| Article Title |
Fiend Attempts Assassination of George B. Cortelyou |
| Type |
article |
| Date |
1907-08-28 |
| Paper |
Inter-Mountain Republican |
| Language |
eng |
| City |
Salt Lake City |
| County |
Salt Lake |
| Page |
1 |
| OCR Text |
i FIEND ATTEMPTS ASSASSINATION i I OF B. B t Infernal Machine Addressed to Secretary of Treasury Ex Explodes Ex Ex- 1 In Hands of Stamping Clerk Who Has Narrow Narrow Narrow Nar Nar- row Escape from a Horrible Death t SAVED BY TIMELY ARRIVAL OF ASSISTANTS Bomb Was Mailed In the Center of Philadelphia's Foreign 1 I District and Secret Service Agents Declare They Will Soon Find Would Be Assassin c Philadelphia Aug u ug 2 27 n An th Infernal machine machIn sent e nt through h the malls to toS tot t S Secretary of or the tho TI Treasury Geor George B. B Cort lyou partially In tho ho town Ruh-po Ruh sub suh t ns js evening e while a clerk cIeri wa was postmarking the tho tamp t. t He lie was wa severely f burned h by the lie portion portion por por- 4 tion that lint exploded Had the he package i t been heen opened In the hands of or t the l seca sec secre secretary e I a tary of or the tho treasury ur both he lie and anal his j il- il assistants silil nt would have E teen boon blown to atoms The tIie bomb enclosed ed In an nn of official cIll curd card hoard board four inches b by package c I c I. I three and one halt half In Inches hes thick was t t 7 brought ht Into Inlo the station at r 3 I p. p in this afternoon h by a carrier It hl his lOuto within t- t collected In which If lies R th the Steel works S. S l' l wh where I thousands of if Italians are arc eme cm em em- e 1 Thou Though h enclosing a wel weight ht of more l p than a n. pound the covering co was of or very ery rr thin pasteboard pa The address aldreSS J 1 clipped from newspapers evidently to toS tor S r avoid detection reads Secretary Cori Cor- Cor pI oll Washington D D. C. C I t i When Whon Came k rt J 1 JI I 1 i All AU the carrier can tell iou so o far I is C t hp secured e the paea e In a mall mail g. g ame trip rIp that ended with r t. t n. n t th lh substation Jon lIe ly tho n Jh table tahle in J tIt r 4 t RoberL Hobert UD fI g I I be po ti J J if lair 1 t ip ent t n C cb I fr r i 0 ff- ff J rr H 11 e. e ld V lt r There Ther was vas IFfIe jv 1 Hi sound of Ignition sparks the quick q I 4 splutter ter of or a n fui ru p within and then the package hurst with an nn explosion lol that J tore tor It Il to shreds r and streamed t sizzling 1 powder r-r r o e over r l the he mall s 's wrist and shirr hIrt 6 Other Othe e ran to tn bin ith aid with wHit I 4 buckets of water ant and unused doused out the f V flames aft after r h ho ht hal had been badly I scorched Jf When hen the the- cardboard box hox hurst burst Its Us contents scattered tc rl to all nIl sides of th the k i- i room Afterward nothing could b h hI hIt found round but streaks of or unexploded grayl gray gray- l lh Ih h powder which strewed tre werl the tho floor t t. t i and nd a lot of or wadding which 1 furnished no clew clow J Clerk Will IlI 1 ro EI t- t 1 The Injured cleric was sent to tho the J 4 ho hospital p al where heTe he will recover el and f. f I officials of the he po postoffice In Inspectors Inspectors' deJ department de de- Ic- Ic J were ore notified The head of or this bureau curiously enough is Tames lames T. T a brother of or the secretary secre tary of the tho treasury He lie hc began an Investigations loves loves- tIn at once Unless c the thc powder contained In the f Infernal machine is pulverized fl dynamite dyna dyna- naif na r if mite mile th the tho experts who ha have hagO so gO for far or e examined ex ex- it are nrc at n a loss Joss to give gl it a 1 name They believe helfe howe however howem m that It fl contained sufficient force to have hn F. F i wrecked the office omco of the tho secretary of r th the tho treasury and lo to have lm jn instantly killed Jellied all ull within s- s Why h such Filch an attempt attempt should he be F made mad against ains the lie life of or Mr Ir Cortel Cortelyon ou t has no explanation tonight Secret t service men n called In tonight have M. M failed ailed lo to locate not only the sender of the mailed moiled bomb homb hut but the tho exact vi vicinity vi- vi from which It was vas sent nt It Is known however that the mall mail box In which it was placed place for mailing laI l a was not fa far I from flOm Xo No 3 North Broad Broadstreet Broadstreet I street and ns as this thin Is in the hea heartS heart of the foreign district of or Philadelphia the tho detectives es declare that thal the they will have ha traced down tho thic perpetrator within tho the thone ne next 2 1 4 hours Cleverly Planned The object evidently l wn was vas to lo hide hl his hI Identity cn tit by clipping chipping the address from local nl ni newspapers w that have ha re rt recently recently re- re boon heen printing the name of the secretary The Tho Washington t hington D. D C C. of the tho address was wa culled from the tho late date line of or a Washington newspaper A fulminating cap CUP to 10 he set t oft off only when th the tho outside ille coY cover r of the cardboard card card- I board hOrld package c. c was removed remo lied hat been intended to withhold tire until the box hox should reach the hands of the fhe secre secretary tary talT himself eff Tho clever l r attempt to make tho the package look was wa further 1 t I carried out b by the selection of or a pa pasteboard paste paste- te- te hoard board box hox very ery similar In size Ize to the documents sent ent out by congressmen cong and national departments at nt Washing ra Washington ton I |
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https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tm882d/3909963 |
