Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-02
PH|LA. "REDS" A|MED|
TO TERR|FY NATION
Letters to Anarchist Under Arrest
Reveal Plans for Country
Wide Uprising.

Philadelphia. Jan 2 2-Ramitications OF
an association of Red RcvolutionarIos,
which WAS nationwide IN It's scope. WAS
disclosed Yesterday IN n batch OF letters
and other correspondence seized at the
home of Edward Moore, an avowcd
anarchist, at 1888 North Water street,
following his arrest after the exn'osions at
the homes Of Justice Robert Won Mosch-
zskei, Captain William Is. Mills, acting
superintendent Of polcc Ernest i. Trigg,
president Of the Chamber of Commerce,
end Judge James l.. German, OF the
Municipal Court :,
such were the revelations contained
in the box ii led with these letters and
other papers that the detective bureau
YESTERDAY busted itself for scvera hours
getting touch with the police OF other
cities and towns, and apprising them oi
the men connected with tins terrorist
movement IN their sections. When the
fna coup comes with the capture OF these
Bolshevists, il Is expected that there Will
be simultaneous arrests IN every large
center in this territory and the middle
west.
TypECr ouTRaGEs TO SPREAD.
Captain Mills, who was in charge of
the invest lgation SAID yesterday that as
il proceeded the greater appeared the
, scofs of tins terrorist combination and
The wider its theatre of action.
eel don't be Icvc said the captain,
weighing every word that there Is a
single person in this country who knows
whether the headquarters of those fellows
is IN the United States or whether II Is
someV here else
As a result too. Of the information he
had obtained Of the activities of the group
which worked here, he has ordered re-
doubled vigilance during every night,
while the houses of prominent men viii he
guarded and pickcts stationed IN front oi
various public buildings In fact, Cap
tam Mills said he WAS not az all certain
that the rcvomtionaries would not at-
tempt further terrorism, despite the in
creased efforts of the police 20 run them 70
earth tll radical public meetings, too,
he said, will be banned IN thls city hence
forth
sLsCKERS SENT LETTERS
The e Moore letters show concllsively
that Moore was potent figure IN nation
WIDE conspiracy 10 aid draft cvaderS, and
. that some If hem are from the prominent
slackcrS Of the country. an of whom have
tccn exploited III the press Of the country
in addition. Moore is said 20 have been
the rngleader here IN a plan 10 spread
terrorist doctrines even with the torch
and bcmh ard III his letters Wcrc found
certain definite matters that seem e
connect another man under si~Plcion
with the authorship oi tho anaTrlnstlC
circulars found AZ the scene OF thc cN-
pluSIons.
Tins connection. the police SOY i
established hy the manner IN which
the word dynamite Is invariably ml>-
epcli.5 These letter. III show thc cx-
plu,ivc written aS "dlnamytc. which is
he spelling that is identical with The
manner 10 which the word was printed IN
the inhammatory circulars.
BrID IN $500 BAIL
Hints of the scope of the present an
archl-tlc movement were given NCster
day IN the Central Police Court. whcT
Moore was held under $500 ball FOR ;
further hearing on Monday on the charC'
az being suspicious person. lictitonaU'
>canhn appeared for tho police depart
mont and he askod thc CcntlnUtnec or
the ground that the letters whrh haG
lvcn sCl1td contained 50 much ~ 4 ll..-
tu~c 10 be investigated thay an extcn>i I'm
u time in tho Moore case was ipp,ratl ~
Iietltcnant ~canlin also told the court
hc had found n the " oorc files letter,
frsm men VINO sSfct advice on doG2lnG
the draft and that these cams rom ii
paris of the country. But. even mcre
important he said. were certain revelation
which he believed would result from tn.
correspondence which had bccn selzed
but which al that t,re be hcsitated L
make public
Captain Mills said that he was Ger
tain that q number Of persons In tia,
city Were connected with a plot 10 Do
stroy life and property and that pub
lie buildings and homes q the wealth,
and officially prominent had been So
lected He also said that further ou
rages 81 the Reds might be expected
IS he vas not certain. bv any means, h.
said. that they had finished with then
local program.
Because az his anxiety regarding thi
situation, he said he had ordered Ger
tain homes and public buildings guardeC
nightly, and they would be picktted b,
sentries until such time a the captain fel
there was no further danger
FEDERAL AUrHORTIEs KNEw
Captain Mills. too. said that the Fed
oral authorizes had been ware ~ the
existence Of these bands Of tcrrorists II
this city, but that they had not beer
arrested because the government hac
mapped out rs own policy Of handlinl