New Britain herald., 1928-05-18
BOMB RESIDENCE
 OF EXECUT|ONER
Home of Robert Elliott in ]: Queens Blown Up

{. New York. May IS P-The home spf Robert Elliott. official execu- r1ioner for five states and the man sWho pulled the death switch on Sac -co and Vanzetti, was bombed early Ihis morning.
 Thrown From Beds.
 Elliott, his wife and two children. swere thrown from their beds by the explosion but were uninjured. The house. located in Queens Borough, Long Island, was badly wrecked. The front porch was torn away, the l, front door was blown in and every window was shattered.
 Threats had been received by FL liott prior to the Sacco-Nanzetti execution and for a long time a po- lice guard was maintained over his home. Since the guard had been removed the policeman on that beat had instructions to keep a special watch over the Elliott domicile. Whether any recent threats had been received could not be learned. , Elliott expressed the belief that the bombing was done by sympa- thizers of Sacco and Nanzetti, radi- cals executed at Boston for the slay- sing of a paymaster.
 Occupants Asleep.
 :, Elliott and his wife were asleep In the rear room on the second floor fpf their two story cottage when the bomb exploded. Their daughter sGertrude, IT, was in an adjoining room while a son Robert, Jr., 27, and a cousin, Thomas Lang, were in the room immediately over the porch. kAll were thrown out of their beds, Out suffered only minor bruises. !" Windows in houses for two blocks away were shattered, and horses in "a station of the Sheffield Farms Milk company several blocks away were thrown into panic, stampeding and overturning several delivery wagons
 Police were unable to find anyone who saw or heard those who placed the bomb. Members of the bomt squad from New York headquarters estimated the bomb had a time fuse and had been placed either on the porch of the house or under it a half hour before the explosion. Appointed in 1926.
 .- Elliott was appointed executioner flor New York early in 1926. At the time he was executioner for Massa- "chusetts,> New Jersey and Pennsyl- Vania and since has been appointed to the same post by Delaware. He is 54 years old.
 A quiet, gray haired man. hf never seemed affected by his deatf dealing job until the execution o' Mrs. Ruth Snyder, the first woman on whom he had pulled the switch He suffered a nervous breakdown after the Snyder-Gray execution a Sing Sing prison in New York an was under the care of a physician for several weeks. He has alway avoided publicity and little is know of his past life. Even his neighbor were unaware of his occupation fo some time after his appointment a New York's executioner.
 Elliott has put to death more thai one hundred persons and his incom is said to average about $4,000 year. He received S90o for one day work in January 1917 for executin three persons.
 When the police reserves rushe to his damaged house today the 4found Elliott in the kitchen calml .discussing the bombing with hi wife.
 . Are you going to stay here fc >the. rest of the night?" police car tain asked him. Do you want be escorted anywhere?"
 Nc" was the reply. Our roor and bed seem to be all right. We stay here for the rest of the night
 We are going to remain rigt here" he added, nobody is goin