Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-13
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PAPERS VERSION OF
WALL ST. BLAST

1sev o1rk. Nov Official M es-
Zsa1cn Of the solution Of the Wall
sCEst explosion September ID, put
rorr1 by the New York Evening
world, was begun today by District
attorney Swami with the examina-
non CT man mentioned as prominent
IN the labor war at-.rbured ay thu
paper as having furnished the mo-
t1Nze for the crime
William laramie. president Of
House Wrecisers' Union No. az
which the paper charged had been
subjected 70 tyanuy" at the hands
Of the Building Trades Council. AMI
Albert j. EeIk. mead OF a com aarv
which had the demolition contract
On r1e New Stock Exchange annex.
underwent lengthy examination In
aINsd0al tataurl4e men possibly a
side the union or sgnlFsgstillzsr,s- The
paper oeSstaIsc6- w7@Ce responsible fer
me explosion is Il reprlsal against
NoIk
MUCH Of Eojh statement to The
~--1AA 49, HUI NSA2o 8s4-A ID W
ne said WIS ms awn theory of the
sApiaslon, that il was done 10 hur1
or ft1ghtsn some of my men and I'd
statements alleged 10 make been
made BY Raymond Clark. Z former.
foreman for T0ik- that man report
ea - ham Immediately after the Elk
POISON than il was his horse that
had been killed. Clark. The news
paper asserted. was the v3crlul of an
attempted assassination within a
month after the explosion.
Clark Mr. ToEk tolls the o,asi ,.jf.,
attorney, told me- personally iaaz he
had spoken to Il man On the bridge
ttne structure erected by the dem OIL
non company above the sidewalk al
Wall and Broad s1Teeus.) who had
claimed that il vas ans hor.se that
had been killed
The Legislative committed ft,a-s.ssll-
eating he building trust also
turned bl1e1y 10 the explosion when
Samuel Unts-zuysr. chief counsel.
questioned Zaranho. The union
leader declared his house wracking
crew &c I2oJ nse dynamite but use
The ciswoa- and rope arr that the
s1cas-alsz's no not Genie on the prop
EFT. until has men ger through The
excavz1ol-s- ne Sid. Use dynamite.
NoiK uoic the district attorney thai
MS Theory Is that the explosion was
caased 5y some Individual ''wno
wanted 10 create al Impression OF tfie
inception of the strike winch vas
called by the laramie union He
sa2c he understood there was puhlica-
non Oh a NOTICE 70 strike on w..t,es-
day. the day before the explosion
None Of Za-ani1o's men as such" ne
asserted. was II mis- employ 5uI rnaasr
had 1uinsa Rriadell's ua5un some af
Ihem at aur instance"
Abraham F7ssr1er secretary Of
Noiks CUM PAM. mid the district al
tornsy le saw the supposed driver OF
the death wagon On the bridge soon
AFTER the explosion and IllaI when an
4IIarT Was made u clear the plat
form Clark spoke up for the man
and saaG the stranger was Interested.
The man ne said, appeared more Of a
foreigner than In American of me-
aium size and q rather dabby SORT Of
al Individual"
William r ASHLEY. counsel ID the
Za1saIlko Union also was questioned
and Assistant District Attorney Tai
Icy, IN Il statement concerning Ash
lsy's examination. said the union rep
resenta-Ive declared There is not one
iii Of evidence oJtalaatlle in any
shape. manner or fGr-n % show con-
1eEt1on with the labor aruaaIza- TONS -
! have no facts n any form that
would leaa IN If1s idenEdcalaa If any
persons who have any know ledge with
the Wall street explosion. Ashley
SAID
laramie himself told The district at
tnrney he knew OF nc Information that
would N any way furnish a Lead IN
SINKING Ina rr11-s--ssr-,-