The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-09-23

zion Of mammoth mine. The
truck went 10 in smoke and only tiny
fragments remained The hind legs
81 the roam horse were cut off and
flung over IFS head. The clothing Of
nassersby, men and women, were
ripped off The dead. dying and
wounded strewed the streets. The
punper odor Of nitric acid, the chem
zeal base Of the bomb, was every
where. The tell tale drown sugar"
marks Of deadly T. n. 7. were later
found ON the bodies and limbs Of the
hundreds Of victims This and the
discoveries Of the crude bomb slugs
convinced the government and police
agents that the horror had been
wrought through the agency Of a
bomb.
In the Morgan building the great
dome was smashed and collapsed. III
the Mot was directed at members Of
fhe Morgan firm. It failed dismally.
Most Of the victims were innocent
men, women and boys. J. P. Morgan
himself is in Europe
Motor cars came plunging through
the ankle-deep glass and the work
Of rescue was speedy. The dead and
injured were picked up and rushed
to nearby hospitals. Many Of the
victims were either nude or their
garments were in shreds The tall
office buildings stood gaunt Their
paneless windows seemingly stared
at the tragedy.
Within 10 minutes ambulance calls
had been put in for every ambulance
south Of Fifty-Ninth street. While |
the work Of succoring the injured
and Of removing the dead went on
police reserves drew stringent lines
block in each direction from the
scene. Within half an hour bat
talon Of troops from Fort Jay had
arrived. These supplemented the
work Of the police.
The Morgan building offered the
most amazing spectacle Of the many
damaged edifices. The Wall street |
side Of the structure was splattered |
with blood and debris. Steel screen
ed windows were Invested Of all but |
few particles Of glass The screens
themselves were bent inward and /
twisted beyond recovery. The great |
glass dome over the first floor foyer
and banking quarters was riddled |
1t was on the Wall street side that |
Young joyce, chief clerk, son Of I. w
joyce. who had charge Of Morgan's |
gold system to the allies, was killed /
while reaching for telephone He
had said he had dinner engage
ment for this evening" but was going t
to postpone it.
A hole in the sash Of a window.
measuring three inches, showed T
where slug Of iron, propelled with I
herculean force. had sped its mes
sage Of death for Joyce.
From a scene of thousands Of bus
Ting. hurrying, laughing men and
women who have to do with the ma
TONS finances. the explosion chang
ed the financial houses into a dis
cordant frenzy Of shocked and all but
stupefied persons. In the vicinity
Of Broad and Wall streets it APP
peared as though a bit of devastated
and war-wrecked France had been
by some giant hand for
grim exhibit.
Through curtain Of dust and
smoke rising to great height over
the scene Of the disaster came police
men with clubs drawn. They start
ed to wrestle with the panic-stricken
populace. More than 300 dealers and |
brokers of the curb market had fled
toward the lower end Of Broadway
and other avenues as fast as they
could make their way No one
seemed to know what terrible thing
had happened.
The very arguments in support OF
the bomb theory heighten the amaz-
inc nature of the explosion. The
wagon that was used looked enough
like a powder carrier to make those
who noticed it believe that was what
It was. If there was bomb plot the
gon must have been selected for
this very purpose Of disarming sus-
picion.
The fact that no trace of human
life was to be found about the wagon
indicates that timing device was
used. This was assumed, in addition
rom the fact that the explosion took
place SO nearly on the stroke Of noon.