Show SECOND BOMB DISCOVERED AT ATi i FORT DOUGLAS I 1 II I I Explosive in Small Tin Is Found Hidden in Bricks of Fireplace I 1 MAY lIAY MEAN l PLOT TO DESTROY WAR PRISON Missile Filled With Mixture l Highly Explosive Say State Chemist 1 That there exists a n. well laid plot to destroy Fort Fort Douglas Is the tho belief belleC of ot army officials and federal officials following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing tho the discovery er yesterday of at another another an- an other other high explosiVe bomb within the limits of or tho the war prison camp at the tort fort Yesterdays Yesterday's bomb Is the second discovered discovered discovered dis dis- dis- dis covered within forty eight hours The latest find tInd contained a 1 mixture of lard urn and g gasoline in sufficient quantities to have hav caused great damage lama A had Ij It been exploded It was unearthed yesterday yesterday yes yes- morning b by one of or the civilian war prisoners In a a. pile of oC bricks bricke lie He Imm Immediately toly dl turned It over to the prison guard After Arter a cursor cursory examination examInation examination exam exam- by Co Col 1 George Georgo L. L Byram Bram commandant commandant com corn mandant of oC tho the war prison it was sent to State Stat Chemist He Herman man Harms for tor a amote Snore mote thorough Inspection 11 oar rOUA The state chemist last night de declared declared do- do dared tho the bomb to bo be a most effective weapon I of ot destruction His examination examination examina examina- tion revealed a quantity of ot lard and It gasoline mixed In Just the right proportions proportions proportions pro pro- portions to create a 0 hl high h explosive which had It been Ignited would have cause caused a a. largo large amount of ot damage e. Mr rr Harms will make n nn an official report of or his today to United States Slates Attorney W. W W. W Ra Ray flay The second bomb was found b by tho the prisoner while cleaning tip imp preparatory tor to washing his cloth clothing Ins Ins- It was discovered discovered dis dis- c covered ered concealed between a a. number of ot bricks beneath tho the kettle tho the prisoner used for Cor boiling boiling- clothes When hen tho the bricks were removed tho the bomb rolled to the ground The frightened civilian prisoner crabbed grabbed It and ran nest Dost haste to tho nearest guard Tho The bomb was wasat wasat wasat at once taken to the office of at Colonel Byram BrAm No o Clue Close to fo Miscreant f Federal officials said last night that no clue had been found to tho the Identity of or the or the tho man who had placed It It In tho the prison compound A search has been Instituted In an effort to locate similar weapons of or destruction destruction tion In and about the war ar prison but the Identity of at the person or or persons who placed the two already found round Is as deep a 0 mystery as ever The Tho bomb discovered yesterday was mado made from an old dental dental- powder tin The retainer had been cut In two pieces and the upper part used to hold the II lard and gasoline mixed Into a heavy paste A fuse had been made from the hem hem of or a a. handkerchief braided Into a rope This had been Inserted into the hole holo at the top of at tho the can used as an outlet for Cor the tooth powder While tho contrivance wan waR roughly made officials d declare claro It had evidently been made mado by someone thoroughly hl fa familiar familiar fa- fa with tho the use and mixture of oC high explosives JI Mean nn r Plot That tho er discovery of or tho the bombs means the failure of or an escape plot is also strongly hinted at b by the ties They profess to believe bellee that the prisoners planned to use uso the explosives explosives es 51 as weapons against as an any guards who might attempt to stop an attempt at wholesale prison delivery Several federal officials aro are at work on the case but they refuse to disclose disclose dis dis- close their line of oC Investigation or to even en hint as to the possible connection of ot anyone anone with wIlli the bomb plots It is said that no suspicion is at attached at- at to the civilian prisoner who found tho the bomb it Is believed belle that he hurried to reveal his find in order to dispel an any possible suspicion that he ho may have been bean Implicated In Its manu manu- or hiding |