Arizona republican., 1916-07-23

merce to march in a solid body IF THEY WANT TO PROVE THEY ARE NO COWARDS. A copy has been sent to all the papers. Our duty has been done so far"
 Every possible precaution, officials said today was taken but the innocent looking suit case standing where a country visitor, of whom there were thousands, might have set it down. at tracted no attention.
 The force of the bomb was as- tonishing. Hundreds of empty revol- vers and rifles, blown through the crowd by the explosion, were picked up in the gutters by souvenir hunters. piece of lead pipe was blown two blocks into the Northwestern Pacific railroad waiting room in the Ferry ! building. woman's gold watch, pre- l sumably belonging to one of the vic tins, was blown through the air, and ] landed in fruit stand d block and a half away.
 Through this violence the parade wended without break. The veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic waiting in Steuart street to fall into i line. escaped death by hair, and pro- ceeded with the march. An ambulance summoned to care for a fainting spec tator. stood across Steuart street when the explosion occurred. The patient had his leg fractured and man aid ing the attendants fell with frac- tured skull but the ambulance steward was uninjured He packed both men and some other victims into his ambu lance and rushed them to a hospital.
 The official count of the parade in- dicated that 3, ,329 persons were in line. Other counts, made with the aid of mechanical advices did not run above 25,000. One of these counts was based on an average of 16 men per line across Market street. Some lines ran twenty and some ran under 16.
 District Attorney Charles NJ. Fickert said he thought the bomb had been placed by a fanatic who had been in- cited to the act by listening to the speeches and arguments of those op- posed to the preparedness parade. He said every effort would be made tC apprehend the culprit.
 Josephson, the suspect, was arrested while making speech after the ex- plosion in which he is said to have lauded anarchy and declared:
 This is nothing
 After his arrest, however, he said that he was not an anarchist and de- nied having any knowledge of the bomb explosion.
 The handle of the suitcase which contained the explosives, together witt part of the lock and pieces of the clockwork, were picked up near the 1 scene.
 The deaths of two of the bomb vic tims was due to a chance meeting [ Howard Knapp and his wife met G. c Lawler, a lumber salesman of theil acquaintance, at the corner, few minutes before the explosion. It wa! l their first meeting in several week. and they paused to chat Lawler ant Mrs. Knapp were killed outright.
 Tt looked as if the sidewalk wen straight up into the air." said Col
 Thomas F. E. Neill former sheriff O , San Francisco, who was in the lin' . of marchers. There was a loud noise lots of smoke and dust and cries O
 wounded and shouts
 One police officer was standing alongside his horse 25 feet from tn, scene. Both were knocked down b.
 the explosion, the man falling on th' animal.
 :. Several theories were put forwart , tonight by the police. One was tha the owner of the suitcase had intended to set 1t out along the line of tn, parade but was delayed and, knowing the bomb was timed, left it standing by the side of the saloon.
 One of the marchers in the parad