The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-05-08
BOMBS FOR PUBLIC MEN
Sixteen Bombs Found in Mail al
New York Postoffice.

New York, April 3o.-Sixteen
bombs in parcel post packages ad-
dressed to sixteen prominent men,
each containing sufficient dynamite
to blow the recipient to pieces, were
discovered among the mail at the
general Post Office today.
A preliminary investigation con-
WINGED the Post Office authorities
that they had unearthed a country
wide plot of terrorists to assassinate
highly placed persons as demon
stration on May /.
A sweeping inquiry by Post Office
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 Grim
inal Courts Building.
The addresses on the sixteen pack
ages seized were all typewriter.
The style and a couple of minor err
rors led officials to believe that the
addressing was done by foreigner.
The addresses were:
William NJ. Wood, FL Fairfield
street, Boston, Mass.
Frederick c. Howe, Commission
OF Immigration, New York City.
Hon. Mitchell A. Palmer, United
States attorney general, Washington,
D. c.
Anthony Camminetti, Bureau of
immigration, Washington, D. C.
Hon. William B. Wilson, secretary
OF labor, Washington, ID. c.
Senator T. Larry Eyrra, Chester
Pa.
William Fl. Lamar, solicitor gen.
eral. ashington, d. C.
w. H. Finch, Department OF JUS
tice, New York
Hon a. S. Burleson, postmaster
general, Washington, ID. c.
Hon. J. F.. Hylan, mayor, New
York City.
Rich f. Enright, Police Commits
sion, New York City.
John D. Rockefeller, Pocantico
Hills, Tarrytown, \. Y.
William |. Schaifer, attorney gen.
eral, Harrisburg, Pa.
Gov. William c. Sproul, Chester,
Pa.
Hon. Oliver Wendell Holmes,
United States chief justice, 1920 First
street, Washington, d. c.
3 ]. ?. Morgan, 2.3I Madison avenue,
New York City.
A slip on the part OF the senders
Of the internal machines, coupled
with the sharp wits OF a post office
clerk. was all that prevented the
bombs from being delivered. The
sixteen packages were mailed Satrr-
lay night in box somewhere in the
neighborhood of Thirtieth street and
Broadway. They had the correct
postage for the parcel post, but were
sealed with red waters and therefore
could be accepted only as first-class
matter. Accordingly, they were sent
TO the general post office to be re-
ferred back to the sender.
Each parcel had the name of Girl-
bel Bros. printed on it and the de-
oartment was notified but failed to
Early this morning Charles
kaplan, post office clerk, while on
lis way home from work, read III a
morning paper OF the bomb sent 10
Senator Hardwick OF Georgia. The
description OF the package contain
ng the bomb struck him and he hllr-
led back to the post office and ex-
mined the detained parcels. -ts
hen notified the superintendent ii
lis suspicious and the packages were
tent to Chief Post Office Inspector
". T. Cochran.
Explosive experts were called in
~ Inspector Cochran and one OF the
parcels opened. 1t contained small
,hial fastened to the top OF a
polished Eastwood cylinder in such a
manner that the cylinder could not
'e opened without breaking the bot
lie. The breaking of the bottle
would release a chemical which, i'll
urn, would ignite three Illuminating
mercury caps resting on a stick Of
dynamite. The whole bomb. showed
vidences OF skilled Workmanship.