Show PHILADELPHIA CHURCH BO BED Presbyterian Edifice Victim Victim tim of Mystery Night Attack PHILADELPHIA Pa Aug G BY G.-BY By ByThe I IThe The Associated Press Press Press-I Emanuel Presbyterian church was badly dam dam- damaged damaged damaged aged early today by an explosion which the police attribute to a bomb hurled through a D. basement window No one was wa hurt The Rev Edward S. S Bowman pas paz pastor pastor tor of the church is out of 01 the c cIty ty Neither members of his congregation nor his wife could offer an explanation tion of the explosion Mrs Bow Dow Bowman Dowman Bowman man said her husband had never dis discussed dis- dis discussed discussed cussed radical activities from the pul pul- pulpIt pIt and that there was no dissension in the church In the K The explosion tore a big bole hole side of the building near the pave pave- pavement pavement pavement ment and shattered all its windows Buildings for blocks around were shaken and the blast was heard throughout west Philadelphia The explosion occurred shortly aft aft- after after er Cr midnight and there was no one in inthe inthe the tM church An unexploded can of nitroglycerin with a wire attached was found in the debris In the base base- basement basement basement ment and police expressed the belief belle that the alleged bomb throwers ers had been frightened ned away before they could set this off of 1 A oA heavy police detail guarded the church and the Bowman Dowman home nearby throughout the night |