'Victims' of Sniper Held for Explosion

'VICTIMS' OF SNIPER HELD FOR EXPLOSION Detective Testifies Pair Were Injured in Mystery Blast at Home Early on the morning of February 3, when two young men arrived at Cooper Hospital and said they had been wounded by South Jersey's "phantom sniper," there was a mysterious explosion at the home of one of them. This was disclosed today by City Detective McGrath, when he testified against George Zimmerman, 22 years old, 2252 Mickle street, and John Connors, 23, 541 Grant street, in Police court. Charged with having explosives in their possession, the men were held for grand jury action. Zimmerman's bail was fixed at $[?],000 and Connors' at $2,000. Zimmerman's home is not far from the spot where 20 sticks of dynamite and a quantity of glycerin were found on February 7. Detective McGrath testified Connors admitted the explosion had occurred in Zimmerman's home. McGrath said he went to Zimmerman's home, found most of the windows in the house had been broken and learned from neighbors that an explosion had been heard on February 3. Zimmerman denied having had any explosives and Connors denied making the statement attributed to him by the detective. At the hospital, where Zimmerman was treated for a wound on his left leg, and Connors for an injury to his forehead, the men said they had been walking along the entrance road near the Federal street bridge when they heard an explosion, saw a flash and noticed an automobile which had passed them turn into Newton avenue. Then they discovered they had been wounded, they asserted, and blamed the "phantom sniper."