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Show I BOMB. THROWER KILLS CASHIER AND HIMSELF IN PHILADELPHIA BANK I sfc 4e R " HAVOC BY EXPLOSION. W Tho Fourth National Is thn Hjj . wealthiest national bank In Phil- l adolphln. K President Ilushton Is tho hoail H? of the -Philadelphia Clearing Hj Houso assoclaUon. IaM - Steele, tho bombthrowor, In knotty lu Chicago as an anarchist. -v- - When uie demand for money H wan refused Steele ""ilroppou" tio- H bomb ut tho feet of htmsoK and H I tho cashlor. H f Iloth tho cashlor aud tho bomb- H . thrower wcro blown to pieces and Hr icattored over tho bank. H( Tho intorlor of tho bank was H' wrecked and money and blood J blown oven out tliu windows. Hij Tho ik)IIco reserves nud firemen B 1 weru called In prevent looting. 'j Panic reigned throughout tho H elrbtHtory structure and In tho Hj vlctnlty of tho bank. Hr1 Philadelphia. It wus just 11:10 H o'clock, 20 minutes beforo cloning tlmo H nt tho Fourth Nutlouul bunk on tho H'l morning of January 5, when a tall, H dark, unkempt Btrangor entered tho M bank corridor from tho north corridor H I or tho llullltt building. PutrcuiB of H tho bank not many In number, for- H i tunotoly were passing In and out to H mako deposits or drnfts beforo noon. H Tho dorks and teHorx woro busy to- H tallng up their sheets for tho duy. Tho H ofllcers wero hurrying to wind up tholr M business. Scarcely anyono noticed M tho nowcomor. H IIu hod on n dark lilnu suit of cloth' H Ing, those who saw him remember, H raggod and shiny from age. Ho woro H a black slouch hat. Ho peered around, H hesitatingly, and then caught Right or H President Ilushtou Htandlng noar ono H of the vaults, which woro soon to bu H closed. Ilo must hnvo known Mr. H Ilushton, for ho did not ask anyone for H tho president, but npproachod him and H spoko to him Immediately. H "My namo Is Q. K. Williams," ho H said, "and I llvo In tho Biiburbs of H Philadelphia. I want to know If you H can let mo havo a loan of f 5,000." H Mr. Ilushton saw that tho man was H some sort of a crank, nud to got rid of H Mm, asked that ho namo his securl- H t ties, which tho president would con- H I alder beforo making tho loan. At tho H I same tlmo, Mr. Ilushton signalled to H Crump, tho watchman, a splendidly 1 built big negro, who woro a gray mil- H form and to tho bank's patrons, was H one of tho most familiar figures about m the place. M As tho watchman rosponded, Mr. H Iluflhton whispered: "Get rid of this H , fellow, won't you, 'Dob,'" addressing H -".-. tho colored man by tho nlcknamo Ha which the financial men of tho dls- 1 trlct long ago applied to him. Hut the HHS Intruder pressed up closo to the presl- Hj dent again before Crump could reach him. H'J Insurance Policy as 8ecurlty. . "My securities why, I've got a life jg Insurance policy that runs out In five V Tears," said Ihe etrangor. His manner Hj was hesitating and he stammered , sllfhtly. "I'll show you soma pictures Ht tkat are) worth a lot ot money, to." aH 'c And ho drew from his pocket two photographs, dirty and torn. One was ot a woman, tho other a llttlo girl. It Is supposed that thoy wero ploturcs of his wlfo and daughter. Tho banker would not tako thorn In his huml and scarcely moro than glanced nt thorn. They could not bu found later. Ily now Mr. Ilushton was suro thai tho man hnd no legitimate business with him, so ho excused himself on, pica of considering tho security ot-fored, ot-fored, and went around a corner of tho corridor, waving his hand In tho direction of tho cashlor's ofllco, to In-dlcato In-dlcato that Crump should conduct tho uuwelcomo visitor thoro. Tho man was so big and strong that ho would havo been a match for tho negro had It como to a physical on-countor, on-countor, nnd probably both Mr. Hush ton and Crump unconsciously dectdod that tho best thing to do was to let Mr. Mcl-car attend to him. Tho watchman had already taken tho vis. Itor townrdH Meinour's oftlco boforo President Ilushton's