The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-31
Houses of Prominent
 Men in Philadelphia Bombed With Shrapnel
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The entire police force of the city is working on the case, but the off, cials absolutely refuse to tell what clues they have, if 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 head ing read:
 'To the exploiters, the judges, po- licemen, the priests, the soldiers" This was followed by 200 words of a harangue on the rights of the people. From fragments of iron and steel gathered up after the explosion 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 double triangle. Two pieces sof pipe are believed to have been part of the fuse.
 A large fragment of iron found at the home of Justice von Moschzisker is believed to be part of the outer shell of the bomb.
 Superintendent Mills believes a shrapnel bomb of the same type was used in all the explosions He said today the explosive used was either nitroglycerine or T. N. T.
 Justice von Moschzisker today ex- pressed the belief that his home was attacked simply because he, is the highest court officer in Philadelphia. ! "The bombing outrage, to my mind,' said the justice, lis simply the work of misguided, hysterical persons affected by conditions of the times. I do not believe there was any per- sonal animosity in the attack on my house. So far as I can recall, there has been no case before me in which a decision would have affected any of the class of persons who apparently directed these efforts at frightfuI- ness"
 Since the outbreak of the war Jus : tice von Moschzisker has been active in securing relief for the distressed people in Polandd. Early today Mayor Smith and Superintendent Mills visited the home of the justice They found the entire front wrecked and the drawing room with all it's furni-, ture in ruins. Windows in every house in the block were shattered.
 Justice von Moschzisker said to-
 day: "The force of the bomb is
 shown by the fact that a piece of the shell 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 oc-
 cured"
 A large bundle of the circulars
 strewn about the scenes of the explo-
 sion was found early today. Surerin-
 tendent Mills believes a meeting of l the plot leaders was held somewhere in the centre of the city last night
 and that about 10 o'clock the con- spirators Scattered to place the
 bombs. He thinks the bundle was
 thrown away after the blasts.
 Announcement of an arrest was 1 AAA@OaS IAAAo e1ALC1LOOI ny OupeI1uIOIlu-
 ent Mills, who declined to make
 known the mans name.
 Superintendent Mills said the po-
 lice will clamp down the lid tighter
 than ever on meetings of radicals.
 There Is no doubt these outrages
 are due to combination of Bolshe- , vism and the I. W. W. because of the
 activity shown by the police and the
 courts in enforcing the laws against
 seditton during the war" he declared
 My life has been threatened half
 a dozen times recently by unidenti-
 fled persons who have called me or tho telephone or sent me anonymous letters after I had prevented the holding of meetings which I con-
 sidered would be seditious assem- blages."
 Officials in charge of the loca army ordnance office who have charge of all government explosive. :, made in this vicinity say there is nc basis for a rumor that the bombs used were stolen from ordnanc, plants.
 : The man under arrest Is said tt have been the leader of a work '. mems revolutionary club in the mil district of Philadelphia and to hay,
 been an active anti draft agitator y Some of his associates are said t now be serving terms ranging iron Il five to 20 years for anti-draft activi ties.