Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-06
Another Bomb
 Plot Frustrated
BY ARREST MADE BY POLICE
 IN Ho1okEN. N. J.
MEN HAD TWO BOMBS
Police Found Bombs of Great Power, Showing Skilled Workmanship, in the Room of Fritz koIb, German, Who Was Working as a Bartender.


 Hoboken, N. J.. March 5.-with the arrest here today of Frit: Kolb German, the authorities exrressed the belief that they had frustrated well developed plot to aid Germany by blowing up munition plants in this country engaged in turning out con- tracts for the entente allies. The po- lice said they found in Eorb's room l two bombs which, according t. rumors that had reached them were to be sent to President Wilson. Plot to Destroy War Supplies. After a preliminary i1Is estigation they announced themselves as con- vinced that the plans of the alleged plotters had to do entirely with de- stroying war supplies and that no at | tack on the presidents life was con- | templated. The police al.. said they i had acquired information which might help them in solving the Slack Tom, I N- J., explosion and the destruction of l the kingsland, N- J., plant of the | Canadian Car and Foundry company, | in which large munition supplies for | the entente allies were blown up. ts Four other men were questioned by the authorities tonight. Ch.Af of Police Hayes of this city said they were l friends of KoEb, but that he was con vinced they knew something of the al- ieged plots.
 | Additional Arrests Exported. we are following leads which may l result in additional arrests at any | time," declared Chief Hayes. We are Incorporating with the New York police | lector of the port of New Ycrk. All of us have been working on this for sev- | eral weeks
 What Was Found in Doem. 1 Kolb was found in a smsIl hotel, op- posites the piers of the :. Hamburg | Afr7n r,av1 line if | serted, bore the appearance of having
 been used as a laboratory. Besides the | two bombs, the police saId they found some tubing resembling thar used in ships, part of it brass and part steel The bombs were made of this material l There also were a flask Of Lack pow 1 der, two lead cans, three bottles con- tain1ng gasoline, benZine and alcohol
 tools. miscellaneous materials, trini- | trotoiuol and black disc powder Ex- perts from. the New Yo- -l1 detective l bureau said the disc powder was new
 to them, but they believed 1t was sim
 liar to some used in Germany. | Bombs Were of New zpe. | The bombs, the experts de. Jared, also | were of new type and apparently of inches long. an inch and a half in di- | ameter and filled with an explosive which was taken out h.y Ne police to | be analysed before they would express an opinion as to it's naturs. About the | steel body of the bombs was wound a | thin copper tubing, perforated at in- l tervals- The fuses were contained in
 this tube, the evident purpose being to | protect them, the convolut-ons being designed to permit a considerable Ilength of fuse being used so that time would be given for anyone planting the bombs to reach safe distance before | they exploded.
 Workmanship Showed Skill.
 1,-Izx police said, indicated ineef uity and | skill. They were wrapped up in a
 shirt which Kolb, they sa. i, admitted | was his.
 KoEb denied that he had anything tc do with making the bombs, but said according to the police, that his room were used for that purpose by a mar
 he knew only as Karl" wfc1n he met 1 in saloon. He added that he did no1 | know where Karl could be found at | this time.
 Made Several Trips % Mexico.
 Kofb said he was bora in Cologne Germany, and came to this country shortly after the war began, working his way on Standard Oil steamer He made several trips also bestweer l this country and Mexico. he said, but not recently. At various tiraes, he said
 he worked as a barkeepe- and waiter and also admitted that he was a drug gist and had sought a position as g | weigher in chemical houses
 He gave his age as B. He Lad lived | at the hotel here for five weeks, paying l $1-25 week for his room
 Officials of the Canadian Car and | Foundry company declared tonigila
 there was likeness between Koit | and photograph of a former employe of the concern for whom they had been searching since the explosion al Kingsland, N. J. They said they would have several workmen who knew the | original of the photograph call at head quarters tomorrow to see whether they could identify Kolb.
 l Claimed to Be Chemist | Theodore Kemper, owner Of. a sa- loon in Newark, where Kolb was a bar | tender, told the police that the prisoner i had represented himself as a chemist He said KoIb applied to him for work about three months ago, saying his | parents in Germany were Vt a,lthy, but that he left home three ye srs ago be- cause they dfsapproved of a love af- | fair of his. Kemper said that when | the KingSland explosion oc- rred Kolh was at work in his saloon. He said he recalled that the next day some of | the frequenters of the saloon made up
 a party to go to Kingsland to look at the wrecked plant, but Kol5. although l invited to go along, evinced no inter- est in the plan and remained in New