Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-05
William J. Flynn Named to Direct
Search for Perpetrators Of Ex-
position Outrages
FIND MANGLED BODY
NEAR PALMER HOME
Alleged Anarchists and Bolshe-
visits Rounded Up in Pittsburg,
Philadelphia and Cleveland

Investigation Of the bomb explo-
sions in eight cities which were in
tended to kill public men, has con-
vinced secret service chiefs that the
outrages had a common source, and
that they probably can be classed as
an unsuccessful attempt on the part
of an unidentified anarchistic group to
resume a campaign of terrorism begun
with the May day attempt to deliver
a series of Internal machines through
the mails.
Washington police Tuesday devoted
their efforts to reassembling fragments
of the man who was killed Monday
night at Attorney General Palmer's
home while attempting to plant his
explosives.
Police at New York, Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Newtonville,
Massachusetts, Boston and Paterson
N. j., were engaged in the widespread
hunts Detectives were sent from
Washington to the first two named
cities in order to connect UP opera
tions. aaa
Sxty-Nine Men Arrested
Raids in Pittsburgh have netted %
men while As men alleged l. w. w.
and Russian bolshevists, have been
rounded up in Cleveland and two in
Philadelphia.
Attorney General Palmer announced
William J. Flynn, former chief of the
United States secret service, had been
appointed chief of the bureau of in
yestigatiOn of the department of JUS
tice. In this role Chief Flynn will
be given carte blanche to deal with
the situation throughout the country
in his own way.
The hat of the Washington bomb
planter, purchased in Philadelphia,
and other details indicated a possibil-
ity that the explosives had been sent
from there. Another connecting link,
authorities believe, was the similarity
of the anarch'stic handbills found near
the scene of some of the explosions.
Government explosive experts aft
er surveying the site of the explosion
at Washington, have come to the con-
clusion that two bombs exploded, prob
ably when the man carrying them
tripped over a step.
Death for Anarchist
In both houses of congress members
began the preparation of measures
providing severe penalties for con-
victed perpetrators of such crimes.
References to the outrages were made
during debate in both houses.
Curious crowds filled the sidewalks
and streets around the Palmer resi-
dence all day and police were forced
to rope off and guard the area, sta
tioning officers to keep vehicles NOV
ing.
Attorney General Palmer and his
family took up temporary residence
with friends. Mr.. Palmer was on the
scene on Tuesday and directed com
mencement of repair work.
Postmaster General Burleson in a
statement Tuesday night referring to
reports that he had received anony-
NOUS letters threatening him with at
tacks, said that like all public men
he had received anonymous letters but
at no time had paid any attention to
them
What is regarded as the best evi-
dence so far obtained is that developed
in the effort to discover the identity
of the man who was blown to bits by
the bomb which exploded in front of
Attorney General Palmers residence
1t leads the authorities to believe that
this man came to Washington from
Philadelphia, arriving over the Balti
more and Ohio railroad at $50 o'clock
Monday night; that he put his detonat
ing bomb together after reaching
Washington and that the organized
rings of reds involved in this con
spiracy to assassinate public officials
and terrorize the nation were operat
ing from the vicinity of New York
Philadelphia and Paterson. Here are
som of the clews in possession O