The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-18
Attorney General Palmer
Leading Force from
u. S. Capital
PUBLISH FISCHER NOTE
Text of Missile That Warned
Friend Is Given Out;
Others Warned
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from W ASnIIEloD ltHl DlEll TO take
personal charge OF the federal In
ygs IEJaou, declared, after leaving
the J =. Morgan office late today
th.t from evidence obtained within
tho last few hours II has been doti-
uit,y established that the explosion
ws. luc Go "a tme bomb"
THE bomb was taken to wall
broct," ho added, lin the wagon
which was blown To- pieces. The in
f,ruu machine was timed TO go off
at noon and apparently was placed
in tho wagon by q person who was
within four blocks Of wall and
Broad streets when the explosion
occurred
Six More Die.
Six more deaths since midnight
brought the death total tonight 20
35. The number OF injured. includ-
inr those tr,rtcd at the scene IN
hospitals and at their homes. was
approximately 900. Nearly 100 OF
these are still being treated In hos
Itlls. The property damage Is
VA lously estimated from $1,000
OOu TO $2,50o,O0O.
Eight separate investigations OF
the explosion were under way to-
night.
They were being made by the de-
parmcut Of justice under the super
vision of Attoruev General Palmer
and W. j. Flynn, chief Of the bureau
Of investigation, the New York po-
lice Department under the supervis-
isf OF Comm .ssiOnor Enright and
Chief Inspector Iahey, the fire de-
parmeut the building department,
the september grand jury, the med
!cU examiners Office and two private
inquiries 10y insurance Cpmpanl 8
and =, Morgan and company
The key to the mystery apparent
ly lies In the Identification Of tho
rickcty old wagon drawn by an old
horse, which was lef. standing at
the curb Ia Wall street near the
United states assly office and aCross
tho street from, the Morgan bank "a
few minutes before the explosion.
The horse was Killed and the
wagon blown TO bits IN the blast
Tho driver OF the wagon is believed
TO have escaped. Federal and po-
lice authorities tonight were cen
tering their activities on this phase
OF the case.
Every livery stable In the city is
being Canvassed 20 determine
whether horse and wagon are
m!.siug Examination of the horses
body disclosed that It had been
newly clipped and shod. This and
mark on the horses shoes furnish
the only clue to IT. identity.
Conflicting descriptions OF the
wagon itself have been received by
the police. All available parts OF
the wagon have been taken to po-
lice headquarters, whore efforts are
being made to reconstruct the ve-
hic,c suffiCieutly 10 determine its
exact type. a oursory examination
indicates il was OF unusual breadth,
which leads Detective Chief Cough
lin "a believe that was OF the type
used IN transporting crates Of eggs
Official opinion is almost unanimous
that il was not the regular type OF
Wagon used In the transportation
OF powder or explosives through
city streets. one Of the best descrip.
tions Of the mysterious vehicle was
furnished by Lawrence Serbin, who
with his partner was engaged II
selling chocolates TO the nOoday
crowd from wagon at the corner
II Nassau and wall streets, less
than 800 feet from the scene Of tn,
explosion. He declared the cart
cane from New street and wa,
drtven by a man who spoke witt
strong Scotch accent.
just before l2 o'clock Thursday
Serbn said, ne and his partner
were doing business on Broad stree
whore the New York stock eXchang,
Il reing built when they wer'
ordered away by man in civilian
clothes whom they took to be al
officer He added that they turned
their horse around. passed the Nor
gan bank and went to the corner o
wall and Nassau streets where the.
resumed business
'N f,rr r...., ,..., sgI q
Of Wall street, looking towar,
broad he added. "and across tn,
street from me was an automobile
we began to do a good business will
the noon crowds. Then someon
sang out to me in a Scotch accent
run your horse up Buddy
looked up at him and his wagon
lie must have come from New
street. because ! was watching tn
COP on Broadway all the time. NJ
partner was doing the selling,
II he came down wall street
couldn't have missed him When
\ pulled out OF the way he wen
i straight down wall street an
ABOUT a minute later l was ltnockc
uo"n and didn't remember any
lhIns until I came to in the Broa
street hospital.
Inc wagon was "A bum wOrl
NbFon with dark red paint some
,h'Hs like dirt wagon and ahOu
l"!ce the size OF those used by stree
..'lh"Ts. II was a rusty red colo
SHu was drawn by an old brown
The driver was a dark complex
Iohed, unShaven, wIry man, prob
auy 10 or 40 years and dressed 4
MpiNng clothes ana a dark car
&c seemed to be Apout five fee
ok inches tail, He had dark hair.
NIa7 RebcCca Lppstein,
stapher in a Broadway brok
@g" finn, told the authorities sh
NV a reddish wagon" OF the "opcl
W".N type being driven east OF
N'I street, containing either boNe
barrels, covered with a whit
rD"uer and that a red flag FLEW
''Dll me rear Of the vehicle
When It reached point abou
ppos'le the Morgan bank and th
S1y ottlce,' she said, the drive
IIted up at the curb and stopped
'e lAen got off the seat and wake,
VS. on Wall street toward Broad
- had reached the Equitabl
Iaal building when the explosion
t"Trod. | was knocrcd senseles,
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