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Wof the man who last night attempted to I
M ,V blow' up his home at 2132 11 street ami
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K'BioUsly, I have not iceetvcd niiy fm
fcfe" ithe, last few dns, and cannot iccall
. any of them that I might connect with
a'fe'thls explosion," said Attorney (ieuernl
:,! x aimer.
No letter were received in Mr
' Palmer's mail, either yesterday or to
sV oa ncn coum oe connecieu in an?
Tway wuo me Domoing piot, u was suiu
By Mr. Scott, secretary to the attorney
general.
"Mr. Palmer ha hundreds of ene
mies among the class who would be
likely to commit a bombing just like
this," said Mr. Scott. "In hi' poii-
tlon as alien property custodian, which I
he held until two months ago. when'
lie became attorney geneial, he un- '
doubtedly made hundreds of enemies
among foreigners through handling the
property of alien enemies1u the interest
of the United Statc
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I. S. Attorney Ceneial, hose
homo In Washington was damaged
last nlsht by an anarchist's bomb
whom I can now connect with the
t bombing plot."
$3000 Damage to House
The house at 2132 It street is owned
t by Mr. Palmer. The damage to it will
f amount probably to ?3000.
Mr. Palmer und his family will Ieap
, the house today and move downtown to
a hotel. This step will be taken partly
"noloer Denetirinl Association , I L
Stern, fecretary. 122S South Third
treet."
Mr. Stern explained that the en-
elopes had i untamed letters sPUt to
Palmer. I Mr. I.ang in I'outict'tlon with the Jewith
parade held hero jcsterda
Miss Mai Harnett and Miss Mar
garet Sheehan. who lic on the thud
floor of the I.ang home at 1204 Colum
bia aenuo, told the police today that
tlie loiild identifj the men who had
stolen the automobile if tlie were
i bi ought before them They both had
I seen the two men in that neighborhood
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on the life of the attorney general and One of the men was described as be-
because all the front windows and win- mg tall nun wouui- anu tne oilier as
dow sashes weie blown out. short ami daik. the latter probablj bc-
iJLlthough the man who attempted to iug a foreigner.
Wow up the Palmer house was blown
to atoms and parts of his body and
clothing scattered all oer the street
and over into the next street and plas
bomb was intended for the home of Fire
Chief llarrett, who lives at 2o0 South
Fifty-seventh street. The police have
offered no information as to why this
home should he bombed.
Several witnesses of the explosions nt
the church hac been located by the
detectives.
Clement Abele, ."40." Vine street, said
he heard three automobiles pass his
home just before the first explosion oc
curred They were speeding with their
cut-outs wide open.
Naval Officer Sees Auto
Lieutenant I). D. West, of the United
States na, stationed at League Isl
and, told the police that he saw a man
in the machine with yellow wheels
I stand up in the rear of the car hs It
passed the thurrh and hurl an object
at the rectory. The explosions followed
a minute later.
A man who fold the police he was
walking past 1'ifty-fnurth and Vine
streets befoie he henrd the report of tho
explosions told a Ntory of seeing two
men in another machine speeding in the
direction of the rectory.
"Theie's going to he something doing
in a minute." one of the men In the
machine was said lo lime lemarked to
his companion "You better get ready
to go like hell. '
Another report made lo the. police
was to the eflect that two men were
loiteriug on the church iorner a few
minutes before the first explosion oc
curred. It is possible that they may
hate been working with the men in the
muchlues
Masses weie snid thi morning at the
chinch. No mention was made of the
explosions, although ninnj non-Catholio
residents of the neighborhood attended in
the liope that some light might be
tin own on the mjstery.
The Hist mnss wns said at 6 :I50
o'cIo k and the second an hour later.
Two West Philadelphia patrolmen
who weie near the scene of the first
two explosions lit the church but who
did not witness them were questioned at
Citj Hall this morning. One of them,
a patrolman of the rift -fifth and Pine
'stieeLs station, is said to hae been
sitting on the steps of the north side
of the church, opposite fioni that on
which the bombs were planted. He
saw the machine v,ith cllow wheels
pass just before the first report of the
explosions. Further down Tift -fouith
street the second policeman is said to
have seen the samp car speeding. Both
said that it was going too fast for them
lo read the license number.
'tered against the houses across the w ay,
enough fragments have been found to
give the police clues from which to
identify the bomber.
The bomber carried two hats, one a
derby which he apparent! woic. and a
fedora, which the police believe lie car
ried in his grip and which he planucd
ft use tn dlspnis himself nft-nr Mm nv.
gff'fe. plosion.
