The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-10-04
CAUGHT GOING
|. TO EAST WITH
.DYNAM|TEBAC
Declares He Has Enough Ex-
pIOsive Hidden to BLOW Up"
All New York.
PUTS UP TERRIFIC FIGHT
Predicts Next Blast Will Far
Exceed Horror OF Recent
Gotham Outrage.

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 4.-Floreen
Zelonska, radical suspect in custody
here, has informed the police, they
say, that he has secreted enough
dynamite in New York to 'blow up
the whole town."
Leon Konkel "a Pole, who resides
in New York, was the former Gov
ernment secret agent who yesterday
learned that Zelenska was trans
porting dynamite from Cincinnati
to Brookly and informed the local
police
TOLD OF NEW PLOT.
Konkel told the police that he had
made Zelenska's acquaintance in Gin
cinnatfy just prior to boarding a train
for New York and on the way became
very friendly withYthe man. Their
conversation finally drifted to the
Wall Street explosion. II was then,
according to konkeI that Zelenska
I told him OF the contents OF his trav-
cling bag and informed him OF com
ing disaster that would excel In
greatness the Wall Street bomb ex-
pIosion.
Zelenska admitted to the police to-
day that he left New York the day
following the Wall street blast. He
said he went to Cincinnati and re-
mained there until yesterday, when he
started back for New York.
Zelenska was today turned over to
the Department of Justice agents
here and IL is expected he will start
late today for New York.
Admitting he is Red" the police
say. Zelenska has told several con-
fiicting stories of the disposition he
| intended to make of the dynamite
found in his possession.
ARRESTED IN HOTEL.
| Zelenska was arrested at a down
| town hotel late yesterday after the
police had been -tipped orr by Kon-
kel that he was in possession Of con-
siderable dynamite and on his way
from Cincinnati to Brooklyn. He is
detained ut central police station
without bail
When placed I'm q cell. he ssidi
aSee what we did fn wall street.
Next time II win be bigger ana more
terrible. The last wns only . start
Government agents who talked
| with the suspect for hours say they
had obtained valuable clues to Red
activities and that = solution Of the
explosion I'm Wall street is likely
| within a short time
Zelenska, the police state, came to
this country from Russia seven years
ago. and has never been nsturalized.
PUTS UP HARD FIGHT.
The prisoner was not placed under
arrest until after q terrific battle last
ing ten minutes in one of the hotel
rooms. Me was knocked senseless
with the butt OF a psice revolver as
he stt~pmpted to reach a suitcase In
which later were found ave sticks Of
high percentage, dyrn fuse and per
russion caps. His nrst words ON re-
covering werei "Th~ soviet will rule.-
Taken to police headquarters, he
was subjected to vigorous examina-
tion. AT first he claimed to be coal
miner but this was shown to be false,
as his hands showed no igns of hard
work. Later he admitted that he was
a Brooklyn tailor and had never
worked as a miner. He gave Brook
lyn address.
Police Commissioner John c. Cal
houn, OF the First District, announces
that additional information has been
secured as to how Zelenska obtained
the dynamite, but the nature OF the
information will not be disclosed
until certain points, involved can be
checked up In other cities. Commits
sioner Calhoun intimates that the dy-
Mantle was to be delivered TO Brook
lyn.
TRAILED by KoNkEL.
Zelenska arrived here from Cincin-
natl shortly after 8 o'clock yesterday.
While he was a passenger on the
train in earnest conversation with an
unidentified man. he was frst sus-
pected by Konkel.
when the train arrived here Ze-
Ienska bade his companion goodbye
and left the train, His companion
continued on his way. As the two
menwere parting zelenska, IL In
alleged, was heard to remark In .
foreign tongue; Tell them win
have the stun there tomorrow"
ZeIenska was followed from the
station by Konkel, who. after seeing
him take n room in the hotel, report
ed 20 the police. IA the policemen
with drawn revolyers forced their
way into the room. Zelenska made
frantic efforts 10 reach the suitcase.
but. seeing that this plan was thwart-