Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-23
BOMB EXPLOSION
DEALS DEATH IN
PARADE THRONG
1t Least Six Killed and
Forty-Four or More,
Injured.
POSSIBLE SOME BODIES
BLOWN OUT OF EXISTENCE
Timed Missile Goes Off on San
Francisco's Main Thor
oughfare.
TORN BODIES LINE SIDEWALK
Decd Attributed to Mind Unbalanced
by Arguments For and Against
Preparedness.

SAN FRANCISCO. July c2.-At least
HiN Torsons were Killed and forty -four
"r more injured here to-day when .
'imci hnmh. concealed in n suit case,
exploded on san Francisco's main
ihnrouchfarc in The midst of a ,hrong
viewing n preparedness parade. one
story brick structure, against which the
suit case stood. was wrecked. and the
explosion blew gap through the
crowd, blasting men. women and chill
dr"n Il Is possible that some bodies
were blown out of existence, the po-
Ice believe. The suit case contained
cartridges. bullets, gas pipes. scrap
iron and glass.
The police arrested Frank Joscphson,
= !pdScr IN a sailors boa ing house.
who cried. r didn't do il! l didn't, do
it' and trcmhlcd Violently when he
Mas being searched at the station
rouse. The police said he had not been
accused ot anything
Charles VI. Ficicr,. district attorney.
issued a statement attributiuE the deed
TO mind unbalanced hy arguments
for ana against preparedness. The pa
fada was not Interrupted.
Tie explosion occurred at Stuart and
Market streets. two blocks from the
Ferry Building.
Tho holiday thronG. cheering con
tmgcnt OF veterans OF the First Call
fDrnia Infantry OF the Spanish-.imcri-
can War. became ii shamblcs Tho
hlarc of nifty hands and the roar OF
drums drowned the cries OF the in
]urcd, but the sidewalk was strcwn
With torn bodies.
HEpORTS TWO WOMEN
ARE BLOWN TO BITS
"ruo women standing beside mo
we're blown 10 hits" said a woman,
who. with her two childsen. was in
jured.
All ;hr newspaper Offices in san
Francisco yesterday received a com
nunicntion written in Roman scrip,
With AN irdcliblc pencil. many Of the
words being heavily underscorcd The
communication was signed: The De-
tormned ENiics From Mili;aristic Gov
"rument-Italy. Germany. United States.
Russia
In several instances the writer re-
rcated himself. The communication
read
Editor.
our protests have been IN vain in
regards 10 this proparedness propa-
canda. so we are going 10 use little
direct action on the "2d. which will
echo around the earth and show that
Frisco really knows now. and that mill
;arsm cannot be forced oil us and our
children without a violent protest
Things are going to happen 10 show
that we Will go TO any extreme. the
same as the controlling class. 10 pursue
what little democracy we still have
Don't take this as joke. or you viii
he rudely awakened Awaken tsic);
we have sworn To do our duty To the
masses. and only send warnings 10
hose who are wise, hut who are forced
10 march to hold their Jobs; as we
want TO give only the pyocripticai tsic)
ratriots who shout for war. but never
20, a real taste of war.
kindly ask the Chamber of Com
1erce to march III q solid body If they
want to prove they arc no towards. \
copy has been sent TO all the papers
our duty has been done so far"
EVERY PRECAUTION HAD
BEEN TAKEN ny POLICE
Every possible precaution, police Of
foials said Tonight. had been taken.
nut tho innocent-looking suit case,
standing where country visitor, OF
whom there were thousands, might
have set il down, attracted no atten-
ton
ine torce OF lhe pomo was aston
shinE. y piece OF lead pipe was blown
two blocks into the Northwestern Pa
cific Railway waiting room. a woman's
gold watch, presumably belonging to
one of the victims. was blown through
the air and landed in n fruit stand a
block and n half away.
An ambulance. summoned to care for
a faintinS spectator. stood across
stuart Street when the explosion .oc-
Cured. The patients leg was frac-
tured and man aiding the attend
ants fell with Il fractured skull. but
the ambulance steward was unintured.
lie packed both men and some other
victims into the ambulance and rushed
hem 10 Il hospital
The official count OF the parade in
licatcd that 5l,3l9 persons were in