Show EXECUTIONERS I HOME BOMBED BOMBED- SA CO DEATH DEALER fAMilY ESCAPE Robert Elliott Wife Two TwoS Children Thrown From Beds RADICALS BLAMED Windows for Blocks Around Shattered NEW YORK May 18 AP The AP-The The horne home of Robert Elliott official executioner ex executioner ex- ex I for fop four states and th thaman the tha man who pulled the death awi switch ch chon on Sacco and was bombed e l learly early this morning Elliott his wife and two children n were thrown from t their beds by th the explosion but were uninjured The house located in Queens Borough Long Island was damaged considerably consid consid- The front porch was torn torn away the front door blown down and and e every e y window shattered Threats were were received by Elliott prior to the Sacco r tio tion and for tor a long time a police guard was maintained about his lila house After the guard was removed the policeman on that beat had In Instructions Instructions instructions in- in to keep a special watch over over- the home Elliott expressed the belief that the bombing bombing- was done by sympathizers of Sacco and radicals radicals radi radl- cals cals executed at Boston for the slaying of a paymaster A n new w police po pp lice guard was ordered around the h home THROWN FROM BEDS Elliott and his wife were asleep in the rear rear- room of the second floor floor of of the two-story two cottage when the bomb exploded Their dau daughter daugh daugh- h- h ter Gertrude 17 was in an adjoin adjoin- r room om while a son son Robert Jr 27 and a cousin Thomas Lang were were in the the oom immediately over the porch They were all thrown out of their beds but suffered only minor Injuries Windows In houses for two blocks away were shattered and horses in ina ina ina a station of a n milk ilk company Continued on page 4 II SACCO V DEATH DEALER FAMILY ESCAPE Continued from page 1 era eral blocks away were thrown into a panic stampeding and overturning overturning overturning overturn overturn- ing several delivery wagons Police were unable to find anyone who heard or saw those who placed the bomb Members of the bomb squad from New York headquarters estimated the bomb had a time fuse tuse and had been placed either on the porch or the house or under it half an hour before the explosion APPOINTED IN 1926 Elliott was appointed executioner for New York early in 1920 1926 At the time he was executioner for Massachusetts Massachusetts Mas Mae New Jersey and anti Penn Penn- sylvania He lie is 54 years old A quiet haired gray-haired man he never seemed affected by his Isis death dealing Job until the execution of Mrs Ruth Snyder the first woman on whom he had load pulled the switch lIe He suffered a nervous breakdown aft after l' l the Snyder Gray execution at Sing Sing prison in New York And was under the tile care of a physician foe for several weeks He lie ha has always avoided publicity and little is known n of his past life Evert his Ills neighbors were unaware of his oc occupation occupation oc- oc for toY some sonic time aft after r his Ilis appointment as New Yorks York's HID IDENTITY For several months after his appOintment appointment appointment ap ap- ap- ap as executioner in New NewYork NewYork NewYork York state Elliott hid his identity under a black mask and was known as Mr X He was v very ry much perturbed when his identity be became became became be- be came known as he said his predecessor predecessor pre pre- John Hulbert had re resigned Pc- Pc signed lii his post due to threats ho lie had received and a previous executioner executioner had changed his residence I frequently because of fears of re retaliation retaliation re- re reI I from relatives and friends of criminals he had put to death Elliotts Elliott's last execution in this state was in Sing Sing prison about a month ago when he put to death Dixie Baldwin a negro for a murder murder murder mur mur- der in Steuben county Elliott is an electrical contractor and for fot some time previous to his appointment as state executioner execution r rhad had done electrical work for th the state prison department PUT TO DEATH Elliott has put to death more than one hundred persons and his Income is said to average about a year He received for forone forone forone one days day's work in January 1917 for executing three persons Vh When n the police reserves rushed to lils damaged damage house hoUs today they found Elliott in the kitchen calmly discussing the bombing with his wife Are you going to stay here for forthe forthe forthe the rest of the night a police captain captain cap cap- tam tain asked v Do you want to be escorted anywhere No No was th the the- reply Our ur room and andle le bed seem to be all right Well Weli stay here for the rest of the night Nobody is going to drive us awa away |