The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-06
PARTS OF BOMB
FOUND IN CELLAR
IN BLACK ROCK
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tiers and the heads of the police were
summoned from their homes. Captain
E. o. Cronan, chief of the detective
bureau, was the first to arrive at
headquarters and Immediately as
signed Detective Sergeant Wheeler
and Detective Fred Derrick to the
case He was followed soon by Su-
Lperintendent of Police John H. Red
gate and Assistant Superintendent of
Police Charles H. Suckley, who mob
ilized the military squad and a net
was thrown out to cover all points of
departure from the city by either rail
or water.
The first done was to allay the fears
Of the citizens and the report was
sent out that the explosion resulted
from an old charge of dynamite which
had remained in the foundations of
the house after the excavators had
finished and which had exploded by
spontaneous combustion.
| Immediately upon arriving at the
scene Detective Sergeant Wheeler
and Detective Derrick began to search
the ruins of the half built house and
late yesterday evening were rewarded
by unearthing the fragments of
cylindrical steel bomb eight inches in
length and three inches in diameter
on the inside. This cylinder was
capped upon both ends by cast iron
caps such as plumbers use to plug a
pipe. One of the caps had been
drilled and through the hole a fuse
wrapped in bicycle tape was inserted
and held in place by string.
Upon examination by explosive ex-
perts at headquarters the verdict was
rendered that if the bomb had been
properly placed intsead Of being hur-
riedly thrown away the damage would
have been appalling.
| There is no doubt existing in the
minds of the police that the Huns
meant to either destroy ships and
magazines or blow up the barracks in
which hundreds of young sailors are
housed at times. According to ex-
perts from the Lake Torpedo Boat
Works and from the U. M. C. and
Remington plants, the bomb, although
of a distinctly rough construction,
was capable of destroying an entire
district and wreaking havoc even in
Notifications.
Brandegee has been closely exam
ined by the authorities and has fur
nRhed valuable though slight infor-
nation as to the appearance of the
three Huns who made the dastardly
attempt to destroy not alone govern
ment property, but to murder and
and MAIN probably hundreds of sail
ors and civilians.
From the moment the remains OF
the Internal machine were discovered
the entire force of the Federal, State
county and city authorities was SET
in motion and it is considered impos-
sible for the dynamiters to escape the
net which has been thrown out.
Captain E. o. Cronan has taken
complete charge of the situation and
stated today that the Bridgeport po-
lice department will be used to the
last man to run down and capture
dead or alive the Huns responsible
for the attempt at destruction Of
property and murder.
It was limited today that the au-
thorities will institute the most rigor.
Gus campaign against Germans a
large in Connecticut without permits
and the latter when captured will be
dealt with in a manner that will with
out a doubt deter any others from
making any more dastardly attempts
to serve their master in Berlin.
That the police have in their pos
session certain information which
may lead to startling results and the
entire staff at headquarters will bt
working overtime day and night unit
the trio responsible for the outrag,
are either captured or dead.