The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-03

Watchman Blown to Pieces.
New York, June 3.-One man was
killed and several men ana women had
narrow escapes from serious injury to-
day when bomb placed at a basement
entrance to the home of Judge Charles
G, Mott, of general sessions court. ex-
ploded. The front part of the Mott
residence was blown out and houses
near by on East Sixty-frst street were
\ damaged. Judge Mott was not at home
and Mrs. Mott. who was asleep on, the
second floor, was uninjured
William Boehmer. a private watch
man. was blown to pieces parts of his
body being found half block from the
scene of the explosion. He was iden-
titled by his two sons from PARTICLES OF
his clothing and a ring of keys. For
the last ten years Boehmer has been
employed as watchman for number of
Of Judge Motifs home. The exact time
of the explosion was learned when II
was discovered that large clock in the
hallway had stopped at 1856 an.
Judge Mott. with three daughters. was
at his summer home near New London,
Conn. With Mrs, Mott in the house
We're the caretakeFs and his family:
They suffered only from shock and
asninor injuries received when they were
thrown from their beds.
EquaIed Battlefield Explosions.
The homes OF Richard ID. Lydon, a
lawyer, and Dr.. John c. McKew. ad-
joining the Mott residence. were badly
damaged. All glass was broken and
doors broken in by the .concusson. No
one in these houses was injured. Di-
rectly across the street, army men,
guests at an officers club maintained
by the War Camp Community Service,
were awakened by windows crashing in,
Portions of Boehmers body were found
in the club. Officers who served over
seas said that the force of the eX
plosion. equaled anything they had
heard in France during the war
Immediately following the explosion
and the receipt of news dispatches tell
ing of similar outrages in other cities.
the police detailed strong forces to
guard the homes of prominent men in
were pressed into service on short
notice, AT an early hour today agents
OF the department of justice had not
become active in the case.
Panic in Patterson. N. j.
Patterson, n. j., June 3.--lnvestlga-
non of the police has so far failed to
throw any light on the mysterious ex-
plosion that early today wrecked two
story dwelling house at 35l East Thir-
ty-first street, damaged the adjoining
house OF Max Gold, silk manufacturer,
broke windows in other nearby house
and created a panic in the neighbor-
hood.
Damaged Catholic Rectory.
Philadelphia, June 3.-tederal and
local authorities We're investigating the
bomb explosions which late last night
badly damaged the rectory of a Catho-
lie church and the residence of a Jew
eier il West Philadelphia. Three per-
sons were injured one of them serious
ly. by the explosions which occurred
shortly before midnight and only a few
minutes apart One man has been ar
rested.
Two men in high powered motor car
are said by the police to have hurled
two bombs 1T the rectory, both OF which
exploded with terrific force. tearing
away the front of the building anC
shattering the window in the church
next door. Several priests were in the
reCtory at the time, but none of them
were injured. A woman and a young
girl who were passing the church were
slightly hurt
First reports were that the bomb
which wrecked the home OF Louis
Jagielky, a Jeweler. was also hurled
from an automobile, but upon lnVesti-
cation 1t was found to have been
planted in fire place in the living
room. The interior OF the house was
wrecked and Jagielky's aged grand
mother who was sleeping on the second
floor, was seriously injured. Jagielky
said he had no enemies and was, at a
loss to understand why his home should
be selected for destruction.
Cleveland Police on Trail.
Cleveland. Ohio, June 3.-Police OF
Cleveland, Columbus and other cities
today are searching for two men who
are believed to have planted a bomb
al the home OF MAYOR Harry l.. DAVIS
late last night. The house was partially
wrecked, but no one was injured.
The internal machine was planted
under a cellar window. and according
10 the police was time bomb. Pieces
found indicate it was made OF brass
pipe. - ,orris, ., Zone
Nnut practically the entire nortn sioe % OF
the house windows IN many houses
for several blocks were broken. Police
saw had the bomb been planted inside,
the house would have been totally
wrecked, -. 49,, ta.,-,,
on the opposite side OF the pulldlhg
win his wife and several friends when
~ eynlosion occurred. His Swear old
sn,, a@d a maid were the only occupants
of the house. ,-i.,. =
Two men. one of them carrying a
s,,it"sse were seen prowling arouhi me
house about an hour before the expo
sion. Less than half IN rnur before I ,ne
hast the mayor twice receNeu iiS ny o
tsrious telephone calls. Polce belleNe
,ba men tried to get into the house az
sho,,t the time the bomb was reg'stsred
to explode. 49, ,,,,,or has
hear target for anonymous threaten
Ing letters which he has ignored.
Gordon Around Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, June 3.-tA. "a Cyl :
don of police and detectives was LhroWil
srornd pittsburgh today in an eHort 10
Aapprehend the perpetrators OF two ponin
3expiosions in different parts OF the city
shortly before last midnight
.The outrages were directed 'ag9lnst