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proietarlaU lne pdnpniet, one VI u
large number scattered about, was
signed 1.-THE Anarchistic Fighters" and
undoubtedly was intended as a signal
to show the reign of terrorism was on.
Although apparently intended to do
greater damage, the latest bomb ex
plosions from the standpoint of loss
of life appeared to have been but little
more successful than those Of May /.
Fatalities. resulting as reported today
were confined to the plotter himself at
the Palmer home and to New York,
where one or possibly three persons were
killed. In that case. as here, the body
or bodies were so badly scattered it was
impossible to determine just how many
. cbrpses were involved.
Intended Victims ESCAPED
Bombs intended for men who had di-
rected the force of the law against them,
pronounced sentence against radicals or
introduced legislation intended to check
their Vaccinations, failed in every case
to claim their victims. In several cases,
however, families of public officials and
the public officials themselves expert
enced narrow escapes.
Whether the explosion of the bomb
planted in the lower portion of Attorney
General Palmer's residence was in
tended as the first of the series of ex-
plosions, or whether it had been timed
to occur at approximately the same in =
stant as the others. but exploded pre-
3 maturely, could not be decided by agents
of the Department of Justice and police
of the various cities who began at once
a nation wide search for the culprits.
Circular Gives Glue
What may turn out to be the chief
clue leading to identification and cap
ture of the anarchists was obtained in
this city, where an empty suit case,
discovered near the entrance to Mr..
palmer's home, was found to contain
a hand bill signed, THE Anarchistic
fighters
Coming on the heels of the nation
wide May Day plot, secret service off :
cials could only interpret explosion fol-
lowing explosion as an organized out
burst, without much doubt planned by
the same groups of radicals as had
engineered the outrages perpetrated last
month.
", The explosion here shattered windows
( for block ON each side of the Palmer
residence and damaged the home Of
Senator Swanson of Virginia, next
: door to that of the attorney general
Although Mr.. Palmer and his family
were in the house at the time, they
i escaped injury, being on the second
floor, while the engine of death was
planted in the basement.
When reports began to pour In oi
similar outrages in other parts OF the
country, Major Pullman, superintendent
of the capital police, sent specia
guards to residences of cabinet officers
and other prominent officials.
Hand Bills Correspond
Secret service agents studied intentl,
reports received here from other cities
and when it was found that the nant
bills found in Washington corresponds
textually with others picked up in Bos
ton, their first opinions that the plot
were connected were confirmed, the.
said. They awaited eagerly clues whicl
might be picked up in other cities.
As in Washington. the bomb plot II
Boston was directed against publ
official. He was Justice Albert +
\ Hayden. of the Roxbury Municipa
Court, who recently handed down de
cisions in riot cases, in which more thal
100 men and women were arraigned i
V connection with a radical demonstra
ton in the Roxbury district. on Ma
Day.
I Although the explosion was hear
for more than two miles. little materia
damage was done, although the inside
the house was wrecked and all win
dows broken. No one was injured,
the house was empty, the judge and hi
family being at the seashore.
Wreck Cleveland Mayors Home
In Cleveland also plotters attempte
L to take the life of public man, Mayo
Harry l.. Davis; although his house wa
wrecked, no one was injured.
Two explosions occurred in Pitts
burgh. The first damaged the resldent
of United States District Judge Wiliial
H. Thompson and the homes OF thre
prominenG business men located nearD
/, in the fashionable Highland district.
In this explosion O. j. Cassidy, a
official of the Pittsburgh Plate Glas
Company, and his wife and four chill
dren were hurled from their beds by ti
force of the explosion. Although. I'll
damage was considerable, no one we
reported injured.
The other, Pittsburgh explosion ot
Cured in the West End district, whel
w. w Sibray, chief inspector of II
Bureau of immigration here, was hurlt
from his bed. The bomb was plante