Show MYSTERY Y S T E R Y mm EXPLOSION KILLS V WIFE 0 or OF BANKER Oakland Woman oman Meets Death jn in Home Near Lake Lak Merrill Merritt Threat of Last January Recalled 0 Calif Cali 1 March 1 IS Mrs Irs George Greenwood wife of the thc vice vico president ent of the Savings Sa in 5 Union Bank Trust company compan of San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco was killed instantly by a bomb explosion tonight at th the family home overlooking o Lake Merritt in the residential resi- resi district o of the c city cit tJ The police said early imel investigation has failed to disclose ise se whether the theor 4 h I p. p 7 tr i. i t fl or r 1 she lio l K ft it t Up tip hi w walking about the time garden Greenwood Greenwood Green Green- wood was wa ill in bed at his homo home at atthe atthe atthe the t time mc Xo No one else was in the thc house except the thc servants According to tile police pollee a letter de dema demanding de- de ma manding 5 00 and threatening to de destroy destroy de- de stroy hi liI h home me with d dynamite unless the tho amount was paid was sent to Greenwood In January Januar l 1918 lS This letl letter r tho police said ald was signed C C C C. of C C. the initials they pointed out being similar to those af affixed af- af fixed fixell to threatening letters sent Bent to toGO Gov GO William D D. Stephens before the executive residence in Sacramento was dynamited d last year year Hurled Ten l Feet ct The Time 1 body of oC Mrs Irs Greenwood ap apparently apparently iJ ap- hall hail been hurled ten feet Ceet b by bythe bythe the explosion of or time the bomb A brick wall in the garden was marked markell b by a a. adeep adeep deep Irl indentation and was ball badly I dam lam aged This This' led the tho h police l to believe d el I it I. vaa S VII il ui VI UI jj Avail vau ula mat mattho the tho bomb exploded The Time theory most favored b by the Iho po police police police po- po lice Is that the bomb had been planted was discovered cred and picked up 1 by y Mrs Greenwood und and exploded In her hands Her bod body was mutilated badly The police pollee failed to discover cr any an witnesses to time the tragedy trag-cd Servants Ser in nel neighboring houses Maid Sall thc they heard the 1 blast last and saw fia the debris and smoke 0 in inthe the thc air Buildings in th the tho neighborhood neighbor neighbor- ol hood were were Jarred erel severely Myron tron T. T Harris deputy district at attorney at- at torney toracy after preliminary r Investigation said S Arc tre d We Wo believe o we wo ha have definite information information mation matlon as to the persOns nl responsible for this outrage e. e and we expect to tomake tomal mal make e arrests before midnight All Mi tho the tho wi windows on two aides of oC the the Greenwood Grenwood home were shattered I I had lied been sick Greenwood od saidI said saM I 1 1 was as upstaIrs In m my dressing gown when the tho explosion took look place I ran rall downstairs and lying there beside the tho walk walle aIk 1 found round the 1 body od of or my wife I I cant can't Imagine Ine why this was done I haven't ha an enem enemy In the thc world orid that thai I Continued on Page age 3 MYSTERY EXPLOSION KILLS WIFE OF BANKER Cont Continued front from Page 1 know Mrs Greenwood had llad none I dont don't know why the they did this A cook in a residence near neal the Greenwood home told tho police I looked out Lut the kitchen window and aw taw a great reat cloud clou of black smoke The smoke was so hea heavy I could see nothing else ese oven e the house was sas hid hid- den As it cleared I saw Mrs Greenwood Green Green- wood wod lying the gravel ola walk Dur In Garde Difficulty In establishing the exact spot where the explosion occurred was complicated b by the fact that Mrs Irs Greenwoods Greenwood's bod body evidently had hall been thrown some somo distance an and by the size of or tho area arca over U which debris was spread Soon after aCtor 10 o'clock tho the police police po po- lice department declared definitely that the tho explosion took place In the garden arden an and not as had been reported at a doorway dOOr or Just inside tho house They based this declaration large largely on the marks mark on the brick wall iu lit the tho garden Gov Coy William D. D Stephens announced announce tonight ho would otter often a a. reward of ot 1000 1000 for tho arrest and conviction of ot tho the person or persons responsible fo foe rora a a. bomb explosion at Oakland tonight in which Mrs Mrs- George Greenwood was lc killed ell |