Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-03

known make, heavy mixed cotton and
wool underwear, a cheap suit Of al
most black material with pin stripe
OF green and a cheap white and green
striped shirt. He was probably OF dark
complexion, with hair almost black and
worn long This is shown from a frag
ment of the skull and scalp that was
found some distance away, the hair on
the bit OF scalp being about two inches
long and very dark. The man carried
ing picked up by a newspaper reporter
and turned over to the police. No num-
Der or marks appeared on these.
Terrorist Was an italian.
From various bits of evidence dis
covered by the police and other in
vestigators it was almost definitely
determined that the terrorist was
an Italian. The mans hat, which
was found intact. bore in the
hatters. 91s South 9Th street, Philadel-
phia. A badly worn and sofled copy
of an Italian English dictionary.
smeared with blood, also was found.
The CORY fragments, consisting of
parts Of both legs, viscera. piece of
skull and scalp, parts Of fingers and
part Of the torso, enough in all to fill
bushel basket. were assembled and
taken to the morgue.
A bloodstained street car transfer
punched at 1880 o'clock, which. was
picked up by the police. indicates,
this city a few minutes after 10
o'clock last night proceeding directly
from the Union station to the Palmer
home.
Believes He Saw Man.
c. S. Briggs of Marion. N. c.. who is
in the city temporarily. informed the
police that he had seen man an
swering to the general description of
the bombs victim alighting from
street car at Connecticut avenue and
r street few minutes before the ex-
plosion.
Representative Mansfield Of Texas,
who was just turning. the corner of
Florida avenue and r street when the
explosion occurred, was almost stun
ned by the shock. The Palm Beach
suit he wore was literally sprink1ed
with the blood and fragments Of the
flesh Of the anarchist.
From a statement made last night
by Attorney General Palmer it APP
pears that his escape from a horrible
death was due to sheer chance. 1t
had been his custom to sit in the
fgront room on the ground floor and
read awhile before retiring. Last
night, however. he retired rather
early. but being unable to sleep he
arose and was in the second floor
front room reading when the explo-
sion occurred. Mrs Palmer, asleep
in her room. was almost thrown out
of bed by the force of the defamation.
Front Of House Wrecked.
The vestibule. hallway and front room
of the house was literally wrecked. A
long fragment of the woodwork at the
front door was driven foot into the
rear wall Of the hallway. The stair
rail and newell post were reduced to
kindling wood. The archway into the
front room was torn down. big elk's
head was thrown from the wall. The
parquetry flooring was torn up and
splintered in places. Bric-a-brac and
ornaments were thrown about, though
in the room where the Attorney General
sat a cabinet of curios and ornaments
was not disturbed. By strange freak
of the explosion the electric hall light
in the vestibule was not injured and
burned as well as ever this morning.
Looks Like Wake Of Tornado.
The street outside looked as if
tornado had passed. A carpet Of
leaves covered the street. Windows
had been blown in, and their frag-
ments were strewn over lawns. Blood
and fragments of flesh spattered
houses and doors on the north side of
the street, opposite the Palmer house,
for a distance of a square.
The yestibule Of the home Of Mrs.
Gillett Hill, 2133 r street, directly
opposite, was almost as badly wrecked
as the Palmer house. The floor of the
entrance had been laid in octagonal
slabs Of marble. Every piece of stone
was blown from its foundation. The