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'mOne Man Arrested
ISfj: in fcity Bomb Outrage
LANDLADY AMAZED
AT LESLIE'S ARREST
Suspect Hat, Excellent Reputa
tion at Home and at His
Place of Employment
Caattnned From Pa On
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Court Robert von Moschzisker and
Ernest T. Trigg, president of the Cham
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District Attorney Kane said: 'cion."
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Lloyd Leslie, aged twenty-six. r12!1
Chestnut street, was arrested at the
scene of the first explosion. He ap
peared soon after the lectory poich was
wrecked, and is said to have shown ex
treme interest in the damage done.
First Arrest Made
After he had approached and closely
questioned two policemen he was at
tested,
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FIRST EXPLOSION
NEAR MIDNIGHT
The first explosion at the Church of
Our Lady of Victory occurred at 11 :14
o'clock last night and the second a mo
ment later. One of the four large
stone pillars supporting the porch of
the lectory was litcrall lifted from its
base by the explosions and dropped ou
thp pavement. It rnnained virtuall
intact.
The concussion caused by the explo
sion shattered all the window glass on
the north side of the rectory and church
and damaged all seven of the stained -glass
windows on the north side. Four
windows on the south side were blown
LOUIS JAJIECKY
Jeweler, whose home at -44 South
Fifty-seventh street was badly
damaged by bombers
was arraigned before
with the police in the investigation of I trate Harris at the Thirt -second
'these bombing outrages. land Woodland avenue station Tin
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him. -He Is held "on suspi- Nothing inside the church was dam
aged. All pictures and statues in the
rcctorv were intact after the explosions,
with the exception of a stone figure of
nnr nf tlip cninfs. whipli w;i Inrmlnf!
ur course, not until these outrages tor a lurtner Hearing -inuisUny. from Jt, pedestal to the floor nnd
ar,e identified with government institu- Leslie bears an excellent teputatiou broken.
tlons does the investigation come chief-' at his home and place of employment. , , ' , . ., , ,
ly'within our department of activity. Mrs Mary Co, of whom he rented his ,M,tn thf "P'inn,i hp VT root
In this city the explosions, I under- room- "n1 amazed to hear of his arrest. of tbe rectory was left hanging on the
Btand, occurred not near government' "He has been living here for several three remaining pillars,
property nor did they seem especially months, now," she sai.d, "and hns made Shortl.v after 11 o'clock this morning
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pie vvith whom he came in contad. He of the porch loof occurred, the mortar
seems to be highjv ambitious and anxi- and debris falling vvith a crash that
ous to succeed. I never heard him say sent up a great cloud of dust,
an thing that might be construed as be- Although police had been inspecting
ing radical. ' the place all morning there happened to
"He came in some time dm ing thebe ,10 onc in the building at the time,
night and then went out again, but Iicrai mCn having left only a few mo
attach no special significance to that, mcnt, ,,rcous. As n rc3Uit of thls
as lie nns uoue il uu uiuu iui uikl k
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, '"However, the history of the bomb
" Ing- activity since the outrages of last
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VJ ' of the Attorney General, and the rela-
.&f and the question of labor, necessitates
our continued investigation. It is:
mainly, just now, in co-operation with
ff.'vtfVftue municipal police authorities that
SfJ sx-e-'are makinir our investication. Any
'(fe'taUed activity, for obvious reasons, I
wtftieannot disclose."
'i$d$ i Todd Daniel, chief of the Bureau of
nT?F1 investigation, department ot justice.
fd"also believes that the same band of
lXdfS anarchists who were responsible for the
Stjexjilosions of December and for the
;fo$xHhipping f the infernal machines
r.ri' rurftlllrn rhe mnils. mmmitferi Hie nnf.
, .r rages last night.
l&y , xnat a more of a hunch than any
M. ,si thine else." said Mr. Daniel today.
'activity has happened in
inches, and it looks as if the same
owd might be responsible.
Todd Daniel and his inspectors were
rat, 'the scenes of the explosions the
.4.s .ffrentpr nnrtinn nf this mnpnini.. nnil
feif&J p"Ot'or three of his men have been
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rSrSV1 "1 nave definitely assigned virtually
!&A.iaU dI my men to some portion of the
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"i5U'sbave not yet connected up that ter-
jiR:f"0,,"rorTst who was killed in Washington
ty t'-j-svun tne activity in rmiaueipiiia."
gA'1fi Chief Griffin, of the United States
fH.J.ecret Service, said today that he has
t't Jltalfen no action as yet in the case. He
T."Washington.
H!&fi Dues PaIa ,n S0:'1"
Vjf Jajiecky could give no information to
-ftfce'police today that xnight lead to the
" ''fe.jFBtablishment of a reason for the at-
apt on the lives of the family.
