| Show T RUSSIAN BOMB AILS IN ATTA ATTACK K ON NEW NEY YORK POLICE Would-Be Would Assassin Torn to Pieces by Explosion and nd Companion Companion Corne Com Corn e panion is Killed Instantly in Presence of Vast Throng 1 RIOT FOLLOWS YS WITH Y MANY SERIOUS SERIOUS' T T 1 Lines Lilies of Mounted Officers S Sweep weep Over Park and AI Ate Aie e I Called in Service Before Mob is Finally Dispersed r Now k York Mardi March 28 8 A bomb Intended ed for Cor the police prematurely prema exploded e in the hatH hands of Sell SelI go Cohen aJ aLso ateo o known as s sU i in Iii Union Square park toda Cohen as well as w a n. comrade who t t. stood bc beside him were c blown to t rI Twenty five policemen th lute Inte intended victims who were mir him hin within fifteen feet foot of the spot pot where the bomb was exploded h hud hI huda hIa tJ a miraculous escape J e Cohens Cohen's comrade was wa instantly killed The fIle bomb Lomi throwers thrower's right arm was blown ort off his Ills eyes were v torn out and antl he lie was I badly wounded A Half a n. dozen other men principally policemen were wounded In tho the excitement which followed the th explosion ex plo lon and aid a n. panic such as a the New Nei York YorI force fOlco has rarely been en called up upon on to handle was IS precipitated in in which scores were trampled by hOl horses hones es or 01 cut anti and bruised LJ by the h heavy a sticks slicks of oC th tho police In Iii the fl flying char gO ge to lo disperse the mo mob The victim of the bomb who was in instantly tanU I killed by y its Hs explosion was vas Identified tonight as all as I ran d tl d. d a wh who lived with hl hU hL wife and three children at Third a av avenue eaul Late Lat tonight the the police ransacked Cohens Cohen's room loom In Beaver street and antl con confiscated all alt his Ills papers Among L these were many maLS letters signed LJ by Alexander Alexan ler er man the incendiary agitator who shot Henry C C. Frick and who Is now ow in Chicago with Emma Goldman The Tho police did not divulge the contents contents contents con con- tents of the letters Ietter by br Cap Captain lain Kunz and nd said they contained reference to dt close relations between Cohen an andiA and iA Berkman and antl ulso also made mado m many al allusions al- al to Emma mma Goldman r Pf These were vere the tite only evidences to- to which tended to show that thai Coh Cohen COlI n might have hn had confederates It In his hl murder plang fi r II Cro Crosses s JIk I ull ur of or- or the Me r er r- r J h t i r lf 1 u hc Mallon tatton awl leisurely h-c h tread l began begun their march south toI to- to ward Avard Fourteenth street diagonally I across the park larl Tho rho park parI was wa almost empty m. m I Not ol more mote than thun GO rO or 01 men I gathered In It and Ut most oC of Ie the Ule police were either upon tire Iho outskirts or ul had ha their backs turned away awu- from the fountain which Is located In the tho center o of the square Just how the two men got ot pa past t tho the police pollee detail is not nut known hut bul I 1 eye eo S witnesses S say ay that as OReilly down to toward toward toward to- to und and his command swung J ward the fountain they saw two men stan standing near tho the coping cr converting conversing quietly tu together Suddenly one of or the men mell was seen to draw something from h his pocket et ett t At that instant the detail of polIce pollee- nen led le by Captain OReilly came within the tho view o of the men an arid and ohl only ol about out 15 5 feet away awa- He half haIr raised his hs hand baud and then there o c came caine me a blinding flash and a report the Iho discharge of a u cannon A shaft of or naine shot up UI as high as ns the trees and antl following came a burst ot of t inoke mol e Panic lolio Then tho punic panic Policeman was us hurled over u a h heap nl of ot where he lw fell limp hint and unconscious un un- conscious Policeman Hagan was struck In the foot root with a Do fragment suffering a Do painful cut cuU Bu But of the 2 25 policemen who were so o close e that thc they felt fell the heat of the bomb theo two alone received an any direct injuries from it H the bomb omu thrower D Bystanders Cl's saw au and his comrade topple ll over U and I roar swept over the th then n a great end of or the square sqUI From the upper park parle mo moved moed etl b by police i instinct alone for tor In th these few minutes of or l panic no specific orders were wore given the mounted police and antl their allies ames the themen i men on foot Cout paused an instant an anthen and andt t then at full tull tilt the they wheeled about and rushed rushe down upon the thc spot wh where l' l the theThis explosion had occurred This detail was led letl by Ly Lieutenant McCarthy In the ru rush rUsi l mount mounted tJ Policeman Joseph OBrien O'Brien was AV thrown from Crom his horse and suffered