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Show JUSTICE II BY ANARCHISTS Peace Officer of Paterson, N. t J., Killed by Explosion of 1 Infernal Machine v Murdered Man Had Actively Aided the Police In the Capture of -Italian Law-Breakers, and Was Marker for Death by Assassins. Pntcrson, N. J. Justlco of tho Peace Robert C. Cortez was fearfully Injured In his ofllco Friday' night by tho explosion of nn Inrcrnnl machine sent him by express. Tho ofllco wns. wrecked and tho detonation could be heard for blocks, Tho Judgo had nctlvely aided the police po-lice In thu capturo ot Italian lawbreakers law-breakers recently. Justlco Cortez died at midnight' from his Injuries. Ho had been homo to supper, leaving his son Robert In chnrgo of tho ofllco. It was tho younger young-er man who had received the Infernal mnchlne, which enmo from Newark and wns delivered by an Amorlcan Express wagon. Tho charges woro 4 paid and tho boy nccoptcd It. When Cortez reached tho ofllco tho boy hnuded tho package to him. Tho outsldo wrapping was of paper, tied with string twine. Judgo Cortez removed re-moved this paper. Inside was anoj.hcr wrapper made fast with straps such as boys use to put around school books. Robert says ho watched curiously curi-ously to see what the littlo box contained. con-tained. His father rested tho package on tho desk and pulled tho end of tho strap toward him so as to loosen tho tonguo of tho buckle, ho moment ho did so there wns an explosion. A hole six feet square was torn In tho floor and the desk was driven down Into tho cellar and toni to pieces. Tho boy was hurled Into a corner and seriously bruised nnd burned. Judge Cortez was found behind the-doorway the-doorway and tho holo in tho floor. Both logs nnd both arms woro broken, ' his fnco and body wns torn nnd lacerated lac-erated and his back apparently broken. brok-en. A mass of flesh was torn from it tho bones. Ho was romovod to St V Joseph hospital, whero his ante-mortem statement was taken. ' Judgo Cortez had boon a Justlco for twclvo years. Ho was shortly to ho appointed a sergeant of detectives in , recognition of tho actlvo work ho had done In aiding tho pollco in running Italian and other criminals down. |