Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-05-02
REDS SEND BOMBS
TO BIG AMER CANS
Morgan, Rockefeller, Mayor Hy-
Ian and Palmer Aimed AT.
BOMB SENT TO JUDGE Lands
Postmaster General BurIeson and 9th.
ers in Number to Whom Packages
Are ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Are investigating.

discovery there of seventeen internal
machines put into the mail, addressed
10 prominent men, Including many
public officials.
One of the machines Is understood
to have exploded during examination,
but without causing great damage. All
were similar to the bomb sent to for
mer Senator Hardwick Of Georgia,
which, when opened at the Hardwick
home, blew off the hands of c0Iored
maid and injured Mrs. Hardwick, and
the one addressed to Mayor Ole Ham
son of Seattle.
Cabinet Officers In List.
Among those to whom the deadly
packages We're addressed were Post
master General Burleson, Secretary Of
Labor Wilson, Attorney General Palm
e.. Commissioner General Caminetti of
the immigration bureau, Mayor Hylan
of New York, Governor SprOul of Penn
sylvania. John ID. Rockefeller. j. p.
Morgan. Solicitor General Lamar of the
post office department. and r. G. Howe.
immigration commissioner at New
York.
The bomb for Mr. Rockefeller was
addressed to his country home at Tar
rytown, N Y, and that for Mr.. Nor
gan to 231 Madison avenue, New York.
Only insufficient postage prevented all
seventeen going out promptly and be-
ing delivered probably ahead of the one
which reached the Hardwick home.
Others to whom packages were adj
dressed included: w. NJ. Wood, p
Fairfield street Boston; w. Fl. Finck,
special agent of the department of
justice at New York; w. ]. Shaffer. at
,arney general of Pennsylvania; T..
Larry Dyra, Chester, Pa, and Richard
y EnrIght. police commissioners, New
York city.
Associate Justice Holmes of the
| United States Supreme court was an
other of the prominent intended vic
TINS Most of the other packages were
addressed to officials or men prominent
in public life.
Fear Some Have Gone Through
Seventeen packages were pulled out
of the mails, but post Office officials
fear that some others may have had
sufficient postage and have gone
through the mails
The discovery followed an investi-
gation ordered after news came of the
Hardwicl1 bomb explosion. The pack
ages bore labels of Gimbel Brothers
store and were sealed. but did not have
| sufficient postage. This caused postal
officials to notify Gimbel Brothers,
who disclaimed ownership of the pack
ages and said the labels were forged.
TWO Reach San Francisco.
San Francisco. May 1.-Two bombs
were delivered by mail to the district
attorneys office of san Francisco One
was addressed to Charles NJ Fickert,
district attorney, and another to Ed
ward Cunha,. assistant district attor-
ney. They were mailed from New
York
One of the bombs. addressed TO Cum
Ia. was opened and found to contain
percussion caps. an explosive and some
acid. Both were delivered in wooden
boxes, the bombs inclosed in card
board box inside The packages were
marked, novelty" with the name of
"Gimbel Brothers, New York on the
| outside of the package
Lands Gets an Odd Package.
Chicago, May Ia small, sinister
] looking package similar to those seized
b. postal inspectors at New York and
believed to contain an Internal machine
was received at the federal building
chambers of Federal Judge lands and
seized BIZ agents of the department of
justice on telegraphic information
from Eastern authorities.
Judge Lands is at Rockford. and the
package. which bore the red-lettered
/ words. sample NOVELTY" on the out
side, was not opened by his secretary.
The lands package was in every
way identical with those seized at New
York and which were addressed to seq
enreen public officials and prominent
citizens in the East. It bore the name
of Gimbel Brothers. 30 Broadway, New
York, as the senders, and a postmarl
of the Eastern city.
Alabama Man Gets One.
| Gadsden. Ala, May L. Representa-
tive John l.. Burnett. chairman of the
immigration committee of the last
house, narrowly escaped serious injury
or possibly death by an internal ma.
chine received through the mails. The
lid on the package stuck when Mr.
Burnett attempted 10 open ii. arousing
his suspicious, and he turned the ma.
chine over to the police.
The package was marked "Gimbel
Brothers, New York"
1t exploded with a loud report when
| hit by a revolver bullet fired by the
police