Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1919 — GENERAL ANO STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL ANO STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Paris ol the Conotry. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many LocalitiesREWARD FOR BOMB PLANTERS Home of Former Assistant Attorney General Is Wrecked. Los Angeles, Calif., August 4. — Rewards for arrest and conviction of persons guilty of placing a bomb which yesterday destroyed the home of Oscar Lawler, formerly assistant United States attorney general, tonight totaled $11,500. Mr. and Mrs. Lawler, who sustained serious burns in the fire that followed the explosion, are in a critical condition, their physician announced. Dr. T. C. Myers, attending physician, said neither (patient is out of danger. Mrs. Lawler’s burns were less serious than those suffered by her husband. The shock of the explosion and a fainting attack when she realized that flames bad cut her off from her little son, added to th 6 seriousness of her condition. She also suffered injuries when her husband dropped her from a second story window to save her life. The son was rescued by neighbors. Mr. Lawler was said to be resting easy tonight. Physicians said that if he recovered he would be scarred, tout his eyesight would be unimpaired.