The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-11
EARLE WARNED
T0L00K0UT
FOR BOMBS
Officials Fear Spread
OfMurder Attempts
In Pennsylvania

WILkESjBARNE, "a, April IL
U.NS0 Police in other sections
Of the State took hurried precau-
tons today to guard against
spreading of the series Of Good
Friday bombings which took one
life and left five other persons
manned in the anthracite region
here.
Governor George H. Earle and
other members of his cabinet in
Harrisburg were warned by State
police to be on the alert against
suspicious looking packages. In
Pittsburgh, a similar warning was
telephoned to Attorney General
Charles ]. Margiotti, the gov
ernor's representative in arbitrat-
ing recent mine union warfare.
A dragnet was thrown around
the city in an effort to uncover
clues to the identity Of the per-
petrators of the bombing that
spread terror through the Wyom-
ing Valley anthracite region.
Suspect Released
A suspect, whose identity was
never divulged, was released by
authorities, who said the man had
nothing to do with the case.
District Attorney Leon Schwartz
admitted no other suspects were
being held, but said he was follow
ing several interesting angles"
Describing the bombings as
purely q local matter" he said
he believed there was no danger
of additional bombs being in the
mails.
Fingerprint and handwriting ex-
pertS, due to arrive here from New
York by plane, were to head the
investigation Of the case.
Church Set On Fire
The bombings were climaxed by
a fire that swept through the rec
tory of st. Mary's church in the
central city section here, the
Church of Mgr. j. j. Curran who
has been active in attempting to
end recent mine quarrels.
Michael Gallagher, a Hanover
township school director, and
cemetery caretaker, was killed by
one Of the bombs, all sent through
the mails in the guise of Easter
gift boxes of cigars. His package
of death" was believed to have
been enormously addressed and ap.
parently intended for another.
Clinton Lehman, Gallagher's
son.in-law, who was standing near
by when the lethal package was
opened, was in serious condition
in the hospital.
Union BOIter Injured
Also in a serious condition is
Thomas j. Maloney, IS, for years
. colorful and inSurgent figure in
mine union circles. Boiling the
United Mine Workers of America,
the regular union, Maloney
founded the insurgent United
Anthracite Miners Of PennSyl-
vania. Magiotti conducted a
series Of conferences which failed
to heal the union breach.
Maloney's two children, Mar.
garet, Is. and Thomas, jr., S, also
were reported in serious condition,
and it was feared the girl might
die.
Postal inspectors called in from
all sections of the country were
seeking to trace the mailerS of the
deadly cigar-boX packages which
fomented a reign of terror through
the region here.
Two Escape Bombs
Judge Benjamin r. Jones, who
has presided in many mine cases
and former Sheriff Luther Knit.
fen, whose deputies participated
in many skirmiSheS in recent years
of mine strife, through stroke
of good fortune escaped the fate
of the other victims. Bombs mailed
to them failed to explode before
they were detected.
Postal inspectors intercepted
other bombs addressed to Harry
Coulson, a mine superintendent
for the Glen Alden Coal Company
and James S. German, OF Halle.
ton. The latter bomb was believed
intend :. for James A. German
umpire of the anthracite concilia'
ton board now mentioning IN
Florida. Germans decision was
final in hundreds of union dis
putes in which the Cancellation
board found itself evenly divided