The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-09-30
PROBE new YORK !
BOMB DISASTER
Witnesses at Investigation Sup
ply CIews to Perpetrators
of Wall Street Crime.
SAW DEATH WAGON THERE
Humane OFFICIAL Watched Vehicle fer
Hour Before 7Iast-saw Three
Men Run Away.

New Notwithstanding by two men,
one of whom claims to have seen the
death wagon" which carted the explo-
sive standing near the assay office at
1890 a. N. Thursday, one and one-hah
hours before the explosion occurred,
and the other who claims to have seen
three men running away from the
scene just before the blast, furnished
the most important developments in
several Investigations OF the disaster
now under way.
Other interesting developments Of
the day included:
Announcement by the district attor-
ney's office that Edwin P. Fischer,
lawyer and former employee of the
French high commission, who sent
postcard warnings of the disaster from
Toronto, had virtually eliminated him
self from any direct knowledge or
completely in the case after eight
hours questioning.
Cache OF Explosives Sought.
Search by federal agents for a re-
ported cache OF explosives on Plumb
Island, a government reservation off
Sheepshead Bay, when a quantity Of
trinitrotoluol was found in an abandon
ed vessel several months ago.
Joseph Meade, an agent of the So
ciety for the Prevention Of Cruelty TO
Animals, is the man who claims to
have seen the death wagon" on Wall
street at 1890 Thursday morning. He
said that while walking up Broad
street he noticed an old red delivery
wagon In front Of the assay office
around the corner The horse appear
ed broken down, he said, and he went
over to make an examination OF IT,
finding a bad sore under the collar.
He looked at his watch and noticed
it was 1880. He told the police, and
waited beside the wagon until 1880
with the intention Of serving a sum-
mons on the driver, when he was
forced to leave. He did not examine
closely the contents Of the wagon, but
described it as 'an ordinary dilapi-~
dated express wagon"
His Data TaIIies.
Meade also told the police the col
lar worn by the horse was Of the '.K''
type This is the kind Of collar that
was found in the street after the ex-
plosion. He also noticed that the orna-
mental knobs and other markings had
been stripped from the harness and
in this, too, his description taIlies
with that of the material found. He
also stated the horse had been but
recently clipped and that the wagon
bore no name, but had some numerals
on the side.
New Lead in Bomb Plot Hunt.
New York-A clew to the source OF
the explosive which Thursday noon
rocked New York's financial district
was unearhed recently by the fire de-
partment after a three-day search OF
all establishments carrying explosives
as 2 stock in trade.
The location and name Of the es-
Enlistment where the explosive was
found missing was not made public
A fire department official made the
simple announcement that, suspicious
shortage Of explosives" had been found
and that there was no explanation Of
where it went" Il was further stated
that all the facts had been put in pos
session Of department Of justice and
police officials, who are working over
the records Of the bureau OF explosives
to make sure whether this dynamite
got away illegally or is simply mis-
sing" by some clerical error.
A Big Order to be Missing.
However, two hundred pounds Of ex-
plosive is very big order to be miss
ing and so the lead is one OF the best,
IS far as it has gone, that the city de-
Lectives have yet discovered
Alexander Brailovsky, a Russian
journalist, who was arrested the other
lay on information furnished by an
correspondent and who ad-
nitted having been in the financial dis
.rict q short time after the explosion
is still being held without
bail as an undesirable alien.