The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-01
KEEP WATCH IN CHICAGO

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KEEP WATCH IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, May 1.-The novelty"
package received by Federal Judge
Lands through the mail from New
York yesterday was opened today and
found to be Of the same construction
as the bombs found in the New York
postofice and other parts of the coun-
try.
Police and federal officers today
maintained strict watch around all
public buildings and institutions, and
Chief of Police Garrity held every
available policeman, comprising 1,400
on night duty and 1,500 reserves, on
duty for any emergency.
SALISBURY, N. c., May IA pack
age believed to contain an internal
machine similar to those received by
others, came to the Salisbury post
office last night from New York, ad-
dressed to Senator Lee s. Overman. It
was discovered by postoffice clerks
while asserting the mail this morn
ing and Is being held unopened by the
postmaster until the inspectors from
Washington reach here. The package
was wrapped in paper marked "Gim-
BILE Brothers, New York.
Had the package been delivered
promptly at the Overman home, il
probably would have been opened
without question, as the two daugh-
ters of Senator Overman were mar
ried last night and many gifts were
received by mail and express from all
parts Of the country. Senator Over
man stated today that he had received
several letters recently threatening
his life because of his activities
against enemy propaganda in this
country.
FEDERAL AGENTS At WORK
NEW YORK, May with the dis
covery and frustration of a nation.
wide bomb conspiracy here yesterday
against the lives of many prominent
Americans, every agency of the federal
and municipal government was at
work today, not only in an attempt to
trace the authors of the terrorist plot,
but to guard against the red" boast
Of countryside surprise on May
Day"
| Members Of New York's famous
Bomb squad" under the direction Of
Inspector Fauraut, and hundreds of de-
tectives watched the haunts of every
known radical here and It was init
mated by the police that before night
there would be general roundup Of
extremists OF all types In this city and
suburbs.
| While thirty-six bombs have been
delivered or intercepted in various
cities all apparently mailed from
! Nnu Vnrly IN fdnnffna1
packages Postmaster Patten said:
"The likelihood that other Internal
machines will be brought to light in
the next twenty-four hours does not
! comfort me. This is absolutely appau-
| ing"
Mailed to Arrive May 1.
The postmaster said that evidently
the packages were mailed with view
/ of reaching the address on or about
May 1. This is indicated by the fact
that parcels reaching the Pacific Coast
bear the postmark of April %. Those
detained here were put in the mails
April 26''
Though all the packages identified
were sent from New York the postal
authorities believe that others may
have been sent from other cities and
postmasters throughout the country
have been warned to watch for suspi-
cious looking parcels
The police today made further ex.
aminations of the sixteen packages
found in the general postofiice yester.
day where they had been held for
three days because of insufficient
postage The bomb experts worked
six and one half hours in opening one
of the packages. Owen Eagan, an
authority on internal machines ex
pressed astonishment at the ingenui
ty of the contrivance.
Shows Expert Work.
ut does not resemble any machine
have ever come across" he said
1T is the neatest and from the stand
point of mechanical ARRANGEMENT, tht
cleverest | have ever seen. Who
ever perfected this thing must hay,
been an expert mechanic and chem
list"
The packages, In size and shape, ar,
suggestive of a biscuit package
Members of the firm Of Cimbel Bros
reiterated today that the printe,
| wrappers on the package purporting Il
come from this store were faxed.
l Examination of the typewritten ad
i dresses on the packages indicated, &C
: cording to the police that they wer
1 made on the same typewriter. Their
were number of mis-spellings.
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