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Cardinal Francis Spellman — Part 5
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‘The expiosion blew out three
, Windows in an unoccupiéd
* maid's room in the basement,
Cardinal Bpeliman carried out
‘Bis regular achedule yesterday.
‘He offered # a. m. Mass in the
‘Island, end the Bronx to fulfill
@ promise of long-standing.
. After Mass heespoke with a
‘N.Y. Journal-American re-
* porter.
“I am thankfel te Almighty
God that no ene was injured,”
Cardinal Spelimsn remarked.
“You can replace bricks and
masonry, but you can't replace|
People.”
‘The Cardinal was asked if he|
. Anew of any reason for the)
-dombing,
“The enly thing I can think’
ST oes
turally
‘Prised,” Dut be added:
' “['m acoustomed te sheck. In!
fect & policeman was ste-|
t ‘Woned outside the Cardinal's
Dome. Wooden barriers were
erected around the building ta
: Keep spectators clear of the
sthattered windows. ,
Police laboratory: technicians
Cathedral for 180 Ladies of! |
‘Charity from Manhatan, Staten] ¢
ARD
front of ‘Cardinal S Spellman's Pole at 50th et.
and Madison ave. behind St. Patrick's Cathedral
after bomb was exploded in basement there yester-
Police Gommissioner Michae] Murphy has
: * ered “fixe
-post” guards for churches and syna-
gogues throughout the city.
American Phat. ty debe
erat: grayish-white wtubs were
Cardinal's residence. The stubs
were dynamite casings. © ~
Chief of Detectives Michse!
J. Ledden, in charge of the in-
vestigation, eeld witnemes told
of seeing 3 man rum te a car
parked om 5th st. a few me-
after the blast, heard
throaghest Beckefeller center.
‘Witnesses eaid the car spedi
east and disappeared tn traffic..
‘The deve, police paid, was!
dropped over a four-foot reil-"
ing at cdewalk level into
window well:
were able te determine that
ite Was used when sev-
Emerging from his resiterce
imto a Hight rain, the CEPT
aaid to reportera:
Wed, tats wee waar ae”
sof ts that someene doesn't Mke|fcund in an ally outside the|abeut.”
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