Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-03
POLICEMAN DIES
IN ". Y. EXPLOSION

New York, June 3.-(By A. PD-
One man was killed and several men
and women had narrow escape from
serious injury early today. when
bomb placed at basement entrane to
| the home of Judge Charles G. Mott. of
General Sessions Court. exploded. The
front part of the Mott residence was
blown out and houses nearby on East
Sixty first street were damaged. Judge
Mott was not at home and Mrs. Mott.
who was asleep on the second floor, was
uninjured.
William Bochmer. private watch
man. was blown to pieces. parts of his
body being found half block from the
scene of the explosion. He was identi-
fled by his two sons from particles of
his clothing and a ring of keys. For
the last ten years Boehmer has been
employed as Waterman for number of
private dwellings in the neighborhood
of Judge Motifs home. The exact time
of the explosion was learned when it
was discovered that a large clock in the
hallway had stopped at II 30 a. IN.
After an investigation the police ex
pressed the opinion that the explosion
at. the Mott residence was part of a
nation wide plot by radicals to assas-
sinate prominent men.
Bodies were hurled several hundred
feet by the explosion. A mans skull
was picked up in Lexington avenue,
nearly half block from the Mott res
idence. Portions of body were blown
through the windows of an army off =
GERS clubhouse across the street. into
a room where Lieutenant A. II. Martin
was sleeping. Other human fragments
were blown into the entrance Of the home
of Supreme Court Judge r. p. Lydon.
next door.
In addition to the general shattcring
of glass in the neighborhood, the home
of Judge Lydon on one side and that of
DR.. John J. Mckay on the other side
of the Mott residence were badly dam =
aged.
Inflammatory handbills, identical in
every respect with those found at the
scenes of the explosions in Washington
and Boston. were found in the vestibult
of DR.. John J. McKay's house. The
pamphlets were printed on pink paper
headed plain Words and signed "tht
Anarchist Fighters"
Pedestrians who passed the Mott resi-
. dence shortly before the explosion tolt
the police they had observed two womer
sitting on the stoop. Whether botf
were killed has not been determined
. The presence of the false moustach,
, led the police to believe that the sup.
posed victim was the man who planted
the bomb.
e Judge Mott was absent at the tim
of the explosion. Mrs. Mott and tn
S caretaker, John B. Jarkgan. his wifi
: and daughter. were in the house, bu
were not injured
After an exhaustive investigation c
the ruined building. Inspector Owe
Egan, of the Bureau of Combustibles
expressed the opinion that the bomb ha
contained between twenty and twenty
five pounds of dynamite with powdt
fuse and was of the Italian style.
I He said he did not believe there was an
connection between this outrage and Il
recent distribution of bombs throus
the mails. The damage caused by ii
s explosion is estimated at $50 900.
n The police experts say that they kno'
. of only two other bombs which could
compared in deadliness to the one whic
wrecked Judge Motifs home. One
;, these exploded on July 4. 1915. killiI
= three anarchists who manufactured
e The other bomb was found on Cunal
liner during the war.