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Show WRECKED BANK WITH BOMB Cashier of tlie Philadelphia Fourth National Bank and the Dynamiter Killed Six Others are Injured, One of Whom May Die Missile Was Thrown After Demand for Six Thousand Thous-and Dollars Had Been Refused. Re-fused. Philadelphia. Demanding n loan of JG.O00, nnd falling to get It, n man who has not yet been Identified, chopped n Imnili In tho Fourth Street National bank, blowing himself to pieces, Instantly killing Cashier W. McLcar, and Injuring six others, ono or two of whom mny dlo. Tho only cluo to tho Identity of tho bomb-thrower wns a bunch of keys found In a portion of tho clothing attached at-tached to which was a pinto Inscribed, "It. Steele, aamei, la." Tho Fourth Street National bank Is tho largest financial Institution In tho city, nnd occupies tho greator portion of tho first floor of tho Ilullltt building build-ing on Fourth street, botween Chestnut Chest-nut nnd Walnut streets, In tho heart of tho llnnnclnl district, Tho explosion explo-sion was tcrrlllc, and it caused tremendous tre-mendous excitement in tho crowded building and street. No ono saw tho unknown man en-tor en-tor tho bank except K. F. Shambacher, tho vlco president, who wns passing out of tho building on his way to luncheon. Ho noticed tho man wns poorly dressed, looked tike a Russian nnd carried n small parcel. Tho man walked straight back to tho rear of tho bank and asked a clerk to direct him to tho odlco of tho president, Richard Pushton. Not only Is tho entire intorlor of tho bnnk wrecked, but tho large windows win-dows looking out on a small sldo Btreet were blown out. Tho explosion scnttorcd nil tho books and papers of tho Institution which wore not in tho vnults nt the tlmo. Some of them wore blown out of tho windows nnd wero returned by thoso who found thorn. |