Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-18
EXPLOSION |SWORK
OF FIGHTING REDS,
OFFICIALS BELIEVE
American Anarchists"
Demand Release Of
Political Prisoners.
RECALLS NATIONWIDE
PLOT OF JUNE 2, 1919
New York City Offers Reward
for Evidence Against
Perpetrators.
PAY LITTLE HEED TO FISCHER
Apparently Small Crcdcnce is
T..
RECALLS NATIONWIDE
PLOT OF JUNE 2, 1919
PAY LITTLE HEED TO FISCHER
Apparently Small Crcdcnce is
Placed in Theory He Has Direct
knowledge Of Crime.
lBy Associated Press. ]


/ NEW YORK, Sept. I7.-Eecsio, by
Department of Justice agents tonieht
OF five radical circulars, siennd
American Anarchist Fighters" which
were found in a mail box at Cedar
Street and Broadway at ll:5S A N
Thursday furnished the frs. ,anr,l,Is
c!ue' they said, TO the identity of-tho
persons who were responsiblo,.fo for
the explosion in Wall Street. which
three minutes later killed tbirtv-sr.
persons, injured zoo Others and cauecd
property damage running into the
millions.
In making public the circulars.
which were printed on cheap psner
seven oy eleven inches, Chief William
.. fiShn' or the Bureau of Investisa-
tioh OF the Department of Justice.
ca'ted attention to the fact the bomb
sent In the nationwide bomb nlot
'uhe . 1919, were wrapped in cir
euiars announcing the coming of the
re'oiution, and signed "Anarchistic
Fighters" ',>''> -
penand Prisoners he Freed.
Ihc circulars, to which he said ne
attachcd the utmost Importance, read
hemcmber. We Will not tolerals
tyranny any longer. Free the poli.
.icai prisoners, or it will be sur,
death for all OF YOU
In my opinion" Chief Flynn 6c.
ciared. this is not an attack on r II
Morgan d Co. believe that those re-.
spohsible picked out the financia,
center in order to create a demon
stration."
me striking coincidence OF pus,.
cara warnings giving notice Of IN.
aistrlct which were sent TO men in
the financial district by Edward
r'soher' formerly an employe OF tho
french high commission. rcce,vea
inc attention or police and Federal
authorities today, although apparent.
!! ittio crcdence is placed In IN.
'neory that he has any direct, know.
cage OF the explosion. Chief E,v,n
oi the Department of Justice ST.
pressed the belief he was sinniy
paranoiac. who happened "to h;t 4,
OF right" 50 -
examination OF shrapnel found en-
beaded In the bodies of somc Of ~.
dead and of fragments removal i,
surgical operations on the in iur.a
mas added weight to the BELIEF ,a,t
the explosion came from an internal
machine. and was not accidental
VIII Make Report Monday.
IN othciai conclusion to this cfrs,t
VIII be Hied Monday by DR.. otto
scnuitz. assistant medical examiner
attached 10 the district attorneys ~.
nee, he said tonight.
III 9chuitz examined the bodic, of
several dead and operated upon som.
OF the injured. Death in many cage.
nc said. was due to pcrfor,,;nr
wounds from pieces OF metal "diroc,,v
associated with explosive material"
RE insisted they were not parts Of an
automobile or wagon.
!" MS operations. he said he OH
served fragments of metal buried IN
'hc flesh of the wounded. MANY NJ
'he siuSs were about the size OF
walnut, nc asserted
City Offers Reward.
Iho city today offered $4,000 for
formation leading to the arrest-and
CONVICTION OF the person or persons
responsible for the explosion and s5oo
ior information leading to the iden.
nhcation OF the owner OF the wagon
III whIch the explosion is known ~
nave occurred. The Preferred Acct
dent Insurance Company also offered
Stc'"oo reward for information. lead
ing l" the arrest and conviction or
the guilty party or parties.
rne brokerage firm or Danials & Go
today sent Mayor Hyian check for
4z'o' requesting him TO use 1T as a
nucleus for fund to he raised for
me relief OF sufferers in the disaster.
me letter points out most OF those
injured were clerks and stenorrapb-
ers in moderate circumstances.