The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-05
Bomb Explodes, Kills
Two Police Detectives
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3 Mole m the gFounu, Two Ieet deep
and 9 feet across. The bodies Of the
dead detectives were horribly
ynangled and Q leg was torn from
one. The critically wounded detec-
tives were 10 feet away, yet their
legs were fractured In several places
by the conclusion. The other detec-
tives were some % feet from the ex-
plosion. The explosive was dynamite
this was established by the fact
that its greatest force was downward
In this polyglct city In which are
fused every race and In which SIM
mers every passion, the bombing was
an alarming portent. Mayor r. II.
La0uardia and Police Commissioner
Lewis J. Valentine ordered the en-
tire police force-l9,000 uniformed
and civilian dressed men--called to
duty at once TO round up every
known agitator and radical. 1t was
the third bomb outrage within two
weeks. Both LaGuardia and Valen.
tine emphasized that they were act
ing so drastically to prevent future
outrages as much aS to catch the
perpetrators Of this one.
Speakers Stopped
Late last night, detectives pulled
speakers from their soap boxes In
Columbia Circle, where, traditional
ly, anyone may harangue the indif-
ferent crowds on any subject, and
rushed them on 10 the central police
headquarters where high officials be-
gan questioning them. Early today,
detectives were raiding resorts In
Greenwich Village, Yorkville. and the
Union Square neighborhood. They
were working with card index OF
agitators compiled since the war
started.
Detectives pointed out that the
bomber must have been motivated
by q hatred of the British and that
he must have been Of inferior men
tally. otherwise he would have re-
allied that his bomb would not
strike q powerful blow at the British
empire In Wrecking the British pavil-
ion, but would create American SYM
pathy for his intended victim.
Obviously" high police ofiicial
said, I'VE are interested most In talk
ing TO the violent enemies Of the
British"
Certain resorts on the fringes Of
the Union Square district are known
as hang-outs for radical Of psychic
pathic cast. Yorkville Is q German
section Of Manhattan island and
some Of its resorts often ere scenea
for intense Mai denunciation OF the
British. In some sections OF Green
wich village, the Irish Republican
Army has yociferolis champions.
PlanSsd 10 KAN Many
Evidence painted 70 the bombes
having planned 70 take the magi-
MUM number OF lives and do the
maximum damage. Il was planted
In the centrally located fan room on
the second floor OF the pavilion
where the downward force a dyna-
mite would be calculated 70 hrino
the building down on the crowd
swaFnalng through both flooes. II
was eneased IN Z small gray suit
case with q black stripe, about tha
sire u large portable radio.
william DtFachsn, an American
elsctFiclen employed by tho pavilion,
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which ne public 10 not admitted,
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