"I am a member of no organization
i which I have enemies," he said. "All
iy'dpes are paid up in full in the so
ietles to which I belong. I do not
svCf vkflow that I have an enemy in tbe whole
tforld,"
hs$ .,wThe bombers are known to have used
'.';at least one automobile last night.
jlkreral. persona say three cars were
pjLider the explosions the machine
to have been used was recovered
nt of, Sedgley Guard Hoilse'at the
of the rectory porch, tbe pillar that
was lifted from its base. From the dam
age done by the explosions at the church
the two bombs are thought to huve been
placed side by side.
Second Explosion at 11:2."
At Il;2."i o'clock, nine minutes after
the Hi st explosion, the third bomb
wrecked the honip of .Tajieky, nt 211
South Fifty-seventh street.
.lojicky, his wife and her mother
were asleep ou the second floor. The
entire side of the jeweler's two-story
house was ciumbled to the ground and
rafters supporting the floors were set on
fire.
The jeweler's mother in-law. Mrs.
Sclffert. was removed to the Miseri
cordin Hospital. Jnjieky and his -wife
escaped injury.
The interior of the house was bad!
damaged.- Motorists who were passing
when thp wall foil nssisted the jeweler
in 'releasing his niothei in-law from
tne (icons, anu iim-m suiuim'iiv.i m,- ...
gine comp.inv at Kiftv tilth anu rine
streets to extinguish the blaze.
The home of Joseph Maer. 242
Smith Fiftv -seventh street, directly op
posite the Jajiecky hbuse. was damaged
tdthe extent of lit least SluOO as a re
sult of the severe concussion which fol
lowed thp explosion oft he bomb. Mr.
Mayer is in the drygoods business.
Most of the members of the Mayer
family had retired for the night -When
the explosion came showers of broken
window glass were hurled over the beds
of those who had retired, furniture was
broken, wood work was torn from the
walls and china and glass ware littered
the floors. Uvery window on the south
side of the house was broken. The
members of the family suffered slight
cuts from stepping on the glass ou the
floors.
Furniture Is Smashed
Mrs. Samuel Goodrich, a daughter
of Mr. Mayer, said: "We were awak
ened by a terrific crash shortly after 11
o'clock. Tictur.es fell from the walls
und furniture was smashed. For a
moment I didn't know what had bap I
pened. My first thought was of my I
baby. I went to it and cuiricd it down
stairs. Except for a slight cut on the
head it was unharmed. We are all
thankful that we escaped with our
lives."
Samuel Snyder was making a social
call at the Mayer home. As most of
the family had retired, he was about
to leave for his own home. When the
explosion occurred he remained tn as
sist the distressed family.
H, L. Ulesslng. proprietor of a gro
cery store at ri70." Locust street, was
closing his business place when the ex
plosion wrecked the home of the jeweler,
Hp said that he was thrown to the floor
by the force of the explosion. A plate
glass window in the Btore wns shat
tered, ns well as three windows In the
dwelling above. He estimated the dam
age to his place at $200,
Jncob Stielberg. of 570(5 Locust
street, who nlso conducts a grocery
store on the first floor, was thrown
from his bedv by the explosion. The
bulk window in his 6tore was also
broken.
Windows Shattered
Windows in two houses a square
away from the jeweler's home were
shattered. O.ne wns on the second floor
of a vacant house at 215 South Fifty
seventh street nud the other next door,
217, which is the liomp of J. Cahill.
Hight window panes weie broken lu
the home of David Freeman. 52r,I Lo
cust street. Both Freeman nnd his ten-,vear-old
son, Samuel, were thrown
from their beds when the bombs ex
ploded The explosion shattered many win
dows in the neighborhood, and slightly
damaged houses adjoining the jeweler's
home.
t large plate glass window in a con
fectionery store at 5703 Locust street
was shattered. II. L. v Blessing, the
proprietor, was closing his shop at the
time the explosion occurred.
The interior of the home of James
Dizer.at 24(1 South Fifty-seventh street,
was damaged.
Bombs Apparently Identical
Pipcps of thp bomb exploded at the
jeweler's home correspond vvith those
placed under the rectory.
When the seriousness of the situa
tion was realized at City Hall, Assistant
Superintendent Mills was notified and
in a few minutes he arrived at City Hall
to assume command.
A few weeks ago Captain Mills start
led his hearers at a dinner by stuting
that bolshevism was more thoroughl.v I
oiganizrd in thinity than was goner- (
any neneveu. lie auaeu ui ino time
that he had-taken steps to check ofay
possible uprising and completed on or
ganization by which he could summon
hundreds of policemen and home guards
lo duty In a few nilnuteB.
Mills On the Job
After his arrival nt City Hall, Cap
tain Mills started at least part ot his
organization In motion, for within a
few minutes a policeman or a home
guard was stationed within n few feet
of every church, school, hospital and
public building in the city.
