Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-04
ARREST MAY MEAN
SOLUTION OF WALL
STREET EXPLOSION
Boosting on Train Leads % DE
tention of Brooklyn Man ~
Pittsburg.
HAD SUITCASE FULL
OF DYNAMITE
By Associated Press - Every Evsninr

by Associated Press - Every Evsninr
New York. Oct Leon E0ntf
steam filter, Who gave the PfirtlTF 1u.
thaities the information Uhirh lri ~ fhr
arrest there last night n fiurcn Irlrnntn
a Brooklyn in connection With ihc Nnl
street bomb exploai0n arrived here today
from Pittstsrg - teli bic story t0 DE
federal authofitiee
Konkel told ag1nts n fhe Drparimrn
of Justice that while h. Naf travelling
from Cininnati ~ PiffrhrF Hiff fle
suspect the latter had informed him fhai
he had expl0sivea in his niiffaFr ard
gloated over The Wall street explosion
Konkei said that be had him arrested affrf
he had seen dynamite 20 be- frhvriInr
companion siit care 81 a hotel IN ~
Pennsylvania city
n Konkels information rad ~ aolu.
tion a the New f0rk disaeier hr b eiigihie
To the s2O, 30 rewards offered
Pittsburg. Pa. Oct Information -.
tanned from Florrcn Ielenaka n Frnnl
lyn. arrested here last night uifh 4 qirr-
tity ~ dynamite IN his p0ssrrsi0n. mav
lead ~ a solution ~ the Wall street 49,
plosion, according ~ loeal police ard
government agents The uaturr n ihr IN.
forwarded n William Fiynn. a ffr
Department ~ Justice. The D0iice said
Questioning ~ Ieienaka wfin ras tssen
AZ a hotel after a fight vie the policf
continued until early the morning flf
had been en- route from Cincinnati ~ Ne~
York, and his remarks on tho train ~ ~
unidentified man Who called tho u0iicr
brought about his arrest
Authorities were reticsrf ~ ~ fhe rnerilf
~ the questioning. but % va claimed
clues Zelenaka furnished mav lead ~
scores of arrests IN Brooklyn and New
York He could furnish NJ good rraEnn
police said, for having the expinsrvr Iu hlg
possession. and u alleged ~ have rernars-
ed 70 q companion on the train. TEL
them I will have the stuff there f0n0r-
row" Another remark attributed ~ hirn
as he WAS beng placed IN bis ccii vas
"See what we did in Wall street Nrrt
time it will be bigger and more terrible.
The last Was only a starter"
Department Of JlIs.ioe azerts gaid ~
day that they had not QUESTIONED Lelcuaka
last night because be seemed badly fright
ened and thew had allowed tn urs+.r- -
return hIn 20 a cell IN the central station
They expressed tne nOue that a4.r =
nights rest the man might he able o.
tel connected story ana they Verr pre-
pared 70 further fnterrogats him today
II was stated az the federal huiidinE
that 4 the fscts warranted q Zeiena4a
would be held under q federal charge. hut
If not he would hkeiy Be prosecuted under
the state law for tr,1nsporrIng expioslvrs
and having explosives n hz porsss-sson.
The man who IS SAID b have nOtihed
the police Of Zeienasas prr~euos m ne
rity and 20 have reported his alleged cnn-
versations with him on a tram left here thla
morning for New York n zIve hfs nforma-
ton first hand % the Department Of lus-
tIce agents investigating the Val street
explosion.
New York. Oct. 4.-Ren-0ed vieor vsas
instllled today IN the investlgatIon Il ths
origin Of the mysterious VAL street er-
plosion on September 10. A. q result ~ tho
arrest az Pittsburg yesterday oi floru.n
Zelenaka. Department az Justice agcafs
said they attached spcclal signlhoanco o.
the arrest.
Immediately the government invcsu-
gators learned of the man arrest IN litis-
burg. where suitcase filed with dYna-
mite was found IN hE room, they startei
an Investigation az the brooklyn sddrsss
he gave when arrested, and early tnday
their search Of a room he orcupicd led tn
the discovery q the following iscis xlich
they considered important
That Zeienaks lett hs little rlom al ffn
Cleveland street. IN the heart 1i ihn
foseign section, an hO,u 0r more belore Che
disaster occurred
That when be left be was carrying red
dish yellow bag
That he had once been employed by the
Hercules Powder Company
That he left IN his rom a large QIsn-
tity Of Russian literature said to h. oi a
radical nature.
NThe government agents went o. tha
Cleveland street address last night. fhsv
aroused Michael Terkaslyy. a tailor who
said he had rented a rom 90 kelcnaks
( Terkasky furnished much valuable IN
formation concerning Ielenaka, >pcc.al
Agent Callahan said.
Search through foreign made trunk
left BY the roomer, revealed mass NJ
radical literature, the discovery that hc
had been employed two ycas ago hF
the Hercules Powder Company, hat be-
possessed a Russian passport issued n
1918, and other information which wa
not made public.
After questioning konkei NcU
Yorker, at length, ofrials of Che Depart
ment Of Justice declared he had BEEN aolf
to give them no information thar tendcl
| directly 20 connect Ielcnaka with Che
Wall Street explosion
He expressed the opinion that lclenskn
who formerly worked IN the mines oi
/ West Virginia, had obtained his dynamill
/ there. They said that a charge n Illegally
| transporting explosives probably would
/ be lodged against him either n PittsbuIa
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