The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-18
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ening circulars signed american An
archist Fighters" a pair of virtually
brand new union made horse Shoes
Wagon that is supposed to have
carried a powerful time bomb FORMED
the main clues today in eight square
but well cordinated Investigations
Morgan banking offices at Broad
and Wall Streets at noon Thursday.
The death toll from the appalling
tragedy which rocked the financial
center of America and of the world
in its foundations stood at 36 early
today, but several badly injured vic.
tins are in hospitals for whom little
or no hope of recovery is held out
and the number of those suffering
from more or less serious wounds is
close to 200.
Attorney General Palmer. his as
sistants. Galvan and Hoover, and
William J. Flynn, chief of the Blu
reau of Investigation, of the Depart
ment of Justice. were the scene
early this morning, working to sub
stantiate their preliminary theory
that the explosion was the work of a
group of Reds and that TINT was
used.
The most significant factor that
led the Federal investigation to this
conclusion was the revelation by
Chief Flynn that half an hour before
the blast occurred there were placed
in mail box at the corner of Cedar
street and Broadway five circulars
reading:
"Rimember, we will not tolerate
any longer. Free the political pris-
eners OF it will be sure death for
all of your!
American Anarchist Fighters"
1t was declared it was this same
organization that signed the revolu-
tionary circulars wrapped around the
bombs sent out in various parts of
the country on June 2, 1919, when
the Department of Justice nipped in
An additional clue, though less de-
finite, was seen by the investiga tors
in the discovery among the wreckage
of three battered tin cans bearing
traces of gasoline and kerosene.
These, it is believed were intended
by the supposed plotters to hurl
flames in all directions when blasted
by the explosion. CHASTITY burns on
some of the victims of the disaster
tend to bear out this theory.
lost promising in the hunt for the
cause of the disaster and its insti-
gators-for all Investigations now
agree that it was a deliberate plot
is the pair Of new shoes put, it is be-
lieved. within 4S hours of the tragedy,
on the horse that drew the mystery
wagon and whose disembowelled
the United States Assay Office and the
Morgan building, with all the evil
dences of having suffered the imme-
diate and most terrific impact of the
explosion. Upon these shoes are i'm
printed the letters III. s. /. IT, which
stand for the Horseshoers' Interna-
tioIla1 Union
New York has only one local of
this organization and every one Of its
500 members were today made the
subject of the most thorough going
inquiry. investigating agents visiting
every shop and trying to trace the
horse and its owners. A report that
gained currency late last night to the
effect that the owner Of the horse and
mystery wagon was known to the
police, was denied, early today, but
the officials are strongly hopeful of
tracing him
OF special interest to the authori-
ties in connection with the warning
circulars of the american Anarchist
Fighters" was the misspelling of GER
tain words such "Rimember'' and
"Prisoniers'' in one of the copies. in-
dicatins that they were the work of
aliens Prisonniers'' with two
| 'fN'S'') is French for ''prisoners'' The
circulars were printed in rubber type.
Attorney General Palmer made
clear his belief today that all present
| Indications were those of a criminal
conspiracy incidentally he seized
the occasion to deplore the $75o,0OO
cut in the appropriations for his de-
| partment as a result of which he said
he and his agents were not SO well
informed on the inside Of the Ex-
i tremist organization in this country
4 as they were six months ago
Chief Flynn expressed the belief
that the explosion was not aimed di-
rect at Morgan and com pany but as a
demonstration against the heart OF
I the financial district
| Next to the horse shoes. the
| mystery wagon was reconstructed
I from it's debris is looked upon by the
, authorities as the most fmportan,
clue. Every ore of the hundred odd
4 places in New York where wagons
of it's kind can be rented was visited
by agents today and the owners were
put under grf1lfng examinations il
| an effort to trace the driver
1t was learned for the first time
today that a warning similar to tina
sent to the French High Commits
sioner was received by Morgan and
company the day before the disaster
1t bore a Buffalo postmark and con-
veyed a warning 'to all to stay away
from Wall street Thursday between
and 3 o'clock"
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