Shortly nftor Captain Mills -came to
City Hall, Superintendent Robinson ar
rived and prepared to cope with any
situation that might arise.
News ot this latest terrorism spread
like wildfire through West Philadelphia
and other parts of the city. Reports
said that a bomb had faxed the Church
of the Transfiguration-, Fifty-fifth street
and Cedar avenue ; St. Francis de Sales
Church. Forty -seventh street and
Springfield avenue, and other .edifices.
None of these structures was damaged
nor was nny attempt made 'to bomb
them.
In the course of the hurried. Inves
tigations made Immedlatelyafter the ex
plosions and nt the Church ot Our Lady
of Victory, District Detective Albert
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Johnson, of the Peach and Media
streets station house, working by Ian-' I
tern light, discovered pieces ot the e- J
tonators of the bombs that had been "
used.
The police subsequently declared
these to be the same type that had been
used at the time bombs were placed
at the residences of Judge von Mosch
zisker, Judge Gorman and Mr. Trigg.
Detectives Arrive
Captain of Detectives Souder, lieu
tenant of Detectives Joseph Lestrange
and a number of central office men.
were quickly upon the scene.
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casions, she concluded.
The proprietor of the Marlborough
Drug Store, Fifty-fouith and Chestnut
streets, where Leslie wns cmplocd as a
chemist, bore out Mrs Cox's story of L.au6ed b,
IjCsjiu h nmiui-ici . in: icil m- ftiuie
shortly after 11 o'clock last night, the
proprietor said.
Leslie was interested in an automo
bile tire concern, also, it is said. He
was discharged from the navy last Jan
uary and went to work at the drug
store.
Chased By Crowd
Shortly after the explosion occurred
at Fifty-seventh nnd Locust streets a
man whose movements were regarded
vvith suspicion was chased bv n crowd
of men and bo.vs. He was finally cap
tured by Harry Iteinhold,
tsoutn Alden street, and turned overi
to the police of the Fifty-fifth nnd
Pine streets station. The police there
say that no man is being held. It was
admitted, however, that a man picked
up near the scene of the explosion hud
been questioned.
One development in tbe case today
was the result of an examination of
pieces of the bombs planted at the
church and the jeweler's home. They
were found to conform with the pieces
of the bombs picked up by the police
following the outrages committed in December.
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accident all people have been barred
from inspecting the ruins, and every
precaution is being observed to guard
the safety of those around the church.
It is thought that this collapse was
a weakening of the support
ing rafters, which were damaged by the
explosion.
Some one must have been praving for
the safety of those men," said the Rev.
.1 F. Graham, rector of the church,
when he learned what a narrow escape
they had experienced. "I am devoutly
thankful that none was injured."
The seven stained-glass windows on
the north side of the church that were
damaged represent stages in the life
J of Christ. The first pictures the bap-
ttsm of St. John : the second, Christ
Mi.Gini. thA .hilrlrm tlift tliirrl tlia
Of 230 I ,.!. f-n.t . ,!, (niirll, I tin n,t.l
t IIIUI) iUJjr 4lUOb I tlV- IWUIVU) (111 M w vv
Shepherd; the fifth, the Last Supper;
the sixth, the crucifixion, nnd the sev
enth, the ascension.
Although these windows were not
actually blown in by the concusion,
they were bent to such an extent that
many pieces of the colored glass fell
out.
Father Graham in Bed When Bomb
Explodes
Father Graham, the rector of the
Church of Our Lady of Victory, which
was wrecked by two bomb explosions
last night had gone to bed a few mo
ments before the first explosion oc
curred. He was almost thrown out of
his bed in the second-story front room
by the force of the explosion, and shat
tered windows covered the floor with
pieces of broken glass.
His assistant, Father McNamer, wn.i
preparing to retire when the explosion
occurred. Two servants, asleep in tbe
rectory, escaped injury.
The bombs are believed to have been
The priests at the church and the planted directly under the.stone pillar
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PRIESTS MYSTIFIED
AT ATTACK MOTIVE
Declare They Have No Knoivn
Enemies Never Preached
Against Anarchy
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The theory that activities of the
priests on local draft boards might have
Inspired the bomb attack on the church
was discredited both by Bishop McCort
and Father Graham, who said that none
of the priests there had served on any
draft board. Damage to the church was
estimated at $75,000.
The homes of Samuel Rusaknye, 5405
Vine street, and Paul Seeber, 5403 Vine
street, opposite the church were both
badly damaged by the explosions, and
window panes and glassware in other
nearby bouses were shattered,
. (The rector of the rhurch. Father
J, F. Graham, declared today he had
never preached against anarchy or bol
ibevism. There, is no church in 'the
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