New-York tribune., 1919-06-06
Cities Trade Police
70 Hunt B0n1bers
Laundry Mark Fails to
Cive Results; Woods
System Is abolished

DetectlVes canvassed New York
laundries all day yesterday in fruit
less effort to identify the owner of the
collar picked up after the bomb explo-
sion that partially wrecked the home
of Attorney General A. Mitchell Pal
mer in Washington. Each of the de-
tectives was equipped with photo
graph of the collar, showing the laun-
dry mark, "K. B."
1t will take several days to can
vass all the laundries in the greater
city, for the reason that an elaborate
system of classification of laundry
marks, installed during the administra-
tion of Colonel Arthur Woods as Po-
lice Commissioner, has not been kept
up. During the Woods administration
laundry marks served to identify many
bodies that otherwise would have been
buried in paupers' graves.
Unable to Trace Paper
Efforts of the police department de-
tectivcs to trace the manufacturer of
the light red paper on which was
printed the plain Words" manifesto
Of the "Anarchistic Fighters" have
been equally unsuccessful. Nor have
they been able to find the shop where
the hand bills were printed.
Deputy Commissioner Lahey, who
has been directing the activities of
the New York police assigned to search
for the bomb plotters, still refused
to discuss the case yesterday. The
attitude of other men at headquarters
was that the big drive Cor the an
archists responsible for the explosions
would be directed by William j. Flynn.
newly appointed head of the Depart
ment of Justices bureau of investiga-
ton. He is expected to come to New
York to-day or Tomorrow
Comparatively few arrests have been
made in connection with the bomb ex-
plosions, contrary to police custom in
such cases.
No General Roundup
1t was said yesterday that the Fed
eral authorities had specifically re-
quested that no general roundup of
radicals be attempted, because it was
believed that the best possible way of
trapping those actually responsible for
the explosions was to hamper them as
little as possible, and thus give them a
false sense Of security.
There was conference at Police
Headquarters late yesterday between
Inspector Joseph Faurot, Inspector
Burlingame, of the Washington, D. c..
Police Department, and represe ntatives
of the Department of Justice and the
Federal Secret Service. At the con
clusion of the conference it was an.
nounced that arrangements had been
made for an interchange of police of
ficers among the cities in which bombs
exploded, for the purpose of maintain
ing a more efficient laison.
Information to be Spread
AS soon as bit of information OF
any Importance is developed in any
of the cities where the bomb throw
ers are being sought, it will thus be
relayed to all the other cities engaged
in the search
the private watchmen who was blown
to pieces by the explosion at Judge
Motifs home, was held yesterday after
noon at the family residence, S71
Brook Avenue, The Bronx Interme mt
was in Cedar Grove, L. I. The service
was read by the Rev. Elliott White
of Grace Church.
There were many flowers sent by
persons in East Sixty-first Street and
vicinity, whose homes Boehner had
guarded for years. Judge Mott called
at the home during the morning and
extended his sympathy to Mrs. Boeh-
ner and her sons, William, jr., and
George.
Boehner's family received a lette,
yesterday prophesying more dyna
miting. Although the police declared
it was of no Importance, they studied
the missive with great care. The sig
nature, scarcely readable scrawl