The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03

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fort to determine if possible the exact
nature of the explosive used.
Evidence thus far uncovered led Of
: ficials here to believe that the terror
list ring which showed its hand in sew
eral eastern cities, operated either out
of Philadelphia or Patterson, n. Y.
Prints were taken of a thumb found
and these are being rushed to police
headquarters of all the big cities in
| the east.
Palmer Was "Cool."
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt and his wife. in an autOmo-
bile with friends were approaching
the scene at the time of the explosion.
When the explosion occurred RooSe-
welt stopped his machine and ran to
Palmer's house. The attorney general
appeared perfectly cool, Roosevelt said
and remarked, Everything is all
right. Nobody hurt"
One Killed in New York;
New York. June 3.-One man was
killed and several men and women
had a narrow escape from serious in
jury early today when bomb placed
at a basement entrance to the home
of Judge Charles c. 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 Boehner, a private watch
man, was blown to pieces, parts of his
body being found half block from
the scene of the explosion He was
Identified by his two sons from par
ticIes of his clothing and a ring of
keys. for the past ten years, Boehner
has been employed as Waterman for
a number of private dwellings in the
neighborhood of Judge Motifs home
! The exact time of the explosion was
learned when it was discovered that
large clock in the hallway had
stopped at 1855 a. m.
Persons living across the street from
the Mott home told the police they
had seen two young women sitting on
the steps leading to the house for
some time before the explosion. Just
before the blast they said they heard
a woman scream.
Two detectives were near by and
ran to the house after turning in
fire alarm. They found persons run
ming madly about the streets. men and
women in their night clothing, many
of them hysterical. Added to the ex-
element caused by the blast was the
changing of bells of fire engines. The
firemen found nothing for them to do
but search in the ruins of the front
of the Mott home for possible victims.
A smell of acid overhung the place.
Yellow smoke rolled from the debris
The odor of TINT, according to police
experts, was present.
Arrest Many in Chicago.
Chicago June 3.-Possibility that
some of the alleged radicals ken in
a raid here several days ago were
concerned in the widespread bomb
plot was advanced today by some de-
| tectives as the reason no explosions
took place here last night, such as oc-
Cured in eastern cities. OF the score
of men arrested in the raid, eight now
are awaiting deportation.
Bomb Catholic Rectory.
Philadelphia, June 3.-Federal and
local authorities today were investi-
eating the bomb explosions which late
! last night badly damaged the rectory
| of a Catholic church and the resi-
dence of a ieweler in West Philadel-
phia. Three persons were injured,
one of them seriously. by the explo-.
| sions, which occurred shortly before
midnight and only a few minutes
apart. One man has been arrested.
Two men in a high-powered motor
| car are said by the police to have
hurled two bombs at the rectory, both
of which exploded with terrific force.
| tearing away the front of the build
| ing and shattering the windows in the
church next door. Several priests were
| in the rectory at the time but none
of them was injured. A woman and
young girl who were passing the
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Bomb in a Fireplace.
First reports were that the bomb
which wrecked the home of Louis
! Jagielky a jeweler, was also hurled
| from an automobile but upon inVesti-
cation it was found to have been
! planted in . fireplace in the living
room. The interior of the house was
completely wrecked and Jagielky's
aged grandmother. who was sleeping
| on the second floor was seriously in
| jured. Jagielky said he had no enc
mics and was at loss to understand
why his house should be selected for
| destruction.
The automobile used by the men
who bombed the Catholic church was
! found early today abandoned in Fair
mount park, the 'city's big pleasure
ground. Later it was learned that the
car had been stolen from the street in
| the upper section of the city.
| The police are searching for clues
| to the identity of the man who was
killed in exploding bomb at the
Washington.
Attempt OH Cleveland Mayor.
. Cleveland, June 3.-Police of Cleve-
! land. Columbus and other cities today
are searching for two men who are be-
lieved to have planted a bomb at the
| home of Mayor Harry L. Davis late
] last night. The house was partially
/ WTeCb6Q put llO one was llIJuTSO ne
bomb. which is believed to have been
heavily charged with dynamite, was
planted under a cellar window and, &C
cording to the police, was a time
bomb. Pieces found indicate that it
was made of brass pipe. The ex-
plosion tore out practically the entire
north side of the house. Windows in
| many houses for several blocks were
broken.
Police said had the bomb been
planted inside, the house would have
been totally wrecked.
He Was Out on Lawn.
| Mayor Davis was seated on the lawn
on the opposite side of the house with
his wife and several friends when the
explosion occurred. His 3-year-old
son and a maid were the only occu-
pants of the house. Mrs. Davis had