The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-09-05
FEDERAL BUILDING ! ]
IN CHICAGO
Badly Damaged, Four People
Killed and Seventy-fve
Injured by Explosion
TO |. w. W.S

Chicago, Sept. 5.-Four persons
were killed and more than seventy
five others injured by the explosioEs
of a bomb in crowded entrance trF
the Federal building at $40 o'clock
Yesterday afternoon. The explnsantI-
which not only wrecked the en-
trance of the building but shatte4TsS1'
every window on the first thES
floors of two buildings across
street, was attributed to the l. W.
| w. by Phillip j. Barry, in chargS SA'~
the local offices Of the Departments
of Justice.
Raids on two headquarters OF tksS
II. w. w. within fifteen minutes AZ
ter the explosion, resulted in the az
rest of nine men. Several more WerS%
taken into custody within the keS-~
eral building and woman WhosS
name was suppressed was arresteG
| in a nearby building. Last nigiE-
more than 1900 government agenLE
and the entire city police force Wa
seeking the perpetrator of the oux
rage.
"This outrage, in my opinion, WSa
inevitable as an act of reprlSal kmA
the part of the l. w. w. Mr.. Barr1f
declared after hurried investlgS'~
tion, following the sentencing DI
| nearly hundred of their MEMBERS
We are certain that the |. W. W.
| committed this deed. | believe tiiasS
the bomb was composed of nitrogiI~
cerine. Several arrests have been
made and we are questioning us
prisoners as fast as we can"
The court room of Federal JudSA~
X. NJ. Lands, where ninety-tive -&-
w. w. leaders were recently conyiSS~-
ed and sentenced to prison for off,
structing the government war yCos"~
gram, is in the sixth floor Of LIES
building. VIM. d. Haywood, geut.sE~
al secretary treasurer of the l. NJ
W., and one of those sentenced ns
twenty years in prison for his psEA
in the conspiracies was on the S1tS
floor of the building with his laws
yers who was planning to seek WIZ
of error in his behalf when the Sr<-
plosion occurred He deploerd tf&s
outrage and while emphatically d.
nying that any of his men had co1s~
mitted the act admitted that he Ike
lieved the L. w. w. would be bIa1ls~
ed.
, The so-called "Uncrowned KnE
: of the l. W. w. plainly felt TN
Y building tremDle with the detcnE
ton of the bomb and heard the glaa
crash in the dome of the structNx
l and the cries of the injuleu. He s.Rs-
), peared calm and did not leaNe. tt,ts
: deputy marshals office.
G 1T is unfortunate that this talNsss
q happened at this time" he said tsf<s~
ii lingly. l know that the l. w NJ
Twill be blamed, but l am convinced
h in my own heart that no man. Of nssg
o organization was in any. way sasEs'
10 nected with the matter 1t wn1aAp
" be insane for an l. w. W.. tn-euIEs-
J. nit such an act at this time"
The bomb, which is detieyed Ii
. have consisted of at least three wire
q wrapped steel cylinders ehargeG
: with high explosive, was carried. into
the Adams street entrance of the
building during one of the MOST
busy periods of the day. COnceaeen
in a suitcase and connected with q
= lItime fust, the device. was depositea
behind a radiator unneticed by ttIe
. d passing .throng. Nearly "a hundren
persons were in the corridor at tkzs
Itime at the stamp. windows, writfnx
ldesks and letter registry diyisi6sE
The explosion came just as a. asek'
q in the dome of the: building srt1HE&
II $40 o'clock. The he'll rang At. tarsaf
d hour every day to mark the ehaDzS
ii of clerks. The force of the ksiszs
h., tore the radiator from it's fasteMtIxs
srl and hurled 1t twenty feet ifE- I'm
street, where it struck and2killdax r
horse; smashed desks, tore up gza
slabs of marble from the wallis, an
ground the woodwork into spffn1ka
o. Flying debris cut into shreds seEsz
o. war posters and canvas banny>,
ld stretched across the front of7tInsrsx'
d. trance and filled the. stssatrsEEf:'
plaster, stone and broken glasssa