Show r ARL LAWLER LE BOMB PLOT T VICTIM HAS A EVE EVEC EVEN C CHANCE A CE I TO RECOVER Oscar Lawler Wife and His Mis Child Trapped by Bla Blaze e but l Manage anage to Escape Fi year old Is I Re Rescued cued Los Angeles Cal Aug 3 By By universal I Service With With the finding finding finding find find- ing today of the remnants of two bombs it was definitely established by the police poUce that the explosions which wr wrecked the home of Oscar Lawler a prominent attorney at S. S New Hampshire street at an early hour this morning causing the probable probable probable able fatal injury of Mr Lawler Lawter and his wife and the quick destruction by flames of the handsome residence were of f incendiary origin Mr and and Mrs Lawler are at the Sisters Sisters' hospital suffering from from ter terrible ter burns and shock and it was wa stated tonight that there was an even hope of Mr Lawlers Lawler's recovery L OS S ANGELES Aug 3 Re en c for the part he lie played in the ther r prosecution of a group of dynamiters in the mid middle le west vest several years cars n ago o was assi assigned ned by the police here as DS the probable motive motie for an attempt on the life of or Oscar Lawler fOrI former er assistant attorney general of tho the United States Stales Mr Lawler Lawlers s home was practically destroyed by bya a a bomb and subsequent fire here hero earl early today and he lie and Mrs rs Lawler both seriously serious serious- I. I ly burned and otherwise injured Shortly before 3 o'clock this mornin morn- morn in Ing according tc te- Information gathered gath gath- cred ered by the tho police a man driving an automobile stopped In In front of the Lawler Lawer residence at l street and Wilshire boulevard boule in au an exclusive residential district He lie dropped something something- leaped heaped into tho thu car and rapidly drove e away iWa iWan An n explosion followed almost Imme imme- Tho The house burst Into flames lames Mr Ir Lawler Laser his wife wHo and one child were wore trapped within William Lacy icy an aa and Ed PulfOrd who v were driving inc past the house hurriedly ob obtained obtained ob- ob a ladder and rescued Oscar Law Luw- her ler Jr year five i Sa Sn ea 1 Wife's Ues Life JUc Mr r. r Lawler dragged hl his wife wite to a aindow window and in the tho midst of flames lowered her from an upper story Until un until until un- un til her feet touched an over a a. i. i window on the ground floor Ioor Then he leaped to tho the ground I The They wera were removed remo to the tho Sisters Sisters' Two To others of or the this three e Lawler children children chil chil- hUdren hU dren Charles and Jane Ian were out of ot the Cit city visiting at the tho ranch of or Dan Murphy Mur lur- ph phy the oil producer at at Pebbly Beach The Lawler home was a large arie brick and frame structure in the fashionable fashion fashion- able ablo Wilshire district in the tho west part of ot the thu city sleep bleep on Porch Mr and anti Mrs Mrss Ia Lawler lel wore sleeping on a porch in tho the south side of ot tho the thoI hou house e opening from a a. sec second nd floor I room and screened ned from th tho tr cl by byan an angle of the building Miss leslo Mills a nurse and wd Oscar Law Ie Jr were sleeping on a screened Jv at it atthe atthe the rear or east cast end of tho the house When Whon the explosion came cam a a. No sheet of or flame it ht once rushed up tho the ido of the house hom directly bolow below tho the porch and nd mci cut cut- cutoff oft off occupied by the possible escape toward the Mr Ir Lawler and hl his wife went InTo t the e house and tried tried to make their way to the rear porch poh where on wa was with the nurse They were cut off b by smoke and flame and when Mrs I Lawler Laler realized this she fainted Mr Ir Lawler Lasier took her in his arms arm carried car r ned ried her through lames flames to to the tho front of tho the house and dropped her to an ana a awning over the tue front tron t veranda whence she he rolled tolled to the ground round n Ily Neighbor hor Jle leaped after aCter hehe her he- The Tho young oun son and the nurse w were re rescued from tile the por porch h b by neighbors neighbor Another son and daughter