The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-17
SAY man
SENT OUT
TRAGEDY.
WARNING
Edward P. Fischer Is Placed
Under Arrest by Police
in Hamilton, Ont

HAMILTON. Ontario. Gept- H.
Mental telepathy was offered - ~
explanation Of Edward p. r1scaeg'o
warning Of the Wall II explos6oa -
New York by Robert A. H1Da
Fischer's brotherin-law. Who onuDu1
his arrest here today. Pope 6aclaso0
Fischer was not in New Yosk -
terday when the explos3oa occasyos
Pope had Fischer aresta1 - =
charge Of insanity after thafr assounE
here this morning fru0 1UG01
Falls. N. Y. Fischer was aSsoGeo1 -
the offices Of attorneys In - 0nm8
Of Hamilton building. M
Pope. In . statement - a. -
thorities. sald Ffscher's n1snfn1 ooGe
dition was not normal and for thrQo
weeks during which Fischer oeat -
warnings OF the Wan ~ disageae ~
mind was In . peculiAriy. soceUeVo
condition.
F1GCHER WOR1uyO ,:s :,
An0C1 FRIENDS
with his mind thus os0GDe1un1 -
said he was especially rsu1p91vo -
mental sugxestiou from othesA HI
mentality interosptsd tha Qho1r14
waves Of thoss oG0t1y oG0m110
with the expDsaion. according -
Pope's theory. with his mind dID61
with these intercepted thouG1ou
Fischer worried about fF1eude WAo
might be harmed and warned ueg
Pope believed.
Pope ssid Fischer predicted ~
disaster 10 him three weeks 49,
and atAhat time wrote friends IA -
financial distrtct Of New York waG1D
ing them OF what was to take DlaGav
The Hamilton lunacy commigu16&
Drs. McGillivray ana RosenberU1a
visited the prisoner in . detenttoR
room and examined him.
The officers who took Fischer h
custody said his conversation woo
peculiar.
SAYS HE WAS
DEMPSEY PARTNER
Fischer. they said. declared 10
once was q sparing partner to-
Jack Dempsey.
Pope supplied the police with. II
story OF Fischer's activities durin9
the last three weeks. He had booA
subject to spells Of mental depFos
sion. Pope said. and his relatives
feared he was on the verge of 3
nervous breakdown They sought q
persuade him to 80 TO the NORTH
woods for q rest but he refused
Pope asserted Fischer did not cosno
IN contact with anarchists. and ~
did not believe II possible he mat any
persons who would have had knowh
edge OF the bomb plot He then ~
vancedp the theory Of mental t41os
pathy.
Fischer and Pope arrived In Hans
ilton from Niagara Falls this usnrns
ing. They breakfasted at the Cpns
naught hotel.
Fischer may Be depcrted to tho
United States on the grounds oe
having made . false statement On
his immigration slip when he ens
tered Canada. provided there h any
substantiation Of the charge Of III
being Of unsound mind
NEW YORK. Sept, l7.-InvesdgAs
ton Of the explosion In Wall 1t -
terday which cost 80 lives and In
jured 200 today centercd on Edward
p. Fischer. former employe Of tho
French high commission In New
York.
Attention was directed TO Fischer
because Of warnings he gave hio
friends to keep out Of Wall Il %
September Is.
CARETAKER GETS
FISHER WARNING
Thomas Delahunty. caretaker Of Q
New York tennis club. declared today
Fischer warned him two weeks ago
Wall st. would be blown up ION the
18TH" Delahunty said Fischer had
previously made revolutionary utter
ances. He said Fischer was star
tennis player.
Maurice Casenave, the French high
commissioner. said the commission
had been warned. in a letter from 3
former employee, that there would -
danger in Wall St about the 18th.
George +. Kctchledge. a broker and
an old friend OF Fischer. said he re.
ceived a postal card from Fischer
two days ago, mailed at Toronto.
Canada. which warned him to "ges
out of Wall st. as soon as the gone
strikes at o'clock Wednesday,"
Inspector Lahey said he had been
informed Fischer had had mental
trouble and had been under Observes
ton in Toronto.
VIOLENT TALK M
DRAWS ATTENTION !.
A man who registered as q. n
Fischer at Queens hotel in Toronto
left there suddenly September IL. ~
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