Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-18
stations which may have been
Dunn SAYS Mnr Not Il. \. II.

stations which may have been
robbed.
Dunn Says Wa. Not L. y. Il.
In controversy with the theory Of
local officials is the statement OF
Colonel l.. ". Dunn. head Of the
United states Explosives Commission.
who today studied, among Other
fragments, three steel slugs, cylin-
drical in shape. ahoU; four inches
long. found embedded III the ceiling
Of the Morgan building. Colonel
Dunn sass:
Il believe II was some Kind OF
mixture l do not know what i, was.
but am convinced ii was neither pic.
ric acid nor 7. y. T."
1t was pointed out that bits of
metal found all abou, the district
were no; newly broken; also that
pieces o: mechanism discovered today
closely resemblcd clock mechanism
often used in combs set 10 explode ut
certain time
Mr. Lamb. in common with Mr..
Flynn an! other officials. expressed
Very li;;le confidence IN co.nmun!-
cations from persons. supposedly in
sane. who are said to have undue
information concerning the disaster
one o. them explained:
We have sash-wc. ghts. slugs
metal piping. pieces OF q truck and
horse. Those are car clues-ou-
only ones. It is b. those va shall
have TO hunt down the gu.!iy person
or persons"
Six More Are Dead.
SIX more deaths since midnight
brought the total tonight 10 thirty
i've The number OF injured, includ-
ing those treated al the scene, In
hospitals and =, their homes, Was
approximately 300. Nearly 100 o:
these are stsll being treated IN hos
pitfalls, The property damage is va
riously estimated al from 100000
to s2,50O.o0o.
Eight separate Investigations OF
the explosion were under way TO-
night. They were being made blythe
Department OF Justice. under the
supervision Of Attorney Pal
mer and William J. Flynn, chief II
The Bureau OF Investigation; the New
YORK police department: the fire de-
partmcEt, the building department;
IN" September grand jury: the med
icai examiners office. and two pri-
waite inquiries by insurance companies
and J. +. Morgan & co.
One of the best descriptions OF tho
mysterious vehicle figuring in the
case. vas furnished by Lawrence
Scrbin. vino with his partner. was
engaged in selling chocolates to the
monday crowd from a wagon a: the
corner OF Nassau and Wall Stress.
less Than 500 feet from The scene Of
the explosion.
He declared the cart came from,
New Street and was driven by a man
who spoke with a strong Scottish ac-
cent
JUST before - O'clock THURSDAY.
9erh!n said he and his partner we're
CONG business on Broad street. where
the new STOCK Exchange addition il
"e'ns built when they were ordered
away by u man In civilian clothes
"hoin they took 10 be an oihcer H,.
added that they turned their horse
around. passed The Morgan bank ana
Went to the corner OF wall and Ms
sau streets, where they resumed bus-
mess.
spoke with Scotch Accent.
Ny wagon Was on the rIgh, side
OF Wall street, looking down r,ro,,
ne added, and across The stree, fro,r
ihe Was an automobile ". bc,.,
90 good business with mo noon
crowds Then some one SAM, an.
me- in Scotch accent. ,pyu yo,,.
/ ho'es up. buddy looked Mn 49,,
ana his wagon
lie must have come from Nav,
! street because / was uafrlf,, 49,,
! COP on Broadway all the linn. ~,
partner was doing IN, ga.I.r ,,
| he came d"wn WILL stree, .,,,i,...
maze missed him. When ut,rt.I ,.,
% me way ne went strn.sb. -,
va" street, and about minute Ia,.-
! wa" knocked down ana diar.t r.-
mem Der anything untl ! came Ia ia
/ 'At BROAD street Hospital
l ne wagon was & bum work yyay,,,
WIN CARA dirty red paint. sometime
ne arr wagon and about ,.Ic.
'"e SIZE OF those used by street clean
'fs' II was. IA rusty red color ana
Was drawn by an Ola brown horse
The drive! was a DARK co,nn,cy-
Io"ca' unshaven, why man. probabIy
80 or 80 years old, and dresAcJ Ga
working clothes and a dark can n.
seemed 10 be about ave feet ais
'"ehes tail He had dark hair"
stenoErnphcr Tells story.
Miss tebccca Epps;ein. a stcoo-
fF"pher In Broadway brokerae.
'fn told The authorities She say
reddish wagon" Of the "opcn tr,r.,
type being driven east on wan sir...
few minutes before the cxp!os.o,
occurred She said the wagon con
tanned either boxes or-parrels, GOV