DEATH IN BOX.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 212, 8 September 1927, Page 9

DEATH IN BOX.

WELLINGTON SENSATION.

WGEKIOUS CONTRIVANCE.

BETTLER'S NARROW ESCAPE. 1 (By! Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) ','.; :-; WELLINGTON, Wednesday. The man who received a package conkrojog «even sticks of gelignite was c Mr. James Lord, a wealthy settler of n IMtatotoo district, who was in Well- C .' .-:uig|Qrfor the day transacting business, t »• packages were addressed through r „ -'?&**"Office to him, care of Magnus H6tfira,'Ltd.> The handwritng, prob'»wr disguised, seemed to be that of a "woman,-in the opinion of the police, g M 6 are investigating, but they have c not jet found a clue. The sender 11 «Tdenfly knew Mr. Lord's movements. V .fi|e explosive was packed in a cigar d ;v™» fnjm which the lettering of the t "«ni had been rubbed off with sand- c PjJ^.;; On undoing a hook and lifting ri ;■.'« Hi/Mr. Lord was amazed to find a .We of paper on top, with the word t printed in big letters. Under e of seven bars of gelignite t w^** "wHch and some wiring. *je teachine was set to fire as soon hook was undone and the lid This was to have been brought *wj«;th« released hook making an with two dry-cell storage : wires of which were passed glass tube containing a greyish PWwr.ln the end of the tube, through J of a small cork, a detonator *»» fitted. ij ■ wn ole ingenious contrivance bad °*n packed securely in cotton wool to P»v«Bt any breakages or interference catch had been released. The * ?V Mtteries were bolted together in a 1 of three-ply wood to keep ' from becoming foul. ' vA«" fflachine did not fire when opened ' of the storage batteries had disturbed during transit, that if Mr. Lord had ] :>;r%* the box open quickly it would ] J «W^° X Wa8 ' U is believed, posted at ' p pots t Office, Wellington, on or Sunday. • * , said he knew of no one who ifc* .be likely to perpetrate such an zffP against him. otv« ** oneB > a sawmill engineer 1 ". in writing to thank the Of Lancaster for the 15 responses i j^^jV*? l for a wif e. sends a circular eWiuSr 1 i 8 forwarding to twentyHe states: "It will take ; S^i? 11 . the wi *h"n of Solomon to ; £*r£: r « ht one from all these," but them down to five after uWI«m t r^ ei ' ce ' * 8 Bome May object to wneiy ijf e at an j solatea gawmjrj.