Transcriber’s Note: Italic and some underlined text are indicated by _underscores_. Boldface text is indicated by =equals signs=. THROTTLED! [Illustration: Inspector Thomas J. Tunney] THROTTLED! _THE DETECTION OF THE GERMAN AND ANARCHIST BOMB PLOTTERS_ BY INSPECTOR THOMAS J. TUNNEY Head of the Bomb Squad of the New York Police Department AS TOLD TO PAUL MERRICK HOLLISTER Author, with John Price Jones, of “The German Secret Service in America” ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS [Illustration] BOSTON SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1919 BY SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY (INCORPORATED) TO ARTHUR WOODS Formerly Police Commissioner of the City of New York, now colonel in the United States Army, whose vision and coöperation made the work of the Bomb Squad possible, this volume is respectfully dedicated INTRODUCTION Inspector Tunney’s Squad was formed early in August, 1914, to specialize in organized crimes of violence. It did some radically effective work against Black Handers, and handled several cases against domestic enemies of law and order, but as time wore on and war developed, the Squad’s energies became directed solely against the nefarious activities of Germans among us. Inspector Tunney is a most skilful detective, resourceful, persistent, understanding human nature, a good leader. He picked a squad of fearless, tireless men, who not only worked long and hard, but showed marked skill and tact. They proved themselves to be Americans all the way through, aggressive, loyal, bound to put the job through, no matter what the difficulties might be. They were occupied in hunting out Germans who were outraging our neutrality; and then--after we finally started to make war against those who had so long been warring against us, on the high seas and in our very midst--they set to work to thwart and capture active German enemies. The results they got went far toward making it possible to maintain order in New York during those months and years which were full of such menace to the safety of the city, when the national danger seemed so plain--so increasingly plain--and the national military strength was so woefully weak. In many cases the Inspector worked in coöperation with one or more of the Federal Secret Service forces. The Federal work was seriously hampered, however, at first by hopelessly inadequate organization, and, later, by the existence of several entirely distinct forces, instead of one powerful, unified body.