Show ORI i i Op r E EACH DEADLY AT 15 5 FEET Expert Learns T Two vo vo Ounces of Nitroglycerin Would Explode de If Lid of Wooden Cylinder e Was i as Opened 1 HE bombs sent through the mails last 1 week to Senator William Villiam H H. H King and Attorney Frank K were among the most ingenious and deadly infernal machines machines machines ma ma- chines ever devised de tor for human destruction Thi This was tho the opinion expressed fd to today ay by experts after one of the bombs hombs had been opened an and th the contents contenti turned over 1 to local postal authorities The expert who volunteered to open the infernal machines returned one of at th the bombs homb to the po having ln it apart without ml mishap POWERFUL EXPLOSIVE Packed with more than two ounces ounce of nitroglycerin nitro nitro- glycerin l jelly a powerful explosive the export declared the bombs would ha have exploded with sufficient force toree to ki kill kiil l any person within fifteen r feet The The- bomb taken apart consisted of a cylinder of hard harl maple wood hollowed out and fitted with witha a a. twist lid much like the tho old style round pe pencil cil boxes In n the line bottom was placed a quantity of nitroglycerin rin jell jelly Above the tho explosive were three fulminating caps tied to together with white thread Above Abo the fulminating caps eap near the top tOI of or tho tw cylinder was a small bottle filled with Ith picric or 01 sulphuric acid DEATH WOULD FOLLOW The contrivance anee was so constructed that when the lid lill was twisted to remove remo it the small glass bottle ottle containing the acid would be e shattered by bya a metal wedge This ThiR would p permit the acid to drop on the fulminating caps and anu cause an explosion In the section of the cylinder the ho bottle battle ll of ot acid was placed tilt the vial Ial was secured tI tightly with putty putts This was done don in order that when an attempt was ma made e to I remove the tile lid the thc hottle bottle would be broken Little pieces of absorbent t ent cotton were In placed over the head of the ea caps pi to tu In insure ule t the absorption I of th the a acid id when it leaked from tho the bottle HE OPENS BOMBS In 11 opening the bomb the expert sawed the tile wood cylinder n in two t at al the bottom reaching the nitroglycerin Jelly first 11 lie sa said he removed remo the explosive eclo sive Ive and the fulminating II'S dropped ed out The wooden woollen cylinder was then broken and the vial of acid removed remo Federal ll officers and explosive o ex experts experts experts ex- ex who ha have seen all nil kinds of bombs declare the till ones 8 sent enl tin Ou ou ough h tine the malls by terrorists recently of or which the two rece received hero here a L part are among the most in ingenious ever I de devised ed It is estimated that It would require more niece than half haH a days day's labor to make the container and assemble ithen it il I When hen clo closed e the Infernal machines machine look ionic entirely harmless appearing In every I. particular like a novelty or 01 sample sample sam sam- pic such as they were werl labeled When the out outside wrapper of or heavy heay paper was as removed It was found the bombs homb were wore contained In a plain paste pasteboard hoard box NEARLY GOES OFF The theory that if ir the bombs hombs hart had been kept ept much longer lonser before being opened they would have exploded was Wl shown show to b by correct when the one was 38 opened here IHre It a way 8 fou found nd that the handling of or the thc package had caused a Continued on pa page 3 31 3 i I 1 i I C COVER O V E R I C PICRIC ACID fc CAPS a- a v t ti r I TERRORIST BOMBS Continued from page 1 portion of ot the acid to escape e through the thc top If It this had seeped down too side of th the bottle and reached the fulminating ful ful- fulminating caps an explosion would have occurred The cusing and contents content's of or the bombs I have been turned over to Lo In Inspector Inspectors inspectors In- In them and will be sent Immediately to Washington I MORE BOMBS OPENED I SAX SAN FRANCISCO May 6 Three G.-Three Three fulminating caps a bottle of or acid and dynamite of 3 35 per pel cent strength were found round b by A A. A II Ir Crane Crone explosive expert I when ho opened the tho bomb received through the mall recently by District Attorney Charles M M. FIckert Explosion Explosion sion sign of of the bomb Lomb would have caused death Crane said id to any person within with with- in fifteen feet I Within the tho outer uler paper wrapping was a bottle encircled at the bottom by an Iron band In such fluch a a. manner that in opening the thc package except by am an expert the Ule bottle would have broken and a Q terrific explosion resulted |