The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-06-03

bloWn 10 P1eCeS.
The terrorist who planted the bomb
at the home OF the attorney-general
was himself blown to pieces by the
force of the explosion. Fifty feet
away from the officials residence
was found the remains of a limb and
other sections of a body. It was a,
first believed that the victim might
have been some one not connected
with the plot, but detectives were
soon convinced by the finding of a cir
cular which when pieced together:
A Remarkable Escape.
Plain words; challenge TO the pow.
ers that be- Long live social revolution.
Down with tyranny. The anarchist
fighter
The attorney general was today con-
graduating himself on a remarkable
escape from death. He was about to re-
tire when the explosion occurred and
only shortly before had left the place
where the bomb had been planted As
1t was the force OF the explosion broke
windows and shattered the attorney
general with glass.
Bomb of Deadly Type.
That the bomb was of deadly type
was shown today by the fact that the
entire facade of the Palmer residence
had been torn away. practically every
window shattered and doors torn from
their hinges by the force Of the explo-
sion.
From the bloody remains OF the bomb
throweT It was judged that he was a
swarthy man with dark hair of slender
build. He wore a collar of a well
known make with a Chinese laundry
mark which detectives hope to work UP
a case His suit. from its tattered
remnants was black. with a green
stripe. He wore winter underwear. tan
Isle socks. and a white shirt of poor
quality with green and yellow stripes
Packed With Cordyte.
Every effort OF the secret service. de-
partment of justice and police head
quarters has been centered on identif-
cation of the terrorist and guarding
against a similar attempt upon any
other official in the capital
Lieut. ]. Makee, L. S. A. who Is an
authority on explosives. today. said that
the bomb had been packed with cordyte
not dynamite. The latter he said. would
not have done the damage done by the
bomb. He said short commercial fuse
was employed a detonater, and that
its unexpected rapid burning gave the
man who placed it no time to get away
Experts from the bureau of mines and
from the war department were endeav-
oring today TO establish the exact ma
ture of the charge. though retarded by
the Jack of remnants. Nowhere in
Washington is there to be found
group of persons more important in
public and private life than those close
ly gathered in homes near that of Mr.
Palmer. and all of these were endanger-
ed by the blast.
If Mr.. Palmer had been on the first
floor of his home he probably would
have been killed. as the living rooms in
the front were demolished. He went
home last night on foot. but is sure that
he was not followed.
One angle of search for the mans re-
mains has been unrewarded The police
have been unable to discover any of his
fingers They are continuing to look
for them. believing they might furnish
most important evidence through prints
or rings. The head has not been found
and it is believed that it was blown to
bits.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt. who had returned to his home
from reception just before the expIo-
sion was one of the first to reach the
Palmer home. Amid the leaves and
broken branches which Uttered the
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