Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-05
THJJRMONT FREDERICK COUNTY, MD, THURSDAY. JUNE 5
Nationwide Bomb Plot.
Atty-General' Palmer's Home
Dynamited; Many Other Cities
Report Outrages.

4 VII Iiio 'liC VI AItoI1cy NelcGdl dl-
mer were made tonight through the
planting of a bomb, which wrecked
the lower portion of the Palmer resi-
dence in the fashionable northwest
section of Washington. Mr.. Palmer
and all members of the family es-
capped without injury, being on the
floor at the time Of the explosion.
One man, thought to be the person
who planted the bomb, was blown to
bits by the force Of the explosion.
Police believed that the bomb ex-
ploded r. II urely before it could
be placed under the house.
The bomb, the police said, was
contained i'll a suit case filled with
clothing. Portions of the clothing
of the man killed, indicated that he
was roughly clad.
The force of the explosion was suf-
ticicnt to shatter window glass in
residents for block on each side of
the Palmer home. The residence of
Senator Sr nson, of \n@;uia, next
to that of the Attorney General, was
not badly damaged.
Police picked up, along with bits
of clothing of the man killed, copy
of "Plain Words" a radical publica-
ton. This, in connection with the
report of an explosion at the home
of Justice Albert Hayden, in Boston,
caused authorities to fear another
wide spread bomb plot similar to that
which radicals attempted to carry
through about a month ago.
New York, June "A number of
! persons were injured late tonight
when bomb exploded at Lexington
avenue and Sixty seventh street. ac-
cording to reports received at police
! headquarters. An ambulance has
! been haStencd to the scene.
The explosion was in the home of
Judge Charles c. Mott, .Jr., of the
Court of General Sessions. One per-
son was reported killed.
Judge and Mrs. Mott are not in
the city. One of the bodies found
in the basement is thought to be that
of The man who planted the bomb.
Philadelphia, June 2.-Attempts
were made late tonight to blow up
Catholic church and a private resi-
dence in different sections of West
Philadelphia with bombs. The ex-
piosions could be heard for many
blocks.
Boston, June 2.-Thc home of
Justice Albert F. Hayden, of the Rox
bury Municipal Court. at II Wayne
street, was severely damaged by an
cxplosioo of Unknown origin shortly
before midnight tonight. No one
was in the house at the time, the
Judge and his family being at their
summer home at the seashore.
Cleveland, June 2.-An attempt
was made to blow up the home of
Mayor Harry l.. Davis here tonight.
No one was injured but part of the
home was wrecked. First reports
were that it was gas explosion, but
police later declared bomb or in |
fernal machine had been planted.
Paterson, n. j., June 3.-An rx-
plosion, which the police believe to
have been caused by Il bomb, wrecked !
the house of Max Gold, silk manu-
facturer, 331 East Thirt-frst street,
at 1870 O'Clock this morning, par" ,
TALLY wrecked an adjoining house,
and broke the front doors and wins
dows of residence across the strc ct.
Most of the houses within a radius of
200 feet had windows broken.
Pittsburgh, June "a bomb OK !
posion, which occurred two doors .
from the residence of United States .
District Judge w. H. Thompson Late
tonight, damaged the residence OF
jurist and other houses in the vicinity. q,
The homes of three prominent nt"n
of the city were damaged by the folce
of the explosion which occurred on the
porch of G.. J. Cassidy s residence in
the fashionable Highland district.
Mr.. Cassidy is an official of the
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. =,
His wife and four children were
thrown from their beds 10y the force
of the explosion, which shattered the
windows in Judge Thompson's resi-
dcnce. The homes of f. b. Lincoln, |