Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-31

bomb
Superintendent Mills believes . sbarpnet
bomb of ihe sarc tYpa was uscd ID all
the explosions lie said trdav the ~
plosive used WIS either nitroyceriuc II
I. ". n.
Justice von Mo~chzisksr today ~
pressed tbe belief that bis borns uas
attacked simply bccause hp II shc highes5
court officer IL Philadelphia
WORK op HYsTEnicAL PEOPLE.
This bombing outrage, To my mind,
said the Jusficc "Is simply The work u
misguided hyaterical rer-ons affected BIZ
conditions ~ the times ! DO not believe
there was any personal animosity ID The
attack o. my house - far as ca 4 recall
there has been no care before me IN nhicb
d decision would have affected any of thc
class of persons Who apparently directed
these efforts AZ frigh'fulnpsa
Since theoutbTrak of the war Justice vor
Mosch Sisker has been active IN securing
relief for the distressed people ID Poland
HoCsE AND FURSrTCBg wREcss.
Farlv today Mayor Smith and Supe-in-
tendenf Mil. visited the home of tho
Justice They found the entire front
wrecked and lhc drawing room with an IT.,
furniture }n runs. Windows ia everv
house ID the blocs we're shattered
Justice Won Mosrhzlsker said today.
1T he force of the bomb IS shown bv the
fact thar piece of the shell penetrated
four partitions in my house, cut through
the steel springs and heavy mattress Of the
bed IN which my wife was sleeping and
slightly injured her she. with our three
~ tlrf~o- en-, -,of~l. r.-~v1 . lg..-, r,.,
the explosion occurred
PLOT DIRECTED AT MEETING.
A large bundle Of the circulars ztrewn
about the scenes ii the explosions WAS
found early today. superintendent Mills
believes meeting Of the plot leaders was
held somewhere II he center of the CITY
last night and that about ten O'Clock the
consprators scattered 70 place the bombs.
He thinks the 5UnIlc was thrown away
after the blasts.
PEOPLE HURLED PROM BEDS
Federal and local authorities are IL
vestlgatlng ne series of bomb explo-
sIons. Although the force Of the explo-
slons was so great haC occupants oi
the houses were hurled from their beds
and scores Of windows IN nearby houses
were shattered, 10 one Was seriously
hurt. One man was arrested.
ii was at hrsb reported tnat one ~ the
bombs had been set otI III he home oi
Judge James Z. German. d the Municipal
Court but i later Developed that it was
a. the Trlgg residence next door. The
police. however. sad they Eerc con
tIdent il HAS meant Tor the Judge wno Is
seriously IL with pneumonia.
The damaged houses are located N
fafv 2 frr@V
IN each instance sUca rapid bombs were
FUSED
CAME FROA SEw YORK.
Local authorities expressed The bt.et
that the men responsible ior the explosions
which took place within halt g hou of
each other, came here from tr ork.
Scattered over the strec oi he
wrecked houses we're z MAJ o4n
phleJs denouncing or rZanized Las and order.
One Of them read
ITO the eXDioiters-the judges, poncS-
men. the priests and soldier vou he
handful 0f parasites who have lived Upon
your brothers, Who have depended upon
yoW brothers 10 slave for you asa,n
I'VE have asked too many times for
the night Of free speech and free press
gwen by the constitution. We have aSke-l
for bread. The answer BY voEr Things u
uniforms has been anything but justice
Now ge have chosen other means; learned
10 use other weapons instead Of words
Mans weapon is now dynamite Scenes
tnumphed over the Torqucmadas : CEN
tury. Anarchy VIII triumph over the
present T3rquemadas Of your century
We have demanded he freedom 81 all
political prisoners. .Iof free press and rvs
speech. You have refused. We waE
against you.
ONE NAS ARRESTED.
The man taken into custody gave hs
name IS John Lafferty Tie denied any
connection with the affair, bur was held
for further examination today The police
say he was seen 20 pick up many q the
pamphlets
70 blow up other buildings Spcciel de-
tals of police guaried the residence q
4. 5 Senator Penrose, Mayor saith
District Attorney Botll, local and
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