Bisbee daily review., 1920-09-17


 ange, N. J.
 | Joseph Aresberg, Brooklyn. r. Alexander Leith, New York.
 Benjamin SoIoway, Brooklyn.
 merly in the French commissions employment. It was said he had left the service of the French govern ment Sept. 1, 1919.
 The writer of the letter, the police believe, was familiar with all plans of the explosion and would be able to point out the responsible parties.
 REPORTER DESCRIBES SCENE
 NEW YORK, Sept. 1S.-"It was a crash out of blue sky-an unexpect- ed, death-dealing bolt, which in a twinkling turned into shambles the busiest corner of Americas financial center and sent scurrying to places of shelter hundreds of wounded, dumb-stricken white faced men and women-fleeing from an unknown danger"
 la was reporter for the Associat- ed Press who was an eye witness of tcday's explosion in New York's fin ancial district, who thus described the scene.
 Sharp Resounding Crash
 q was just turning into Wall , street from Broadway" he said, , when I first felt, rather than heard , the explosion. A concussion of air , similar to that experienced by pas , senger on the subway when a train \ dashes into one of the under-river tubes was felt. Its force was suffi- cient to all but throw me off my bal :, ance. Instantly following the con cussion came sharp resounding crash which shook to their founda- tions the monster buildings facing either side of Wall street With the roar of the blast came the rattle of , falling glass and from the junction , of Wall, Nassau and Broad streets F block distant-screams of injured , men and women. Dodges Into Doorway
 q lodged into a convenient door way to escape falling glass and to , reach a telephone and call the office f Looking down Wall Street later could see arising from the vicinity :. of the sub-treasury building and the ', J. P Morgan and Company bank a , mushroom shaped cloud of yellowish . green smoke which mounted to a height of more than 100 feet. the ., smoke being licked by darting :, tongues of flame.
 . '1 reached the scene few nom z. ents after the explosion took place Il The smoke had partially cleared 1T the street but in the Morgan build ing there was belching forth througf the broken windows clouds of dus and white vapor. In the street ar overturned automobile was blazint furiously and nearby, close to the body of a dead horse, was another fire evidently from a pile of wreck age.
 Was Horror Stricken
 Almost in front of the steps lead
 ing to the Morgan bank was the mu
 tilated body of man. Other bodie
 most of them silent in death la, nearby. As I gazed horror strickel
 at the sight, one of these forms, hal
 naked, and smeared with burns, star
 ed to rise. It struggled then topple ., and fell Iifeless into the gutter. 70 "On the opposite side of the stree
 were other forms. One of them wa o that of young woman, her clothln :, torn and burned away. It was mo' G ing-not in an effort to rise, but l ~ the agony of death. I started towar - ,her-but as I did she became stli
 Glancing down, I saw that the paw
 ment was discolored with blood. plain sight within radius of thirt '' to fifty feet, were nine lifeless form ~ Horse Torn to Pieces u '"The body of dead horse in th 'I middle of the street showed plai au evidence of having been in very clos iu proximity to the scene of the bias It was literally torn tu pieces. '' "The windows of the Morgan bui ho ing were blown out and through u '' openings could be seen the smok ;o pldchSHeu lHlSTtOi .ol "li9' "ut !" " moments previous had been. one US fdhe handsomest banking rooms ei the city. Opposite, the entrance '' Sthe newly completed white eXteri' -el of the sub-treasury annex was bs
 tered and torn as if having been su
 iected to a bombardment Of macbn ell guns. The doorway with its massi' ed steel grillwork was shattered al III the stone surrounding the door crac ol' ed and battered away.