Show JUSTICE S peace officer of paterson N J killed by explosion of infernal machine murdered man had act vely aided the police in the capture of italian law breakers and was marker for death by assassins paterson N J justice ot the peace robert cortez was tearfully injured in his office friday night by the explosion of an infernal machine sent him by express the office was wrecked and the detonation could bo heard tor blocks the judge had actively aided the police in the capture ot italian law breakers recently justice cortez died at midnight from his injuries he had been home to supper leaving his son robert in charge ot the office it was the young er man who had received the internal machine which came from newark and was delivered by an american express wagon the charges were paid and the boy accepted it when cortez reached the office the boy handed the package to him the outside wrapping was ot paper tied with string twine judge cortez removed this paper inside was another wrapper made fast with straps such as boys use to put around school books robert says he watched curl bously to see what the little box con talked his father rested the package on the desk and pulled the end of the strap toward him so as to loosen the tongue of the buckle he moment he did so there was an explosion A hole six feet square was torn in the floor and the desk was driven down into the cellar and torn to pieces the boy was hurled into corner and seriously bruised and burned judge cortez was found behind the doorway and the bole in the floor both legs and both arms were broken his face and body was torn and lac aerated and his back apparently brok en A mass of flesh was torn aiom the bones he was removed to st joseph hospital where his antenor tern statement was taken judge cortez had been a justice for twelve years he was shortly to be appointed a sergeant of detectives in recognition of the active work he had done in aiding the police in running italian and other criminals down |