Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-09-13
4 DIE IN EXPLOSION;
r. PE0pIE IN.I|IRF1
IVLVl - HVVHAD
l. w. w. BLAMED FOR DAMAGE TO
$ts,oOO,Ooo FEDERAL BUILD
ING IN CHICAGO.
SEARCH FOR PERPETRATORS
1900 Government Agents and the Chi
cago Police Force Scour the City
For Perpetrators of
the Outrage.

Chicago.-Four persons were killed
and more than rs others injured by
the explosion Of bomb in a crowded
entrance to the federal building here.
The explosion, which not only
wrecked the entrance of the building
but shattered every window on the
first three floors of the two buildings
across the street, was attributed TO
the l. ". w. by those in charge Of the
department of justice.
Raids on two headquarters Of the
l. W. w. within Is minutes after the
explosion resulted in the arrest of nine
men. Several more we're taken into
custody within the $13,0O0,000 federal
building. More than 1900 government
agents and the entire city police force
are seeking the perpetrator of the out
rage.
This outrage, in my opinion was in
evitable as an act of reprisal on the
part of the l. w. W." Philip ]. Barry
declared after hurried investigation,
following the sentencing of nearly
hundred Of their members. We are
certain that the l. w. W. committed
this deed. l believe that the bomb
was composed Of nitroglycerin. Sew
eral arrests have been made and we
are questioning the prisoners as fast
as we can"
The courtroom of Federal Judge
Lands, where IS |. w. W. leaders
we're recently convicted and sentenced
to prison for obstructing the govern
ment's war program, is on the sixth
floor of the building William D. Hay.
wood, general secretary-treasure Of
the 1. w. W., and one Of those SEN
fenced to 20 years in prison for his
part in the conspiracies, was on the
eighth floor Of the building. with his
lawyer, who was planning to seek
writ of error in his behalf, when the
explosion occurred. He deplored the
outrage and. while emphatically de-
nying that any of his men had COM
mitted the act, admitted that he be-
lieved the |. w. w. would be blamed.
The bomb, which is believed to have
consisted Of at least three wire
wrapped steel cylinders charged with
high explosive, was carried into the
Adams street entrance OF the building
during one OF the most busy periods Of
the day Concealed in a suitcase and
connected with time fuse, the device
was deposited behind a radiator
The explosion came just as bel
in the dome of the building struck $40
o'clock. This bell is rung at that
hour each day to mark the change Of
clerks in the postoffice.
The force of the blast tore the radi-
ator from its fastenings and hurled it
20 feet into the street, where it struck
and killed a horse, smashed desks,
tore up great slabs of marble from the
walls and ground the woodwork into
splinters.
Flying debris cut into shreds several
war posters and canvas banners that
were stretched across the front Of the
entrance and filled the street with
plaster, stone and broken glass.
The dead included two postal clerks,
a sailor and a Chicago woman.
Pete Daley of st. Paul, MINI, who
was placed on trial with the other ]. !
w. w. members, but was later re-
leased by Judge Lands because Of his |
physical and mental condition was
taken into custody for questioning