The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-03
MAN
BLOWN yJPIEcES
Anarchist ( 10 Sought to Kill
Atty.-Gen: Palmer Hailed
From Philadelphia.
STUMBLED IN DARKNESS
Police Believe Plans Would
Have Carried Otherwise.
Accompiices to Be Taken.

Washington, June ga. P0-
Washington police inspectors early
today said they had identified the
man who was blown to pieces last
night in an effort to kill Atty Gen.
A. Mitchell Palmer with a bomb as
an anarchist of Philadelphia. They
also said they were confident the
Ration wide plot against the lives of
government officials and prominent
business men had been laid in that
city.
A blood stained conductors iden-
tification check, found in front of
Mr.. Palmer's residence early today,
showed the anarchist arrived in
Washington at 10:3 80 o'clock last
night from Philadelphia. He went
directly from the union station to
the Palmer home, and only few
minutes before the explosion he was
seen alighting from street car a
few blocks away by s, c. Briggs, of
Marion, S. c.
The police would not reveal the
identity of the man, but they felt
confident the facts they had gath
CiCu III NllNil iINCStiSdtlOli olASc ldol
midnight would lead quickly to the
apprehension of his associates, whom
they believe were responsible for the
May-day bomb plot in which many
internal machines addressed to gov
ernment officials, members of con-
gress and business men were placed
in the mails
The anarchist apparently was OF
np
found by the police at daylight. had
upon 1t hair that was dark and curly.
Included IN the heap of tattered
scorched blood stained fragments OF
clothing and articles belonging to the
man was a much thumbed Italian
American dictionary. indicating its
owner knew little English.
By a strange freak of the explosion
the mans hat remained intact. On the
sweat band was inscribed the name DE
LuCa Brothers. Hatters. 919 South
Eighth street, Philadelphia"
The police are confident the plans OF
the anarchist to blow up the house of
the attorney general and kill its oC-
cupants would not have miscarried had
he not in his excitement and in the
darkness stubbed his toe on a low
coping six feet from the internal ma
chine The coping tripped the anarchist
and when he fell the concussion an
PAL ChAly oCt OiI viz pOiiib'
1t was at first thought two men had
been killed by the explosion, because
parts OF two legs were found where
they had been blown. Later however.
the police definitely established only
one man had been killed.
In Fashionable Neiohborhood.
The neighborhood in which the eX-
plosion occurred is one of the most
fashionable in Washington. Two doors
away lives Senator swanson; of Vlr-
ginia. Directly opposite lives Rear Ad-
miral Theodore f. jewell. Ihe nome
of Helmer H. Bryn, Norwegian MIN
ister adjoins that of Rear Admiral
TeUeu and Assistant Secretary or the
Navy Franklin d. Roosevelt lives a
short distance away. Residences IN inc
entire block were damaged by the eN
nIosion. Windows were shattered ana
he fronts of some of the houses were
nicked by pieces of flying concrete'
parts of the anarchist were down IN
through some of the windows. SeNeIai
occupants of the nearby houses
cluding the son of the NorWeElahad hnds mn ~,
lister were thrown from lhelr oeus "
the force of the explosion. .z,.
coyernrnent experts today were max
;,c careful inspection and analysis
of the clothing and other lraE .. nv =, .
gathered by the police. IN an elIp ,'I ~
determine the nature OF the poiilp "iiN
'''o Head Found Block Away.
rha head of the dead anarchlst
,,.s found on the root of mouse
mare than a block away from tne
scene of the explosion and was
taken down by firemen, who we're
searching the root tops tor pos
sible evidence. ,I -.
reras was passing nearby when
The bomb exploded and Tying
fraorents of the anarchist struck
him and dyed deep crimson spots
in the light summer suit he was
wearing.
Thousands today visited the street
in which Atty. Gen, Palmer s residence
is located. The house itseH ana w w
street in front were being caretully
SI,arded, and scores of federal officers
and policp detectives were pusy
searching for and finding bits or clothI
inp and other articles which belonEeu
10 the anarchist who was Killed by the
explosion From an examination OF ule
fra agnents of the bomb-placer' IL ap-
ucarcd he was a swarthy man WIN
dark hair and of slender pulid. re
S"nre collar of welI-known make.
,1non which was laundry mark. FROM
his the detectives hope to learn much'
His suit, Judging from the oloou-
sn,pared pisCes found was black Win
Green stripe. The man wore winter
underclothing. tan Isle SOCKS ana u
White shirt of poor quailty Win green
and yellow stripes, 49,. .,ooL
6crld Fumes Hang over slock.
Erat,ments Of papers wnicn the man
anparently had been carrying IN ms
npittets as well as the parts OF Two
pistols were also found. THESE rag