The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-10-16
Six Sticks Of Explosive, Tin
Can Bomb and Gallons Of
Gasoline Used in the At
tempt.
PLOT NOT MUCH OF
SUCCESS IN EXECUTION
Rear Door Blown In and Rear
Room Ceiling Cracked; Sew
en- Men in Peril When At
tempe Is Made.

HAM ANANNNIA WIZ N|AAA NHNNN N"AhHH
to blow up the New Bridge saloon az
Rarelas. six sticks of dynamite, "a
bomb filled with nitro powder and q
can Of gasoline were used In the at
tempt.
The plot failed in that little dam
age was done. The back door OK the
saloon WIS blown In and the ceiling
OF the rear room on which Il opened
was damaged. There were six cus-
toners and a bartender IN the place
AZ the time. but no one vas hurt.
Four ~ the dynamite sticks and
the bomb failed TO go on, and the
gasoline. scattered about and poured
on a big burlap bag, did not ignite.
There was explosive enough to have
wiped the saloon on the face OF the
earth, and had an the agencies the
dynamiters prepared worked, there
would have been nothing but a hole
Ia the ground on the site OF the New
Bridge resort today, and a death list
of seven.
The explosion took place al i3O
o'clock. The proprietor OF the sa-
loon. N g. Simms. was len bed In an
adjoining building. but the resort was
open one OF the six CUSTOMERS had
just put "a nickel in "a mechanical
piano player, and two of the others
were gaily dancing oyer the saloon
floor when the explosives went OFF.
There were two reports ia close
succession. The explosion was over
so quickly that the mon In the saloon
hadn't time 20 get frightened. They
were looking %curl0usly at the wrecked
door and the ceiling when Simms.
who was aroused by the explosions,
same down with a double-barrellcd
shotgun. He had thought the aNpio-
sions were revolver shots n armed
himself 20 meet q hoid-up.
When he saw what had occurred
Simms called up the city police. The
l~salo0n is outside the city lurisdlc-
ton, but this morning chief OF Po-
lice McMillin sent Policeman Pablo
Eujau To Investigate and lend what aid
he could IN running down the plot
tiers.
How M dynamiterD proceeded was
plain enough 90 the Investigator
Having fixed fuses and caps to the
six sticks Jt dynamite and the bomb
the plotters scattered gasoline from
81 tWo-gallon can an over the back
Of the wooden structure. soaked d
big hurlaP bag with the fluid. and
placed the explosives They mount
cd a ladder and threw four sticks OF
dynamite ana the sasoilng-soahed bag
through "a small opening into the
space between the root and the cell.
ing of the rear room. They were evil
IDENTIFY familiar with the fact that dy.
Mantle cXpIodcs downward and 81,
placed the bulk OF the explosives
where they would 90 the most DANA.
age. The fuses on the -Four sticks of
dynamite and the bomb wers not
lighted.
ON the ground the dynlultera
lighted the fuses on two sti.as ot d.
Mantle, threw one into the ltti. loft
ana Jammed one against the bach
door. They figured that the explosion
Of the lighted stick would set on the
othere and The bomb, and they count.
ED on The stick az the rear door Oh
help start the fire for which the raso,
line had been provided.
The uncertain action Of dynamit,
spoiled the plot. The four sticks To-
the loft were uudisturbcd by the
blow-up and the explosion was not
sufficient 10 send AN effective ConDus-
sion against the bomb. As tor an,
gasoline, there wasn't ono chance IT,
GO thousand thar the fluid. SO placed
would ignite from two such explosion,
as occurred.
LuIan brought tho fou sticks ul
uncNpiudcd dynamite, the bomb. IA,
burlap bag and the gasoline can q,
police headquarters. The bomb wa,
made u "a small cereal coffee car
stuffed full OF nitro powder, int,
which was get 70 long fuse.
Lul5u found no clue 90 the dyna.
mitcrs Simms said this morning tina.
he had O. decided 8usplcluu as a. IN,
pluticIs but would say nothing furth.
rr. Hc said be would leave the ease
as 20 stood t1 the police.
Men familiar with ~imm-' bushes.
enid that hc suspected business rivals
Ito has been cutting prices, % .s said
and there was anger against him io'
drawing business from other concerns
Other men familiar with condition.
ln the nciEhhorhood said THAI th,I,
was just as much reason 90 euspsr
thar the attempt 90 wipe out the sl
loon W3s made by persons who onjcC
t0 its alleged character aE re- resort.
SIWms announced thI- morning
that he would place am armed watch.
man on ruard, with order 90 shoe.
ans suspicious persons found .lIukIu.
about hls place