Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
BOMBS PLANTED BY
REDS KILL TWO
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distinguishing marks. and might
| easily have been printed in any
small print shop.
Bombs in Eight Cities
The cities in which explosions oc-
| Cured were New York, Washington,
Cleveland, Pittsburgh, two; Phila-
delphia, two; Boston, Paterson and
| Newtonville, Mass.
Following so closely the outrages
of last month, the anarchistic out
break last night is expected to
hasten action of bills now before
Congress dealing with suppression
of anarchism and deportation of
undesirable aliens.
The attempt on the life of Attor-
ney General Palmer has literally
brought home to Congress the seri-
BUSINESS of the menace and members
to-day showed marked increase in
their desire to eliminate the radical
element, which they charge is large
ly made up of foreigners who could
be disposed of by deportation.
New York, June 3.-One man was
killed and several men and women
had a narrow escape from serious
injury early to-day when a bomb
placed at a basement entrance to
lilc vi JuuBS SHdTIeS u.
of General Sessions Court, exploded.
The front part of the Mott residence
was blown out and houses nearby
in East Sixty-first street were dam
aged. Judge Mott was not at home
and Mrs. Mott who was asleep on the
second floor, was uninjured.
Watchman Blown to Fragments
William Boehner, a private watch
man, was blown to pieces, parts of
his body being found half a block
from the scene of the explosion. He
was identified by his two sons from
particles of his clothing and a ring
of keys. For the last ten years
Boehner, has been employed as a
watchman for a number of private
dwellings in the neighborhood of
Judge Motifs home. The exact time
of the explosion was learned when
1t was discovered that large clock
in the hallway had stopped at
1885 a. m.
The police expressed the opinion
that the explosion at the Mott resi-
dence was part of a nationwide plot
by radicals to assassinate prominent
men throughout the country.
The bomb, according to Inspector
Owen Eagan of the Bureau of Com
bustibles, was most powerful. Ex-
perts differed as to whether the
bomb was loaded with dynamite or
trinitrotoluol
Judge Mott at Summer Home
Judge Mott with three daughters
was at his summer home near New
London. Conn. With. Mrs Mott in the
house were the caretaker and his
family. They suffered only from
shock and minor injuries received
when they were thrown from their
beds
The homes of Richard D. Lydon.
a lawyer, and DR.. John c. McKew,
adjoining the Mott residence, were
badly damaged. All glass was broken
and doors broken in by the concus-
sion. No one in these houses was in
jured.
Directly across the street, army
men, guests at an officers club,
maintained by the War Camp Com
munity Service, were awakened by
windows crashing in. Portions of
body was found in the club. officers
who served overseas said that the
force of the explosion equaled
anything they had heard in France
during the war.
Immediately following the expio-
sion and the receipt of news dis
patches telling of similar outrages
in other cities, the police detailed
strong forces to guard the homes of
prominent men in New York.
Pittsburgh, Pa, June "a Gordon
of policemen and detectives was
thrown around Pittsburgh to-day, in
an effort to catch the perpetrators
of two bomb explosions in different
sections of te city shortly before
last midnight. The outrages were
directed against United States dis
trict Judge w. Fl. s. Thompson. and
w. w. Sibray. chief inspector of the
bureau of immigration. That the
explosions were in connection with a
plot of radical agitators to kill men
who nave been active in their prose-
cution Is indicated in the fact that
local authorities found handbiIIs
signed by "the anarchistic fighters"
and similar to those discovered in
Washington.
TerrOrists Make Mistakes
The bombs were placed on the
porches of residences near the home
of the public officials and police au-
thorities today expressed the opinion
that the terrorists made mistakes in
planting the Internal machines. The
first explosion occurred next to Judge
Thompson's home. 1t wrecked one
house and damaged other residences.
including that of the jurist.
Shortly after this outrage, = bomb
was exploded in the west end dis
trict on the porch of . house dfrectlv
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