The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-06-03

lNNHhHs were lNlilN. bne ear al
Tho attorney general went % wurk'
as usual no his dcsk later IN the day
having the search Tor the plottcr- In
the hands Of Euhordinates who denied
that any general roundup of reds"
had been ordered throughout the
country. but admitted that many
were under investigation.
Congress and an official Washing
ton. deeply sti~ed by the newest out
break by enemies ~ law and order.
considered what steps might be taker
20 curb national menace.
Agents Gee Rusy.
Department of justice agents and
police throughout the country today
we're d niinf tho organized band of
anarchists who last night launched
what they called an attempt tn over
throw the government hy nHsnHsluaf-
inE with hirh explosive bombs gov
eminent officials nud prominent men
opposed 10 the spread ~ organized
lawlcssness
Explouiona took place In Washing.
ton. iittsburF cleveland, newton
Vile, Mass. BOSTON. Philadelphia. Pat
erson. y g.. ana New York None of
the men for whom the bombs were
intended was hurt hut one man.
watchman in Ncw york. was killed.
several persons were injured. build
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ingtun one - the pluttrrs himself vas
blown 10 pieces whom an Internal ma
chine Intended for Attorney General
A. Mitchell Palmer exploded prema-
turely
The police have established that the
dead anarchist who wHH probably an
Italian. came 10 Washington from
Philadelphia lnd they have reason Tor
hclicvinr that tho nation wide plot
NH ID from
that city
Hope was held uut By federal agents
that the pinitcrs might be- apprchend-
ed, Tho Identity ~ the anarchist who
was killed apparently has been cstgh-
hHhud and tho next step IL To- deter
mine who wors hls associates.
s.~luei of NRstla, pim.
Tho oufrAgrs we're believed to hc q
sequel ~ the May day bomb plot,
when informal marhiurs were mailed
tu Il score OF prominent men over the
country
Tho explosions last nighi were ac-
compnuiod hN the scattering uf anaf-
chistic literature written hy persons
who we're mot illiirrttr. The liiUra-
turr contained the HtucN doctrines ~
radicals who have been preaching
class war
rho homes and persons uf promin-
snt officials aud business men In
Washington aud elsewhere were being
protected today against further out
farrH.
Tho police are confident the plans
10 blow up the house of the attorney
general and klll 3iH occupants would
not have misctrricd had not the an.
archist iu his excitement in the DARK
ness. Hiuhhcd hiH toe on low coping
sIA feet from the front door where, n
was Obvious, he Intended to place
the puWt ful internal machine The
cuping iripprd him and when he tell
the cnn"ussion apparently set off the
bomb
\ Ii,,idunabIo Nclghborhood.
The nciEhhurhoud in which the cN-
plosiun occurred is one uf tho most
fashionable In Washington. Two doors
away lives Senator swanson uf Nir-
riuia. Directly opposite lives Rear Ad-
mifll Theodore y. Iewoli The home
of llolmor ~ Bryn Norwegian minis
tor. adiolns that Of Admiral Jewell
and Assistant Secretary ~ the Navy
Franklin Roosevelt lives short dis
tauce away
Residences In the entire block were
damaged Windows we're shattered
and the fronts ~ some OF the houses
were uickod hy pieces of flying CON
crete, rsrtr Of the anarchist were
blown through fome ~ the windows
Several occupants of the nearby
houses, including the son of the Nor-
wcEinn minister. were thrown from
their brds b., the force OF the ozplo-
sion
Al the capitol extra police are on
duty and the rule against bringing
packages ~ any sort into the capitol
and tho house and senate office build
ings waS rigldly enforced. Tho same
rule was being applied In other gov
ernment buildings.
Attorney General Palmer did not go
10 his office today and his associates
refused 10 disclose whore no and Mrs
Palmer. who left tfeir homo after
the explosion last night had taken
up their new residence.