A lethal bomb, in a basket, is gingerly transported into a special van outside Bryant Park, December 24, 1956. The apparent work of George Metesky, the “Mad Bomber” who terrorized New Yorkers for 16 years, the five-inch pipeful of gunpowder was found in a phone booth of the Public Library, 42d St. and Fifth Ave.

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