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Show .. lECl II "; . Ill HOI Cashier of tlic Philadelphia . . Fourth National Bank and the Dynamiter Killed Blx Others are Injured, One of Whom May Die Missile Was Thrown After Demand for Six Thousand Thous-and Dollars Had Been Refused. Re-fused. IJhlhideliihla.''DQiuamUiiR n lorfif of-?G,000, of-?G,000, nnd falling to gut It, n man who Iirh not yet been litetitlllctl dropped n bomb In tho Fourth Street r Natlunnl bnnk, blowing himself to pieces, Instantly killing Cashier W 55. McLour, and InJflrltiK, six others, one or two of whom may die. Tho only clue to tho Identity of the bomb-thrower wan a huni'h of keys ;: found In a portion of the clothing attached at-tached to which wiii a plate ItiHt-rlbed "II. Steele, tlarnci, la." Tho Fourth Street Nntlunnl bank Is k tho largest tlnanelal Institution In the ', city, and occupies the greater portion of tho llrst door of the HuMltt build Ing on Fourth "t-treet, between Client-nut Client-nut and Walnut HtrcetH, In Ihn licit t of tho financial illnlrlct. The eplo ' lon waB terrllle, urid It caused tie- ' inQiidouH excitement In the ciowded building and ativct. No one H.iw tho unknown man eu , ' tor tho hank except K. F. Shanibsicher, ,, ' ' tint vice president, yho was panning out of the building on his way to luncheon. He noticed tho man was r poorly dressed, looked like n Russian Mid carried a small parcel. The man , walked straight back to tho rear of the bank and asked a clerk to direct ,-' , ' him to the ofllce of the president, , ) Richard Pnnhton f Not only U the entire interior of ' t the bank wiecked, but thft large win- ,' ""; dows looking out on a small side ' - street were blown out The explosion ""' arattered all tho hooks and papers of '" the Institution which were not In the Tv. - vaults at the time. Some of them ,. ?.- were blown out of the windows and v ",; wero returned by those who found :i- " ' them- |