BOMB OUTRAGE

Hokitika Guardian, 23 September 1932, Page 5

BOMB OUTRAGE

CHICAGO OUTLAWS TWO PERSONS BADLY INJURED. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) NEW YORK, September 21. A shocking outrage has again cencred attention on th 6 activities of lawless elements of Chicago. This was .when a bomb was placed in Lie doorway, of •th© "home of Judge.j>McGoorty, of the Superior - Court, bomb exploded, gouging out the eyes,?.p,nd possibly fatally injuring a yo.vmg,-, rm«u r and a young woman. Bothuof- o them ai'e, about isiixteen year?) of age. They ,vere passing by at the time. The young woman is the mother of ia four-months-old infant. She wa" stroking past th e house, with friends, when she noticed the ispluttering fuse of the bomb. One of the party, th© young man injured, attempted to extinguish the bomb, when the device exploded, hurling the two young people ten feet. Judge iMcGoorty’e family were badly shaken, but they were not injured. The Mayor of Chicago, Mr Cermak, immediately began, extraordinary efforts to trace the criminals.

. Judge McGoorty ia giving the Authorities all poMlble'clues as to these individuals, who:. have. been seeking to revenge themselves upon him. / There have, been eevehty-eiglht bomb explosions in Chicago einc© January 1 last. .'Six persons have been Injured.