The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-09-23
ON THE HORSE THAT
DREW BOMB WAGON
MAY SOLVE MYSTERY
tCOnunusd)

wanted to see what happened to his
horse and the police would not permit
him on the street. Stephen Meager
and William Tirgath, electricians
employed by the contractors. also en-
countered the man He was described
~ being Of medium height. stockily
butt and apparently a German or a
Pole. When sought later in the after
noon after reports got around that the
wrecked wagon had something TO do
with the explosion no could not be
found
Carl Ditmsrs OF the Ditinars powder
concern with oflces at No. fo9 West
isoth Street, several drivers Of powder
wagons for the DitmaB and du Pont
powder companies and other persons
collected by the police whose stories
have been made pubic. were also be-
fore the Grand Jury.
Despite the expressed belief OF
Chief William J. Flynn OF the De-
partment OF Justice investigators that
the explosion was the work OF terror
lists, there are persistent advocates
among the city detectives OF con-
tention that no deliberate plot has
been proved. however much II may
be implied by the time and place OF
the explosion. the discovery Of "An-
archlst Fighters" hand printed cir
culars IN a neighboring letter box,
the nature OF the broken sashweight
missiles hurled by the blast and the
evidence that lnnammable liquids
were also scattered by it-not to
mention the numerous conflicting
stories about suspicious looking per-
sons seen running from the wagon
just before the explosion.
Chief Flynn said to-day: talk OF
the disaster being accidental 10 plain
bunk We are not being diverted or
deferred by talk OF powder wagons
In the nelghborhOod or anything OF
that sort. We are positive II was a
criminal outrage and are going ahead
on that theory.
GOVERNMENT NEVER QUITS,
SAYS CHIEF FLYNN.
'arhe Government never sleeps and
II never quits. Our Job Is TO get those
men whether It take a day or a life
time. l am willing to say the develop
ment 80 far are distinctly encourag,
ing"
Against Flynn's confidence detec-
tives OF the New York bureau who are
not aB positive, set forthi
/. There are always junk wagons
drifting through Wall Street and the
rest OF the financial district in mum.
bers far larger than one not under the
duty OF observing traffic realizes. Tho
number has multiplied with the
doubling and trebling OF the prices
paid for wnste paper and second hand
office furniture. They often stand
Tor half an hour al a time in front oI
a building while the driver enters &c
hunt for purchases.
2. There are many chemical labor.
atories and factories In the old
swamp" district south Of the New
York abutmonts OF the Brooklyn
Bridge, Immediately adjacent to 10,
financial district During the wal
those we're constantly used by expert.
menters In the manufacture OF high
explosives. with and without proper
legal authority. There were frequent
fires following violent explosions In
such places The late owen Eagon
Inspector OF the Bureau OF Combus'
tibles, reported frequent discoveries
| In vacated lofts OF tremendously
dangerous quantities Of abandoned
high explosives. Chief Konlon made
public protests OF the peril to which
the lower part Of the oity was eH
posed.
3. In the refuse swept up after III
explosion was piece OF four inch irol
pipe. twenty inches long, rusted
which had obviously been driver
through the horses tail into the flesh
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