Show MAE IN s attempt to assassinate chief ex of new jersey thwarted by post office employed Emp loyes package was so arranged that had the governor opened it in the ordinary way he would undoubtedly have been killed N J an attempt to as is e nate governor fort of new jersey aas cas been thwarted by the watchful ness of postoffice post office employees who dis cohered in the mail an infernal ma chine addressed to the governor and mailed from philadelphia the package was a cleverly contrived combination of powder bullets and matches which had been so arranged that had the governor opened it in the ordinary way there it little doubt it would have killed him that the death dealing package was intercepted before it had reached its destination was due to the lance of the postal officials who have scanned the governor governors s mail since the executive s recent crusade against violation of the law at atlantic city the attitude taken by the governor ihen he be directed that the excise and ether other similar laws at the great sea elde side resort be strictly enforced and avan threatened to order out the ml all I 1 tia ila if necessary aroused resentment in some quarters to guard the gov canor as much as possible from any annoyance arising from that affair unusual watch was put on his mail |