The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-20
POST CARD WARNS
/. OF PLOT TO BLAST
|. CUSTOMS BUILDING
Grand Jury to Probe Wall
Street BIast-Man Who
Gave Friends "Tlps" Ar
rives To Be Quizzed.

NEW YORK, Sept 2o.--A post card
warning that an attempt would be
made tomorrow to blow up the customs
house. after the Wall street explosion
last Thursday, was received In the
mail today by William q. Edwards,
collector Of Internal revenue fer THE
district.
This postcard, signed "a cnIxen,"
was turned over to the custodian Of
the building by Mr.. Edwards. who also
notified Postmaster Thomas c. Patten.
The department Of Justice. too, Was In
formed Of receipt Of the post card.
The warning said the customs house.
already under heavy guard, would be
blown up at 2 pm.
Mr.. Edwards oald preliminary ln.
vestgatlon had shown no evidences uf
plot and he was inclined to regard
the warning as a hoax.
Officials Of the department Of Ius.
tlee regarded the warning as the work
Of crank. They said that person
intending to cause such an explosion
would hardly warn the authorities about
II hours In advance,
The September grand jury was con-
vened today to investigate the explosion
that shook the financial district Thurs
day and exacted toll OF 80 lives and
| injury TO nearly 800 others. Subpoenas
were issued for the appearances Of
scores OF eyewitnesses Of the blast.
Included among those 10 be examined
was Edwin r. Fischer, arrested In
Canada, who has testified to having
sent warnings OF the disaster to a nufn-
Der of friends here
Attorney-General Palmer was expects
ed TO return here during the day and
resume personal charge of the investir
cation by the department Of justice.
| Efforts to Identify the owner OF the
horse which drew the wagon supposed
10 carry the Internal machine were cons
tinucd. Although John Haggerty, far
rier, has identified the shoes or the
dead horse as those he had attached
Two weeks ago, faint hope was expressed
OF being able to trace the owner Of the
animal. since Haggerty could recall no
unnistakeable Identifying features o.
the owner. He identified the shoes
simply because they bore a certain
mark common TO all his handlwork and
not distinguished by this particular job.
Federal agents today were investi-
eating report that the fire depart
ment had learned. by checking up all
stores OF explosives lawfully held IN
the city, that there was distinet short
age in one OF the explosive magazines
, Fire department officials gave no hint
as 20 the location of the reported short.
age, but claimed this new elew might
have an important bearing on the dIH.
covefy OF the supposed plokters OF tie
disaster.
The body OF the one victim OF the ex-
plosion which had remained unidenti-
fled was recognized at the morgue to-
day by Mrs. Olive Kehrer. OF Brook
lyn. as her son, Elmer Wallace Keh-
rer. 2l-year-old chauffeur.
Kehrer had been out Of wc.K and
/ looking for employment Mrs Kehreg
said. adding that the youth had re-
I. sided with her at 422 South Fourth
! street.
Considerable importance had been at.
tached to the fact that KehEer had re-
fnained unidentified so long, official
opinion differing over the theory that
his lack Of Identification might signify
fear to recognize him, by persons oi
questionable character