The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1919-06-06
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FOR THE REDS
And Bomb Throwers Being
Handled Over Country.
Department Justice
WANTS YOUR ASSISTANCE

WASd1NO i YIN, - oAC " ASh
the newly appointed chief of the
Bureau of Investigation, William j.
Flynn, former head of the Secret
Service directing the case, the De-
partr1ent of Justice dragnet for the
, Reds responsible for the bomb at
tacks, on the homes of Attorney
General Palmer and other officials
throughout the country was rapidly
being spread today in the most de-
termined war on anarchy the
Government las ever undertaken.
Chief Flynn was in conference with
Major Raymond Putnam, chief of
police of Washington, Department
of Justice officials, and others en-
gagged on the case, went over the
evidence at Police Headquarters
and visited the scene of the crime
at Mr.. Palmer's house. Chief
Flynn then left for Washington, but
it was not desired that his destina-
tion become known. That there
will be no Interference with him
in his conduct of the hunt for the
anarchists.
Major Pullman is working in full
harmony with Chief Flynn in that
part of the investigation which is
being made under the auspices of
the local police, and agents of the
secret service of the Treasury De-
partment, which is under the direc-
tion of William H. Moran, have
been instructed to cooperate in ev
cry way With the bureau of investi-
CATION of the department of Justice.
Chief Flynn will have at his COM
mand all the crime-detecting agen-
cies of the Government. While these
re under the jurisdiction of the de-
partments, of Justice, Post office de-
partment, Treasury. War and
Navy, and each has its own function
and jurisdiction, Chief Flynn is
looked to as the leader of the cam
paSgn against anarchy.
Two of the best detectives of the
Bomb Squad of the New York City +,
Police, who are familiar with the |
way of anarchists, particularly the |
Italian Anarchists of the Metropoli-
tan district, came to Washington |
this morning for conferences with |
Federal and police officials in con-
nection with the case. They are Jo-
seph Correli and Anthony Poignant. |
1t was Poignant who barred the An J
or icf n1o
up ST. Patrick's Cathedral in New |
YORK.
The men responsible for the at !
tempt to destroy the Cathedral were |
traced and arrested by Poignant and
tried before Judge Knott, whose
house in New York City was the
scene of bomb attack the same
night that the bomb was exploded
in front of Attorney General Pal
mer's house and it is suspected that
the men who made the attack on :,
the Judges residence were affiliated |
with those he sentenced
Detectives Correl1 and Poignant |
brough with them copies of the same |
Talk" and signed "The Anarchistic !
Fighters, which was found in front |
of Attorney General Palmer's house |
end whose use in different cities con-
vinced the authorities that all the |
bomb attacks this week were under |
taken by men in an organized con-
spiracy. They also brought a port !
folio containing numerous finger |
prints and photographs of danger
ous anarchists and radicals.
The New York experts were in |
conference for some time with Ma
jor Pullman and Chief Inspector l
Grant, and after examining the ef-
fects of the man who was killed by
the bomb which exploded in front |
of the Palmer House, they went to |
the Borgue to view the remainf of |
the man. The New Workers exple ess-