Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-04
POLICE BENDING
EVERY ENERGY TO
FIND TERR0R|STS
Each of Eight Cities Visited
by Destructive Bomb Agents
Combed for Suspects by
Government Men.

home of Judge Charles c. Mott,
IT., of the court of general sessions.
Discovery during the day of in
ccndiary pamphlets near the scene
or the crime, similar to those found
in Washington and other cities re-
moved all possibility for doubt that
the New York explosion, which re-
suited in the death of nigh! watch
man, was a part Of the organized
plot to spread terrorism through
out the nation.
1t was intimated that as was the
case in the attempt in, Washington
% blow up Attorney General Pal
rner, the trail of the outlaws led to
Philadelphia. There was no gen.
cral roundup of known anarchistic
radicals today. but a number were
under surveillance and known
haunts were being carefully
watched.
Find Circulars in Patterson.
Paterson, N. j., June SCOPES
OF the circular signed by the "anar-
chist fighters" found in various 9TH
err cities where bomb explosions
occurred last night were discovered
today here, where explosions
wrecked two buildings.
Pieces of the posters were found
near the scene Of the explosion.
Evidence indicating the bomb
may have been intended for John J..
Fitzgerald, secretary of the local
chamber of commerce, led the po-
lice to believe the bomb may have
been planted by some of the radical
element involved in the recent silk
strike here, who were said to have
been dissatisfied with the attitude of
he chamber.
Police Fail to Find Clue.
Philadelphia, June "a 24-hour
investigation by agents of the De-
partment of Justice and the police
failed to develop a clue to the iden-
tity of the perpetrators of the bomb
outrages here last night when the
rectory Of Catholic church and the
house of a private citizen were bad
" damaged. Neither was there ad-
vanced any tangible reason why
these places were selected for de-
struction. Several men were ar
-ested on suspicion, but all were re-
leased.
Most of those working on the case
seemed to agree that one gang was
.esponsible for the outrages in Phil
,delphia and seven other cities, the
,omb explosions here last Deem
>e- and the mailing of internal ma
hines in New York in April.
1t also has been established with
fair degree of definiteness, &C
:ording to the police, that Philadel-
,h:a is the headquarters of the vio-
,ent radicals of the east and that
heir missionary who blew himself
. atoms in front of Attorney Gen
rial Palmer's home in Washington
Has sent from this city.
Although every effort was made
TO establish this mans identity
nothing definite was learned. The
proprietors of a hat store located
in the Italian quarter of the city
whose tag the bomb thrower's hat
bore, said they had sold a large
number of hats answering the de-
scription and that they could not re-
member the sale of such a hat to
any particular person.
Every meeting place of radical
societies of all nationalities is
under close surveillance and par
ticular attention is being paid to
those in the Italian section.
There was 4 gathering here last
Sunday of 4 score of radical agi-
tators from other cities, according
to Superintendent of Police Rob-
inson, but none of them could be
found today. One theory is that
final plans for the widespread bomb
explosions were made at this meet
ing.
The police department today is
sued orders for the arrest of per-
sons posting red lettered notices of
general strike throughout the
city. The cali is for a general
strike to free all political prison.
ers" and it is the opinion of the
police that the agitators aim to in
augurate here = strike similar to the
one that is sweeping Canada.
Offers Reward of $1,000.
Boston, June "a reward Of
$1,000 was offered today by District
Attorney Nathan A. Tufts of
Middlesex county for information
leading to the arrest and conviction
Of the person responsible for the
bomb explosion at the home of
State Representative Powers in
Newton last night. The police OF
Boston and Newton made an active
search today for clues to the per-
petrators of this explosion and of
that at the home of Police Judge
Albert F. Hayden, in the Roxbury
district.
Ernest Graudet was arrested as a
.esult of the Roxbury investigation.
The police asserted that he was
concerned in the Roxbury May day
riot for which Judge Hayden subse-
quently sentenced many persons to
Imprisonment. The police are ex-
aiming printed matter in foreign
languages which was found in his
home.
Agents of the Federal Depart
ment of Justice have turned over to
the police information concerning
the activities of Graudet and of var
ious other persons with alleged an
archistic tendencies. According to
the federal agents. Graudet has at
.ended many l. w. w. meetings in
his city. They have begun an in
gestigation to ascertain whether he
is an alien.
The Brookline police were mott
led tonight that a threat there had
been made over the telephone that
the residence in that town of an as
soeiate justice OF the Boston NUM-