The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-13
ANARCHIST BOMBS
KILL FIVE PERSONS
Explosions in Eight Cities Cause
Much Property Damage.
PUBLIC OFFICERS NEAR DEATH
Attorney General Palmer and Senator
Swanson Badly Shaken by Blasts
Which Wreck Their Homes
in Washin1ton, D. C..

fcials, were exploded almost simuita-
~neously in widely separated sections
Of the country late Monday night. Five
persons were killed.
Public officials against whose lives
attempts were made were:
In Washington:
A. Mitchell Palmer, United States
attorney general. One person sup
posed to have been the bomb throw
err, was killed. Police think a second
person was killed.
Claude A. Swanson. United States
senator from Virginia.
In Boston: Justice Albert f. Hay
den Of the Roxbury municipal court.
In Cleveland: Mayor Harry L. Da-
Wis.
In Pittsburgh: Federal Judge VIII
liam III. Thompson.
W.. w. Sibray, chief inspector of the
bureau of immigration.
In New York: Judge Charles c.
Mott, Jr., Of the court Of general ses-
sions. One person is known to have
been killed. Two others may have
been killed.
In Newtonville, Mass: Representa-
tive Leland w. Powers of the state
legislature.
Other bombs were thrown In Phila-
delphia and Paterson, N. J..
Officials are trying to connect the
latest outrages with the May day"
bombs which were sent by mail to 36
officials in every section. Monday
nights bombs were not mailed. Those
responsible for the outrages placed
them at the homes Of those they
sought to assassinate.
Seek to Kill Palmer.
The Washington bomb was thrown
at the residence of Attorney General
A. Mitchell Palmer, 2132 r street.
Mr.. Palmer has been the leader in
the prosecution of radicals. Previous
ly he was enemy property custodian.
The lower part Of the Palmer resi-
dence was wrecked. None of the fam
lily was injured, as all were on the
upper floors.
The explosion seriously damaged
the home Of Senator Swanson Of Vir-
ginia, next door.
The bomb, the police said, was con
tanned in a suitcase filled with cloth
ing. The remains Of this suitcase and
a handful signed 1.-The Anarchistic
Fighters" printed OF red paper. word
ed In infiammatory fashion, and serv-
ing notice of intent of It's authors to
begin general val on society, was the
only clew available.
Dictionary Is Found.
An Italo-American dictionary was
found In the street near the leaflets.
From this and the fact that the dark
skin Of portions Of the flesh of frag-
ments Of the body found. there Is a
disposition among the officials to be-
lieve that perhaps Italian Reds were
responsible for the crime, though the
Italian-American dictionary may have
been dropped as a ruse.
One or two persons near the spot
claimed to have heard two explosions
but most people reported only one.
Representative Ira G. COpley Of Hi.
nois. who lives at 2201 II street, also
had the front windows Of his house
smashed. This showed the force OF
the explosion, for Mr.. Copley lives In
the block between Twenty-seconG
street and Sheridan circle, while the
Palmer house stands In the block
lower down, between Tw~enty-first ant
Twenty-second streets.
Another Home Damaged.
The home of James r. Ellerson q,
2134 r. street, next to Attorney Gen
eral Palmer's residence. was almost a.
badly damaged as that of Mr.. Palmer
The neighborhood, which was Al
once roped Off by the police on theil
arrival shortly before midnight, Is IL
what is known as the west end Of
Washington. between Du Pont ant
Sheridan circles. where there are many
fine mansions, In which live officials
army. and navy officers, society folk
diplomats, and members Of congress
When reports began to come In OF
similar Outrages in other parts of tn,
country, Major Pullman, s~uperintend
ent of the capitol police, sent specia
BuuAuS " ICciuCuIc VI CuDiucl OulCcT'
and other prominent officials.
Secret service agents studied intent
ly reports received here from othel
cities, and when 1t was found that tn,
handbills found In Washington cor
responded textually with others picked
up In Boston. their first opinions tina
the plots were connected was con
Armed, they said. They awaited eager
~ clews which might be picked up II
other cities.
Property Under Guard.
Washington Is practically Under mar
tial law. A number Of military polio,
and other soldiers who were availabl,
quickly were pressed into service {,
aid In guarding the property and II
p~atrolling streets where prominent per
sons live.
4 special detail has been placet
about the White House grounds. tn,
treasury, and In the var and navy de
p~artlnents.
The situation In considered To, IAN