Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-31
WRECK HOMES
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Mrs. William GRAY Knowles, wife Of
| Judge Knowles of the Municipal Court,
whose home is at 2lO2 Delaney street,
! Just opposite Justice Won Moschziskcr's
| house, was struck in the neck by piece
| of shrapnel, which came through the
window of her room She tainted from
| the shock, and IL was necessary 10 call
! physician Mrs Knowles is not seriously
| injured, however.
pofIcr PROMPTLY ON JoB.
| A few minutes after The first explosion,
which wrecked the front OF the apartment
house where Acting Superintendent Mills
| lives, the police and detectives depart
ments were at work investigating the
outragea. Mr.. Mills this morning told
of several important deveiopment~.
| These developments are.
There will be no indisorlninatc round
up of suspects.
The police and detectives have list Of
| between thirty and forty anarchists and
| l. ". suspects These will be arrested
as fast 80 the police can locatF them
| Fhev arc the men who have been at
the bottom of such radical disturbance
as the police have been called upon TO
suppress OF prevent during the course Of
| the war
! DYNAMITE NOT USED.
The police experts felt certain that
| the explosions were caused, not by dyna-
mite, but by T. n T. a much higher
explosive, which acts in different way.
Acting Superintendent Mils holds this
opinion. which he bases on the fact that
the force Of each explosion was upward,
as is he case with 7 y r and not down
ward as always happens when dyna-
| mite Is used.
A. E7ye4 4-,.y ~.a4&
| RACES, police guards have been placed
| about the homes of all prominent men,
who might be singled our for the ter
rorists' further attempts.
Acting Superintendent Mills believes
| that the dcpredatons were plotted by
terrorlsts here, and that they arc not
part Of q national or international CAM
pnign of bornb outrages
EVERY fREcAUTIoN TAKEN.
lie has ordered every prccaution taken
hGth 10 round mp ne men guilty n !ctf
night : explosions md to make i certain
that there will be no repetition 81 the
attacks on the prominent and wealthy
For the present it is planned 10 handle
the situation with the police and detective
forces alone Acting Superintendent Mills
docs not contemplate asking the aid q
the marines On duty n nc navy yard,
OF of the horne guards
Every policeman and detective n
the city is IN duty, aud Will remain 1r
duty nni there Is no further danger
Today, Acting Superintendent Mills wlll
hold anirnportant conference with Inc "a
rious pollce and detective hentenantS
and captains
, One development 70 be expected during
the tiay il The arrest 81 the propretorf
If the printing establishment where tht
innanmatory circulars found near the
damaged houses we're printed.
POLICE HEAD TELLS Of sHock.
Acting Superintendent Of Police Mills
thus described the bomb attack or his
home at 1879 North Forty-fiTst street
Il had gone to bed early and had Just
feilen into a first sound sleep when
suddenly found myself lying in the hall
wav outside nv bedroom covered with
, fallen plaster and a mass Of snilntered
timber
The shock which threw my bed on
end and flung me into the hall. fortnnately
wrenched the heavy oallen de- the
, tentrance 10 nv room from lts -.gcs OF
, !, Ishould not have been here talking TO you.
For moment ] vas dazed. Then
| realized something serious had happened
| crept into nv room, made my way tC
the phone which wos the only thing not
disturbed hv the shock nI the explosion
! and called the police u the Thirty-nintl
! | street and Lancaster avenue station
| said 4 don't know what It Is, but soTe
: thing has happened i S lire, explosion
| or something; but send a patrol wagoi
to Forty-hrst street and GTard avenue.
; sEEk SOURCE or CIRCULARS.
e After preliminary investigation, m
/ acting Superintendent believes hat q
) is on the trail Of the men who pnnted an'
5 disseminated these circulars.
These circulars II reality yello'
Z placards, bore the headline,
E The exploiterS the judges, the pclic'
: the priests and the soldIers.
The placSrds which acre not lgoe,
c purported to pzoteet against a denial :
e the right Of free speech.
g we are protected By the darkness
e the night and the faith in The highe>
: destiny Of ourselves and humanity
tic yellow mess ages concluded.
e Another looked-for development IS h
: theoretical reconstruction Of the bomt
/ employed BY searching the ruins {
e the houses damaged the head of the p>
c lice force has got together a dozen frat
t nents. These he will turn over 10 9
e ordnance expert.
c The fragments. It Is believed, viii mah
/. IL possible TO determine the size an
i character OF the bombs, and Wheth,
they were made by an amateur or PR
fessional shell maker
Acting Superintendent Mills eonhrme
the rumor that he has been threatene
a many times recently.
: Il believe that my home was bcln
IS watched last night, and that the bonn
was timed SO that it would go of a fe
4 minutes after | had retired
Is The police have eonfiscated hundret
4 OF the circulars which appeared on Il
v streets as mysteriously rs if they had bee
n dropped from airplanes few momen
!. after the bomb out lges.
r pEroNATIoN HEARD roR MlLE.
r Justice von Moschzi ker's house W,
&C damaged by bomb Of extremely hie
: power. Judging from its effects and q
: detonation, which was heard for mo
|, than n mile
q 1t Is believed that it was Of the mo
l. elaborate type which was used in some
/ the munition plant outrages during thew,
lC The only clue given the police imm
Q diately after the series Of explosion
G other than that of the circulars. was tur
7 ed up III the neighhorhood Of the w
Is Moschziskcr home
u This clue was discovered by Fire 4 hi
barrett, who was the first to arrive
Is Judge von Mosch1iskcrs residence !.
:, WAS approached by chauffeur who drlv'
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