The sun., 1918-09-05
BOMB KILLS4
CHICAGOANSIN
U. S. BUILDING
Wrecks Entrance of Struc.
ture i'm Which 95 l. w.
WIS Were Convicted.
30 PERSONS ARE INJURED
Haywood and Judge Lands, on
Upper Floors, Are Unhurt
-"Workers" Blamed.
30 PERSONS ARE INJURED
Special Despafch to TIE SuS

Special Dsspdfch TO TIE SuS.
|, CHICAGO. Sept. -Four persons-one
a woman and one a sailor-were killed.
thirty others were injured and thou
sands of dollars worth Of damage was
done to the Federal Building and sur
rounding sxyscrapers this afternoon at
sos O'Clock when a bomb exploded in
the Adams Street entrance of the struc-
ture.
A few minutes later-even while the
injured were receiving first aid treat
nent at the scene Of the blast-the police
and Department OF Justices machinery
was put into motion.
In the excitement wild rumors were
circulated as to the source of the bomb.
but gradually the idea gained ground
that 1t was the work OF the Industrial
Workers Of the World IN retaliation for
the sentences recently imposed on ninety
hve members Of the organization by
Federal Judge Kenesaw NJ. Landis.
Tho bomb squad" OF the Police De-
partment said the bomb was the most
powerful ever used in this city. They
base this declaration on the violence of
the explosion.
The List of Dead.
J. B. Ladd, 22. sailor. salina. Kan. at
tached to Naval Intelligence Bureau.
Edward r. Kolkow, IS. foreman gen.
erai delivery department, post once.
Helen Miehfke. -. Chicago. :
Wiiliam Wheeler, mail carrief. Chi
cago.
Thousands Of persons were in the i'm
mediate vicinity Of the building when
the explosion took place. Within
stones throw women and children were
buying war savings stamps. hundreds Of
clerks were sorting mail and other hum
dreds were passing in or out Of the
entrance which crumpled under the force
Of the blast.
Three OF those killed were passing
when the bomb went off. They were
the sailor. the young woman and the
letter carrier. The explosion blew in
the wall separating the corridor from
the general delivery room. The wall fell
on the aged department foreman who
had been in the employ OF the Post
Office for 35 years. He was killed in
stantly.
The explosion rocked the entire build
ing. Fire broke out and all lights were
extinsuished. Through the flames,
smoke and dust raised by the falling
plaster, men, women and chill
dren fed in terror. Parts of the dome
fell. showering persons in the rotunda
below with glass, plaster and stone.
Bomb Behind Radiator.
The bomb apparently was placed be-
hind a radiator just inside the entrance.
So terrific was the blast that the radia-
tor was blown through a door and into
the street The fire department and po-
lice reserves cleared the block. which
was then roped of and patrolled by SOL
diers and sailors with drawn bayonets.
Secret service operatives guarded all en-
frances to the building and none was
permitted TO enter and none granted exit
without satisfactory explanation.
One woman was arrested as she at
tempted to fee the building.
"It is too bad It didn't kill you all ="
she screamed as she struggled with an
officer and several secret service opera
tives.
The first act OF the police and secret
service was to conduct a hurried raid on
the j. w. w. Headquarters here. Nine
known to have ]. w. w. leanings were
arrested In different parts OF the city.
Philip J. Barry. acting head of the
Department OF Justice. accused the
w WIS of the outrage.
When the explosion occurred. Will
liam d. Haywood. leader OF the I. w.
WIS sentenced to twenty years by Judge
Landis, was on the eighth floor OF the
building trying to arrange bond pend
ing an appeal on a writ OF error. He
denied the outrage was committed by
w WIS.
Judge Lands was In his office on
an upper floor of the building. He was
not injured.
The Department OF Justice learned
through woman that the bomb. en-
cased In a high cigar box, was placed
under the radiator and that the fuse
was lighted from n cigar The woman
witnessed this and then fled Later
she returned to the post Office and vol
unteered the information to the Federal
of GERS.