The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-17
Warned Friend by Postal
to Get Out Of Wall St
When Gong Strikes ri

nAWlAUO0 PVllC0 On c4B0 u
insanity.
Washington, Sept s-Reports
from william ]. Flynn, chief Of
the bureau Of Investigation Of
the department Of justice, re.
ceived here today, point con.
clusively to the fact that the
explosion In New York was
caused by an anarchist bomb, It
was announced today at the
justice department.
New York. Sept. 17.-Another,
lead" was furnished the authort-l
ties by George F. Ketchledge. ami
employe Of B. F. Schwartz 4 Co. :,
who said he received q postcard
two days ago from Edward Fisch-,
er. formerly employed by the
French high commission.
The card, mailed in Toronto,I
Ont. Sept. II. read:
Greetings: Get out Of Wall
street as soon as the gong strikes
at 3 o'clock Wednesday. the 18th. \
Good luck"
Fischer is said also to have WRIT
ten . warning to Lieutenant Ar.
maud Of the commission. It was
contained in plain white envelope
and dropped into the mail Tecepta-,
Gle of the commission.
Thomas Delahaunty. caretaker,
Of tennis courts, said Fischer told
him two weeks ago "Wall street
will be blown up on the 18th"
Fischer is . fine tennis player ."
did he seem to be really fni
earnest when he warned you not
to 60 to Wall street," Delahauntyt
was asked.
You bet your life he did," the
caretaker replied. "He was q
friend Of mine for seven years, andi
he often told me that he was tho,
friend Of the under dog. He was,
serious. all right, and he didn't
want to see me get hurt"
when did you last see him.!
He never came back here again, N
Delahaunty replied. He came hero,
that morning apparently to warn
me and l never have seen him since.
When I heard of the explosion I
recalled his warning"
Fischer said: Tom, I want to
tell you a secret" Delahaunty de-
clared in an interview with the
United Press. 1--WE are going to
blow up Wall street on the 18th.
We've got them where we want
, them. We're going to get England.
too. We've got England where We
want them. too
Everybody around here thought
he was kind Of crazy. He always
took sides with the bolsheviki and
anarchists, but nobody took him
seriously"
Toronto. Ont, Sept. 17.-United
ress.)-Edward Fischer, the man
alleged to have sent warning" of
an explosion In Wall street, left
the Queens hotel Sept. IA without
paying his bill OF $11. 1t was said
here he had also stayed at the
Queens Royal hotel at Niagara on
the Lake previously. leaving q bill
Of $4.75.
During his stay at the Queens
he attracted much attention by his
violent conversation. To one of
the staff he said:
There are four mfllionaires out
there and I am worth moro than
all of them"
He is also said to have predicted
to one Of the servants there would
be "an upheaval" in New York on
Thursday.
Forest Hills. N. r, Sept. IT,
Omitted Press. Mrs. Robert A.
Pope, sister of Edward p. Fischer
former New York tennis star
sought in connection with the War
street explosion, said today she had
not heard from him recently and
she has no knowledge OF his where
abouts. She declined to answer
questions concerning her brother
| Philadelphia, Sept H.-(Unitet
Press .)-The United States mint
the stock exchange and the gen
eral financial district we're guard
cd today - . precaution agains
bomb outrages. Department o
Justice agents said radicals wer'
under surveillance.
Watch Chicago Trade Center.
| Chicago. Sept. 17.-(By Units
Press plain clothes men wef'
stationed around the Chicago boar
Of trade and Rookery building to
tday - . precaution against terror
ism. Yesterday detectives patrol
led Chieagoh financial section
The Rookery building contains tn
|o6Ecos Of brokers.
New York. Sept 1.-THE Anau
cial centers Of ,Americs'S big citie
: from coast 70 coast are arme
;. camps today, with police and pr
vate sentries posted to guar
against repetition Of the myste1
} ious explosion that rocked wa