New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
Police Continue
TO Hunt Clew
10 Dead Horse
Union Head Calls ON All
Blacksmishs to Cooper
ate in Search; Witness
Thinks He Shod Animal
Evidence May Be i'm Sea
Effort Made to Recall Gar.
bage Scow Loaded With
Wall Street Sweepings

The police investigation continued
Yesterday to center about the horse
and wagon which carried the explosive
to Wall Street, In an effort to trace
the ownership of either, detectives
visited livery stables and blacksmith
shops in all OF the five boroughs. ...
There was some hope early in the
afternoon that the horse would be
quickly identified. A blacksmith who
was brought to Police Headquarters
said be had shod a strange horse on
Wednesday. After examining the hoofs
Of the dead animal he was Of the ooin-
ION that the TWO new shoes they bore
may have been two that he put on.
He was taken Immediately to the
oTa, dock or tae East River to see
the body Of TIC animal. Inspector
Lahey had not get complete report of
the result Of tbs visit. he said last
night Il IS understood. however. that
the blacksmith failed to ldentify the
animal st the dock.
Horseshoers' Union Helps
Tom Healy, president of the local
union Of the Horscshoers' international
Union, assured the police that he would
send word 70 81! union blacksmiths in
this vicinity to aid in establishing the
identity OF the horse or person who
recently had the animal siod.
The two new shoes en- the hind hoofa
were stamped with the initials of the
union, H. :. |. t. 1t is believed thew
had been put on within twenty-four or
forty-eight hours Of the explosion, It
was suggested, however, that the slight
signs OF wear may have been the re-
suit OF the horse standing in stable
II that was the case it is possible tho
horse was shod u week before the
disaster.
A second blacksmith was found who
had shod 4 strange animal recentlv
and be was brought to Police Head
quarters. He, TOO, failed to identifv
the hoois as those of the animal he
had in mind
street cleaner was another witness.
de was working In Wall Street a few
minutes before the explosion.
He said he was about to clean I'M
around the wagon when he looked at
bis watch and noticed il was only a
minute or so 70 noon He decided to
walt un.il after ,uncn when the WAGON
would be gone, ana moved away from.
t1e spot. Iha, decision saved his life.
he had core about block when the
explosion occurred. He was onlv
slightly injured.
The descr.p.ion Of the wagon failed
to add to that which had been gained
through Its reconstruction He re-
membered only that it was not red.
A quantity Of bolts and nuts. wooden
wreckage and other debris had been
swept up by the Street Cleaning De-
partment after the explosion. 1t was
put IN cans ard carried to the dumps,
loaded Oh a barge and started out to
sea With the c.! garbage When this
became known word was flashed to the
barge captain to bring it back imme-
diateiy OF the theory that something
IN the way o. evidence may have been
among the swee nlaga.
A representative Of Attorney Gen
eta Charles D. Newton was in confer
ence with Inspector Lahey for a short
time. Inspector Lahcv announced that
additional guards had been placed
around the City Hall and Municipal
buildings. He denied that additional
detectives had been sent to guard
churches and public buildings