The sun., 1919-06-16
IMPORTANT CLUES
FALIN BOMB HUNT
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fragment Of Cloth Found at
Palmer Home Leads TO
NJ Blind Trail. WF,j
PURCHASER NOT KNOWN
0ffley Declares, However,
There, Is No Reason. to Be
I! q }. Discouraged.

kfthcuyf officials Of the Department Of
Justice, including william J. Flynn. who
has taken personal charge Of the hunt
for the men responsible for the bomb
outrages In eight Eastern cities continue
to speaks hope fuAiy of the progress OF the
Investigation ard 70 hint at early arrests
IT became known last night from inde-
pendent SOURCES that several OF the cluea
upon which the authorities depended
most have not proved OF as great value
as was hoped. SEQ.
For almost two weeks the operatives
of the Department OF Justice have been
engaged In an effort to run down the
tailor who made the suit of clothes worn
by the Red plotter who was blown to
pieces in the attempt on the home Of At
torney- General A. Mitchell Palmer in
Washington. a fragment of tho cloth
was found, enough to determine that the
suit was custom made and also 10 iden-
tify the mill at which the fabric was
woven. This led TO the location Of the
jnbher who handled this particular piece
Of goods, but II has since developed, ac-
cording to Information obtained last
itik1it. that n small quantity of this ma
terial-four and an eighth yards, enough
for one suit-has been disposed of ano
no, record Of the purchase kept This
may. the, authorities fear, represent the
identical cloth used In the Red plotter's
suit.
It has been learned that In all $50
yards of the material was turned out by
the mill and sold to the jobberi This
jobber has been located, but hit books
show q sale for cash Of the missing four
and an eighth yards, which the authort-
ties admit there'is little hope Of tracing
In addition II has been learned that
e.. ~ hn ha
two pistols, one u Smith u wesson
and the other n Colt automatic. found
near the Palmer home, have turned out
to be fictitious. Neither has any clue
OF value developed from the tracing OF
the dead anarchists movements from
the, time he had red rubber heels put
ons his cowskin sandals by Manhat-
tar cobbler until he bought the blue
polka dot necktie In n haberdashery a
mic and a half away from the cobbler's
shop. Hope OF developing anything
from thsse tive leads was frankly ad-
m.tted yesterday to be small. and Capt
william AZ. Ofiiey. In charge of the local
office Of the Department of Justice, said
he expected better results from the fras-
ment of the suit.
Chief Flynn was at work on the case
all day yesterday. He began by an
early morning conference with Mr..
Onfey, In which the two men went over
and compared bit by bit the evidence
that has come into headquarters during
the two days that Flynn has been in
Washington. Neither official would
say last might when an arrest might be
expected. The most optimistic express
sion came from Offiey, who said during
ths course OF the day: I'VE have no
reason to be discouraged"
Government oficials are interested In
Min M n
great mass meeting in Madison Square
Garden tomorrow night. The meeting
" teins planned by associates of the
Rsnd School OF Social Science as a pro-
test against the recent raid on the Rus
stan Soviet Bureau. and II was regarded
as n safe bet last night that IL the meet
ing Is held there viii be a pretty close
scrutiny made Of every person who at
tends