signal, Tho cashier was sitting nt his desk, which wns behind a wiilst-hlgh conn tor and separated from tho main cop rldor of tho bank only by a law ratling. ratl-ing. William McLoar was a big, hourly, Jovial chap, who could hamllo any sort of a man without giving him offense, and could get rid of him without with-out creating a scene Ho wns a "good fellow" with everybody, every-body, a handsome,' likable man. Kvory bank ban a man of that typo qa a valuable val-uable business asset, a man who represented rep-resented tho Institution at conventions, conven-tions, banquets and social affairs, who by his personality secures nnd holds tho business of tho smaller banks In country towns. That was Mel .ear's place hero. Ho had been with tho bank nearly 20 years, had gained for It much business, and had boon promoted pro-moted upon his merits from ono post to anothor until not long ago ho be-camo be-camo cashlor when Vice President Shunbacker took his present place, Just oxactly what happouod then may never be known. A business man who was not far away saw Mo Ixiur rlso to moot tho etrangor and a momont later heard tho tatter's voire, high-pitched and angry. Only tho words "five thousand dollars" could I bo mado out. Tho business man, not Interested In tho talk, turned away. Crash Heard Olocks Away. Then enmo tho ripping, grinding detonating crash. The roar of It was 'heard six blocks away. A great puff ot amoko swept upward with tho debris de-bris and drifted as high as the eighth or top story ot the llullltt building. Every pano of glass about tho bank was shattered In a twinkling, and every piece ot brass grill work was bent and twisted and torn. A score of dejks within a radius of ton yards seemed to leap straight In tho air, and then drop buck and crash upon tho marble floor. There appeared to bo a sheet of llame In the Imaiwll-ato Imaiwll-ato vicinity of tho exploslou, ttr some of tho desks wero blackened and some curtains and woodwork at the eastern end of the Inclousre In which McLear had his desk took fire. Every person within the radii et tho nltfogtycorln'a force wnf- hurlod flat upon tho floor, many beneath crashing, cutting showers ol heavy glass from tho skylights and partitions, parti-tions, some beneath tho desks at which they had been sitting a second before. Not only from tho bank's quarters, but from all over tho building came crlos of terror and shouts of warning. Men nnd women rncod out through both of the big doorways Into Fourth strcot, Rome fleeing for blocks In their fright. PedestrlnnH stopped In amazement amaze-ment as they heard tho great "boom" and saw fugitives with bloody faces and hands pouring from the building. In the terrific explosion both McLear Mc-Lear nnd the bomb-thrower wero Instantly In-stantly killed. A negro messenger named William Crump, why was trying try-ing to eject the stranger, had both his eyes blown out ond was fatally Injured. In-jured. A dozen or moro employes nnd patrons wcro severely hurt and tho cntlro first flour of tho hank wfls wrecked. Tho cashier's body was torn limb from limb. Iloth logB were blown off, one aim was blown from Kb shoulder; half tho bead was alt that remained. Of tho bomb-thrower so llttlo was left that a waste basket contained nil that wns later taken to tho morgue. He was literally Hhattercd to atoms. Tho only thing thnt remained tntnet about his body or his clothing wus a llttlo brass name plato attached to a bunch of keys, which was found near n strip of blue cloth that had been part of his trousers. Tho wonln 'Ml. Steele, darner, la.," wcro Inscribed upon tho plate. Through this clow It was discovered that tho'inan wns Robert Rob-ert Steele, who had toft tho Iowa town six years ago for tho cast, and hnd presumably been living with a wlfo and three children somowhoro In this city then. His Identity would probably novor havo been known tor tho llltle brass plate. Prosldont Ilushton, whom the stranger had left only half n mlnuto