The sun., 1919-06-04
MANIFESTO FOUND
MCPHERSON RUINS
Police Work on Bomb Clue
Civen by Girl.

The bomb explosion which wrecked
two houses in East Thirty-first street.
Paterson, around midnight Monday.
were a part Of the general series OF
outrages in New York. Washington and
other cities. the police decided yesterday.
They were convinced of this. they said,
through the finding near the wreckage
OF fragments of the manifesto signed
| The Anarchistic Fighters" copies Of
which also were picked up near the
homes of Judge Mott in New York and
Attorney General Palmer in Washington
All day yesterday the Paterson police
dug through the debris In a vain search
for fragments OF the bomb. They were
aided by Inspector Thomas Campbell of
the Bureau Of Combustibles here. and
he and Chief OF Police John Tracey went
over the ground with thoroughness.
From the destruction wrought by the
bomb Inspector Campbell concluded it
was similar to the one placed at Judge
| Motifs home.
II was set of under q bay window
in front OF the house occupied by Henry
Morris, a saloon keeper, and his family,
and by Isaac Cohen. a Jeweler. Neither
of them could imagine any reason. they
| told the police. why they should have
| been the object OF attacks by anarchists.
John J. Fitzgerald, secretary OF the
Paterson Chamber of Commerce. former
| ly lived in the house and the police are
| inclined to believe that the anarchists
, thought he was still there.
The house directly across the street,
| 335. was damaged about as much, and
| there Is some doubt as to which building
| was the object OF attempted destruc-
! ton. Henry Klotz president and treas
urer of the Susquehanna Silk Mills and
member OF the executive board of the
Silk Manufacturers Association of Pat
erson. and Max Gold. a motion picture
| theatre proprietor. make their homes
there. Klotz. through his membership
on the executive board of the silk man.
ufacturers. bitterly opposed tho granting
| OF the eight hour day during the silk
strike in Paterson last winter and for
that reason 1t is believed he may have
been marked for destruction by the
bomb plotters.
Adolph Lessig. secretary OF the Pater-
son branch of the ]. w. w and its or.
ganizer and leader there, declared last
night that his body knew nothing OF the
explosion and disclaimed all responsible
ity for It. The police during the day
raided the headquarters of the I. w. w.
the Socialists and two OF the smaller
labor organizations, SEEKING a quantity o.
literature. but finding nothing resem
bling the pamphlets which have beer
identified with the bomb explosions,
The Paterson police are working alont
lines suggested by information giveI
them by Miss Nellie Taylor of 455 Eas
Thirty-f1rst street. She said that sh,
was on her way home with anothe
young woman a little after II o'clocl
Monday night. when they saw a shor
man who looked like an Italian leaning
against the house at 331. As they ap
preached he walked into the aileywa!
between that house and the next one
she said, STOPPING as though to tie
shoestring.
Across the street Miss Taylor said sh,
noticed that a worn, dingy looking au
tomobile was drawn up at the curb
There was nothing TO attract more thar
, passing attention to It and she made n,
attempt to note the license number.