Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-31
BOMB THROWERS
HURL SHRAPNEL
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the police officials say furnished the
motive.
The entire police force of the city
Is working on the case. but the Of
flcials abso utely refuse to tell what
clues they have. Ii any All federal
agencies are cooperating with the
police. One theory is that one party
of men. using an automobile, had
committed all three outrages.
At the scenes of the explosions the
police picked up circulars printed
on yellow paper which contained the
def of the bomb throwers. The
heading read:
ITO the Exploiters, the Judges
Policemen, the Priests. the Sol
diers.
This was followed by 200 words of
n harangue on the rights of the
people.
From fragments of iron and steel
gathered up after the explosions
superintendent Mills hopes to be
able to ascertain the type of bomb
used by the miscreants. Twelve
pieces of steel. believed to be from
the inside of the bomb were found
near his home. Several are threaded
on one side and are believed to be
small pieces of pipe. Other pieces are
In the shape of Il double triangle.
Two pieces of pipe are believed to
have been part of the fuse.
a large fragment of iron found
at the home of Justice Won Mosch-
zisker Is believed to be part of the
outer shell of the bomb.
Superintendent Mills believes n
shrapnel bomb of the same type was
used in all the explosions. He said
to- o-day the explosive used was either
nitroglycerine or t. n. I.
Work of Hystcrical Persons
Justice Won MoschZisker to-day
expressed the belief that his home
was attacked simply because he is
the highest court officer in Phila-
delphia.
This bombing outrage, to my
mind" said the justice, lis simply
the work of misguided, hysterical
persons affected by conditions of the
times. do not believe there was any
personal animosity in the attack on
my house. So far as / can recall,
there has been no case before me in
which a decision would have affect:
ed any of the class of persons who
apparently directed these efforts at
frightfulness."
JuStI0S = 1tOuSc NESCkcu
Since the outbreak of the war
Justice Won Moschzisker has been
active in securing relief for the dis
tressed people in Poland. Early to-
day Mayor Smith and Superintend-
ent Mills visited the home OF the
Justice. They found the entire front
wrecked and the drawing room with
all it's furniture in ruins. Windows
-, In fhn hlnplE
shattered.
Justice Won Moschzisker said to-
day:
THE force of the bomb is shown
by the fact that a piece of she'll
penetrated four partitions of my
house, cut through the steel springs
and heavy mattress of the bed in
which my wife was sleeping and
slightly injured her. She. with our
three children and two maids were
asleep when the explosion occurred" !"
Thinks PIOttcrs Held Meeting
| A large bundle of the circulars
strewn about the scenes of the ex-
plosions was found early to-day.
Superintendent Mills believes a
meeting of the plot leaders was
held some where in the center of the
city last night and that about 10
o'clock the conspirators scattered to
place the bombs. He thinks the bun
die was thrown away after the
! blasts.
| superintendent Mills said: There
| is no doubt the outrages were due to
a combination of Bolsheviki and the
| |. w. w. because of the activity
shown by the police and the courts
in enforcing the laws against sedi-
| tion during the war. He disclosed
! that his life had been threatened
| half q dozen times recently by un-
identified persons who called him
on the telephone or sent anonymous
letters after he had prevented the
| holding of meetings considered sedi-
tous assemblages.
Il look for more trouble" said
he, but l am going to tighten the
lines even more and get rid of this
menace to the community. Nothing
J is to be gained by making indis-
criminate arrests, but l will say that
several men already are under sur
veiTlance for completely in this
plot.
Homes of leading city and state
officials and prominent citizens are
being guarded against another visit
| from the bomb throwers.
/ Fifteen minutes before the ex-
| plosion which damaged the home of
! Ernest T. Trigg, man was seen to
leave the premises and drive away
I in q motorcar.
! Mrs. William G. Knowles. wife of
! Judge Knowles, of the Municipal
! Court. was victim of the explosion
which wrecked the home of Justice
| Moschzisker. Mrs. Knowles was in
, the second story front room of her
! home, opposite that of the justice.
! She detected an odor akin to that of
! burning rubber. She looked out of
the window and at this juncture
| there was a roar and flash of flame.
A club hit her as she leaned from
the window and inflicted d slight
wound above the eye.
Ten printed circulars similar to
those found near the scenes of last
nights explosions were discovered
to-day in the Federal building which
occupies a city block and houses
the post office, internal revenue de-
partment. and the United States
Court. They were between the
leaves of the telephone directories in
the public pay stations in the first
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