Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-09-14
TWO MEN SEEN LEAVING.

Witnesses say two men were seen
TO run from tho building minute
before the blast.
One woman was arrested as Sho
attempted to leave the building. cts
too bad it didn't kill you ALL" she
screamed as she struggled with the
officer. She gave her name rs Syda
ltaifcll and was held for investigation
, James Connolly, alleged to have
been connected with tho l. w. w.
was seized standing near the en-
trance. On him wero found several
receipts of the Starrett-Thompson
Company, manufacturers of eXplo-
sivcs in Virginia. He said he was
formerly employed there.
Shortly before z o'clock tonight Il
telegram was sent to the Attorney
General at Washington, giving him
all details OF tho explosion. He will
he kept informed rs the investigation
progresses tonight.
GREAT ROAR CAUSES PANIC.
The great roar of tho bomb was
heard all over tho downtown shop
ping district and caused the widest
confusion. Women fed to elevators
or tainted i'll panic. Flames fol-
lowed the explosion, and the fire
department was summoned.
Hundreds OF persons were passing
in The corridors Of the building, and
the women and children fed scream
ing. Fifty feet away from where
the bomb was placed, a group of
women were buying war savings
stamps at postoflice window.
IJnln,, r;r
was killed at,hcr sisters side as they
were passing the entrance. She and
her sister, Irma, who is twcn.y-one,
were both struck by pieces of debris
blown out by the blast. The younger
woman was on the side nearest the
building and was instantly killed.
The jackie, Joseph IIadd, whose
home is in Salina, Kan, was detailed
to the> information bureau of the
United States Navy, and was at a
window getting mail for his Office
when he was killed.
III. X. KolkOW, a pOSt-ofiice clerk,
was killed at his window William
Ii. Wheeler was passing through the
corridor near the bomb and was in
stantly killed.
THROW EXTRA GUARD AROUND
THE COUNTY JAIL.
a double guard of police and dep,
uty sheriffs tonight was placed
around the county Jail where the
ninety-five |. w. w. prisoners are
awaiting removal to the Federal pen
itcntiary at Lcavenworth, Kan. This
action followed reports, which were
denied by Sheriff John E. Traeger,
that bomb had been found in the
jail.
The bomb, which is believed to
have consisted of at least three wire
wrapped steel cylinders, charged
with high explosives, was carried in
to the Adams street entrance OF the
building during one of the most busy
periods Of the day. Concealed in a
suit case and connected with time
fuse, the device was deposited behind
radiator unnoticed by the passing
throng.
The explosion came just as q bell
in the dome Of the building struck
$40 o'clock. This bell is rung at
that hour every day to mark the
change Of clerks. The force OF the
: blast tore the radiator from it's fas.
Jennings and hurled it twenty feet into
the street, where it struck and killed
horse, smashed desks, tore up great
slabs Of marble from the walls and
ground the woodwork into splinters.
Flying debris cut into shrcds several
war posters and canvas banners
stretched across the front Of the en-.
trance and filled the street with
plaster, stone and broken glass.
Diract1V aprOaS tho street