Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-20
.HERR|CK ESCAPES
INJURY BY MARGIN
Blast Thought Plot Of Radi-
= Gals Protesting Sentencing
Of Italians

Paris, Oct. 19.-(By The Asso-
ciatcd Press. "A bomb exploded to-
day in the house of Myron IT. Her
rick. the American ambassador, seri-
ously injurinE the valet who opened
tho package containing it.
The room in which the explosion
occurred, was wrecked.
Ambassador Herrick arrived at the
house two minutes after the bomb
blew up.
The bomb explosion followed re-
ceipt Of threatening letters which
have been coming to the ambassador
in the last few days in connection with
the cases of two Italians recently
convicted OF murder In Massachusetts.
The bomb was contained in care
fully made package. delivered this
morning. and addressed personally to
the ambassador. who it appears.
might well have opened it himself, as
it seemed 10 be a gift designed for
him. Tho ambassa doris valet, how
ever. happened to open it.
Immediately after the explosion
Ambassador. Herrick went to the
Hotel Crillion, where General Pcrsh-
ing is stopping. Tho project of police
sador there and this evening they
were comforting on tho case while the
entire detective service of Paris was
at work in an attempt to trace the
origin OF tho bomb.
Considerable damage was done tho
Ambassadors residence.
The bomb was brought from tho
chancellcrycof the embassy by Sec
rotary who thought It n present FOR
the ambassador. The ambassador
and his daughter-in-law. Mrs. +. W.
1Icrrick. and her son, aged I. wcrc
mounting the stairway and heard tho
Immediately the valet came down
crying: "a bomb has exploded
am hit
In the room and demolished with
il wcrc presents Ambassador Hcrrick
had received on his birthday October
=. The belief is expressed by the
project of police that the bomb was
a time contrivnnce.
Tho act was that of an irrospon-
siblc coward, who was without cour-
age to come out into tho open" the
ambassador said. The package. about
inches long 4 inches wide and :
and was labelled perfume"
The valet. Walter Blanchard. a az
ycar-old Englishmap, opened the
package. Upon opening tho lid. a
spring was released and blanchard.
who was a bomber during the war.
Immediately suspected its signifi-
cameo, threw the package away. rush
cd from the room but was hit In the
back by fragment.
Mr.. Hcrrick expressed the belief tina [
tho explosion was a sequel to threaten
ing letters he had been receiving from
French communists because OF tho
conviction OF two Communists In the
United Sta .os for murder.
"Thcsc outragcs should cease he
said. ANY reasonable man knows
neither the ambassy nor the America n
government has anything to do with
Sacco and Van Ietti. they committed
a crime for which they must suffer"
The ambassador said he would keep
an engagement for dinner but re-
marked that he would be unable To put
on evening clothes ae most of his ward =
robe had been torn by fragments OF
the bomb.
Tcday's incident in the room of
Ambassador Herrick follows express
sions OF protest which have occurred
intcrmittently in Italy since immc-
diatcIy after the conviction OF Sacco
and Nanzet by Massachusetts court
last summer, but have only recently
manifested themselves in France. At
first the protests in italy. we're
sporadic and apparently Insignificant
but the spirit of antipathy toward the
conviction found larger expression at
n meeting called In Milan on October
: by committee OF tho chamber of
labor when communist orators de-
nounced bourgeois capitalism" in
connection with their conviction.
few days later the Italian So
cialist congress meeting in Milan
voiced dissatisfaction over the verdict
of tho Massachusetts court and this
was followed last week by a hostile
demonstration in front of the Ameri-
can embassy In Rome when the police
made moro than 100 arrests before
the crowds were dispersed.
Despite these drastic measures by
the police, however. other demon
strntions followed.
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