New-York tribune., 1920-09-21
Fischer Will
Be Sent to
Sanat()r'iiQl11l
Bomb"W arning Author
Agrees to Commitment,
Providing Police and
Not Family Make Move

After examinations by the police and
the District Attorney had failed to
shake his assertion that his premoni-
tion of the Wall Street disaster had
"come to him from the air." Edwin P
Fischer, who sent numerous warnings
OF the catastrophe several days before
It's occurrence, was temporarily con-
fined last night in the psychopathic
ward of Bellevue Hospital. 1t was in.
dicated that he would be committed tc
an institution as soon as ARRANGEMENTS
are completed.
Immediately upon his arrival yester.
day morning from Hamilton, Ont.
where he had been detained at the in.
stance Of his brother-in-la Robert A
Pope, of Forest Hills, L. l., Fischer was
taken to police headquarters. Here he
was greeted affectionately by his
brother-in-law, who had met him ir
Canada last Friday night.
An examination conducted in the Of
fee of Chief Inspector William J
Lahey, the inspector afterward said
failed to shed any light on Fischer's
surprising premonition of the bomf
horror
Predicts More Dire Things
After being briefly questioned BY
the chief inspector Fischer was inter
rogated by acting Inspector Jobr
Coughlin. All questions concerning hi:
premonition or knowledge Of the dis
aster drew the response that it was
inspired.
And" the prisoner admoniehed
more will happen in the near future
l have y premonition of further dire
things"
When taken to the District Attor-
ney's Office in the afternoon Fischer
was examined at length by Assistant
District Attorney Alfred j. Talley. At
the conclusion of the interrogation Mr..
Talley made arrangements by which
ne was sent to Bellevue for the night.
district Attorney Swami took the pris-
oner and his escorts. Detective Ser
geants Mccoy and O'Hara, to the in
stitution in his own car.
Family to Select Sanatorium
1t was said Fischer has agreed to be
committed to an institution perma-
1nently, or pending an improvement in
his mental capacities, providing the
proceedings be initiated by the police,
but that he would resent any action
begun by his family. The family has
consented to this arrangement, Mr..
Pope said last night, with the proviso
that his relatives be permitted to des-
lgnate the sanatorium. To this the po-
lice have agreed, he said.
All the officials concerned with the
examinations of Fischer yesterday
characterized him as mentally un-
balanced" and expressed the gravest
doubt that he had any actual prior
At the same time they acknowledge
his specific fixing of date and place
to be beyond their comprehension and
admitted he is not factor to be dis
earded in the investigation.
The onetime tennis champions latest
prophecy, hazarded yesterday in MFR.
Talley's Office, is that England and
France will be at war within three
months. His bases. Mr.. Talley said,
were too involved for him to attempt
to repeat.
How He Fixed Time
After the hearing in his Office Mr..
Talley said Fischer had insisted his
premonition of the disaster was the re-
suit of an inspiration, but had offered
an explanation not heretofore presented
as to the manner in which he fixed
the time Of the catastrophe in advance.
"After l felt the pain in my head
and had the premonition Of an impend-
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