The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-03

1 torney General Palmer's residence here, with the killing of one mar, evidently the person planting the bomb, reports were received of sim : liar attempts from Boston, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Paterson, N. J., and West
 Philadelphia, In all cases except Pat erson and Philadelphia the bomb at : tempts were directed against the lives of public officials. In Paterson the home of silk manufacturer was
 wrecked while in Philadelphia, where two explosions occurred attempts church. and private residence The similarity of the reports rs- celved from the various cities recalled to authorities she May day bomb plot of month ago.
 The bomb planted under the steps or the home of the Attorney General at 2132 R street. in the fashionable northwest section of Washington, wrecked the dwelling, smashed in the windows of adjoining houses for d block. but injured no one within the Palmer residence
 An empty suitcase, found near the entrance. and handbin signed ''The; Anarchistic Fighters, printed on red paper worded in inflammatory fashion ana serving notice of intent of it's au- thors to begin general war on leaders of society. was the only clue avail able at late hour tonight
 The remains of the man killed were literally shredded over the block and driven into the asphalt pavement. The only way I can reconstruct the incloent. said Major Pullman, super lntendent of the capital police. at the end end or his preliminary investigation, lis on the theory that the exnlosiv" blew up just as it was being denositr1 Tn the doorway. It is possible. h,;t unlikely that it was a passerby i;, volved." Instantly upon receipt of the news or the attempts on the lives of other prominent men in other communities Major Pullman ordered special gua 1s sent out to the residences of cabinet oIIlcers and prominent men in the government
 The explosions in the other cities were
 followed at midnight by others in New York city, where bomb exploded in the house of Charles c. Mott, Jr, and in New tonvllle Mass, where the house of State Representative Leland w Bowers was wrecked First reports stated that no one was injured in the Newtonville explo-
 sion. ESCAPE INJURY
 MT. Palmer and other members of the family were at home. but escaped any residence almost collapsed with the force of the explosion. They. were orr the second floor preparatory to retiring at the time. So thoroughly was the corpse of the man Killed scattered that surgeons had difficulty in ascertaining whether one or two persons had been involved Pieces ] of two separate firearms were also To- leated. one an automatic pistol and the other a revolver.
 i The suitcase was of cheap construction. The handbill, which was grease-spotted. was headed in large type. "Plain Words I It opened with the statement The pow CTS that be make no secret of their inten- l ton to stop the worldwide revolution in America and concluded, after /an-
 nouncing its acceptance of some kind ot
 war with a printed signature. The An
 archistic Fighters
 Besides tearing away the residence l front, the explosion jolted out of place the stone steps leading up to the first floor level Remnants of shabby clothing worn by the man killed were scattered. sections being found over radious of 100 l feet and plastered on an automobile which 1 happened to be pasCing at the moment 1 Streets near the Palmer home were cleared with difficulty by polhee and sol diers pressed into service One or two persons near, the spot claimed to have
 heard two explosions, but most people re-
 ported only one. It had. however. terrific force. Members of Attorney General
 Palmer's family while shocked, retained
 self-control perfectly.
 1 Mir. Palmer said that he could assign
 no reason for the attempt on his life
 it being the second in a few weeks.