Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-22
BOMB CONCEALED
AT ARCRBOLD HOME
Attempt to Dynamite Palatial
Mansion Of Standard Oil Head
Frustrated on Saturday.
READY FOR INSTANT USE
Estates of Other Rich Men in
Tarrytown Colony Searched
for Explosives.
Especial 10 Tho Times:Dispa,ch.l |


NEW YORK. November .i-An at
Tarrytown OF John II. Archboid. mil
lionairc president OF tic Standard oil
Company of New Jcrs"y, was frus-
trated on Saturday. powerful bomb.
hidden beneath y bush fifty feet FROM
the capitalists from; loor. was dis
covered by his gardener
The bomb was ready for iustau, use.
1t consisted of four STICKS OF dynamite.
hound together with copper wire
Percussion caps had already ,..ua at
tachcd
No statement could be gaincG from
the Arrhbold hon" to-nirh, Admit
tancc to the estate was denied by :,
squad % armed guards. hastily en-
DiCy.d and stationed after the bomb
had been found. The Ta,rytown police
neither admitted nor denied thai the
infernal machine rcscIuhled others re-
Gently found in ships and factories sup
plying munitions to the allies.
rhe utmost secrecy was :..airtained
about the discovery. Not uni, dark
ness tad fallen on Saturday VAS the
bomb car-icd to Tarrytown polio. head
puartc"s. Even then publinrt:. was
suppressed until the Investigation
wid"ncd SO greatly to-day !! could no
longer be concealed.
ONE oE GARDENERS
DISCOVERS DlNAhIr;
john WahlHnis:. one Of the gardeners
on tne Arch eo'd estate. was raking
leaves from the front lawn on Satur-
day afternoon when he discovered the
dynamite. Beneath Il bush but Il short
distance from the front door his rake
brought forth an oblonE package
bound closely in heavy yellow paper
He carried it Immediately To Mrs
Archbold. who tore away the paper and
revealed the bomb.
After nightfall the bomb WAS car
ricd TO Chief OF Police Bowles. of
Tarrytown.
Up until late tonight but one faint
clue had been uncarthed. This cane
from Thomas Foley. fire chief of rarr?-
town.
Il PASSED the Archbold estate several
nights ago on my way home" Chief
Foley said. LAS l approached the big
iron gntes opening from the front drive.
stranger darted out OF the shadows.
lie was evidently anxious to conceal
himself from me. AS walked closer.
he jumped behind a tree. waiting there
until | had passed.
AT the time, 1 thought little of the
occurrence. But. in light of the bomb
discovery. ii is significant. l recall
the man as very tall. but cannot de-
scribe his features nor his dress
TWO THEORIES ABOUT BoNIH
ARE HELD BY POLICE
Two theories regarding the bomb are
held by the police. The first is that
the man who wished to blow up the
..rchhold hCme was frightened away On
the night he first intended using the
bomb. He hid il under the bush. it is
thought. hoping 10 return at a more
opportune hour.
The second theory is that the bomb
was placed beneath the bush. and was
not intended for use until some future
date. 1t was so close 10 the house that
one could lift il from its hiding place
and hurl il against the Archbold front
door without moving a step nearer
News OF the finding of the bomb
spread quickly to-day through the mill
lionairc colony at Tarrytown. The
estates of many other men were
searched. ii is stated. Colonel Jacob
Ruppert's estate adjoins the Archbold
grounds Immediately on the nor-h
The residences of John y. and William
Rockefeller are not far distant Mary
other wealthy men live in the neigh
borhood.