Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-10-22
LOOKING AFTER BOMB MAKERS.
Gary, Ind, Declared to bo Head
Quarters Of "Kcl' Gang.

maker Of the Gtmbel and other
bombs, which have startled tho coun-
try in the past year, under arrest
within few hours.
Secret service men said they knew
the name, habits and manufacturing
methods Of the individual who, they
claimed, has made most Of these
bombs. They announced also that
they had uncovered plot to as
aassinate the mayor Of Gary, dis
covered great stores Of dynamite
near Gary and traced the printing
OF RED" circulars to indianapolis
They said they had arrested the
man who blew up an entrance Of
the Chicago postofiice year ago.
Mado Palmer Bomb.
Chicago, Oct. 14.-.Federal au-
thorities at Gary, Ind, where mill
tary control was established by
Major Gen. Wood after the situation
growing out OF the strike Of steel
workers became too threatening for
State authorities to handle, have ar
rested the maker OF the bomb ex-
ploded on the night Of June 3, last
In the doorway Of A. Mitchell Pal
mer, United States Attorney General,
at Washington, and have obtained
evidence clearing up the terrorist
bomb plots Of May day and June 2,
according to authoritative informa-
tion here to-day.
Evidence has also been obtained,
it is said, that revealed the entire
terrorist organization responsible for
the attempts against the lives Of law
enforcing officials throughout the
country who had been active in the
arrests and prosecution Of radicals.
Tho Palmer Bomb.
The man held in connection with
the Palmer bomb is believed, it is
said, to have been the manufacture
er Of the thirty-six bombs sent
through the mails in boxes wrapped
in paper from the Gimbel Bros.
store in New York and timed to
reach their intended victims on May
l.
The peculiar style Of manufacture
with the ingenious contrivance of
! the explosive has linked them un-
mistakably with a basement radical
factory raided in Gary by the FEEDER
al troops, it is said.
Since the 1000 soldiers OF the
Fourth and Sixth divisions took con-
tol Of Gary, the Investigations have
been shrouded in secrecy. There
have been many arrests made and
a strong stockade was built to keep
| the prisoners in.
How many men besides alleged
bomb makers are held in connec-
ton with the nationwide plots has
not been revealed by the Federal
authorities, civil or military.
| Carrier of Bombs Sought.
A radical leader named Ivanoff,
now known. it is said, as the agent
| who carried the Gimbel Bros. bombs
from Gary to New York for trans
mission through the mails, Is being
sought. He was last seen in Chicago
| several weeks ago when he spoke at
an 1. w. w. convention. He is sup
| posed to have gone east.
The gun cotton and other high
explosives were obtained from Rem q
Powder Works, four miles ear, o.
Gary, 1t is said.
1t also Is stated that efforts Of a
radical to obtain a further supply OF
explosives led to the raiding Of the
cellar bomb factory after Federal
operatives had traced him there.
While the Federal authorities
would not announce the name OF the
man held as the suspected bomb
maker, it was stated that he was
steadily employed in the steel mills
at Gary until he went on strike Sep
tember %, and that he was one OF
the most violent radical agitators
during the early part Of tho strike.
Discovery Of Clues.
Only few pieces Of the bomb ex-
ploded at the Pelmer home were re-
covered, and they were so small that
they were regarded as almost valu-
less as evidence. They we're com
pared with the parts Of the bombs
found in the Gary basement raid,
however, it is said.
Revelation Of the arrest OF tie
alleged bomb maker and the un-
covering Of the details Of the