were away from frum ruin home homo at the time A thorough Investigation by elt city count county state and federal authorities led lod to the tue belief beller that tho the bomb was as Continued ba paie page 2 I I OSCAR LA LAWLER WIER BOMB VICTIM Home of Prominent Attorney Attorney Fire Fola Following Fol Fol- h ney ey Razed by lowing E Explosion a P Continued from Pa Page e 1 I. placed between two five gallon Sallon cans can filled with gasoline or some other highly Inflammable liquid Experts working on the case found fragments of or the bomb sufficient to reconstruct it The They st said sC id It had been made o of d a. a piece o of iron pipe about ten Inches high hI and six inches in diameter Two discs of or metal hud had been placed aa as ends apparently held in place Ci hr hs two bolts holts passing through both ends and lie pipe itself The They nl o found the Ute t tro two o five gallon sallon cans caD that had contained liquid I The bomb and the tho cans ns head been placed on a concrete walk almost directly di directly di- di below where the Lawlers la lay sleeping Our One o of the disc c which the experts believe belie to have c been an end endor of or the bomb w was s hurled through trough thick hedges and a a- tight board fence Cence and was found imbedded In th ho i brick wall feet Ceet from the place of or the plo r. r sion Shreds of or metal which fitted d to tho the larger pieces of or bhe bomb were found a thou thousand feet feel I awny away A steel door mat that hall hail been under under under un un- der the bomb left a depression sion in tho the concrete Fire tome Hume The destruction of tho home was caused principally by fire little damage damage damage dam dam- age to the tho building bu apparently was done b by the tho explosion Oscar L' L achieved prominence through his own own ors endeavors ors starting life Ute as a poor bo boy and concluding his official public activities as assistant attorney general during the Taft Tart ad aJ- ministration Ho lie was born at Marshalltown Ia la April 2 1875 the tho son of William and Margaret OConnor O'Connor Lawler Ho was educated in the tho public schools and early showed an Inclination for the law Coming Comins to California OP Dt n rt south routh ho worked und and studied Becoming secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary to Judge I M. M Ross Rons o of the United Stat States s circuit circuit court ho read law wit i that t jurist jurist and was ns admitted to the bar in n 1896 when only 21 years old For a 1 time he practiced pr as aR a member of a a 1 legal le al firm well 1 known In California California California Cali Cali- fornia and antI In 1 7 1203 7 0 served as United States State attorney for the southern district district district dis dis- of or California lie He resigned that position and later became assistant United States attorney general for the Interior department serving er from l 1 May 1 J. J 1900 1909 to toIa May Ma Ia 1 1911 Ho Ito re resigned from that position n also aso and an returned to Los Ls and the private aJo ate practice practice- of tho ho l law w. w Dynamiter n He was wag a special pro prosecutor of the alleged dynamiters l whose whosO trial at In Indianapolis ln- ln a few years ears ago no was of or in- in interest Ho lie also served cJ lo locally lo- lo can cally as an investigator In and prosecutor of men a accused accused Hed of similar crimes Politically he is js a Republican Mr I Lawler fLwler i Is a dl-cc dl director or of ot one of or c coho hc leading Los Angeles b banks major and judge advocate for a time of the first brigade National Guard of ot Call Cali- grand rand master of or tho the grand lodge Jode of or Masons of or California and member of or th the American Bar nar a association soca- soca lion ion A American Society of International Law V A and the tho Los Angeles liar Bar tion tiun Ho He is a member of the Jonathan and Concordia cl clubs bJ of ot Los Angeles and of tho the Metropolitan of or Wash Washington Washing Washing- Inston Ins Ins- ton D D. COn COn C. C On June 17 1901 1001 he was married to Miss Hilda Brode Erode of or Los Angeles Three children were born to them Charles Lady Jano Jane and Oscar Jr |