Evening journal., 1919-05-01
SEARCH MAILS
TODAY FOR BOMBS
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gated Hl,hryiS rrorasands Is the
iwenly-lhifd % a9gcer on lne marked
list"
Sixteen bombs woro hold ~ IN ihe
New Iofs pc-,en,ce fur lack or sum-
client pCsl7se and seNcn fafe peih vs-
llvcred.
Go,ernmen. agenla' IN every section
today continued lhulr work on tle ter
rorisl bomb plot,
rhnir nrst thuughl was 90 prevent
janv more of the bombs reaching their
Intended victims. Their next ann was
fo spprehend the would-bo assasslns'
Anarchist ORGANIZATIONS IN several
oliles are IN surveillance With any pos
slble May Day disturbances, as wei az
the bomb plot
NEW YORK. MAY limited Press
secret service AGENTS all over the
United states today searched the mans
for bombs believed sent 10 proHalnons
men. ,.,
Discovery Of seventeen informal ma
chimes IN the postOfilce here' heiu up
for lack OF sufficient stamps. eApossu q
plot which detectives assert aliilee ~
the annihfatlon Of some OF the nation u,
biggest 1nanciers and government S,.. vn.-
clals In connection with<a great Mas
Day demonstration. .,.,,,,
Secret service men here IN touch W.
agents in scores OF cities ana towns
where the mails were being careiuly
inspected for the inonensiNo iooalils s.s
little packages IN department. slOl'
wrappers. sent from New YORK
Inspector Faurots famous NeW lola
police bomb squad has been nsru al
work for hours trying to locate lils lecs s',
/ tory where the lngeniously colslruV'yu
explosive engines were put toselllor,
| This place is believed 20 be on the Mss' t,,'
I Side OF New York. between 2Jth anu ootil
street. The district Is thus hXeu DE lile
nolice because the bombs, they say
were mailed in post boxes witillh lla'
area ..,io,od
but "a far none OF them has been aDle
40 recollect having taken Up the INFER
nal machines on his rounds. This Is ac-
counted for by the fact that the BOMBS
were not al mailed at once but Were
nosted on different days according 10
/ iheir destinations, the evident purpose
beinr to have them all reach the VIC
Tins on May T..
s0ine Department OF Jusiic5 opera
,iyos cAine to the belief that the plot Is
not 50 serious as appears; ana the opin-
ion has been advanced that u Is uie
work OF a lone crank ami not urAai
lied conspiracy OF terrorisis.
Tho bombs opened by officials nave
lbeen found 10 contain very high cNplo-
sive substances. and the ones receiver
NV former senator HardwicF. OF Ge2r-
ia and bv Representative Burnett, oi
/ Alahomo exploded with manging lorce'
Tbe bomb sent Ha-dwick injured a COZ
ored maid while Burnetts was SET on
bv nollceman planting 4 bullet IN IT,
The fact that the bombs nave Dseh
received al the offices ot pistrlet Aseol- W..
ney Fickert Of san Francisco, ana MAY
or Ole Hanson, OF Seattle, SHOWS 20
lice say that they were thorousiiy
circulated all over the nation Dt''re
lthe May Day plot came 20 light.
The nature Of the device calseu IN
vestigators 10 conclude the manu- ao-
turer was a chemist who worked WIN
tbe advice or assistance of an expert
mechanic. The wrappers bearing the
Label Of Gimbel's Department store are
declared "a officials Of that concern n, ~ y
~ innitaNons of their wrappers. inns
i,,iicsfcs 10 detectives that the person
- nersons involved had access 70 q
,.intinr press. The addresses are an
t;-nswritten. and certain mistakes ln
s,.sliinc that police assert, say nave
h.en made Intentionally to create the
in,nression that ignorant persons were
J implicated. s,s.ov-
mi. IaH HNnIH
coed in The mails here were held up
because thew were sealed win reu
sticters This made them first-class
7 matter and they only carried ehousa, e,lou,e.
stamps to go by parcels post .an,,on 1nslig9
Kaplan, a postal clerk caiie1 a1'0l''',l az
10 the AZ bundles after reau,hs ~
) scription OF the bombs sen, Senstg, ..s,,
J Hardwick. which, he saw, talileu WIN
the packages held here a.,
Attention was called to the fact INA.
hmanv OF the intended victims We're
men who had favored restricting imni.
icration./ II was also noted that DislI,o'
Z Attorney Fickert. san Francisco VINO
, was marked for death, prosecuted anu
. convicted Thomas j. Mooney OF the
! nrenaredness day bomb plot and ins'
j Federal Judge Lands, Chicago. ahotheI
) marked man, had sentenced seNer"'
b Reds. - ,,,,,o,d
secret service agents here beleVu
lthere win he a number more bombs DIS
! covered today. Naturally, there is mucn
( fear of one of the machines yet get
O. ting fo the intended victim, ana eVers
effort is being made 10 spreau-- 'n'
warning everywhere. nth.
.rhese bombs were the most deViils,li
, / conirivances ] have ever seeh' saiu
, sChief Postonice Inspector Cochran. =,
They were made to look Ike smal
E hottie Of cologne in a wooden box aho
) the wrapper was marked Novelty ah0
sample" 10 make IL alluring. hnort'
: TO remove the bottle were expected -
break It, releasing illuminate OF me,,
curry, which was intended 10 set OF
) three sticks OF dynamite.
GADSDEN, Ala. May United Press
-Congressman John L. Burnett wa
, saved from serious injury by ooin'
received by him through the mail yes
, ierdaI only because Of diiiicuty u
! lopening the box. His son Philip re
Z membered reports Of bomb outrage
l land the box was turned over 10 In
/ The box was taken TO the outskirt
! Of the city and a bullet fired into II
/ A loud explosion followed.
I CHICAGO, May United Press)-
4 Aroused by the expose OF the nation
..ta, hcrnh p1ot noifco and federal au