The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-26
FEDERAL AGENTS
TO PROBE PLOT;
ELEVEN DEAD
Italians Behind Conspiracy to
Blow up Church to Kill Mur-
der Trial Witnesses
BOMB DID NOT 60
AS IT WAS TIMED
Explosion Intended to Dispose of
Rev. August Guiliana and
Communicates -

M!lWdukce, WIS.,, NOV. ZO.-A FeO
eral probe Of the atrocity at the Cen
tral Police Station Saturday night, ir
which eleven persons lost their lives
is demanded by Congressman w. ]
Cary, in a wire sent to A. B. Bielaski
chief of investigation. Department ol
Justice, at Washington.
In his message, Mr.. Cary says there
is no doubt that the affair was per
petrated by Italian outlaws, who have
terrorized Milwaukee in the past, and
asks that sufficient number of in
vestigators be sent to Milwaukee to
run down the person responsible for
the calamity.
Mr.. Cary said he would introduce
new legislation Immediately when
Congress convenes in December, to
give the local police department
powers to take drastic action in run.
ming down the perpetrators of this
crime. He also asks that the federal
agents cooperate with the local au.
thOrities to clear the district of these
men.
... Someone Blundered
Somebody blundered If the Rev.
August Guiliana, who is pastor of the
italian church mission, was the In.
tended victim of the bomb, as it was
learned today Guiliana went to Mark.
eson on Saturday and conducted SER
vices there on Sunday. -
1t was thought by the police and
others that the death dealing instru.
ment which was found against a wall
of the Italian Evangelical Church, was
timed to explode about eight o'clock
Saturday night, when the pastor, It
was expected, would be conducting
services. The explosion, Ii also is
thought, was intended to dispose Of
Guiliana and number of his follow.
ers, making II Impossible for them to
appear at the trial Of the eleven Ital-
ians planned to start on Wednesday
on a murder charge in connection
with the Bayview riot OF several
weeks ago, when Guiliana was con.
ducting a religious service. At that
time, two detectives were killed, and
others injured. 1a- 4''E5 ~
, Two well-known Italians OF Chicago
are here to assist the local police In
unravelling the mystery. A number
OF suspects were grilled yesterday
and most of them released. Some, 1t
Is said, are still held for further quiz.
zing.
Eleven persons are kn1wn to have
been killed, II number injured and sew
eral are believed to be missing when
q bomb exploded with great force In
the central police station early last
night.
The bomb was taken to the station
by an Italian, who said he discovered
it in the basement OF the Italian
Evangelical church, in the third ward,
an italian settlement.
The Italian was met near the sta
ton by Detective Bart Maloney, and
MalOney, escorting him into the sta.
ton, placed the bomb, which was en-.
closed in a black box, on a table In
the waiting room, while he took the
man into the Office of Lieut.. Flood.
Detectives were on the second floor
of the building at the time, responding
to roll call. When they came down
the stairway and noticed the black
box, one picked it up and examined IT..
The bomb then exploded.
The lower floor of the building was
shattered and every window through
out the structure was broken by the
shock. 1t is believed that many OF
the prisoners may have perished.
Among the known dead are:
Detective STEPHEN II. STECKER,
Detective JOHN SEEHAWER,
Detective FRED KAISER,
Detective ALBERT TEMPL1N,
Detective PAUL WELLER.
Detective FRANK CASW1N.
Detective DAVID O'BRlEN,
Operator SP1NDLER,
HENRY DECKERT, desk sergeant,
CATHERINE WALKER.
Among the seriously injured are De-
tectives Fred Hartman and Bergen.