several severe se sprains On they camo caine from froni rom every section S oC of tho the parl park now charging chargin directly nfl unon the center of or the square where cre stunned l 1 and confused tl d stood Captain little band and antl b before them sUH Still partly hidden by y the cloud of the two men who had bad to wi wipe pc out the tho detail A. A plot of Act Telia Story hacked to pieces Though Though- literally meraJ by j flying fragments la ments o of or the thu bomb Cohen Cuhen whorls a a. Russian Jew about 25 5 year car 0 did not nol lose conscious conscious- k nc nets ne L n jon the ground near the fountain I a k where the cx- cx in Belle Belle- occurred anTI ana later vuc ue hospital he told the story of or his nc ac act t It It was for the police he cried crieda a n. niter after the first l policeman reached his side sl e. e I 1 was to throw the bomb at the police pollee because e a policeman policeman policeman police police- I he hc man a assaulted mo one day groaned r. tho tim bomb Lomb bombI At first ho declared that thal but later In Inthe 1 I had been handed 1 to him the hospital he said L. L I I 1 bought tho the nitroglycerine for or the theW bomb at a 0 drug store in Brooklyn Brooklyn- I Imado mado mudo the bomb myself from a gas gaa- W V Throughout he showed tho the most I remarkable fortitude e He refused to tomake make an any tJI disclosures as ns to his If tc he ho had an any but in a rambling way told the police that he had a wife tied and two childen in Russia and ana had been in America ten year Hu Ho said sala that ho lie had been employed by a tailor lallor named Goldstein in El Eldridge street c tic Are Found It was not until late tonight thu the police procured definite information about th the man Then they found at No 82 Beaver Denver str Brooklyn a u. Mrs Irs Jacob Alexander who a admitted that Cohen was her tier cousin cout In Sn cr ls his mothers mother's maiden name she said and he always used that in preference to Cohen Cuhen lIe He caine came caine hero to live with me about l out three thre weeks ago saying baying that tho the doctor had ordered him to top stop work v owing o to his lungs He had n a little money My h y hu did not want him around he did not like himI himl him I l first me met him six ye years lS ago atro wh when n nhe he came here her from Russia He i-fe was wasa a 0 good orthodox Jew JoW then and every every- on Pa Page c Two Livo RUSSIAN THROWERS ERS I FAILS IN ATTACK from I e ebo One bo body liked Ule him He lie ha had two sisters sister in tills this cSt city His mother lives In Russia Russia Rus Rus- sia an and his father fathel died led there ther It IL was about baut a year ago that he ime began to have ha notions He lie got gut a lot lotI lotof of 01 I books printed In English They were all about freedom of thought an and pretty Soll declared that ho soon soan was wat an atheist an and believed cd In nature Wo We all said ho he was crazy I Well this is what has cine Of r It But I can only say suy a he hc was always s 's a anice anice anice nice man He lIe Ic left V my y home at nt S 8 o'clock this morning Ho gave me a dollar to buy m my little sal girl hl a LL of shoes Ho lie was vas tenderhearted tenderhearted 1 kind ln nn and thoughtful I havo have seen him give Ji giveaway giveaway away his money lots of or times Its Ihs too bad V x of ot If Unemployed lI V Cohen selected the climax o of a meetIng meetIng meet- meet Ing lug that had been advertised ad to discuss discuss dis dis- ls- ls cuss the wants of iC the unemployed c to hurl his bomb It has not been ascertained ascer ascer- tamed that ho he was In an any way connected connected con con- with the conference of the Unemployed un- un employed ed under whose auspices the meeting was to have havo boon been hold hoMo and indeed a statement was I issued sue by those e who are arc Interested c that the thc organization organization or or- itself would undertake an investigation atlon to place the tho responsibility for tho time act Time Tho meeting had hail been ad advertised two weeks ahead nhe-ad A permit for the gathering was refused refute IJ by the thc police department cr an and so 80 It Il happened happened hap hap- pene that at 1 o'clock this afternoon hundreds 8 of oC people l began eJan pouring out of or tho the east cast side an and other districts where the time poor 11 ll c. Advised ahead of or time that sono comae attempt might b be ma made o to hol hold tho the meeting despite the thc refusal of ot v U police Inspectors er and commanding com coin manding IGO policemen of whom about t one tim one third one I rd were vere mou mounted mm ted were ordered to the spot to keep keey the crowd moving mavinS' and halt any attempt to assemble assemble as as- a meeting Tho The clouds broke away un and the balmy sun came come out omit making the tIme conditions con can Ideal for Cor an open air meeting