The Washington times., 1920-09-21
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More Guards Posted In Financial
District Grand Jury Probe
70 Without Results
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portant engagements" elsewhere or
were detained at home by Illness"
The women employees In particular
were conspicuousiy absent from duty.
Only two entrances to the custom
house wero open TO the public. Two
guards were stationed at each door
way. and every person was scrutiniIed
Any one with . suspicious-iooking
bundle was stopped and searched.
One clerk had his lunch basket opened
and examined. before he was allowed
TO proceed to work. Policemen In
uniform we're on duty In tho ground
hoor corridor. while Secret Service
agents wero scattered throughout the
entire building.
One clue upon which q large squad
of detectives were concentrating their
efforts was contained in the sawed-up
window weights which formed part OF
the Internal machine. Some OF the
iron slugs bore numbers between
raised lines by which II may be able
TO trace the plant where they were
made. Experts who have examined
the slugs say that they are Inferior
and may have been picked up from
the rejection dump Of some foundry.
FISCHER ELIMINATED.
Edward Fischer. who sent warnings
of the Wall Street explosion to sew
eraI friends, has been eliminated
from the case. Fischer's statements
TO the police and Assistant District
Attorney Alfred J. Tailey were so in
coherent that 1t was decided not to
take him before the grand jury. Ar
ransementS are under way by
Fischsr's family to have him COM
mitted to a sanitarium for mental
treatment.
When Fischer arrived here yester-
day he wore three suits Of clothing
and three shirts, his clothing belted
in by a silk four-in-hand tie.
He was accompanied by De-
tectives Irving O'Hsra and James Nc
Coy, Of the New York police depart
ment. and William l. Buchanan, q
Department of Justice agent
Secret Service men last night dis
covered that Fischer had written
many crank" letters to President
Wilson in the war period. in which
he asked the President to summon q
peace conference at the White House
and end the war. Department of JUS
tice agents at that time decided he
was harmless" letter writer. He
was warned to cease writing to the
President and remain away from
Washington. which he did.
sANITARIUM FOR HIM AGAIN.
Fischer's FIRST day back in New
York was spent in answering ques-
tions, and ended by his being sent to
the psychopathic ward Of Bellevue,
preparatory to his commitment to q
sanitarium.
His one answer to all inquiries as
to how he came to send out the
warnings was:
at was q premonition."
At the end OF the talk with Fischer,
Chief Assistant District Attorney
Tally said:
Fischer maintains that he knows
nothing OF the explosion. He said he
was prompted to send out the warn
ings by = 'mysterious' something that
is in him, which unfolds to him COM
ing events. He said his body is a
veritable electric storage battery and
that he has the power to cure some
diseases by the laying on of hands.
SPADES CONTRADICTED HEARTS.
Fischer said the warning of the
explosion cme to him some days be-
fore he sent out his warnings. But
the time remained q mystery for days
FINALLY he saw q ten Of hearts lying
on the street and he knew it would
occur at 10 o'clock in the morning of