Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-03
|JUDGESAND OTHER
| OFFICIALS MARKED
FOR BOMB ATTACK
Member of New York Court,
Absent at His Country
Home, Escapes.
|CLEVELAND MAYOR SITS
| ON LAWN AS REDS WORK
Church Rectory Is Damaged in
Philadelphia-Blasts in
Other Cities.

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By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 3.-One man WAS
killed and several men and women
had q narrow escape from serious in
jury early today when a bomb PLACID
at a basement entrance to the home
of Judge Charles c. Mott of general
sessions court exploded. The front
part Of the Nott residence was blown
out ana houses nearby on East 61st
street ware damaged. Judge Mott wns
not at home and Mrs. Mott, who was
asleep Oh tbs second floor, was UNI
injured. t@
Waterman Blown to Pieces.
William Boehner. a private watch
man, was blown to pieces. parts OF
his body being found half block
from the scene of the explosion. He
was identified by his two sons from
particles of his clothing and ring OF
keys. For the last ten years Boehnef
has been employed as Waterman Tor
a number of private dwellings in the
neighborhood of Judge Motifs home.
The exact time of the explosion Was
learned when 1t was discovered tnet
a large clock in the hallway had
stopped at 1855 am. sis
Alter an investigation the police ex.
pressed the opinion that the explosion
at the Mott residence was part OF .
Nationwide plot by radicals to ~
sassinate prominent men throughopf
the country.
The bomb, according to inspector
Owen Eagan OF the bureau Of conn
bustibles, was most powerful, judging
from the force, Of the explosion ans
the damage 1t caused in the vicinity
wv nrfo c
bomb was loaded with dynamite or
trinitrotoluol. 81
Judge Was at Summer Home.
Judge Mott. with three daughters.
was at his summer home, near New
London, Conn. With Mrs. Mott in the
house were the caretaker and his
shock and minor injuries received
when they were thrown from their
beds.
The homes of Richard D. Lydon. .
joining the Mott residence. were bad-
II damaged. All glass was broken
and doors broken in by the concue-
sion. No one in these houses was In
jured.
Directly across the street Army
men, guests at an officers club MAIN
tanned by the War Camp Community
Service. were awakened by windoMe
crashing in. Portions of Boehnsrs
body were found in the club. Omcerq
who served overseas said that the
force of the explosion equaled any
thing they had heard in France DUR
ing the war.
Immediately following. the texpio-
sion and the receipt of news dls-
patches telling of similar outrages IN
other cities the police detailed strong
forces to guard the homes OF promi-
nent men in New York Hundreds OF
special officers were pressed into serv-
ice on short notice. At an early hour
TODAY agents of the Department on
Justice had not become active in the
case.
Inflammatory handbills. identical in
every respect with those found az the
scenes of the explosions in Washing.
tom and Boston. were found in the
vestibule of DR.. McKew's house. FL
Philadelphia Rectory Attacked.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June. Be-
Federal and local authorities today
were investigating the bomb explocs
sions which late last night ~
damaged the rectory OF a Catn
church and the residence OF 5eWe&&
in West Philadelphia. Three persQH4
were injured, one of them serioyel&
nv the explosions, which occufyeAa
Shortly before midnight and only q
few minutes apart. One man; -
been arrested. -, - 49,.
Two men in a high-powered mN3pE
car are said by the police to- Mge Z
hurled at the rectory two Do1ye3
both of which exploded with tertH
forcea tearing away the front o1e&ne
building and shattering w1n0oW.tn
the church next door. Several PRIESTS
were in the rectory at the time. peSt
none of them was injured. A, wom&na
and a young girl, who were passtp9-
the church. were slightly hurt.
First reports were that the ne{Hp
which wrecked the home of Lose
Jagielky. a jeweler, was also huk}f4
from an automobile, but upon inyeAln
cation it was found to have. heepp
planted in a fireplace in the lryl9G
room. The interior of the house Wees
completely wrecked and JagielkDs4s
aged grandmother. who was. !sleapt
ing on the second floor, wasa ssrs-
ously injured. -.
Jaeielky said he had no enemies
and was at a loss to understanalwny
his house. should be selected foE. de-
struction. ','.s-' s--..,.Ef.
Pieces of Decorators Fonrds
All of the bombs apparently wetes
constructed to explode with perqq4z
sion, Pieces of the detonatorss WaFf%
found and the. police said they, were
similar to those used several mep1n4s
ago in an attempt to blow up tnss
the state supreme court; Judge Ger
man of the municipal court and othef
prominent persons in this city. No
circulars or literature were found In
the vicinity of last nights explosion
as was the case in the previous bomb
The police later discovered that the
suspicious printed matter found in the
motor car stolen by the man who
threw the bombs was merely litera-
ture issued by a reputable beneficial
association of which the owner of the
stolen car was a member. ssae
Police activity is now centered on
the clue from Washington connecting
the man blown to pieces by his own
bomb in that city with a central orr
ganixation in this city. ~
Louis Jagielky. whose residence was
bombed, said today he believed the st4
tack was due to misapprehensioa ::