The sun., 1919-05-03

physician. but employs one to give
medical atmosphere to the establish
ment.
Considering II peculiar that Baldwin's
place contained such a small Quantity Of
drugs, the detectives made n thorough
search and this resulted In the uncover
ing of the INT in the living quarters
Of tho institute" These bottles were
wrapped in newspapers OF the date of
November. II. 1918. The largest OF the
parcels containing bottles was labelled
Copenhagen Chewing Snuff"
Had worked I'm Munition Plant.
At police headquarters. Or" Baldwin
first denied all knowledge Of the INT,
saying that II must have been hidden
there by one of the patients" Suisse
quently he said that he was employed
during the war as an inspector OF chemi-
calls in munitions plants. that he had
taken numerous samples of explosives,
and that he might have inadvertently
left few lying around tho institute"
Later he said that a friend in Philadel-
phia had sent him samples.
Baldwin had not been formally
placed under arrest last night. Inspec-
Tor Faurot explaining that he was de
tanned" merely. The nature of the stuff
found in the bottles at his place was
determined when owen Eagan of the
Bureau OF Combustibles examined 1t,
and said that It was INT and smoke
less powder.
Baidwin's associate, DR.. ]. B. Acker,
was questioned at police headquarters
yesterday afternoon.
All of the bombs intercepted here, in
Guiding FIVE that have been opened and
eleven that remain as dangerous as ever,
were removed to the magazine Of the
Fire Department yesterday by the de-
pendable Mr. Eagan. Chief Cochran con-
Guiding that It wasn't good policy to
keep such dangerous evidence stored in
a waste basket in his Office. Eagan was
gratified at his success in so neatly
opening the wicked machines.
The way he did 1t was simple enough
for a nervy man. The Burleson bomb
was the first experimental on. and II
took him Ave hours to get the thing open
and pick II to pieces. First, he soaked
the whole parcel, wrapping and all. In q
bucket OF water. lukewarm, for nearly
two hours. That loosened the red seals
Of the parcel, and whatever gum had
been used elsewhere. SO that the wrap
ping fell apart. Then he continued tn,
soaking process another hour until tn,
pasteboard carton went to pieces. TIL,
wooden tube. capped at one end. stood
revealed.
From long experience Eagan knew
that the capped end was not the end L
begin work on. So, with a very sharl
| knife he attacked very gently. and will
infinite patience the other end of tn,
tube. II took him an hour to make I
hole not much bigger than the head o
a match.
Bomb Immersed Before OPENING.
Tho punctured tube went into tn
water bucket for another hours INNER
sion. and Eagan felt safe to enlarge tn
hole and gradually to but away the lowe
part Of the tube. He was enabled L
! withdraw the sticks of dynamite. which
made II possible to cut down the tub
still further and get at the illuminate o
mercury caps. now plainly revealed
After that there was no danger. III
| simply removed the cotton wsdding
withdrew the small bottle of acid hell
| rigid between two brass screws mean
to shatter 1t when the wooden cap
should be twisted. and had the con
trivance apart.
The following day he tried his paten
bomb opener at four more of the ma
chimes Since II was obvious that al
are exactly alike, it was not consldere,
necessary to open any more at present
| Postmaster Thomas G. Patten sent TO
Charles Kaplan. the parcels post clerI
whose alertness led to the discovery O
the sixteen bombs in the Post Office here
and congratulated him for good work
at the same time showing him a lette
from Postmaster-General Burleson II
which the head of the Department recon
mended promotion for Kaplan.
1t Is said at the General Post Ono,
that Kaplans reward, probably rapit
advancement in the Civil Service list, vii
I be taken care of amply. In the mean
time he is the most photographed person
in New Norl,