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Bomb BlastsHome Of NegroIn HoustonHOUSTON lt;*~A dynamite explosion caused $1,000 in damagestoday to tlit home of Jack Caesar, Negro cattle buyer who last summer bought the $24,500 home in apredominantly white neighborhood.**I den t think this was an attempt on my life, Caesar said.I think it was intended as a warning for other Negroes not to buy Inthis area.”The home Is In the Riverside Terrace area in Southeast Houston.The blast was heard at least amile.Police said the time-bomb dynamite apparently was In a cardboard box which had been placedn the front porch.Two concrete columns supporting the porch were cracked About no glass panes were smashed. Caesar was asleep.I grabbed my .38 caliber pistoland dashed out the side door, he said. “Th» streets were deserted. 1 smelled something like gunpowder.Caesar said he had been willingto sell to representatives of theRiverside home owners group.“There was a lot of talk ' ho said, but no one put up the cash. I waa willing to eel!. Now since this happened, 1 will not sell to any group. But I will sell to an individual who will pay me what 1 have Invested in this house.•»nffacedboy,trainmitt*hold*UnMor?M on;theandholdi
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Snyder Scurry County Times
Snyder, Texas, US
Fri, Apr 17, 1953
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