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Show TCItKIItLE EXPLOSION. A If o nib Shell Gom Oir, K!1I-One K!1I-One .Ttrni. New York, 5. liy an explosion of a bomb in Jcwrtt'a while lead house, j thrfp men, iududmj: the proprietor, worokiMid. ' ALiOiliur cc.riiint, t'aia niorniuy. i gives t lie (ulliiwuig : A (Varlul tri-I eJy occurrcLl in thu otiice of Mi;atrs. ! Jcvvi-it. whiti) Nnul iimmifacLurLrs, 1 wlien n hudih ahull uxnloiled, instiint- ! ly killing GmrK W. i-weit of Pur! Kiclimuiiil, stHien laiiiinl, the liiuid of tht- fi. in, and don of Julin Jewtic. Orviilc Jewt-tt, a reUtive, also a member mem-ber of the lirm, had hia baud sliat-tejn:.l sliat-tejn:.l mid eulldrcd internftl iitjurifa. '-u wna tnkfii tu Clisnibers Strrtt l'-03pital. Juaeph A. Dcnn of Oninge, N. J., bna hia ki.eu pun fractured tind auflLTt'd inteni.il injariea. Huih Mr. DLitn and O. D. Je.vett refuse In make any (statement of particulars of Lno teniblo ull.iir. Pibtola and u litro dnggur were found among tin; ruiuf. Two explosions occurred in the office ud the second floor. The windows ro bUwn out. boot two inches deep id on the door, and the office furniture is powdered to biu. Piece of the bombshell are in the room. The body ot Jewett lies in his private office, fronting on Burling slip. The corpse and carpet aro bathed iu gore. The coroner id investigating in-vestigating thfl case Portiona ol the shell or hand grenade gren-ade were found imbedded in the walls and ceiling of the room, and twu revolvers and a dirk knif were foucd on the floor, the icabbard and belt corresponding to one of the revolvers found on the person of Orville D. Jewitt. Threa clerks and a sou of Mr. Dean were in an adjoining room at the time oi tbt explosion, and were positive in their assertion! that the shell had never been in the place. A.fter the war a few shells picked up an the buttle field were sent to members mem-bers of this firm, who had them emptied into the east river. The clerks say the shell must have been brought to the office tbia morning by one of the injured men. The theory of the police is that George W. and Orville D. Jewitt became involved in! a dispute and that the shell must have been used as a weapon. This theory is strengthened by the discovery dis-covery of the revolvers and the knife iu the room. When one of the revolvers re-volvers was found its barrel was warm and one of the chambers empty, with an exploded cap on it. Mr. Dean, when asked for information, informa-tion, both by tbo police officers and (he reporters merely answered, "Don't ask me." One iheory advanced ad-vanced is that the shell was thrown into the grate with the coal, and the other that it was a percussion shell and exploded while being carelessly handled. Orville D. Jewett served in the army during the late war, and it is stated that tbo shell was kept by him in the office as a relic of the Btruggle. Orville D. Jewett, who resides re-sides at Orange, N. J., was taken to Chambers Street hospital, where, late in the afternoon, he was thought to be dying. Tha surgeon at Chambers street hospital Bays that Orville D. Jewett had several shot wounds in the breast and in the abdomen. The wounded man is expected to die. A friend of the firm characterizes as cruel the rumor that the disaster was the result in some indirect wav of a disagreement among the members. S. F. Rawson, 54 Wall Btreet, states that his firm was the Ical advisers of O. D. Jewett, and knew the rumor to be without the slightest foundation. It had been decided that Orville D. Jewett should retire from the business, and the final adjustment of the matter mat-ter was to have been made at Raw-eon's Raw-eon's office to-day. There was no had feeling among the parties to the firm, which waB composed of George W. Jewett, who was killed, J. A. Deau, Blightty, and Orville D. Jewett, badly wounded, and Charles 11. Jones not injured. |