New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-24
police Believe Attempt To
Re First Move in New
Nv. w. Compaign.
p0NMASTER AWAY;
HOUSE LOCKED UP
n,ee Sticks of Dynamite in the
puudle Would Have Wrecked
Fifth Avenue Mansion.

Intended 20 be the first gun in
= ,,-hsrdment of the homes of capital
ss
George Malone, Holmes pstrolman'
,.,,s the contrivance and snufed out
4. tnse Hs took it TO a policeman,
"A Il was soon safe in a pail of wa
=, Inspector Cray lost no time IN
.N,g a detachment of reserves 70
|. ,rtry duty about the mansion for
=. ,,s, Of the night, fearing that the
,.,uyt might be renewed,
Markings on the oiled wrappinCs OF
a. svnam!.e sticks which composed
a. bomb may aid in tracing the ex-
,osye.
v, Carnegie and his family are at
su Harbor, Ne, and the house is IN
asrge Of a caretaker.
Twas the ironmaster's carefully de-
dad scheme for protecting his man
a, and the nerve of Malone that pre-
,.,..d the costly house at Ninety-ffst
Greet and Fifth Avenue from suffer
~ serious damage.
Spark Near Fuse.
Tbs bomb was fifteen feet from the
ana. on .he Ninety-frst Street side.
ns spark had but a few more inches
travel before reaching the cap.
Three sticks of dynamite had been
n ,,uns together with adhesive tape and
,.lo,ed in a cardboard box. This
,nin. was wound with tape, the fuses
the three dynamite sticks were
,rs,ed together and two pieces OF
{yA,ed punk thrust into the bundle IN
E,h fashion that the fuse was burn
u when Malone found it.
Inside Of two or three minutes, ac-
siding to Inspector owen Egan, of the
81 5v-esu Of Combustibles, there would
ave been an explosion which would
ave wrecked the gateway in the fence
hsre the bomb was found and dam
gsi the house.
Thought II Cigar Butt.
L was just inside the grating Of an
a gramental iron gate in the high fence
lat surrounds the mansion that the
.,-b had been placed 1t is thought
vas intended TO place the explosive
User to the house. but either Malone
the watchman who patrols the
rounds interrupted the plan.
When Malone caught sight Of the
q Nnb he took it for cigar butt.
Snething impelled him 10 investigate
I'd be saw the bundle. He snatched II
81 . and extinguished the fuse.
Prtrolman Downey, Of the East
q lghty-eighth Street station, was close
81 y and Malone showed him the bomb.
I vas taken TO the station house and
snped in a pail of water pending
izns arrival. The dynamite sticks
Wgted about twelve ounces each and
'se equipped with the illuminate caps
'.:tssary for explosion.
The house Is surrounded on all sides
high iron fence, but once INSIDE
a; there is plenty of shrubbery IN
elth an intruder might elude the
Tex Of the night watchman. In l9lZ
n1a who said he was William A.
Artley succeeded in climbing the
nee, and was seeking entrance 70 the
i'sse when captured. He had been
iunting the place for days waiting
an opportunity 70 speak TO MI
s'ntgie. The ironmaster refused TO
War against him.
~ Planned War on Rich.
IAs police believe the placing Of the
Sne Is the first step in a campaign
Violence planned by |. W. W. agita-
~ against New York's wealthy men.
a7eetor Cray sent q special squad Of
wee 70 guard the house through the
salreer OF the night.
valy few days ago, the police de-
srtd, the /. ". W. had denounced
~ Carnegie because Of his views on
as'r Recent speeches at /. W. W.
-Nangs confirmed the police in their
gaioh that plans had been laid 70
eToy the property Of the wealthiest
OF New York and perhaps 70 ex-
"a the warfare 20 other cities.
Al and Mrs. Carnegie have been oe-
II Hng Mrs. George Nanderbilts
"a a's, Point Acadie, at Bar Harbor, for
wa weeks, on account Of Mr.. Car
H yes health. II is the first summer
nave spent in the United States
Wenty-eight years. Miss Margaret
[aegie Joined them Saturday.
.as house is assessed at $425,OOO. an
aht 70 which Mr. Carnegie made no
although he thought the valua-
d 100000 placed on the land
'at1eessiye
Bombs Were Placed.
s lO-foot fence. with its iron
:, Ns once kept the owner himself a
81 #sau N his grounds at Ninety-hrst
!, Vss ana Fifth Avenue. II was short
ID euore hr. Carnegie sailed for
H I'VE last year. He went into the
70 PICK rhododendrons, and
- mat he gas locked out Of the
ne went 20 the Fifth Avenue
"A the garden and hailed a passer-
mo went 70 the front door and
81 ssaened help.
= ~ vhesork end ironwork on the fence
- eheAan In design. and were erect
considerable expense. The bomb
ss 'sst inside the gate on the Ninety
sneet side, resting on the granite
z s snieh forms the threshold. With
: NJ Foundation, Inspector Egsn said,
, s. asmsge would have been done,
49, NE distance from the house. At
EAv least, he said. not a whole
y" would have remained.