The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-03
SCARE SAID TO BE OVER
Postal Inspector Points to
Hating of "a of the 25
Machines i'll Mail.
RAID REVEALS INT STORE
Burleson Advises Rcwarding
kaplan, Clerk Who Located
IL Missiles Here.

William +. Cochran, Chief Post or
fce Inspector. who Is in charge Of the
hunt for the New York gang Of Reds
that put twenty-five dynamite bombs
Of hand grenade powder in the mails
between April - and April 2s. an
nouncel last night that in his judg
ment all of the Internal machines
have been captured and that the dan
ser is over.
The big chief slcuth of the New
York district who sits at his desk on
the third floor OF the general post
ONCE as the directing intelligence OF
the whole vast web Of Investigation
believes that time enough has elapsed
to prove that the twenty-five bombs
delivered or intercepted-onlyo one ex-
ploded or caused injury. that mailed
to Thomas w. Hardwfck, former
United States Senator from Georgia
comprise the entire output OF the
potters. The assassins sought re-
'enge on Senators, Judges. members
Of the Cabinet, other Federal officials
The Mayor and Police Commissioner of
this city and capitalists, and planned
TO terrorize the country on May Day.
and Mr.. Cochran believes that the l.
W. W. and associated anarchists had
only twenty-five names on their pre-
scribed list. these names being:
Mayor Ole Hansen Of Seattle, Charles
A. f1ckert Distsiet. Attorney; Edward
Cuhha or San Francisco. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney; ex-senator Hardwick.
representative John L. Burnett Of Gads-
den' Ala; Federal Judge Kenesaw
Mountain Lands of Chicago, Lee s.
O'erman, United States Senator from
North Carolina: William II. King
lnited states Senator from Utah /;
FRANK Il. Nebeker, formerly Government
prosecutor in the Chicago I. w. W.
esses' A. S. Burleson, Postmaster-Gen-
eral; y. Mitchell Palmer, Attorney
General; William B. Wilson, Secretary
Of Labor; John F. Hylan. Mayor Of New
York city; Richard f. Enrisht, Police
Commissioner of New York city; Oliver
Wendell Holmes. Associate Justice Of
me United states Supreme Court; An
thony Caminetti. Chief Of the Bureau Of
immigration; William II. Lamar. So
Acitor-General OF the Post Office Depart
ment Frederic c. Howe, Commissioner
ot immigration, New York city, JOHN
- Rockefeller Sr.. Pocantico, Hills /;
NNIiam VI. Wood, president of the
american Woollen Company, Boston /;
!, Larry Eyre Pennsylvania State Sen
ator' Chester. Pa; W. II. Finch, agent
OF the department. of Justice, New York
city; William j. Schaffer, Attorney
General Of Pennsylvania William c.
Sproul. Governor of Pennsylvania. and
J. P. Morgan, New York city.
unfounded Scare In Georgia.
1t was reported from Washington last
tight that the postmaster at Americus,
"s'. lad intercepted parcel similar
III appearance TO the 25 previously in
tercepted and which also bore the tell
ta'c label "Gimbel Brothers." but the
Post ONCE inspectors subsequently
earned tnat the parcel was a perfectly
innocent affair which contained merely
chud's watch returned to Frank p.
Heroid Of Americas by Gimbei Bro
hers, 10 whom ne had sent 1t for re-
p'.fs few days ago. Many such epi-
s'ets are anticipated by the Post Office
dAt critics IN the next few days.
nc Americus. Ga, incident actually
o.i INNS Chief Cochran's statement that
Ire peril to well known men is over.
country has been thoroughly warned
o} Inc newspapers and the authorities
"Ld there is little change of anybody
opening a suspicious looking package.
Exactly what progress has been made
oy the army of detectives, Federal and
c'@' tnat is digging into the numerous
small indications presented by the dis
"sSemoed bombs intercepted here was
I'turaly not revealed either by Chief
pchran or by Inspector Joseph Faurot
"' the Police Department. but on the
surface II appeared as though the hunt
'FS had actually struck few rec
'''' The days developments showed
t'' o"ginning had been made. at
'''' toward discovering the identity OF
anarchist gang that attempted to
" Td'r by mail
Is POSSIBLE that these small begin
gs may lead to most important re-
1870 Az often happens In great and
"p'tN cases. Chief Cochran has a
-Ihch that he will get" the plotters
m" t'y say that Cochrans lunches
work out remarkably.
irnce Make of Typewriter Used.
IN the first place. it has been dis
,"'ei'a that the typewriter used In neat
Y ana precisely addressing the bomb
nNr'e,s was an Oliver. Type experts OF
~, l'ost Office Inspectors force deter
.n'Fd that fact quickly and officials OF
' DhNer concern corroborated the sur
"'" 1his clue is not SO valuable as /,
.S"' nave bsen some years ago. when
.p'"r'ters we're not so generally used
""' X still has some Importance be-
"Lse every typewriter has its own spe-
-. peculiarities. Hunting for the ma
."ne mat typed the s5 addresses now in
ne Possession of the authorities ia much
IKE looking for a needle in haystacE
put SUCCESS is possible.
the second place, II was discovered
mat the material tor the carton oi