New-York tribune., 1920-09-20
? Detectives
On Way Here
With Fischer
Writer of Bomb Warn.
ings Due To-day; Says
He Foretold Explosion
Through Psychic Power
From Staff Correspondent

HAMILTON, Ont, Sept. 19.-Edwiu
P. Fischer, one-time tennis star, whose
predictions on Thursdays bomb horror
in Wall Street have become one of the
sensations of the investigation, will
arrive in New York tomorrow morn
ing in custody of Detectives Irving
O'Hara and James Mccoy, of the Met
ropolitan Bomb Squad. Before leav-
ing here he gave an interview con-
corning his prophecies.
With the consent of District Attor-
ney T. Reginald Sloan, Fischer was re-
leased yesterday by the Canadian au-
thorities in the custody Of the New
York detectives, after complications
arising through the necessity of avoid
ing red tape in the immigration laws
of the two countries had been ironed
out.
Consent to Fischer's release was au-
thorized by Robert Pope, Fischer's
brother-in-law, with the understanding
that the prisoner be taken directly to
New York. He thus evades the in
sanity charge against him in Canada,
his counsel says, and enters the
United States in full possession Of his
rights as q citizen.
Guarantee No Interference
Detectives O'Hara and McCov left
Hamilton with their prisoner at 6:17
last night. Their departure was pre-
ceded by lengthy conference be-
tween Mr.. Sloan, United States De-
partment of Justice agents and i'm
migration representatives of the
United States and Canada. Joseph E.
d d'Alvarez, American Consul at Hamil-
ton, also attended.
Mr.. Sloan and the New York de-
.ectives had an understanding with
other officials that there was to be no
the border or elsewhere until he
reaches New York.
Two authorizations signed by Fischer,
one telling his counsel to protest pro-
ceedings and the other instructing him
to agree to his removal, were exhibited
by Mr.. Sloan. The barrister said he
would proceed under the first authority
only on condition that absolute custody
be guaranteed O'Hara and Mccoy.
his clients removal and demand fur
ther inquiry into his sanity while he
is still in Canada.
In a remarkable interview, the first
authorized for publication since his de-
tention, Fischer to-day revealed the
inner workings of q mind profoundly
learned in the occult and q perfect
faith in the conclusions drawn from
widespread reading on the subject.
Psemonition Most Peculiar
In connection with his contention
that a violent headache assails him
when q catastrophe impends, it was
recalled here yesterday by officials who
were interviewing him Friday afternoon
that he said: Il have such pain now.
Something is either happening or Is
world" The time of the statement
synchronizes with that at which bomb
damaged the Stock Exchange in Genoa,
Italy The coincidence has caused
comment among those who have come
into contact with Fischer.
While none of the authorities here,
nor even his own attorney, are willing
to admit credence of the powers claimed
by Fischer, they are united in pro-
nouncing the accuracy Of this premonii-
ton "most peculiar" They are SINH
larly at loss to explain his proph ecies
of the Wall Street disaster, for all of
them pronounce him distinctly not the
type of man to have anything in COM
mon with Bolshevik or revolutionary
elements.
Fischer is favorably known in Ham
ilton. On previous sojourns here, dur
ing the height of his career as ten
mis- player, he visited the most promi-
nent families in the city.
In his interview, in explanation OF
his warnings of the Wall Street bomb
horror, he says:
"My faith in telepathy is based on
deep concentration. The man who
would be with his Maker must be i'm
an extremely receptive state Of mind.
| have read profoundly on the subject
and have always found the knowledge
thus cleaned very helpful.
when we turn from commerce to
philosophy we find them both perme-
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