The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-06
REDS IMPORTED
TO SET BOMBS,
CLUE INDICATES
Dead Anarchists Wallet
With Memorandum Found
by Messenger Boy.
MORE ARRESTS MADE
Detectives From Several
Cities Confer Here and Ex-
change Information.
CAME FROM FRANCE
Washington Police Now Ger
4o;r nI Vx1.IY r
MORE ARRESTS MADE
CAME FROM FRANCE
Washington Police Now Ger
tain They Will Trace Iden-
tity Of One Plotter.

A scrap OF paper in a leather wallet
found by a messenger boy on the lawn
OF the home OF Attorney General A.
Mitchell Palmer in Washington may.
according to the authorities, provide
The clue that will lead to the identifi-
cation OF the men responsible for the
bomb outrages Of last Monday night.
1t is the most important clue that
has been discovered 80 far in the coun-
trywide search for the perpetrators of
the wholesale murder plot arranged by
the international Reds"
The wallet and paper in question are
now in the hands Of the authorities,
and last night little doubt was ex-
pressed that they were the property OF
the man who was blown to atoms by
the premature explosion Of the bomb at
Attorney General Palmers home.
The new evidence. the police and Fed
erai detectives believe. tends 10 show
that French and possibly Italian anar-
ch'sts were imported to participate in the
contamination OF the red reign of terror
memorandum In the wallet Is said TO
give the name Of the owner and convey
the further information that he arrived
recently on a French steamship At New
York. The name on the paper as we'll
as the name of the steamship. are being
withheld for the time by the police. but
detectives last night were In communica-
tion with the French line In an effort To
check UP the name on the memorandum
with the passenger list OF the vessel on
her recent trips here.
Picture of Boy Also Found.
In addition to this bit Of evidence
there were also in the wallet a number
Of French and Italian postage stamps
and photograph OF a boy about 10
years old. whom the police believe may
be the son of the dead man. The Offices
Of the French Ambassador in Washing.
ton and the French Consul-GeneraI in
New York we're being invoked last night
to determine II the information con-
tained in the wallet was correct.
In the absence OF any other evidence
to the contrary by the local police these
facts along with other discoveries in
Philadelphia were engaging the atten-
tion OF the New York officials last night
At o:3o Tuesday afternoon mes
senger boy called at the Palmer home
and discovered the wallet on the private
grounds OF the Attorney General. How
the article escaped the notice OF the pro-
fessional investigators is not explained.
An investigation OF the contents re-
vealed the memorandum written in
French indicating the identity OF the
owner and conveying the information of
his arrival in America. II the name
given checks UP with TIE steamers pas
senger list a search for the dead man 8
relations and associates in Europe will
be commenced at once. The present
theory of the police. which is accepted
for the moment in want OF a better one,
is that the man arrived In New York
and started for Washington with the
bomb in his possession. It is not clear
yet how or when the hat with the
name of De Luca Bros. the PHILADELPHIA
manufacturers, came into his posses
sion. but the suggestion has been nut
to him to make a quick getaway.
Hat Clue Is Explained.
This hat. a light gray one, and new,
was found near the scene OF the ex-
plosion- The authorities declare that
tho man woro a derby hat when he
approached the residence Of the Attor-
ney-General and that he had the other
on his person for purposes Of a quick
disguise.
In addition to this feature the in
vestigation in Philadelphia resulted In
these conclusions:
That the bombs placed In that city
consisted OF a plain wooden box, fIled
with explosives and set OF by a chemi-
cal decorator.
That the explosion at the home OF
the jeweller, Louis Jagielky, was not
accidental but designed BY the an
aTchists.
The sitting OF the ruins near the
scene OF the jewellers home and the
rectory in this city revealed absolutely
nothing to-day. No trace OF any metallic
casing OF a bomb was found and this