New-York tribune., 1920-09-20
Flynn Evinces Interest i'm
Discovery of Source of
Materials and Driver Us
Hunted i'm New Jersey
Way Seems Open
To Solve Crime
Blacksmith Strengthens
Theory That the Plotters
Used a Peddler's Cart

The authorities are believed to
have found a clew that may lead
tc the solution Of the Wall Street
explosion.
The evidence has been unearthed
by Fire Department operatives, who
in checking up the shipments and
storing of explosives within the city
and it's environs are reported to
have discovered certain facts of
vital Importance. Nothing tangi-
Bile could be learned fIom those in
charge of this phase Of the inquiry,
but it is thought that certain guam
titles Of explosives were either
found to be missing or to have
passed through the Southern Sec
tion of the city at the time Of the
blast.
In view of repeated assertions by
powder company officials that no
shipments of explosives passed
through the heart of the financial
district Thursday, and that none
was expected by contracting firms
erecting structures in the Wall
Street district, it is assumed that
the department investigators have
not been able to account for a guam
tity of explosives. It is inferred
by those in touch with the situation
that the missing explosives may
have been used in the huge bomb
that killed thirty-three persons and
injured about 400 others. :.
Clews Lead to Jersey
There was considerable excitement
at the Department Of Justice head
quarters over the disclosures said to
have been made yesterday morning.
No details of the nature Of these dis
coveries could be obtained, but 1t is
believed that they dovetaiI with revela-
tlons made by the Five Department.
Hardly less important was the sd
mission Of William J. Flynn, head of
the Federal forces investigating the =
blast, that detectives have been dis
patched to New Jersey on clews that
may lead to the Identification of the
owner Of the horse and wagon that
bore the death bomb to the scene of
the disaster.
Chief Flynn takes little stock in
the suggestion that the unidentified
young man, whose body is at the
morgue with other victims, may have
been the driver of the death wagon.
He declares that if the man had been
in the wagon at the time he would
lieves that the driver saw to it that
he was at safe distance when the
bomb went off.
The records of the Volunteer Hos
pital show that the body arrived COW
cred only with canvas sheet and
unaccompanied by clothing Of any
kind, making identification difficult
While the police point out the posi-
bility of connection between the
without single fact to aid them in
confirming this suggestion. Chief
Medical Examiner Norris has ordered
the body embalmed, so that it may be
viewed and examined without inter
ruption. Its Identification by at least
six persons has been found erroneous.
Horseshoes identified
The authorities are not without hope
that the fragments Of the wagon and
the shoes Of the mangled horse may
yet lead to the perpetrators of the
crime. Great stress lis placed on the
statements of Peter Finneean, horse
sheer in the shop Of Finnegan G. Kyle,
IS New Chambers Street, Brooklyn,
who says he made the two front shoes
of the dead horse two weeks asc. He
declared he kept a non.unson shop, 0s
which there are very Few In this city,
and that he recognized his work by the
nails, pad. and the distinctive mark
his assistant, John Haggertys put OH
the shoes.
The two hind shoes were almost
new and had the union letters. IN. J.
H. u" on them. While Thomas Healey.
head of the International Horseshoers'
Union, is making q roundup of the
union workers, the man who can recog-
nize the job as his has not come for
ward.
Finnegan says: 81 am positive that
| made the front shoes of that horse.
had a look at the remains of the
horse and | am more convinced than
ever that it was the one I shod. 1t
was in the morning about two weeks
ago. we were YuSneQ tnat day ana so
could not take any particular notice
Of the man who brought the animal to
the shop. think, though. that the
animal was attached to q pedler's
wagon.
"As a matter of fact. any black
smith can recognize his own hand;-
work. think the man who made the
rear shoes, if he is honest, could tell
at once if they were made at his shop.
If they had been made by any black
smith within mile or two of me I
could tell his work. The hind shoes
were either made in Brooklyn or on
the East Side. The man who made
them was used TO heavy work and knew
his business. They were turned slight
ly and had long clips and straight
toes. We turn the toes"
.Haggerty said he remembered fit-
ting on che front shoes, but he couldn't
recall the description Of the man who
brought the horse in. II think" added
q mark on each shee with a hardy.
That is q scratch or line on each shoe.