Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-01
| 6 BOMBS ARE
FOUND IN n, Y,
P0STOFFICE
Believed Country Wide Plot
Of Terrorists.
ATTEMPT TO KILL.
PROMINENT MEN
Federal And city Officials Begin In.
vc>tigatioD OF Anarchist
Activities.

New York, April 30.-Wth the dis
covery today in the New York post
office of 16 Internal machines in ad-
dtion to six more that have been de-
livered to prominent men in various
parts Of the country, federal detect
ives tonight started search for the
senders of the dangerous bombs
which are believed to be part of
nation plot
The bombs found today we're ad-
dressed to prominent men including
judges and cabinet members, while
the six thus far delivered to adj
dresses through the mail, reached the
offices or homes OF the following:
Have Received Bombs.
Former Senator Thomas Hardwick
nett, of Alabama; Federal Judge X.
Hanson, of Seattle; United States
District Attorney Charles NJ Fickert.
and his assistant, Edward M. Cunha,
of San Francisco.
None of these men have been in
| jured by the bombs, but Mrs. Hard
wick and a maid were severely hurt.
HC pdI CcIS DOIc IuCCIduISIlS,
arranged to explode on opening, and
were sent as Novelty Samples" from
New York, with a fictitious tag, in
/ dicating they came from the store OF
Gimbel Brothers.
The packages found in the New
| York postOffice were discovered by
mail-clerk after reading of the bomb,
which exploded at the Hardwick
\ how he Ill o.
! lack Of first-class postage. The six
teen bombs were addressed to the
following:
I William M. Wood, 81 Fairfield ST.,
Boston, Mass.
| Mr.. Frederick G. Howe, commits
| sioner of immigration, New York,
! New York.
Hon. Mitchell A. Palmer, u s. at
| torney general, Washington, ID. G.
Mr.. Anthony Camminetti, bureau Of
| immigration, Washington, d. c.
| Hon. William B. Wilson, secretary
Of labor, Washington, d. c.
| Senator T. Larry Eyra, Chester,
! Pa.
! Mr.. VIM. Fl. Lamar, solicitor gener-
al. Washington, d. G..
Mr.. w. H. Finch, department of
| justice, new fOFk. ~
| Hon. A. s. BurTeson, postmaster
general. Washington. D. C.
| Hon. J. #. Hylan, mayor, New York
City.
| Rich E. Enright, police commission
err, New York City.
John d. Rockefeller, Pocantico.
Hills, Tarrytown, N. Y.
Mr. William l. Schaffer, attorney
| general, Harrisburg, Pa.
Gov. VIM. c. Sproule, Chester, Pa.
Hon. Oliver Wendell Holmes, u. S..
chief justice, 1920 First street, Wash
ingtOn, ID. G.
Mr.. J. P. Morgan, 231 Madison Ave.,
New York City.
New York, April 80 Sixteen
bombs, in parcel post packages adj
dressed to sixteen prominent men,
each containing sufficient dynamite
to blow the recipient to pieces, were
discovered among the mail at the
general postoffice today.
A preliminary investigation con-
WINGED the postoffice authorities that
they had unearthed country wide
plot of terrOrists to assassinate
highly placed persons as demOnstra-
ton on May 1st
sweeping inquiry by postoffice
inspectors, agents of the department
of justice, and police experts was be-
gun at once into the activities of an-
archists and "Reds" in this city
At the same time, warning was
issued by the district attorneys Of
flee to all public officials, especially
judges, to watch for packages which
might be delivered to them and a
guard was thrown around the crim-
inal courts building.
II Men Are Prominent.
5 The address on the sixteen pack
ages seized were all typewriter. The
| style and a couple of minor errors
led officials to believe that the adj
? dressing was done by foreigner,
j Slip Caused Detection.
, A slip ON the part of the senders
of the internal machines coupled
! with the sharp wits of a postoffice
i clerk we're all that prevented the
bombs from being delivered. The
sixteen packages were mailed Satur-
5 lday night in box somewhere In tho
: neighborhood Of S0th street and
I Broadway. They had the correct
. postage for the parcel post but we're
|sealed with red waters and therefore
lcould be accepted only as first-clasg
|, matter. Accordingly, they were seHe
to the general pcstoftice 70 y refer
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