The first mail bomb?
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.
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Forensic Science Consultants Group, Cardiff, CA 92007, USA. brburnett@compuserve.com
Golubovs
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