ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 2

The First Mail Bomb?
Burnett, B
Forensic Science Consultants Group, CA

Golubovs, P
Vanguard Residential Contents Appraisals, CA

(Received 5 August 1999; accepted 18 October 1999)

Abstract

A news item in the newspaper, the Evening Star, for the Country, October 18, 1833, probably is the first report of a mail bomb in the United States. It is also likely to be the first defusing of a mail bomb. The device appeared to be extraordinarily sophisticated and would have likely worked had it not been for suspicions of the recipient of the bomb.

Keywords:
forensic science, mail bomb, nineteenth century, horse pistol, flintlock

Paper ID: JFS14804J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS14804J
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