beforo throwing tho bomb, escnpod serious Injuries, but had sayeral smnlt cuts on his fnco and hands. First Vice President Kdwnrd F. Shonbackcr, though only a fow feet away, was unscathed. un-scathed. Second Vice President 11. M. Falroa, whose desk Is a mora step from tho cashier's, probably escaped death only through having bean 111 and having stnyed ut homo. Tho explosion's forco swept through ovory department ot tho bank and wrought havoc us It went. In tho collateral col-lateral department, not far away from where tho bomb was thrown, $100,000 worth of vatuablu securities wero blown from tho desks and trays and weru scattered In a twisted, torn mass. Just outside tho waiting loom, which Is In Uio samo section ot tho bank, a masslvo brick fireplace, surmounted sur-mounted by n large marble clock, wns & -5 m BtMAMM '. fiims IV. Z. M$L bar. wiped out of existence, not a trace remaining re-maining of elthor timepiece or bricks. Bank Notes Swept Away, From the desks of the paying teller and receiving teller the concussion and consequent rush ot air swept at least $20,000 In bank nutes. The clerks and ofllclaU there, as well as ttaoso In the collateral department, forgot their Injuries, heroically, and went to work at once to rescue the money nnd securities se-curities It was reported that two certified checks one for 130,000 and the other for a still larger mm were mlsalng. It was not known whether they were destroyed, blown out of the building, or stolen In the excitement. Qo terrific was the force of the ex plosion that the dead cashier's watch, a heavy, gold hunting-case timepiece, was bent from lta flat shape Into the form of a horseshoe. A flat, mashed piece of gold found upon the floor near where the bomb was thrown was Identified as a ring he had worn. Whole Building 8hakn, As blia up as the fifth floor t4;ta balldlng a desk In jui oftlco directly ovor Uio bank was completely upset nnd tho employes panic-stricken. A medloy of bells sounded nil through tho building ns telephone bells In each office began to tinkle under the vibration vibra-tion of tho building and chimes sounded sound-ed on ovory sldo. The nows stand In front ot the bank was mixed up an badly as though It had been turned upside down. Papers, books and mag nzlnos -wcro scattered everywhere. It was an hour beforo anything llko ordor wns restored. Some of the bank officials aud clerks actually did not know they wcro Injured until friends or Btrungera. pointed out their wounds Tho bank's telephone system was thrown out of order by the explosion and tho attaches ran alt aver the neighborhood, bloody and disarrayed seeking 'phones over which thoy couU lot their families know that they weri safe. Kugcne Mcllhone, secretary to the second vice president, who was caught almost In tho center of tho explosion's radius, ipcovored consciousness beforo aid reached htm, nnd then walked about for live mlnutos, dazed and helpless, help-less, beforo he discovered that tho Index In-dex finger of his right hand had been blown completely off. Crowds numbering thousands gathered gath-ered In Fourth street, In front of tho bulldlirg; In Ilnrmony street, to tho south of It, nnd In Orlnnnii streot, upon up-on which tho roar windows fnco Along both those hitter streets ghastly ghast-ly relics abounded. In Orlanna strcot wcro fragments of glass nnd wood to which paittcles of Mesh adhered. liar mony street was littered from curb tc oirb with glass and wood, with here and thero n bit of brass from the grlllwork. Somo of tho ultra-morbid took awny In their pockets somo bits ot tho debris ns souvenirs. Alt afternoon and overling tho Ilul tltt building was visited by tho crowds. At night tho police wero still In charge of tho bank. Tho officials woro thoro, too, going over accounts to see that tho money nnd securities wero Intnct. Outsldo of tho two cortl-lied cortl-lied checks reported missing, It was said, unofllclally, that everything had been found. Wn Cmmp |