South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-31
THROW GUARDS
ABOUT HOUSES
OF OFFICIALS
All Quaker City Police Agen-
CieS Called Out to Check
Terrorism Undertaken
by Anarchists.
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PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 31-Po-
lice and armed guards are stationed
today before the residences of many
prominent citizens while every eff
fort is being made TO run down an
archists who shattered the homes Of
local officials last night with shrap-
mel loaded bombs
The bombs were exp,oded stimuli
taneously just before midnight in
/ widely separated parts Of the city
/ and wrecked the homes Of Justice
/ Robert Won Moschzisker of the state
supreme court. Acting Superinten-
dent OF Police William 3. Mills
/ Ernest T Trigg. president Of the
/ local chamber OF commerce. and
/ Judge Knowles of the municipal
/ court. who lives across the street
! from Justice Moschzisker. was
wounded by flying shrapnel, which
/ crashed through a window.
/ Several people standing near were
| hurt BY flying glass, but the officials
whose homes were attacked, escaped
with bruises.
Call Police Agencies
Acting Supt. of Police Mills called
! upon every police agency in the city
10 guard the homes Of other prom
inent citizens and run down the an
. archists. In statement today he at
tribrted the attacks 20 bolshevik
elements.
The local authorities. i'm their
efforts to stamp out bolshevism. in
Cured the enmity Of this radical
element and the bomb explosions
are an attempt 70 get even with the
poiCe department" Mills declared.
With other officials I have been
receiving numerous threatening mes
sages by telephone" Supt. Mills
added but I attached no serious
significance to them. 1T looks to
me as If these bolshevikl or l. W.
W. had begun a systematic cam
paign of terrorism in mis- city The
movement will be stamped out as
quickly as It has arisen. Meanwhile
no steps will be overlooked toward
giving everyone absolute and effec-
tive protection"
Lett yellow PlaCafdS.
In support OF his theory. Supt.
Mills called attention 20 the yellow
placards found at the scenes Of the
outraees. They bore the following
headlines:
The exploiters-the judges. the
police. the priests. and the soldiers %
The placards were unsigned and
concluded with the following sen
tence
We are protected by the dark
ness of the night and the faith i'm
the highest destiny Of ourselves and
humanity"
Occupants of the houses attacked
were thrown from their beds by the
violence Of the explosions which
broke windows in the vicinity o.
each residence and sent shrapnel
crashing through heavy doors.
As soon as Supt. Mills recovered
from the shock Of the explosion ne
called out the police and sent spec
ial details TO the homes OF Sen
Boise Penrose. Mayor Smith. Direc-
tor Of Public Safety Wilson Dist
Atty Rotan. and Edward T. Stotes-
bury. as we'll as to public buildings
and thoroughfares
Time Fuses Uecd.
Capt. c. A. Marsh. "a dynamite
: expert OF the police department. Wis
tied the scene Of each explosion to-
day and reported that all but one %
the bombs had been fired by means
Of time fuses. He expressed the
opinion that the bomb which wreck
ed the front OF the Mills home had
been hurled through n front win
dow
Detectives also gathered scraps OF
papers bearing bolshevik propagan-
ia with which the bombs evidently
had been packed" Tho tone Of this
literature is anarchistic demandire
social reforms and deuouncing city
officials.
The greatest financial loss was
sustained at the home OF Justice
Mosch zisker. where his collection
OF paintings. valued at many thou.
sands OF dollars. was ruined together
with other articles thai were high
/ ~ treasured
The explosions were only seconds
apart. The first blasted the home of
Pres't Trigg ar OVERLOOK. a fash
iona bic suburb. Then followed in
quick succession explosions ar the
homes OF Justice AIoschzisker and
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