Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-05-07
Morgan, Rockefeller, Mayor Hy-
Ian and Palmer Aimed At.
BOMB SENT TO JUDGE Lands
Postmaster General BurIeson and 9th,
ers in Number to Whom PACKAGES
Are ddressed-Authorities
Are Investigating.

discovery there of seventeen internal
machines put into the mail, addressed
10 prominent men, Including many
public officials.
One of the machines is understood
to have exploded during examination,
but without causing great damage. All
were similar to the bomb sent to for
mer Senator Hardwick of Georgia,
which, when opened at the Hardwick
home, blew off the hands of colored
maid and injured Mrs. Hardwick, and
the one addressed to Mayor Ole Han
son of Seattle
Cabinet Officers In List.
Among those to whom the deadly
packages were addressed were Post
master General Burleson, Secretary of
Labor Wilson, Attorney General Palm
e., Commissioner General Caminetti of
the immigration bureau, Mayor Hylan
of New York, Governor SprOul of Penn
sylvania, John D. Rockefeller, J. P.
Morgan, Solicitor General Lamar of the
post Office department, and F. c. Howe,
immigration commissioner at New
York.
The bomb for Mr. Rockefeller was
addressed to his country home at Tar
rytown, n. Y, and that for Mr.. Nor
gan to 231 Madison avenue, New York.
Only insufficient postage prevented all
seventeen going out promptly and be-
ing delivered probably ahead of the one
which reached the Hardwick home.
Others to whom packages were ad-
dressed included: w. M. Wood, 81
Fairfield street. Boston; w. III. Finck,
special agent Of the department of
justice at New York w. J. Shaffer, at
tcrney general Of Pennsylvania T.
Larry Dyra, Chester, Pa. and Richard
B. Enright, police commissioner, New
York city.
Associate Justice Holmes Of the
United States Supreme court was an
other of the prominent intended vic
tins. Most of the other packages were
addressed to officials or men prominent
in public life.
Fear Some Have Gone Through,
Seventeen packages were pulled out
of the mails, but post office officials
fear that some others may have had
sufficient postage and have gone
through the mails.
The discovery followed an investi-
cation ordered after news came of the
Hardwick bomb explosion. The pack
ages bore labels of Gimbel Brothers
store and were sealed, but did not have
sufficient postage. This caused postal
officials to notify Gimbel Brothers,
who disclaimed ownership of the pack
ages and said the labels were forged.
Two Reach San Francisco.
San Francisco, May 1.-Two bombs
were delivered by mail to the district
attorneys Office of San Francisco One
was addressed to Charles M. Fickert,
district attorney, and another to Ed
ward Cunha, assistant district attor-
ney. They were mailed from New
York
One of the bombs, addressed to Cum
Ia. was opened and found to contain
percussion caps, an explosive and some
acid. Both were delivered in wooden
boxes, the bombs inclosed in a card
board box inside. The packages were
marked, novelty" with the name of
"Gimbel Brothers, New York." on the
outside of the package.
Lands Gets an Odd Package.
Chicago, May IA small sinister
looking package similar to those seized
be postal inspectors at New York and
believed TO contain an internal machine
was received at the federal building
chambers of Federal Judge Lands and
seized by agents of the department of
justice, on telegraphic information
from Eastern authorities.
Judge Landis is at Rockford, and the
package, which bore the red-lettered
words, Sample Novelty" on the out
side, was not opened by his secretary.
The Lands package was in every
way identical with those seized at New
York and which were addressed to sew
enteen public officials and prominent
citizens in the East. 1t bore the name
of Gimbel Brothers, 80 Broadway, New
York, as the senders, and a postmark
of the Eastern city.
Alabama Man Gets One.
Gadsden, Ala, May 1.-Representa-
tive John L. Burnett, chairman of the
committee of the last
house, narrowly escaped serious injury
or possibly death by an internal ma
chine received through the mails. The
lid on the package stuck when Mr..
Burnett attempted to open it, arousing
his suspicious, and he turned the ma
chine over to the police.
The package was marked "Gimbel
Brothers, New York"
1t exploded with loud report when
hit by a revolver bullet fired by the
police.