BOMB EXPLOSION

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21295, 23 September 1932, Page 9

BOMB EXPLOSION

CHICAGO OUTRAGE PASSERS-BY INJURED CONDITION CRITICAL JUDGE'!! HOUSE SHAKEN 78T1I CASE THIS YEAR By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received September 22, 5.5 p.m.) CHICAGO, Sept. 21 A shocking outrage in Chicago to-day has once more centred public attention on the activities of tho lawless elements in tho city. . A bomb was placed in tho doorway of the home of Judge McGoorty, of the Superior the eyes of a youth and a young woman who wero passing at the time. Their injuries may prove fat.il. Tho girl victim is the mother of a fourmonths' old infant. She was strolling past tho liouso with three friends when she noticed the sputtering fuse of tho bomb. Tho young man attempted to extinguish it when tho device exploded hurling him and the young woman 10 feet away. Judge McGoorty and his family were badly shaken but not injured. Tho Mayor, Mr. A. J. Cerinak, immediately organised extraordinary efforts to criminals. Judge McGoorty has givt# the authorities possible clues to individuals who may be seeking to revenge themselves upon him. There have been 78 bomb explosions in Chicago since January 1, and six persons havo been injured.