New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-18
POstman Finds Sheets i'm
Mail Box Only Two and
a Half Blocks From
Broad and Wall Streets
Flynn Sees Series
OF Red Outrages
Release of All Political
Prisoners Is Demanded
i'm Scarlet Lettering

william j. Flynn, chief of the Blu
rcau of Investigation of the Depart.
lnent of Justice, at the Hotel Astor last
night made public five circulars, print
ed in red lettering, which were found
at 11:5S a. m. Thursday in a mail box
at the southwest corner of Cedar Street
| and Broadway, a distance of two and
half blocks from the scene of the ex-
plosion.
The circulars measure eleven by six
inches and are printed on white paper.
They are signed by the "Fighting An
archists of America" and read: ave
Will tolerate the Imprisonment no long
err. Free the political prisoners or it
Will mean death for all of YOU"
Carrier Finds Circulars
On two of the circulars the word
Chief Flynn declared that he was of
the opinion that those who dumped
the circulars into the mail box were
responsible for the bomb explosion
He said further that he did not be-
| lleve that the explosion was directed
against j. P. Morgan personally, but
that the bomb was placed at Wall
and Broad streets because this corner
is the acknowledged center of the
financial world.
The circulars were found by q let-
ter carrier, who turned them over to
Captain Cochran, chief of postof1i ce
! inspectors. The circulars had not been
placed in the box when it was opened
by the letter carriers at 1880 a. m.
Department Of Justice officials re-
called last night that the pi. * circulars
which were wrapped with bombs mailed
to government officials during the
spring of 1919 were signed "The Fight
ing Anarchists" Fragments of these
circulars were found at the home of
Attorney General Palmer after the
bomb explosion there. Some Of the
circulars were prepared by Andrew
Salsedo, the anarchist, who leaped to
his death last May from the four
! teenth floor of the Park Row Building
to the sidewalk.
No Doubt of Cause
Twelve hours after Flynn had begun
his investigation of the explosion.
he said positively that it had been
caused by bomb
"A bomb nothing else" declared
Chief Flynn yesterday. There is alb
solutcly no doubt of it, and, knowing
this much, we can proceed toward the
placing of the responsibility. We know
that the wagon destroyed in front of
the United States Assay Office carried
the bomb and we know further that the
man who had been driving the wagon
could not have been more than six min
utes' walk from the spot where the
explosion occurred. 1t is difficult for
US to say more about these phases
of the case until later.
1--WE expect the shoes removed from
the feet Of the dead horse to help US
in finding the owner of the wagon.
We also believe that We will be able to
obtain important evidence from livery
stables"
Flynn Holds Conferences
At o'clock yesterday morning Chief
Flynn was standing at the corner of
Wall and Broad streets, making a gem
eral survey of the situation. Through
out the day he was in conferences With
tinanciers, government officials, city
and police officials, inspectors of va
rious governmental departments and
explosive experts. Chief Flynn de-
clarcd that to-day the Bureau of In
vestigation hopes to know definitely
just what kind Of bomb was used.
Expert metaliurgical examination of
bits of iron found in the financial dis
trict was fastened with view to OBJ
tHlning this information.
The fourteenth floor Of the Park
Rev Building was abustlc with activity
all day and throughout last night. The
biggest force Of Federal agents operat-
ing from the Park Row headquarters
since the close of the war is at work.
Chief Flynn declared that the Wal!
Street blast would not be the cause of
general roundup of Reds in New
York City and vicinity. Various gov
eminent officials intimated that pre-
vious round ups had resulted in much
criticism and that because of this
criticism some really notorious and
dangerous radicals had been given
! their freedom.
The Department Of Justice officials
do not attach much Importance to the
part Edward Fischer played in the
bomb mystery. They said they were
convinced that Fischer had no knowl-
edge Of an impending disaster and that
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