The Little River news., 1919-05-03
PLOT TO SHAY PROMINENT
 MEN IN MANY CITIES
I lsfbt Sixteen Bombs Found in Packages il New York POstOffice; Nation Wide
 In Scope; Delivered.

New York, April 3O.-Sixteen bombs Ill Iarcel post packages addressed tc , 16 we'll known men, each containing , sufficient dynamite to blow the re cipient to pieces, were discovered among the mail at the general post office today.
 A preliminary Investigation convinc- ed the postoffice authorities that they had unearthed countrywide plot of terrorists to assasssinate highly plac- ed persons as demonstration on May 1.
 A sweeping inquiry by postoffice in- Ispectors, agents of the Department of Justice and police experts was begun at once into the activities of anarch- ists and reds" in this city.
 At the same time warning was is- sued by the district attorneys office to all public officials, especially judges, to watch for packages which might be delivered to them and guard was throYn around the criminal courts building.
 We'll Known Men Menaced.
 The address on the 16 packages seized were all typewritten. The style and a, couple of minor errors, led officials to believe that the addressing was done by foreigner. The ad- dresses were: I William M. Wood, 21 Fairfield street, Boston, Mass
 MT. w. H. Finch, Department of inn migration, New York.
 l Hon. Mitchell A. Palmer, U. s. at torney general, Washington, D. c.
 MT. Anthony Camminetti, Bureau Of Immigration, Washington, D. c.
 Hon. William B. Wilson, secretary of labor, Washington, D. c. | Senator T. Larry Eyra, Chester, Pa l MT. William H. Lamar, solicitor general, Washington, D. c. l MT. w. H. Finch, Department of Justice, New York.
 Hon. A. S. Burleson, postmaster general, Washington.
 Rich E. Enrich, police commission CT, New York City.
 | John D. Rockefeller, Pocanoico Hills, Tarrytown, N. Y.
 Mr. William l. Schaffer, attorney general, Harrisburg, Pa.
 Governor William c. Sproul, Ches- ter, Pa.
 Hon. Oliver Wendell Holmes, U. s. chief justice, Washington.
 MT. J. P. Morgan, 231 Madison a, enue, New York City.
 Clerks Prevents Tragedy. s, s-.
 A slip on the part of the senders of the internal machines, coupled with the sharp wits of postoffice clerk, were all that prevented the bombs from being delivered. The 16 packages were mailed Saturday night in a box somewhere in the neighbor- hood of 30th street and Broadway They had the correct postage for the parcel post, but were sealed with red wafers, and therefore could be ac- cepted only as first class matter. Ac- cording, they were sent to the gen. eral postoffice to be referred back tc the sender
 Each parcl had the name of Gim- bel Brothers printed on it and the department store was notified, bu failed to answer. Early this morning Charles Kaplan, postoffice clerk while on his way home, from work read in {. morning paper of the boml sent to ex-Senator Hardwick of Geor gia. The description of the packag' containing the bombs struck him ant he hurried back to the postoffice ant ' examined the detained parcels. HI then notified the superintendent ant the packages were sent to Chif Post office Inspector w. E. Cochran. Elk plosive experts were called in by In spector Cochran and one of the par cells was opened It contained a smal phial fastened to the top of polish ed basswood cylinder in such man Ter that the cylinder could not b' opened without breaking the bottle The breaking of the bottle would re lease chemical which would ignite I three illuminate of mercury caps rest ing on stick of dynamite. The whol' bomb showed evidences of skilled workmanship.