Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-03

and from the war department wer'
endeavoring today to establish th6
exact nature of the charge, though re
tarded by the lack of remnants.
Nowhere in Washington is there e
be found group of persons more i'm
portant in public and private life than
those closely gathered in homes near
that of Mr.. Palmer, and all of these
we're endangered by the blast
If MIR. Palmer had been on the first
floor of his home, he probably would
have been killed. as the living rooms
in the front were demolished He
went home last night on foot. btu he
is sure that he was not followed
One angle of search for the man 5
remains has been unrewarded. The
police have been unable TO discover
any OF his fingers. They are contin-
uing 10 look for them, believing they
might furnish most important evil
dence through prints or rings. The
head has not been found and it is
believed it was blown to bits.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt who has returned TO his
home from reception just before
the explosion. was one of the first to
reach the Palmer home.
Amid the leaves and broken
branches which Uttered the street i.
was difficult to locate possible essen
tial items of identification.
Early today the police found the
butts of two automatic revolyers
however, with the makers numbers
intact Amid the pieces of the SUR
case were the torn shreds Of what re
sembled women's clothing, in which
the explosive device was believed t.
have been wrapped. None of these
was productive of any worth Will /.
evidence, however
The downward force Of the explo- .
sion was so great that it wrecked the /
section Of the Palmer residence mex
the street and burst several water
pipes from the street main, flooding
the neighborhOod.
Believe Plotter Killed.
New York, June "a man and
woman were blown to bits by bomb +
that wrecked the home OF Judge
Charles Cooper Mott Jr of the Cour;
of General Sessions early today. Mrs
Mott, who was asleep on the top floor
OF the four story brownstone house
was not injured and Judge Mott wa
in Connecticut
The man, fragments Of whose bod
were scattered over half block, Is
believed to have been the anarchist
who threw the bomb. He is beieye4
to have been killed by premature ey
pIosion The woman victim was ah0g
50 years old. Apparently she wa
passing the Mott home in East sixty
irst street, when large fragment q
blown off by the bomb
horribly mangled her body.
Inspector Owen Eagan of the be
eau of combustibles announced after
several hours investigation thai ia
bomb set off on the steps of the Not
nome was the most powerful he had
ever dealt with in all his investiga
ions of bomb plots. The explosion
lore out the entire first and sec0nt
floors of the stone building, carryinE
down the stairs and leaving Mrs. Mott
marooned on the top floor She es
capped to the street by fire escape.
So powerful was the explosion the /
a large chunk of human flesh was .
blown across the street and through q /
window of the war camp commumitJ /
service building, where many return |
ed soldiers were sleeping Fronts Of (
other buildings along the street were (
pasted with bits Of human flesh and /
their windows shattered /
The caretaker at the Mott home, ( /
man named Vorkins, his wife and .
daughter were unhurt.
Fifteen minutes after the bomb was .
set off at Judge Motifs residence tho /
news had been flashed to every police
man in New York City and the search /
for known anarchists was begun. The
police feared that other bomb expIo-
sions would be reported before day
break but no other reports were re
ceiyed.
Judge Mott, it was stated at his
home, has seldom been on the bench
when cases which might arouse thu
anger Of anarchists were in court De
tecttYes are working on the theor,
hat the bomb plotters made mis-
take and planted the explosive IN
'front.' of the wrong residence.
Plot at Paterson, N. j.
Paterson, n. j. June 3--A bomb
carly today badly damaged building
by !, Cohen and NJ Morris
nd their families and also did dam
ige to the house nett door, owned By
Max Gold, silk manufacturer No one
Vas injured. The police believe the
bomb was directed against Gold a1G
lis family.
Police Trail Bombers
Pittsburg, Pa, June - The whole
machinery of the local police depart :
nent and federal secret service hu-
eau was set in moion oday to rua
Town the persons responsible for the
Wo mysterious explosions here last
light, The haunts Of the radicals
we're under espionage and railroad