By the thousands time the crow crowd Hocked flocked to and aroun around the park so 80 that b by 2 o'clock a n situation of or extreme delicacy presented itself luelf The flue Interior of ot the park was rapidly becoming congested and upon the outside thousands swayed swayed sway sway- ed cd back and forth fortim Police J t ej The police made the tho first move when time the they placed under arres arrest arret tho time drivers of three trucks from the tall Lall ends enda of ot which orators ha lied had attempted to speak The rhe mob growled nn and swerved oft off Then or orders ers como came to clear the p park lk Probably persons fenSOn were assembled ll there thoro at thai Ulal time flue Tho order cause carne suddenly and n no time was allowed any any- sl sides bides cs of it was that marching arm army women as as' as aswell well weB a s a-s men singing shouting para parading They attempted no disorder disorder It sor ur-It ur It is noteworthy that thal except for that Isolated outbreak inthe in inthe the center 0 of the Ute square th there re was u no miu defiance of the time save have when a afew afew afew few ot or the tho evilly IlI dispo disposed c sought to toI I take advantage oC or the tho occasion to lo let loose their outlawed doctrines I But ill th the honl honest t had hall no tue chance there ther and warned by hv these few Attempts of tIme the lawless to to turntime turn tho time occasion to their own advantage e the tho police swept 11 down own upon the tho crowd once more morl and und drove e them f eller Into tho cross streets A platoon of mounted amounted men would woul select a section of the tho crowd and anti charge c down upon It Flying In all directions men muon WOOlen women and children woul would scatter Into Inlo stores cellars through unc until alleys s 's until that section was made mado a at clear as the proverbial houn hounds hound's s 's tooth bent clIl Fm Then another section would be bo attacked attacked at at- tacked but while it was being cleared away the tho section would once more mure choke up u. Then chen further reinforcements were sent for McCarthy Mc Me- Carthy of ot time the squad with 20 O I horsemen responded lJ quickly an and meeting the time marchers between Sixteenth Six Six- I street and Seventeenth street and Fourth charged charge them and I I lur turned lured e them bent buck back and amI tent sent the h head of the line lino hyIng through ou h East Sixteenth Six Six- street The rime others other 6 ned lied to toward toward toward to- to ward Fifteenth an and Fourteenth streets At Seventeenth anth street and andr andI I Irving Ir PI Place ce the matchers marcher attempted I r to lo make a u. stand stan but bUl down n came caine a I fl flying Hing ing squadron of or the tIme police an and the them m mb b was sent scattering once more I Union square was was now deal clear and that thai pait up lone one nor was ans' ans distinction ion made mado as 09 asto asto to persons Lit Lh 16 of or mou t police swept down own the pathways a s 's and across tho the greens driving the tho f people ople before them In a solid ma t j. j Jeering nn and hooting followed Simultaneously J the time policemen n on omi foot took tool hold of the time ClOW crowd that blocked blocke the si sidewalks and attempted 1 to force them Into u live o cross ClaS streets In the effort to ta disperse e the mob D By this time the throng had in increased 11 I I creased to to at least people The They I were for o the time most of or foreign birth and the they were ang angry at being dented denied tho the right to hold hol their mooting meeting They I moved mo sullenly and tho the policemen use used their clubs to hurry th them m along The Tho mob without a leader an and de deprived de- de e- e of their meeting place halted halted- sought ought about for what to do nn and finally final final- I Iv ly found round an outlet for their j feeling In song Awa Away ot off toward Tr in Irving place a group s-roup of about a huni hun hun- i tired dred burst into timi th strains AU of or tile Ue Mar Mou Marseillaise an and from ten ton tiou- tiou nou- nou I sand throats there c cano casie ne a tingling I air of anthem Someone Some Somo 1 lone one formed a lino anti and others quickly fell in and round and round the tho four Cour t I sides of tho the park parI tho the vast east thron throng i moved singing as they un s swung strung along alongI I the ominous wor words s of or tho the old French FrenchI rally song I saw paw time the point paint an and telephoned for tor reinforcements Thc They came caine on the tire run from half halfa a u. dozen ozen precincts precincts more more men on n bolo more mOle of tho timo mounted police Police III In New W York has lias never l' l before wit wit- anything just III like this The Time police were plainly in a 0 quandary quandary- The Tho square absolutely deserted save sa |
