Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-05
Bomb Fails
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tNo1tInucQ ITOHt Ca90 SuSJ
the city, which has been under close
guard since the bombing of United
States embassy at Buenos Aires on
May 1e, was the scene Of todays ex-
plosion.
The explosion, which occurred
while many persons were passing the
building, demolished the ceiling Of
| the entrance hall which Is directly
under the office of the American min
lister, Hugh Grant Smith. He was not
in the building at the time.
The bomb, apparently one of great
power, was loaded with pieces of
iron, lead, steel. wire and screws.
Ten pounds of fragments were col
and porter of the legation, narrow
! ly escaped injury, many splinters of
the bomb striking near him.
The police are mystified how the
| boUnb was planted without observa-
ton. The building has been under
a special guard day and night since
| the Buenos Aires outrage. The only
persons detained thus far are the
police agents charged with guarding
| the place.
The Sacco- Vanzetti case has been
| the center of considerable agitation
| in radical circles in South America
for some time. being particularly in
| the public eye since the recent re-
fusal OF a new trial to the convicted
| men. The explosion in front of the
embassy at Buenos Aires came
shortly after the denial of the new
| trial. No one was injured in the ex-
! plosion at Buenos Aires and but lit
tie material damage was caused.
The Argentine government ex-
pressed it's regrets for the incident
| to Ambassador Peter Augustus Jay
and few days later police raided
the meeting place of committee
which was carrying on agitation in
| behalf of Sacco and Venzetti.
Early this morning. before the leg
alton was bombed. multi-colored
| handbills appeared in parts Of the
city. about the sacco-Vanzetti case
| Among these was one reading:
"All is lost! These are the words
| the Sacco-Vanzetti committee of
| Boston announces to the world
| that North American justice is soon
| to commit the most horrible OF
| crimes"
Further on this handful said: "All
I is not lost if we unite our force ana
realize a last effort so that none OF
us may be termed towards"
The handbills were signed by the
COMMITTEE of bakers" They exhort
| the workers to participate in all
| movements which the Uruguayan
| labor union makes on behalf Of the
| convicted men.
Close inquiries into the bombing
| leads to the belief that the authors
| planned the outrage some days ago,
| and that the reason it was not
| realized previously was due to severe
| police vigilance maintained in the
vicinity of the legation. 1t is believed
| that the authors of the bombing
| watched the legation constantly for
a favorable opportunity and that
| this was relatively easy owing to It's
| location in the principal thorough
| fare of the city, where there is much
| traffic at all hours.
| The authorities think that the
! bombers finally availed themselves OF
| the opportunity presented this
| morning when the secret police agent
| absented himself from his post for
! a few minutes and while a porter
| was busy cleaning out the vesubule
| of the building. The police agent
J has been suspended.
Hugh Grant Smith. the American
l minister, told 1.-THE Associated Press
| tonight he was surprised the bomb
| ing could have been carried out In
view of the extreme measures OF
1 vigilance adopted at the legation and
| consulate, since the outrage at the
| Amrican embassy at Buenos Aires.
| He shared the general opinion that
! the authors wished to make protest
against the conviction and subse-
! ouent rulings of the MASSACHUSETTS,
| courts in the Sacco-Vanzeti case.
| He was confident the police would
| finally apprehend the individuals
responsible and that most raoical
measures would be taken TO prevent
| a similar occurrence in the future.