Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-05
CHECKING UP TALE
| Of BOMB SUSPECT
|zsIenko Reported to Have Car
ried Dynamite in His
Pockets
INQUIRY WILL TAKE WEEK
N, the Associated Press

p,,,shurpb. Oct. 5.-- Examina-
49,, ~ Florian Zelenko, who was ar
.s.,ed .s here Sunday night with guam
,i,v NV Of explosives in his suitcase, was
.on,inued m today by federal agents.
covernment officers questioned the
,r.pect for eight hours yesterday in an
.sor, TO connect him with the. wall
s,,eet explosion. but the nature OF some
~ ,be information obtained Will not pe
modespublic, they said, until the story
s Dsn be checked up. They Indicated tnat,
clp ,,.h now 'leads" received from other
G,i U;ties today. 1t would require about
,,sl, ,,sek 70 verify Zelenko's story.
Tn their examination OF the prisoner
,oday the agents said they would ques-
zion him relative to the chafge OF the
colunbus, o., police that ne is wanted
,here In connection with the Inert OF
aftv FIVE pounds Of dynamite Septem-
hsr 21 last, and would endeavor to con-
Arm the story of the New York woman,
Who Is said to have told authorities
,bere that Zelenko had frequently car
ried quantities of dynamite IN his pock'
| cts. -, A.. Ca,
,ember 20 they received. word from
C,eveIand that Zelerko was on his way
10 Columbus from that city, and should
spy explosives be missed to look Tor
| him. n, A.. .,.
oomnany building bridge in Columbus
rsnorted the disappearance Of the dyna-
,rIts & together with several foreigners
who had been employed on the work.
New York, Oct. 5.--Agents Of the
| Department'of Justice who combed the
East New York and Brownsville Sec
tions of Brooklyn yesterday for evidence
which might connect Florian Zelenko,
tbe suspect arrested in Pittsburgh Sun
dsy. with the explosion of the bomb
In the financial district almost three
weeks ago, yesterday found a woman
| who declared that Zelenko frequently
carried small quantities Of dynamite in
bic pockets.
The agents refused to reveal the iden
tity of the woman, but 1t was under
stood they came across her while they
we're questioning tenants Of the house
| al 40 Cleveland street. Brooklyn, where
| Zelenko lived up to the time he left this
city several weeks ago. The woman
Il was said, admitted she went tc
theatres frequently with Zelenko. al
though she was married, and that theiI
I friendship was the cause of relative.
of the man stunning him.
She was reported to have said that or
several occasions Zelenko drew a small
quantity of dynamite from his coat
pocket and laughingly told her he coult
'blow up the neighborhood with it Il
he wanted to do So.
~ only laughed at him each time,
the woman, who is native Of Poland
is said to have told the agents. 81
thought he was trying to prove himsel
a brave fellow by carrying dynamite
and told him so. I never heard hin
say he was connected with any organi
zation of radicals, however, and ] wa
much surprised when ] heard of his ar
rest in Pittsburgh. ...
1--WE were so friendly that I believ,
| IL he was connected with any band o
radicals he would say something to m
him II he said he was a Red, because
don't think he has courage enough to b.
connected with any bomb plot
William J. Flynn, chief of the inves
tigation division of the Department o
Justice. Yesterday took full charge o
the inquiry into Zelenko's activities II
this city before he left for the coal min
at Whitmans, Logan county. w. Va.
where he is alleged to have obtaine
dynamite found on him when arrested il
Pittsburgh.
Last night, however. Chief Flynn sal
h. did not believe Zelenko knew any
thing about the explosion. but the in
ypstigation into his activities would b
continued.
The police announced that so far a
they had been able to learn Zelenk
had clean record here and was no
active in radical circles They said h
left here for Cleveland September %
after which he had been Tilted by a gin
in Brooklyn.