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3 unusual facts about Lexington Avenue bombing


Lexington Avenue bombing

Charles Plunkett, a party to the conspiracy, later stated that Berkman chose to remain behind the scenes rather than take an active role in the bombing due to his being on probation for the attempted assassination of Henry Clay Frick.

The Lexington Avenue bombing was the July 4, 1914 explosion of a bomb in an apartment at 1626 Lexington Avenue in New York City, killing four people and injuring dozens.

Philosopher Will Durant later created a fictionalized version of this bombing and placed the semi-autobiographical narrator, using the name "John Lemaire," in the story as the innocent fourth roommate.



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