The Detroit times., 1917-10-16
Two Men Seen Plant
ing Bombs; Blast
Soon Follows
MAN AND WOMAN
PAIR INJURED
UnpOpularit of Cut
Rate Store Blamed
For Outrage

For the third time in the last six
months the Kroger Grocery company
store al No ESQ Cnene-st. was dyna-
mited shortl ybofore o'clock Tues
day morning. This time the wreck
was complete. The two story brick
building, extending from No. 246 to
2h2 Chene-st., was turned into a
mass OF ruins and two persons were
hurt. Both were taken to Receiving
hospital. The victims were Mrs.
Sam Madin, who lived above the
store. and an unidentified man who
was buried in the debris Neither Is
thought 10 be fatally hurt
Mrs Madin SAYS she saw two men
approach the store early in. the
m{nlng carving a bundle. The
- rts't Yes opeRNsi/ She. ia v
from her front @indow the men 20
into the entrance 10 the store and
then run away without the bundle
they carried.
Almost Immediately a deafening
report sounded and the whole neigh
bodhoor was rocked by an explosion.
Windows in other buildings In the
reighhorhood were shattered and
the entire community was thrown
into a panic.
Mrs. Madin says her husband was
In the basement firing the furnace
and that he. too saw the men ap-
proach and deposit their package az
the entrance TO the store, but paid
little attention TO IL until he heard
the defeaning roar in a moment. He
has furnished the police with a good
description OF the men.
The building has four stores and
four apartments upstairs. In addF
tion 20 the Kroger company there il
in the row a small notion store,
which was only slightly damaged.
The two other stores are both va
cant and both are wrecked. or the
four apartments upstairs only two
were occupied. The Madins occupied
one and Mf and Mrs. George Rice
the other.
The police and iremen say that
the work is that OF gang OF pro-
fessional dynamiiers. or black
hands hired TO do the job Their
theory Is that the presence Of The
KKroger company store was not de
sired In the neighborhood which II
dotted with small corner grocery
stores Since the Kroger company
opened one OF It's stores in the heart
OF tho little Italian district the
small italian groceries have felt the
Ealing on in their business and at
trlhuted their lack OF business 20
the establishment of the cutrate
grocers II is said that tho Kroger
company has bccn warned several
times 20 get ont and that the warn
ings have been followed hy small
explosions 90 emphasize the de
mands
After the explosion bricks raineo
down on the sidewalk IN front OF the
block In perfect hail storm Had
the explosion occurred an hour later
rtp street WOuId have heen black
with children going 20 scnool
around the corner and tho casualty
list must have been great,
Excited Italians who saw the ex
plosion say that they are sure .
man is buried IN the ruins bur The
police and aremcn made "a thoro
search soon after the explosion and
failed 10 find any trace Of a body.
Tho Kroger company is one of the
largest grocery concerns in amer
ica. n is said % own nearly 1000
stores ln tho central west Re
Gently ~ hought Ont an the stores .
of The Community Grocery company
In Detroit and Michigan and -estab--
iehed many new ones
The building DESTROYED is known
as The Bohlo apartments