The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-18
LlNrERNArIoNAL NEWS sEsyIcEl


INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERvgcEl
NEW YORK, Sept. is-Five threat
ening circulars signed American an
archists fighters" a pair Of virtually
brand new union made horse shoes
and the skeleton OF the Mystery wa
gon' that is supposed to have carried
powerful time bomb formed the main
eiews today in eight separat but weri
co-ordinated Investigations into the
explosion in front OF the Morgan bank
ing offices at Broad and Wall Streets
at noon Thursday.
DEATH TOLL APPALLING
The detah toll from the APPALLING
tragedy which rocked the financial
center OF America-and OF the world
IN its foundations. stood at IS early
today, but several badly injured VIC.
TINS are IN hospitals for whom little
or no hope Of recovery is held our ana
the number OF those suffering from
moro or less serious wounds Is close
TO 900
CIRCULARS MAY BE CLUE
Atty. Gen. Palmer. his assistants.
Garvan and Hoover and Wm J.
Flynn, chief of the bureau of inves-
tigation OF the department of Jus,ic.
we're on the scene early this morning
working 20 substantiate their pler,in-
ary theory that the explosion was
the work Of a group or reds and
that r. n T. was used.
The most significant factor that red
the federal Investigators to this con
clusion was the revelation by Chist
Flynn that half an hour before the
blast occurred there were placed IN
mall box at the corner OF Cedar st
and Broadway five circulars readinr.
SIGNED BY ANARCHISTS
Rimember, we will not tolerate
any longer. Free the political pris
oners or it Will be sure death for al
Of you"
American anarchist fighters
1t was decared it was this same or
ganization that signed the revolution
ary circulars wrapped around the
bombs sent out IN various parts OF the
country on June 2. 1919. when the
department of justice nipped IN the
bud nationwide terrorist plot
VICTIMS ARE BURNED
An additional ciew. though less de-
finite. seen by the investigators
in the discovery amid the wreckaEe
of three battered tin cans beraing
traces of gasoline and kerosene. These
it is believed, were intended By the
supposed plotters. TO hurl flames in al
directions when blasted by the ex-
plosion- hastily burns on some OF the
victims of the disaster tend to bear out
this theory.
HORSE SHOES MAY BE CLUE
Most promising in the hunt for the
nf he
tors-for all investigators now agree
that it was a deliberate plot. is the
pair OF new shoes. but. II is believed.
within IS hours of the tragedy Of the
horse that drew the mystery wagon"
and whose carcass was found midway
between the L. S. treasury office ana
the Morgan building. with all the evi-
dences Of having suffered the i'm
mediate and most terrific impact of
the explosion. Upon these shoes are
imprinted the letters n l U" which
stand for the Horse Shoers Internal
iopal Union.
PALMER SAYS CONSPIRACY
New York has only one local of this
organization and every one of It's mem
bers were today made the subject or
the most thorough investigation agents
visiting each shop and trying TO To-
cate the horses owner. A report had
gained currency last night TO the eff
feet that the owner of the horse ana
mystery wagon was known TO the
police was denied early today but the
officials are strongly hopeful of trac-
ing him.
IRCCLARS MIsSPELLED
OF special interest to the authorities
in connection with the warning cir
culsrs of the American Anarchist
Fighters. was the misspelling OF GER
tain words, such "rimomber" ana
.prisonirs" in one of the copies. in
dicating that they were the work OF
aliens. "Prisonriers" with two Ms"
is French for prisoners. The circu-
lars were printed in rubber type.
Atty. Gen. Palmer made clear his be-
lief today that all indications were
those Of criminal conspiracy.
Chief Flynn expressed the belict
that the explosion was not aimed dir
ectly at Morgan & Co. but as a dem
onstration against the heart or the
financial district
FISCHER JUST CRANK
Interest in Edward Fischer, former
New York tennis expert. now in
lunatic asylum in Canada upon whom
the investigators focused their al
tention yesterday. was considerably
lessened over night chief Flynn said
Il do not attach much importance
to Fischers arrest" Flynn stated -
believe he is a nut who happened 10
hit it OFF right. However, he Will OF
course. be Investigated
Fischer is the man who sent
mysterious warning OF an impending
Wall Street disaster 10 the Frencn
high commissioner The authorities
now believe his premonition was mere
~ a weird coincidence.
MYSTERY WAGON VONE OVER
Next to the horse shoes the mys-
terry wagon" was reconstructed from
its debris. is looked upon by the su-
thorities as the most important clew-
Everyone OF the hundred odd places
in New York where wagons Of its
kind can be rented was visited today
by agents and the owners were putting
under grilling examinations in an sl-
fort to trace the driver.
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