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PHOENIX (APl-milfam.L. « tadto**** oi- dlItWritau ‘fragile, Glass, Handle ■ withrnimg a parcel botnb W S^h Sn D C SEre phoned' to postal- Care,” matched the y^oungcaused his falhcr to )6sc delivering unlicensed explo h ' inspMinrs early Tuesday. ■; ■ _ suspect's hanawnimg. Sacksind forearms, » U.S. ••■ post^-. «sid assistant U.S. The- lab hatl discover e a s3i*L .. .• .nspector said today,* - / Sacfe.pf Phoenix.'. finge^mts ma^ -LgY 2F Postal• Deputies said Webb’s son was Webb's, on- the package, bacaa penou s, v ,* Boy Called' a 'Drifter'*• li. •Iinspector„..... ......Webb, arraigned before aU.S. magistrate, adakitud building tbe device and .'e*-pressed remorse that “it Harked as god is it did,’ the inspector said-; ..-' By C‘.T, REINEBOLD III ■ : SteTfWriter . •':-•* •• :'¥$■ A valuable - life Insurance■; =.$ policy, land holdings; and otfcef |j items of value may have beed gthe motive for the package.-; | bombing of Casa . $Pandlt;i/.|':resident Newell Webb lasi/ g • week* investigators saldibdayv. -•Pihai County ' sherifS’gtes • deputies.'said.-.the;'/large insurance policyand other;: ^ ;holdings -r. which Webb's thredr- $ . Children would have mherited; upon his :death; ^ ;:may hav#; / been the reason for theincident^. g .which -• left Webb with twf'/ amputated arms and btheh/.^ ;critical mjuries.;• • Deputies' released the formation late Tuesday .aft^/b Webb’s soa,: Wpam Lan^'g Webb, 20, was/arrested byU,%;.-gi postal inspectors ia Thcson aa^;-:/£. charged in cdnnection'With.the;' -gycident.Webb, who wassoul 11:30' a.m/¥BvC.T. BEINEBOtD Hi ■Staff Writer,. ■;* ’• ‘ # . * . * , I •• • • • • *.*, * • » *One week ago today, Newell Webb’slife almost ended when a package ho was attempting to open.in his home ia Desert -. Vista : exploded- Violently, forcing .am- = putation of his arms at the elbdf und : causing numerous .Other serious injuries,• Tuesday,,in a heau-spinning turn of ' events, his son/William Larry Webb, 20,. ' was .arrested and charged in connection with the incident.Newell Webb was. not told today that: fiis son stood -accused for his alleged involvement in the incident. ..Pinal County .sheriff’s. investigators ' and postal inspectors have: uncovered the •Hfeihistpry of Newell .Webb, 41/ Theys ' * * * . * ■■. foundbothmg ih his past that would haveprecipitated such an incident .His life,..-far' as: investigators have been able; to. discover, Has never been touched by -crime-or altercation.. ;'' •- But -Investigators, admit that little' is. .. known about Webb's son Larry, charged ::' '.T^esdity Wltefpossessing or receiving an.imliceTised explosive..; . • •.■ Of average height and. weight,: vwtn-.'- long, flowing ligbt brown hair, the young .. Webb’s life lately ..has been that of a.-' drifter, a vagabond. - .. -' •'. .Larry Webb lived apart from Ms. real father for about 12 years,.since Webb and/ • his.'- former wife, -Mrs--.' Alice.Hose; 02; Tucson, were divorced, deputies said, Webb saw his father peripdicaBySea Bomb’s Sii spect; Page 3•3-v* f !'v-VVVV * *inspectors. deputy . yestigators, and, Pihai County . Attorney fleberi Bean .. wereWhedul.ed.tiJ meet, in Florence ;.today to surther dlsc.nss /the.case/' •' ' ■' -: •• Webb' was beMg he! d in ■ _Phoenix tusder -. .125.008 ■ bond . • pending. a:rra»gnment today. before U.S. Magistrate Richard. ..'Uormley.-. ■ ;.Deputiesjiasd tiie youngWM had been interviewed twice by ■postal. iuspecte'rs i'cr .'in fomiatioii regsrtuug his father, -bat be did tcob bejbro* a suspeet;until lab. rtsuiw ;were,Qbtai.ned:. ■Taesday Tnornmg.' u is;still unknown'where thii exptosivea: wire acquired.. 'Deputies - said i.;dday.. teat' the■ bomb was: OMssiracted in Casa-.Grande. . They , .refused ' M-ekboraa. - - '.- ; '• . ■-' • Dep.Uttes-- .a.b? said - :it . vfunknown when.the bomb, was-■made, hut: they added it was-apparently constructed ‘Mot tup'long befpre. i? wes delivered. '... ..The type; of explosive used' was; hot revealed. by depuaeaubut: there is a gobd psssibUlLy.fte'bomb. employed a/trlp: wireas a trigger; for: the explosive.,'.- they said-.' .. •-. /“But the lab is'unsure,:' one■ / investigator .noted. -‘The tirstthing they looked i6t was- wtett . we .had.' Now theyrU try ; ia reconstruct the thmg.” .• •, Sea.Victim's-Son, Paeu 3: .
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Casa Grande Dispatch
Casa Grande, Arizona, US
Wed, Jan 29, 1975
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