New Britain herald., 1927-08-16
FAMILY OF SACC0 JUROR IS BOMBED McHardy, Wife and Three Chil-
 dren Blown From Beds GLASS BROKEN MILE AWAY
Trees Stripped of Leaves, Sides of Houses Torn OR, Front Piazza Carried Away-Threatening Let ter Had Been Disregarded.

ter Had Been DtSregarued.
 East Milton, Mass. Aug. 16 R)- An explosion believed by the police to have been caused by a bomb equipped with time fuse wrecked the home of Lewis McHardy, juror in the Sacco-Vanzetti trial seven years ago, here early today.
 McHardy, his wife, and three grown children who were blown from their beds by the force of the blast, narrowly escaped death. All five suffered cuts and bruises and Mrs. McHardy was thought to have suffered from concussion.
 She was trapped in her room on the second floor of the two and one half story wooden house. Police res- cued her. Her husband was able to work his way from the ruins and his two sons, Jack Id Theodore. carried their sister, Helen, from her room. The family was cared for at the home of neighbor.
 Windows Smashed Mile OR
 Windows were blown from houses a mile away by the explosion and nearby trees were stripped of their leaves. With the exception of the rear wall of the McHardy home the sides of the house were blown out. The granite foundation was cracked, the front piazza torn off and bulk head was blown out of the back of the house.
 A line of police was thrown about the wrecked house and an investi- gation started immediately by state police. Guards were dispatched to the homes of three other jurors who live in the vicinity.
 Find Timing Device
 A search of the ruins revealed what appeared to have been the base of a Japanese lantern which police believe may have been used in the timing device. It held a socket for d candle which the police said might have been connected with fuse to the bomb.
 Another angle of tic investigation centered on the death. two weeks ago, of dog owned by the Me- Hardys. The dog was run over under suspicious circumstances which have assumed a certain importance in the present investiga tion.
 The explosive was placed under the northeast corner of the house near the front door. The detonation of the charge blew a hole 20 feet deep in the earth. The blast occur red at 3:3O. At 3 o'clock the police whose beat passed the McHardy house, rang in his box about 300 yards away.
 The patrolman said he saw noth- ing suspicious in the neighborhood but report reached the police that a small sedan had been seen leaving the vicinity shortly before the explo- sion.
 The family went to bed about II o'clock and had seen no one in the immediate neighborhood during the evening who aroused any suspicious. In Lonely Section
 The McHardy home is in a sparse ly settled section of the town with woods bordering two sides of it. The nearest occupied house is some dis tance away.
 McHardy said that a long time ago he had received threatening letter as had others of the jurors Ill the famous trial. He said that he had not feared any attack and had no misgivings as to his safety. He is employed 1n a chocolate factory in Milton.
 During. the investigation by Gov ernor Alvan T. Fuller into the en- tire case, McHardy had been called for an interview. He was in the eX- ecutive chamber about two hours, he said. Since then. he asserted. ne has received no threats of any kind. Describes Explosion. A graphic description of his inn pression of the explosion was given by Theodore McHardy.
 "The first I knew" he said. Il found myself on the floor of the at tic where Jack and had our rooms I thought at first 1 had simply fallenout of bed in a nightmare or something of the kind, and then suddenly the floor began to shake under me and I heard dull roar. followed by strange hummlng (Continued on Page 18)