Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-13
FOURTEENTH STREET
RAILROAD BRIDGE
BOMBERS ARRESTED
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Ing n fuse. but being unskilled In tnis
kind OF mechanical effort, they were
unable to get the clock to work right
and as they could net get Connection
that would set or the fuse they gave
up the idea as bad one and decided to
try something else.
Effort to DiScredit Tralnmen.
They next got another wooden box
and In this they placed the seventeen
sticks OF dynamite. To these was Mt
tached the four-foot fuse. The bomb
was then placed In tin dinner pail.
one OF the large ones which railroad
workmen. especially trainmen. carry,
This was done for camouhage, Befany
claiming that their thought was that
they could carry the bomb thros-h
the streets In this way and II anyone
saw them they would think they were
railroad trainmen going To work In
fact this concealment was n deiber-
ate attsmpt. he admits. to create the
impression that the bombing had been
the work of trainmen and not shop
men. for after they got 10 the bridge
they tossed the tin dinner pail into
the weeds, near the railroad tracks,
where they hoped, II It were found,
those making the discovery would
recognize 1t as a trainmens dinner
pail.
After they had completed their bomb
and concealed Il In the dinner pail
Refany says he. Pratt. Seidle md
Gregory went to the Fourteenth street
| bridge. Befany claims I've carried the
pail to the elevated railroad tracks
and there took out the bomb and toss
ed the pail into the weeds. While he
was doing this one of the other men
called To him that n man and wo-
man were approaching along Four
teenth street. lie says Scidle told him
they had better wait until some other
night to carry out the job and they
agreed that this would be better.
That same night. there had beer
some trouble at Nandever avenue and
Claymont street and Policeman HUT.
berg shot man during a fight he had
with him for possession of his gun
This shot was heard by the men at the
railroad bridge just before they walked
away. Before they got to their homes
they met another officer not far from
the bridge and talked 10 him abou
the revolver shot they had heard.
Touched on With Cigarette.
In the meantime. Befany says. h'
had gone back after tho bomb. HI
had placed It on top of the stone sbut.
ment and under one of the mair
glrders. But when he got there III
concluded II he were caught carrying
the bomb through the streets 4
would be just as bad for him a. II III
touched off the charge right then, 81
he concluded to apply a light 10 the
fuse. He says he held his cigarette tC
the end and lighted II. then hurried e
his home and went TO bed. lie heard
the report of the explosion. but did no
dress and 20 down TO the lsidge agair
that morning.
According TO Befany's confe ssion 4
the police, Seidie and Pratt met hin
later and told him what bum Job
the dyna hitting of the elevated bridg
had turned out to be. However,. h
claims they declared they were goini
to do another Job at the roundhouse
that they had a man who knew hi
| puclncSS III tIl4S ieSpSCt anu Rlltl
would be a good one. They had plan
ned, he claims. to disguise themselve
as men who were working In the shop
or the roundhouee, 10 carry the ex
ploeive in their dinner pals and there
by get into the railroad yards an
place the charge. and then attempt
blow up the roundhou.e. Their as
sertions, he says. were that II III
Fourteenth street bridge blow-up di
Y not have the deered effect OF scarin
the shopmen still at work they woul
r do something stronger that woul
q scare them.
$ In addition TO that OF Befany, III
i police have signed confessions fro
d Seidle and Gregory. Pratt had n,
|. made any this morning. although
: had indicated 10 the detectives that
r was willing TO aid them in their il
V vestigation and efforts 10 clear up II
case.
d The four men will be ARA igned
City Court tomorrow morning on Il
= charge of malicious mischief, or wha
k ever other charge may be plac,
J. against them.
= Good Detective job.
=. Captain Benson, Detectives Suite
= and Kempski came in for much cor
- menda ton this morning when the r
= suits of their good work on this ca
became known. They have been but
Z night and day since the explosion O
CURED and never once did they r
linquish the trails they had pick
, up. 1t was conceded to have be-
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