Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1909 — THREE HURT BY BOMB HURLED BY BLUECOAT [ARTICLE]

THREE HURT BY BOMB HURLED BY BLUECOAT

Policeman Tries to Toss Thing In River, but Misses. • New York, May 7. —The explosion of a bomb, hurled into West street by a policeman, caused painful injuries to three men, and threw the neighborhood, recently in a ferment over the teamsters’ strike, into a state of terror. The bomb was found in the stable of one of the truckmen who opposed the union and was removed by Patrolman Patrick McMahon, who started for the waterfront with the idea of throwing it into the North river. The throw fell short, and the bomb, landing on the bulkhead curbing, exploded with tremendous force. McMahon and two stewards of the steamer Celtic were injured by flying fragments.