New-York tribune., 1919-05-01

bottle, fastened by substantial brass
screws, which were to crush the fragile
glass, release the acid contents and
discharge the machine.
graphed to Washington of his dis
covery and the wires were hot with
messages to postal officials all over
the country, warning them to be on
guard. Soon the nations detecting
agencies were at work frantically
plucking at the skeins of mystery sur
rounding the plot.
Members of the Bomb Squad of the
Police Department, headed by In
spector Faurot, agents of the Depart
ment of Justice and postal inspect
There they opened the fifteen other
packages and ascertained that their
contents were all Identical, and that
the machines they contained were
obviously the product of the same eX-
pert hands.
Seek Finger Print Clew
/ All night long detectives and Fed
eral agents were working at the ap-
paratus, seeking to obtain finger prints
which might throw light on the per-
petrators of the plots.
They frankly admitted that they
had no inkling of the plot until the
discovery at the postofIice, and that
the only clew to the identity of the
dynamiters were finger prints they
might get and the typewriting on the
labels.
Reds Headquarters Raided
The New. York Police Department
bomb squad late yesterday afternoon
began a search of all known headquar-
ters Of the l. W. W. and other radical
organizations in all the boroughs.
Under Inspector Faurot, of the De-
tective Bureau, and Detective Sergeant
James }. Gegan, detectives took posses
sion of the meeting places of the radi-
Gals and made thorough investigation
of all records and literature, as we'll as
taking the lists of members.
Detectives in other branches of the
service and uniformed men were pressed
into service to make more complete the
around the city. At late hour no ar
rests had been made, and officially it
was stated that there were no leads
that promised to bear immediate re-
suits.
Last night government agents were
watching radicals, Bolsheviks and /
W. Ws. of all shades of opinion, and
II was reported that general nation
woe rounding up of agitators might
pointed out the fact that they had
track of at least twenty-five bombs.
including those found here.
AT b o'clock yesterday afternoon, In
sspector Cochran read a telegram he
mad received from Postal Inspector
Morse In San Francisco, announcing
thg e. receipt of two bombs there.
Tho message, which was thelfw IN
telligence local officials had --tahek FDfsr
ttrict Attorney Fickert and .. A. Cunha
ms assistant, had been marked for
aea5h by dynamiters, stated that the
PacKage was postmarked from New
York on April 90.
Postoftice officials pointed out that
April 20 was the date on which the
dynamlters operating from this citv
PROBABLY started to send their deadly
missiles through the country. The
narowlck ah1r bomb, they said, was prob
siny anly posted from this city with the
sixteen other machines Saturday night
ana probably went through because if
contained adequate postage.
~ mere FL IS no way Of determining how
many other bombs were sent ont of
thls city between April 20 and Satnr-
Gay night, properly stamped. and ara
now being distributed all over tho
c9untry. fostal employees said that
single package, such as those held up
mails. oven though Containing ;nsuffia NJ rfAe
Gent Gent postage, but that the sixteen bun
oles were held up because their LARGE
number made their short postage Oh
vious. W.
Every postoffice in the country was
on the lookout last night for the little
Lenow packages, and officials wore
nnope1ul that the publicity given the
frustrated plot would prevent casual
reach their destinations.
i have never seen d bomb Of tb,s
particular type" said Inspector Egan
a1ter he had examined the first ma
chine. "But tho people Of this cjtv
ought to know that in Gil my expert
ence. and I've handled many a bomb.
nave never seen machines more clev-
erly constructed than these. They are
n;.y uD;v.lousiy the work Of expert dyna-
These things were not turned ont
IN hurry. Everything has been done
carefully and cleverly by-mcn who
knew ia their business don't believe
Inere was over better Job of its kind,
Ihe screws used to fasten in the acid
bottles were evidently turned for tbis
very purpose. The wooden cylinders
were lathed for this Job, it seems to
me, and the funny thing is that who-
eyer made them took The trouble to
polish the. outer surface Of the cvlin-
a ders carefully. This was u long iob.
lhey didn't hurry over It,"
Chlef Inspector Dixon pointed ont
that while there was no doubt that the
aynsmiters had made this city their
neanquarters for long sine, they
sru'u ssvns hos nave purchased the sxplo-