The sun., 1919-05-02
SEEK THE LIVES OF
OYERMAN AND! KING



class letter matter n messenger called
for them and they were taken back to
the store.
There, am informed. q clerk Of the
name Of John Delaney. an elderly man
working in tho mailing department Of
tho store, examined the parcels. He
thought that they looked different from
any parcels he was familiar with. 20 he
tried to open one by unscrewins the
wooden cap of the wooden tube which
contained the small glass viad Of acid.
the three illuminate Of mercury detonat-
ing caps and the three sticks Of dyns-
mite. But, luckily for Delaney. the cap
stuck fast and he gave up the Job.
Then. I am informed. the parcel was
done up again and passed with the
others to the hands OF another clerk.
who assumed that everything was all
right. supplied the necessary postage and
sent the parcels on their way. These
must have been the bombs addressed to
Senator overman and two persons in
Salt Lake City"
The three additional bombs inter-
copied yesterday bring to twenty-five
tho total known to Chief Cochran as
having been mailed here. The chief
post once inspector said he had no
personal knowledge OF the fourteen SINH
lar bombs said to have been intercepted
at San Francisco and other cities on the
Pacific coast at about tho same time
That sixteen were located in the Cen
eral Post once here.
Bombs Probably Mailed Here. .
IF that is true" said Chief Cochran,
1T brings the total to thirty-nine, but
my Information covers to date twenty
nvs bombs only. My list Is as follows
''one to. Mayor Hanson Of Seattle,
mailed probably about April 81 or
%. the first Of the lot to get into
the mails; sort of trial bomb. so to
speak
Two to District Attorney Ffckert
and Assistant District Attorney
Cunha Of San Francisco. mailed on
April %, probably.
"One to Senator Hardwick Of Geor-
gir, mailed, I should say, on April 20.
"one to Judge X. NJ lands of
Chicago, mailed on April 20.
''One to Representative Burnett OF
Gadsden. Ala, mailed on April IS.
zone to Senator overman Of North
Carolina mailed on April rs.
zone to Senator King Of Utah and
Frank K Nebeker at Salt Lake City,
mailed on April IS or April IS.
Sixteen intercepted in the General
Post once here and mailed on April
26.
This brings. my total UP to twenty
hve, though II Is by no means unlikely
tina: others got out In the mails before
We were warned. I think. though, that
the danger Is about over. for the reason
that time enough has elapsed or will
have elapsed by Friday for all bombs
to have been delivered or to have bsen
located wherever they may be in the
mails Moreover. the whole country has
been warned not only to look out for
innec looking parcels marked Gin
bel Brothers-Sample.' but ito refrain
from experimenting with any sort OF
unidentified package whatever.
"I am awaiting news any minute that
the two bombs addressed to Salt Lake
City have BEEN found. Every post Of.
fic, employee between here and Utah Ii
searching for these parcels. The rail.
wav mail clerks are combing their mai
sacks. Every postmaster is searching
A force of inspectors Is doing nothing
Well get them sure. and it's only a Ques.
ton OF hours"
Missing Bonn BIS Are Located.
The bombs were actually found al
about the time Mr.. Cochran was talk.
ing.l
None of our clerks can remember t.
whom these parcels were addressed, anC
the clerks that seemed to have handled
them at Gimbers cannot recall the
addresses One OF the 9tmbel clerk,
thought he saw the name of Senator
Reed Smoot Of Utah. but Mr.. Smoot'.
home is In Provo. not Salt Lake City
although that proves nothing Of course.
Replying directly and frankly to a
question as to what chance there wal
of running down the bomb criminals and
arresting them Chief Cochran said:
IT cannot honestly say that there 4,
any real light on the trail up to date
but this service never gives up and
firmly believe we'll get these devils ever
IL 1t takes some months. This case 1,
no more difficult than was the problem
we had put up to US three years age
by the ferryboat case. when a great for,
tune in securities was stolen from O
mail wagon aboard a North River ferry
boat. II took US six months. but the
thieves are now in Atlanta-four Of
them, believe. SO 1t will be with thi.
Investigation. It's a case that needs
work and little conversation-team work
among and by every kind OF criminal
hunter. national. State and City.
There are plenty Of clues, even II
sihgly these Indications are slight and
trivial. You are as familiar with these
details as I am though not with theiI