Anarchistic Literature Found The search for papers and notes was minute and some notebooks with tho names of several anarchists were found. There also We're pamphlets which had
 been sold at l. w. w. meetings. Ono
 poem, vitriolic attack on Christianity. Is believed to have been printed on the little press.
 Another of the papers found was an appeal for funds to pay the fine of Frank Tannebaum, sentenced to year in prison
 and fined $500 for disordery conduct in connection with an l. w. w. demonstra- ton
 Louise Berger and Eleanora Fitzger- aid. teacher In the Francisco Ferrer school were closely questioned today as to what they knew of bomb making in the flat. They disea.ned all knowledga of it. The police tried 10 trap Miss Ber- ger into admitting some knowledge of a
 plot to use the bomb. but not a single admission could be drawn from the young woman. A general alarm was sent out today for the arrest of Michael Murphy, whose real name is said to be Auspent, in the flat when the bomb ex- ploded, and whose escape Is considered miraculous. He was in the hands of the police short time after the explosion, but before the real nature of the case was learned. he was released.
 Alexander Berkman, anarchist and an association with Emma Goldman in tho publication of Moth Earth an anareh- istic paper tonight declared none of tho dead men was member of the L w. w..
 and that the agitation they had con-
 ducted was in behalf of the striking min- CTS in Colorado.
 party of sympathizers, including
 Perknan, will go to Tarytown tomor- row, he said, to attend the trials NO unusual precautions to guard the | farrytown courtrooms have been taken.
 Sheriff Doyle today said he did not an-
 ticpate trouble from friends of those to be arragned.
 Louise Berger declared the three nien who died in the explosion were murdered. She made this statement as she was being taken to police station for fur ther questioning
 Those boys were murdered: I know they were" she said. ''somehody sent
 or brought the machine that killed them all"