Show I A WASHINGTON BYSTANDER By fly HERBERT C. C PLUMMER WASHINGTON W Well ll docs 1005 Pro Pro- lessor fessor Char Charles Chares es E. E Munroe Temm- Temm mbel m- m bet ber the day to Americas America's ricas enor en entry en- en V or- or try VV into the t h he e 1 V World war When j t the Ii e capitol In Jn r W Washington was wast t i It- It V rocked b by a bomb x He le has a l good reason It was J one of the very few times i in iii his i 58 years of experience V ft fG with explosives when he X r. r couldn't arrive at ata t pr a a. definite conclusion V V V sion slon as a to the tho i I i mEthod method employed W by by- t the e bomber in insetting setting off the HERBERT blast Professor Munroe is chief explosive explosive sive chemist of the bureau of mines H I now nov is 80 j years ear ears 3 Old ld Dean of explosives explosive information is ho how hov one great European j Journal described him Governments and scientific societies all over the world have haYe he heaped ped honors on him Upon Professor Munroe's shoulder shoulders ders der rests the responsibility of clearing up the mystery surrounding surround surround- ing many explosions He rendered valuable aid in clearing up the tho ex explosion explosion ex- ex at the f foot ot o of Walt Wall street during the war days lIe He also in investigated In- In blasts at various munitions munitions muni muni- ta factories during the same ame pe pe- pe nod A MYSTERY V But Bul he heV regards the bombing o othe of the capito V in Washington m mas as perhaps per pel haps imps the most Interesting pf of his many experiences V The reception room of f the United States Stats senate had been leduc t ta tO tOa a a m mass of wreckage The huge mirrors mirrors mir mir- had been shattered The ch chan chandeliers n- n had been b broken into bits Pr Professor t Munroe was called into in jn V VV to Investigate II At M t a glance he was satisfied d that V dynamite was the tho explosive used b by bythe the bomber But how was the charge set off In vain did he search t through r ugh th the wreckage for tor bits of tell-tale tell metal parts metal parts ot a detonator detona detona- tor tor-o tor tor-oy tor or for bits of wire Not a single clue was to be found i Yet Professor Munroe w was s satisfied that dynamite mite was used I Within a few hours houis after the V V bombing of the capitol police in New York picked Up lip a young joung German German Ger Gee man with who ho claimed that ho he Wa was an Instructor at Cornell He had madean made madean an attempt on the tho life of ot J. J P. P Morgan Morgan Morgan Mor Mor- gan the younger nger V After severe gruelling tho the suspect admitted th that t t he was the one one who I planted the bomb in Washington Pro Munroe went to to New York to g get t the details V V V CAREFUL PLAN V 1 For or a considerable length of or time the bomber had been conducting a of experiments in an en endeavor endeavor endeavor en- en deavor to discover th the most effective effective tive method of or accomplishing his Ai ArrivIng riving at a conclusion I he lie procured the necess necessary ry and headed for Washington I I Once in the national capital he I sought out the presidents president's private i entrance entrance enhance to the chambers o of the I United States senate V lIe He chose the reception room of the senate as the th most appropriate place to pl plant nt his bomb With in infinite infinite infinite in- in finite care he hid the deadly missile th that t he he ie had prepared in secret t at athIs athis athIs his home lom laboratory V And then h he went to the V station I bought his ticket and returned to New York V Subsequent events were Just ashe as ashe ashe he had planned When th the bomb exploded did he was wa speeding to Ne New v York Not a single tr tiace ce of Ins his crime remained V VV I V Professor ProCessor Munroe was satisfied Many times he had conducted the same Rame experiment in his laboratory nut hut it wai the first time any such 1 practical U had had been demonstrated to him V V |