[robdamanii]

More than fifty years before Ted Kaczynski, the FBI had their eyes on another suspicious bomber. The well-known targets in these early cases counted a mayor, a senator, an attorney, and a tycoon. This bomber never managed to kill anyone, but he wounded a few people.

His targets were higher profile than the Unabomber and never really followed a pattern. However, he was never caught.

Who was he?

 

[BurlyShirley]

Babe Ruth?

 

[robdamanii]

No.


45

 

[skinny mike]

technically the fbi wasn't around 50 years before the unabomber.

 

[SilentJ]

Carlo Valdinoci

 

[robdamanii]

Gnurider: whoever the FBI might have been at that time.

Carlo Valdinoci is incorrect.

Forgot to add, this is a 3 point question.

 

[SilentJ]

Luigi Galleani ?

That's all I got...

 

[blue]

Were his mailbombs?

 

[blue]

Stephen J. Supona?

 

[robdamanii]

Nope, not SJS.

points doubled.

 

[robdamanii]

Anyone? For 6 points?

 

[Dirty]

Gnurider: whoever the FBI might have been at that time.

Carlo Valdinoci is incorrect.

Forgot to add, this is a 3 point question.

not carlo?
his story is pretty similar
from wikipedia:

A series of bombings in June of 1919 sparked the FBI to more aggressive actions. The mayor of Seattle received a homemade bomb in the mail on April 28, which was defused. Senator Thomas W. Hardwick received a bomb the next day, which blew off the hands of his servant who had discovered it, severely burning him and his wife. The following morning, a New York City postal worker discovered sixteen similar packages holding enough nitroglycerin to kill a man addressed to well-known people of the time, including oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller. There were 38 bombs in all, sent to prominent figures. On June 2, a bomb partially destroyed the front of Attorney-General A Mitchell Palmer's house (The bomber, Carlo Valdinoci, succeeded only in blowing himself up). On June 3, 1919 New York City Night Watchman William Boehner was killed by a bomb which had been placed at a judge's house.

he sent bombs to all the people you listed...around the time you listed...and only managed to kill himself with a bomb, meaning he was never caught...

 

[I Are Baboon]

Al Capone.

 

[robdamanii]

You guys are WAY overthinking this. This one is REALLY easy.

not carlo?
his story is pretty similar
from wikipedia:


he sent bombs to all the people you listed...around the time you listed...and only managed to kill himself with a bomb, meaning he was never caught...

Assuming he blew himself up...that would mean they caught him.

 

[Del]

I need to stop doing Google searches for "bomber target mayor" and "bomb mayor" before I wind up on more lists than I probably already am on.

 

[robdamanii]

I need to stop doing Google searches for "bomber target mayor" and "bomb mayor" before I wind up on more lists than I probably already am on.

Damnit, you're on to me.

 

[Munster]

Joe Louis?

 

[robdamanii]

Everyone's still over thinking this one. The answer is right in front of you.

Edit:

Dirty was the closest, however Carlo was never proven to have sent the other bombs.

Again, knowing that...and previous information....the answer is right in front of you.

 

[Bicyclist]

Wait, wait, was it you?

JK, was it Carlo Valdinoci? Ah, NVM, checked the rest of the thread.

 

[robdamanii]

Wait, wait, was it you?

JK, was it Carlo Valdinoci? Ah, NVM, checked the rest of the thread.

Read my post above yours for a quick clue.

 

[skinny mike]

William Boehner

bwahahaha! his last name is boner!!!

 

[robdamanii]

Man...this one is KILLING me it's so simple. Critical thinking.

 

[Bicyclist]

Damn it, I know when I hear the answer I'm gonna die.

 

[BigMike]

If he was never caught, we don't know who he is.......

 

[robdamanii]

If he was never caught, we don't know who he is.......

SWEET JESUS YES!

You're correct. If he was never caught, how can we know who he was?

 

[skinny mike]

SWEET JESUS YES!

You're correct. If he was never caught, how can we know who he was?

well he could have ran away to mexico before they could capture him. they could have figured out who he was but never were able to apprehend him.

 

[Bicyclist]

Bah, they could have figured it out after he died. That one's no good.

 

[BigMike]

SWEET JESUS YES!

You're correct. If he was never caught, how can we know who he was?

Sweet! 6 more points for the Hamburgaler!

I thought about it for about 45 seconds, and then realized it was a trick!

can we get a points standing?

 

[binary visions]

SWEET JESUS YES!

You're correct. If he was never caught, how can we know who he was?

Are you serious? That's the answer?

He could have had a nickname, could have been known by something other than what his actual name was.

 

[robdamanii]

So much for critical thinking.

I'll get the tally tomorrow. BV, trust me, without posting totals, you're JUST fine.

 

[Dirty]

cmon...he blew himself up...that means he wasnt caught...you cant catch a dead guy...

 

[Rip]

robdamanii?

 

[blue]

So much for critical thinking.

I'll get the tally tomorrow. BV, trust me, without posting totals, you're JUST fine.

I was totally thinking "If he was never caught, how do you know his identity?"...Bastard.

 

[SilentJ]

SWEET JESUS YES!

You're correct. If he was never caught, how can we know who he was?

Bah....the authorities pretty much knew it was Luigi Galleani that was behind the bombings, but they just couldn't prove it so they deported his ass.

 

[binary visions]

I'll get the tally tomorrow. BV, trust me, without posting totals, you're JUST fine.

I wasn't upset that I didn't get the answer, there are plenty of QOTDs to come and go, just thought the cut-and-dry answer of, "they didn't catch him, so nobody has assigned an identifier to him" was possibly a little silly

 

[I Are Baboon]

It was an iPod.