The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-29
BOMB Note
THREATENS
P. 0. bldg.
Warning Is Sent Chief oi
Police; L. c. Smith Block
Is Also Mentioned

Crud~ly printed by hand. and
signed ~ frirnd to Workers."s
letter giving warning ot an a.
legged plot Ia blow up tho post
effbc~ and the. l.. G. smith build
Ing In s~atiie. and institutions IN
Tn~omA and Portland. put tho
entire federal criminal ma
~hIn~ry In this district on It's
mcttie "Wednesday.
Tho communication was turned
over to United States District Asfor.
ney Saunders late Tuesday by Chief
Of Police ". H. Soaring II was ad.
dressed simply. Chief Of Police, 10
aftic."
TACOMA AND
PORTLAND WARNED
District Attorney Saunders at
once dispatched copies of the warn
ing TO United States Marshal John
NJ. Boyle at Tacoma, To the army In
,ciIircnce headquarters at Camp
Lewis and TO Division superinsend.
ent pryon OF the depa rment Of jus
tice at Portland.
The buildings named are under
heavy guard today. and agents Of
the bureau Of Investigation, The Sc
crct service. Immigration service.
the United States rnarshafs office
and members Of the postofficc in.
~p~ctor's force are endeasoring TO
trace the origin Of the communica.
ton and locate the writer.
WRITER SAYS HES
NOT A CRANK"
Tn. text Of the letter follows:
"Chicf OF Police: am going 10
tell you a thing or two that probly
you don't no. There In going TO he
some innocent people killed In this
town inside Of 20 days unless you
get busy and get some of the anar.
chist out Of town. They are prcpar.
inr for a bunch OF explosions In
public buildings and that would only
kin working people. ! am an !. w.
w. and would help kin every mil
llonairc In the world but don't want
TO see any workers killed and that
will happen II they pull this stunt
which they are going to do n they
are not stopped. Don't think this In
sent by crank for n In not but
don't want to see workers killed.
There is at least places In town
that I no In markcd-some in Ia.
coma. Portland. Smith building. l..
o.. and others.
II will sign no name. II I did l
would not live TO get out Of town.
"a FRIEND TO WORKERS"
The letter OF warning in being
compared. II is understood. with
threatening communications that
were received last summer by Hen
l.. Moore. special representative OF
the attorney general.
The federal reserve hank In tho
Central building and the u. 4. assay
office have been under guard since
the Wall st. bomb outrage on Sep.
tcmbcr 16.
Chief of Police Fearing nad no
comment to make today further than
TO admit that the police were CO.
operating with the federal officials.
TACOMA, Sept. 29.--Infor1nation
said to be In possession OF United
States army intelligence department
officers at Camp Lewis. showing
that plot IL under wny by an.
archists TO blow up "a bank and
sawmill in Tacoma. will be laid
before n special agent Of the de.
partmcnt Of Justice and Assistant
United States District Attorney
Boyle here this afternoon.
Tho Boyle and United States Mar.
shal Boyle both regard the matter
a hoax and declare there Is moth.
ing to it," the army officers were
convinced their informant had posi-.
tive Information. They told the
district attorney they expected TO
have the name and address of the
man and he may be brought here
for questioning by federal authori-
tica