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Cardinal Francis Spellman — Part 5
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Just what was behind the commissioner’s ressoning— .
whether he thought that anti-religious fanatics were on the |;
Prowl or that fanaticiam might beget counter-fanaticis¢n—
Was not revealed. - =
later in the morning, when another ware of reporters came
back. But he did treat !t as a fundamentally serious matter.
He said that he recited prayers as he dressed after being
awakened by the shattering blast. He thanked God that .
no one was hurt and remarked that it easily could have
been otherwise.
The bomb was a home-made dynamite contraption,
aeveral one and one-half inch thick sticks wrapped in news-
paper and a plastic covering and set off by fuse in front
of a basement window at the Madison Ave. (front) end |
of the Cardinal's residence.
Cooks and maids for some reason sagem tenhauge often :
in the little clerical world of church rectories and it ‘s
because of that fact, perhaps, that there were no injuries,
The Cardinal's most recent cook had fust quit and her bed,
seven feet from the bomb, was empty. A day earlier she
would have been there. ;
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‘The exploision twisted the metal of the window frames,
biew out two of the three windows in the cook's basement
rinley is one of the residence’s two
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“Tt made a terrible noise,” the still frightened Mrs |
Gormley said hours later. “I thought the whole tnside of
the rectory had falien down. There was an awful smell.
Then I saw the window broken behind me. Luskily I had my
Then Mrs. Gormley heard the policemen and firemen
outside. The exploision was audible for blocks. Squads of
police and firemen arrived at the cathedral area in what
seemed to be little more than & minute or two.
“T could bear them oot there saying ‘we've act to get
fn,’” anid Mrs.
@ crowd of ftrremen and police. .
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um Ldded that he wanted to thank for ‘the
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meetings inside St. Peter's to bring Roman
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Procbopaths Blamed” :
Was there & connection with the St. Peters bombe
Cardinal Spellman himself doubted
sense of the same band of men planting the devices.
“It's a long way away,” he sat
__& lob of money for s trip like that.”
‘Police reasoned differently. however. chee
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in Germany
some time ago were duplicated here soon afterward. f% -
Would not be the saine band but rether mentally unbalanced |
People copying an ides. .
oner Murphy handled the case himself. He
went to the Cardinal's house and wea‘tben $0 the cook's
room by the Cardinal. : “har et :
The Bt. Peter's episode had two phases. A time bomb
exploded inside Michelangelo's huge basilica July 14 and two
powerful incendiary devices were picked up Sept. 22
ing ext Thursday almost the whois af the Roman Ca! Catholic
hierarchy of the world, all the Cardinals, Archbishops, |
Bishops and of eerie orders. wil Will start a year of |
Cathalie prac- :
on the evprage gpiy
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attitudes up to date. There is an
one much top assembly every centiry.
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