The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1919-06-05
ANARCHISTS START REIGN
OF TERROR BY EXPLOSIONS

Washington, June Radical agi-
tntors tonight apparently attempted
to inaugurate reign of terrorism
throughout the country through the
planting Of internal machines near the
residences of prominent men.
/ Within IA few minutes after the cx-
plosion of bomb at the door of At
torney General Palmer's residence here
with the killing of one man evidently
the person planting the bomb, reports
were received from Boston, New York,
Paterson, n. j., Philadelphia and
Cleveland and West Philadelphia.
In all cases, except Paterson and
Philadelphia the bomb attempts were
directed against the lives of public
officials. In Paterson the home of a
silk manufacturer was wrecked. while
in Philadelphia, where two explosions
occurred attempts were made to blow
up "a Catholic church and private
residence.
The explosions IN the other cities
were followed at midnight by others in
New York City, where bomb explod-
ed in the house of Charles c. Mott. Jr.,
and in Newtonville, Mass. where the
house Of State Representative Leland
w. Powers was wrecked. First re-
ports stated that no one was injured
in the Newtonville explosion.
Bombs intended by anarchists for
men who had directed the force of law
against them pronounced sentence
against radicals or introduced legis-
lation intended to check their machin-
ations, failed in every case to claim
their victims. In several cases. how
ever, families Of public officials and the
public officials themselves experienced
narrow escapes. The death toll of
two taken in the Washington and New
York explosion recoiled upon insti-
gators of the reign of terrorism, ac-
cording to first conclusions reached
by the police. In some instances in
nocent pedestrians were injured more
or less seriously.
Whether the explosion of the bomb
planted in the lower portion of At
torney General Palmer's residence was
intended as the first Of the series Of
explosions or whether il had been
timed to occur at approximately the
same instant as the others, but ex-
ploded prematurely, could not be de-
cided early today by agents of the de-
partment Of justice and police of the
various cities. who began at once a
nation wide search for the culprts
The similarity of the reports re-
ceived from the various cities recalled
to authorities the May day bomb plot
Of month ago.
The bomb planted under the steps
of the home of the attorney general
northwest section of Washington,
wrecked the dwelling, smashed in
the windows of adjoining houses for
block, but injured no one within the
Palmer residence.
An empty suit case found near the
entrance. and a handbill signed, THE
Anarchistic Fighters" printed on red
paper worded in inflammatory fash
ion, and serving notice of intent of its
authors to begin general war on lead
ers of society, was the only clue avail
able at late hour tonight.
The remains of the man killed was
literally shredded over the block and
driven into the asphalt pavement.
THE only way | can reconstruct
the incident" said Major Pullman,
superintendent Of the capital police, at
the end of his preliminary investi-
cation, "is on the theory that the ex-
plosive blew up just as it was beng
deposited in the doorway. 1t is pos
sihle but unlikely that it was pnsser-
by involved"