Show BOMB IS FOUND IN FORT DOUGLAS WAR CAMP 91 Sd a t tl l F rr t ti I rr f e rest f Z 14 i i 7 4 y S f. f r D. D f i k 9 y Sq c Col CuI George I. I L. L U rn Ul n and null u n pho- pho io of ur the infernal null and 11 r H found ut at the thc third Mtr II r ou 11 Fort I urt Dou hH esterday tt Guards Discover ter 1 Mysterious Diabolical Vl Weapon Madel Made 1 l by hy German Germain Prisoners that diabolical force was T X superior to an any efforts that could coul be made by officers o of the tine third war WOI prison camp at Fort Douglas to keepf keep tl f pI I n f r. r their 1 cis h t f P n II s e pr VII n v age 0 Tom VII escaping es- es C caping were seen to lo have been more than mere words when a cunningly contrived ed bomb containing a high ex explosive explosive ex- ex plosive sufficient to wreck a building was found yesterday In tho the ch civilian III an quart quarters rs b by one ono of ot the guards s It has been rumored for Cor several se w weeks eks past that tho boast has been made to guards on several se occasions that a proficient chemist ha had enough ability to manufacture explosives from Crom the tho very food tood and clothing sent In to th the th prisoners This statement was borno borne out yesterday when State Chemist Herman Hcrman Harms after seeing the bomb stated that the thc Ins re Ingredients lents of the thc small tin till can that held the ex explosive ex- ex plosive might have been made from Crom old rubber The explosive red In color and so Continued on 1 Page Pago ac 2 2 BO IB IS FOUND AT WAR PRISON Continued ed From Page Pago Pat I. I 1 heavy that tha It I settled nettled Immediately Immediate to the bottom of or tho the glass Into which the liquid contents of or tho the h bomb mb had hal been boen I b lie be red sul- sul ul- ul I emptied l. l was thought to I phito of or antimony A chemical analysis will 1 bo be made h by Mr Harms within the time then n next few ow da ay to discover cr exactly what tho time can caim con contained A test lest made at Federal Fedral Fed Fed- eral ral District Attorney W. W W W. Whay's yo Ha Rays hays s of office ot- ot flee fice ce showed how that whatever er the time contents are th thoy sire are l rc hIgh highly Inflammable and amid I tho the cy e planned to do tho time work of ot d destruction highly efficient Gel Col Cl George L L. L told yesterday o ot of time the finding of the bomb We 0 have o lu been een on time the lookout at nil all 11 tunes times he lie heI of oC this nature said for Cor e cl everything I ama and It I was no great surprise to me when ono ammo of ot time the guards found this bomb The Tho prisoners In the tho civilian have tried trie al nl- nl quarters at aLt the time prison most eer every plan Ima Imaginable to effect an nn escape and this first bomb was about tho the la mat last t method that tile tho tr try Naturally they failed to surprise nn silly any of ot the time guards or officers of or the tho prison There was some sonic excitement when wheat wo we 0 got It though because there thero Is no way to be sure how an nn Infernal machine of ot this character works This Thi one was made mado to explode when fire re car carried car car- contents of oC ned ried on a fuse fuso reached the time the can but there are arc man many mans other ways was or ot exploding one and It ml might ht have been that merely taking the wrappings off oc would have o ha set let off or tho the contrivance When hen the bomb wa was brought ht to time the prison office this morning we determined deter deter- mined to bring it down n co to Mr lr nf Rays flays s world ever eer evermore office Nothing in lii the was e cr moro more carefully han handled than I handl handled IJ this bomb We e examined It carefully and n ns as soon seems as ns we were convinced con it I was to be set oft off by I Ignition and not mechanism we wo had hod less fear of or it I With lh Colonel Dam Byram were Capt W. W F. F Beers of ot tho the war prison and George Chase of oC the tIme Salt SaI Lake detective tor force e. e State Chemist Harms arrived as ns soon as the party part from tho the war wal prison reached Mr lr Rays flays ot office co with wih time the bomb and the time Investigation and unwrapping took toole place Immediately Time Tho bomb homb was sas made mado of or a tall taU size evaporated e milk mUle can wrapped with wih strips of oC cloth soaked snaked In lard Jard It I was seven Inches through the time rounded part and more mm-more than seven seen inches Jon long bug Tightly binding bind bind- ing ins the pieces of or cloth were wele stron strong pieces of or string Newspapers made n-made the out outside covering co The Time fuse was Insert in inserted In- In sert d Into the can cami through a small hole the made for Cor the time I probably same Ou fame 0 I purpose 01 UL emptying me time Ile iruni VII U-VII me I container and stuck up imp about two inches from the time top of or the tho U tin and andI through tho the wrappings I As s soon as the time wrappings were taken talen off ot the can en the time contents were poured loUt out into a drinking glass and tests I made mi-made to discover tho the nature of the ex ex- ex plosive Mr Ir fa Ray flay poured a small smal portion portion porton por por- tion ton of the time liquid on a blotter and touched a n match to It It I burned for COI a mom moment nt then timon when the fire tire reached the small smal solid particles an explosion violent considering the time small amount of or the explosive on oma the blotter took place The Tho effects that might have followed tho use of ot the bomb as planned b by tho time prisoner who made It could easl easily be Imagined as fearfully disastrous The particles of red solid soUd matter mater were In a solution of what appeared ap ap- to be How t tho t prisoners prisoners' contrived to have an any of oC this fluid uld in their possession is not known to prison 0 officers Mr Jr I Harms alms s stated ta tel that the liquid ma may be he gasoline or a mixture It I has a decidedly edl greenish cast and In It I are particles of black The presence of or the thc black specks and the dirt dirty color of f the time liquid led to tho the belief beleC that the tho explosive Is red sulphide sulphide sul sul- of ot antimony and may have been made nade from rubber The foreign matter matter matter mat mat- ter has the appearance of or speck peck of ot black rubber When hen the bomb was manufactured great pains palm were taken to Insure Its Is perfect working and It Jt would have exploded ex ex- plo cd even In water Saltpeter In time the wick gave evidence of oC this ti-mis The fact that It was so perfect even with the few tew materials the prisoners had to work with Ith was considered marvelous i. i h. h n n A s r T u U uj vv A IU IU j ti u 1 1 j il It was crude and would have hao leaked If It upset but as discovered It was highly efficient and without mishap In placing It would have htwe spelled disaster for Cor someone someone someone some some- one at the war prison camp comp |