Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-04
ATTORNEY GENERAL
AROUSED AND ACTS
TO DRIVE OUT GANG
|. w. w. Leader Captured in
Pittsburgh After Des-
perate Battle.
SHOTS ARE FIRED WHEN
DETECTIVES ENTER OFFICE
Much Literature Is Seized in
Which Threats to Kill
Are Made.
FIND TORN PARTS OF BODY
Investigation Disc1oses Deadly Missile
Meant for a. Mitchell Palmer Ex-
SHOTS ARE FIRED WHEN
DETECTIVES ENTER OFFICE
FIND TORN PARTS OF BODY
Investigation DiscIoses Deadly Missile
Meant for a. Mitchell Palmer Ex-
plodcd in Anarchists Arms.

of sixteen OF the most dangerous I
w w organization men. Nftecn in
the asa ?e wam9 il B9s5on ,an and
to drive out the gang. which is
causing reign of terror in half
dozen cities. were the outstanding
features OF the bomb outrage situa-
ton tonight
Flynn. who formerly was chief Of
the United States Secret Service. was
today sent for and held long con-
ference with ~ Mitchell Palmer a,
the conclusion thereof it WAS an
nounced that Flynn would head une
Bureau of Investigation OF the De
anarchists who placed the bombs in a
half dozen homes in Eastern cities
Monday night.
from Pittsburgh said that after Al,
an-day search tn, police and detec-
uyes had rounded up fifteen of the
most dangerous I. w. w. organization
men. Their name. are given as: j ohm
johnson, secretars Of local l. w. w
eRrssa.niIation; o Rl;s., lon. notetious asitator. Louis
Mike celeste, p{vid Borodin. frank
Broida J9hn Nipishenko, Mile Ro-
naH5n M Il NJ WaffR, az s.,o ,osganizer for the
ma v:tsh NJ stefanko. I'D pimifro nitro
Dobrodresr John y. Borst. chemist.
Xh@ said his home was in Brooklyn.
Leader BATTLES With Omcers
Johnson. the leader OF the suspected
men. made a Strenuous resistance 10
being arrested and attempted to kill
Detective Ja9ob Eisler. who was the
fee. He drew as automatic revolver
and fred one shot before he was over
PEGTsrsa Eyisrs s,essas 1Sn.agno goinE x,d through
claimed, is oT1Hsh birth and d nom
citizen. was hanHeuffed and taken to
phlet was disSvered Signed The
Anarchist Fighters" in wi,lch they
said there will have TO be boodshed
we will Kill because il Is necessary;
there Will be destruction: we twin
nestroy uhe. world of your tyrannical
institutions"
All the railroad stations and roads
leading out Of many large cities arc
SeaeHed Seie1ea 6 tSa orers map ,ongh, and sS
be made before morning. NO bombs
nave been recovered.
Flynn Anarchist Expert.
The selection of Flynn TO head the
the bombers 10 generally consIdered 81 d HoWn n
good move. lynn was for fifteen
years connecte..' with the Secret Service
or all matters relating 10 anarchists.
His appointment is a part OF reor.
Sanization OF the investigation service
recently announced by y. Mitchell
In addition to the appointment of MIR.
rlSnn: Attorney-General Palmer's re-
Ice includes the appointment OF francis
J.. Garran. of New York, as Assistant
Of f'aTheT al Genera With general charge
criminal prosecutions
custodian. vas assistant Ssn distriSt nfSPesiy At.
n
Fhilbin for nine years. He was con.
nected with a number OF famous cases.
inciuding ,.i.g the Molyneux. Paterson.
insurance frauds.
John 7. Creighton becomes special
Assistant Attorney General 10 act "a
is member OF the firm OF Brown Hav
q Creighton. OF Springfield III. which
rs the successor TO Lincolns old law
firm. "
Parts of BODY Widely Scattered.
Discovery today OF more than scor.
OF mutilatrd parts OF human body
near the resld5nc1 of AttorneyNC;enersl
a. Mitchell Palmer convinced authori-
to Xii all the members OF the Palmer
household, exploded IN the arms OF thA
would be assa ssin before he could place
single misstep is thought to have
ffihwarted the plan OF the anarchist
re Is believed to have stumbled over
tiated by the gaping hole the explosion
tore In the coping and the fact that tho
body Of the intended murderer was
blown TO atoms
Parts Of his head were found today
two blocks from the scene OF the
iSrime. portion. of his scalp was
blown to the roof OF a four-storv
hM,'d,ns ,,i. Ing across the street; stumps Of
thumb was found a block distant.
while a part of his skull was imbeddei
deep in the trunk OF n nearby tree,
such was the force of the explosion
Bone Pcnctrates window shutter.
One Ehastly relic of the terrorist
was a piece OF bone, which penetrated
the stats Of window shutter in an
house. 1t was so tightly
wedsed that the police were compelled
TO pry u out. Fart OF his vertebrae
WAS hurled through tho second-st
window of a house on the other side
or the street 1t landed in a bed, hut
a younS man who occupied the bad
slept through the explosion. the crash
bors.
Fractieal1s all windows within a
radius of a block were shattered by
the force OF the explosion s$.
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