The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-04

Victim
EX-ASST. ATTORNEY
GENERAL WILL DIE
Mrs. Lawler, Though Badly
Burned, Saved By Hus-
bands Heroic Conduct

LOS ANGELES. Nag. 2.--R"NcrC f'r
the part hc PLAYED N tho prosecution
of a group Of dynamltcrS n N" midGl"
west several years aCo WAS as Gn"d by
the police hero a nc prohHhi' motive
for an artonpt ~ The liz" "f Oscar
Iavler. former assistant a''orrry E"n-
oral Of the United Stitos. today. Mr..
LAWYERS hom" was practlCdlly de-
stroyed hy A hnnrh and subsequent tire
here early today. and ne and Mrs. Law
Ier both seriously burned and otherwise
injured.
Three children also worc SO badly
burned that they may dc" Two child-"n
of the family were out Of tho city. The
other boy. h,e years old. was saved.
Shortly before ; o'clock this morning
according 70 information gathered by tho
police a man driving an automobile
stopped in front Of the Lawlcr r"si-
dence at New Hampshire street and
Wiltshire boulevard, in an exclusive
residential district. He dropped some
thing. leared into the car and hurrl"dlY
drove away.
An explosion followed almost imnedt-
atrlv. Tho house burst into flames.
Mr. I.awlcr. his wifc and ono child were
trapped within. William Lacy. an iron
master. and Ed rulford. who w"r" dr'r-
lng past the house. seized ladder and
Mr. I.awler dragged his wife 70 win
dow and in tho midst ot flames low
cred her from an upper story until her
fent touched an awning over WINDOW
IN the ground floor Th"n he lcaH"d
70 the ground.
They wcrr removed 20 A hospital.
TWO other I.awler children. charles
and Jane. werc visiting A. rho ranch "t
Dan Murphy IN" oil producer. at rep
bly, Beach.
Outrage Investigated.
A thorough investigation by city.
county. state ana federal author't1"S led
70 the N,rpf that the bomb was placed
between two five gallon cans filled win
gasoline or some other highly intarn-
nable liquid. Experts working on the
case found fragments Of tho bomb SUI
fc,cnt to- reconstruct II. They said IL
had been made Of pi"cc Of iron pipe
bout ton inches high and six inches in
diameter Two discs Of metal had h""n
placed as ends. apparently held IN plaC"
by two bolts passing through hoth ends
prd the r'po itself. Ta"V also tound
the two five gallon cans that had con
tained liquid.
The r,awIcr home was large brick
and Yrxne structure in m" fashonablo
''''1shirs district in the wrst part ~ Ine
city.
Mp and M~s. Iarfrr were sterrinz IN
q norch IN the south sid" of tn" hHuS"
opening from =. second floor room And
screened from No street hv An an~i" ~
~ huild,rr Miss Rcssle Mills. a
-urse. and Oscar Icawl"r. Jr" w"r"
slrcpinE on A porch at tho rear or 'aS'
md 81 the house -,
When tho explosion came A shr"t oI
Nar,c. rushed up thc sid" % m" h1use
dirscr,v below tho porch occupied ny
,hc Iawlrrs and cut off escape toward
tho outside Mr.. I.awler and his wire
went into the nous" and trIed I" make
.heir way u their son. They w"r" cu'
~ ~ .rooke and flame. Mrs. LawIrr
tainted. Mt Law'Nr carried her through
r,9mrn to tho fTont Of III" nous" ana
d-orped her 10 an awning over tn" front
r-rdow whence she rolled ~ IT"
ground. He then lnaped after h"r. tn"
Young son and the nurse wer" rescued oy
p.i-hhors Another son and uaught"r
v~-~ away from home.
pbysiriars attending Mr. l.awior and
his wiro tonight announced that his
chances for recovery arc about "NHn'
M-s LAWYER they said. would recover.
Mr.. I.awler served AS as riStant h''"n
G.a,cs attorney general fSr tn" 'nt"rior
ssnsr.mer+ for two years beginning
>r,,. Iaia HI resigned and returned
r,c-e 20 nraytrce law. H.. vas special
rrosccutnr of Tho alleged dynamit"rs
those trial ~ Indianapolis few years
aco attracted international interest. He
oIso served as IN Investigation and pros
ccu,cr =. men accused Of siniar crimes.
Mr. I.awler who WAS born n Lowe IN
1878. - rector OF on" ~ th' leading
banks h"rH.
!, ua found that tho force af ne
,XnIos,cn was - grna' that Sheds ~
mails which f'tcd int" IN" larger
r..cos nf tho hNm. were Sch't"cd 4
thousand feet away.