The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-20
Fact Seems to Explode Theory
That Youth Was Driver
of Death Wagon.
". Y. BLAST YET UNsoLvED
After -Four Days and Nights
of Relentless Search by
Every Agency of Law

New York, Sept. zo.--1 he body Of
one OF the victims Of the Wall street
iexpioslon which had remained un-
identihed was recognized At the
morgue today by Mrs. Olive kehrer,
OF Brooklyn, as her son, Elmer WAL
lace kehser, n years old chauffeur.
kehrer had been out OF work and
looking for employment Mrs. kehrer
sad, aiding that the youth had made
MS nome with her az 422 South
Forty-fourth street.
Considerable Importance had been
attached to the fact that kehrer
had remained Unidentified so long,
oificiai opinion differing over the
theory that this lack OF Identified
tlon might signify fear to recognize
character. ta
Some offlcIals had believed that
the only remaining unidentified VIC
time at the nnorgue--a youth OF
about 20 -mlsht have been the
driver Of the death wagon. Others
declared, however, this to be I'm
possible for. they argued, ~ he had
been the driver his body would have
been bioWE TO bits.
The Wall street bomb blast was
stiii mystery today after four
days and nights Of relentless search
by every agency Of the police and
the law. The authorities claimed 10
have new clues which they were
developing, but II was admitted that
no arrest seemed Imminent.
The New York county grand Jury
began taking testimony In what
promises TO become the most drastic
investigation ever conducted In this
city. Edward Fischer, who sem
warnings TO at least two persons,
and who was later arrested In
Canada as an insane man, was sum-
moncd to testify before the grand
y jury despite the fact that he Is ad-
: rnittedly deficient mentally and ir-
responsible.
Fischer arrived here this morning
n In custody Of two New York detec-
ON TRAIL NEW CLUE.
~ investigators from the New York
fire department were reported to
have found a magazine Somewhere
In the New York district" from
which large amount Of high ex-
pioslves had been mysteriously re-
moved shortly before the Wall
street blast.
Here is description as 1t was giver
who 1t was thought may or may moi
have perished with the secret of the
recent outrage in his possession
Height. 5 feet inches.
Weight. 145 pounds.
Hair. light brown, long and combed
straight back.
General appearance smooth shaven
sblue-eyed, small chin. good teeth and
muscular He was about 20 years o.
age.
II was believed that the dead man
had been employed as a messenger by
a ha pE pY Wall Straaf aro un nf 0ra
but this theory was discarded upon
closer scrutiny Of the body. The hands
were found to be calloused and the
nails black with oil and grease.
Most OF the detectives and secret
service agents investigating the crime
believe that the driver of the wagor
the. Internal machine
escaped few minutes before the bomb
exploded If, as Is now believed, II
was the driver who dropped anarchist
literature in mail box on Broadway
and Cedar street at noon on Thursday
he had evidently walked from Broad
and Wall streets to Broadway and then
turned north on Broadway. Cedar
street does not extend east of Broad
Eway.
Trail Horses shoes.
After tracing two OF the shoes on
the horse that drew the, bomb wagon
to the shop where the horse had been
shod. the Investigators ran up against
b new obstacle. The farrier could not
remember anything about the man who
had the work done. The two forefeet
Of the horse had been shod at the shop
OF Finnegan & Kyle. in Chambers
street. several weeks before the explo-
sion. An employe. John. Haggerty,
Recognized the shoes by n priyate mark.
We explained that he always placed
this mark upon his work to identify 1t
afterward If Identification should be
N arRy frRss a.
II handle probably half dozen di!-
ferent horses every day and can't
remember anything In particular about
this one" said Haggerty. II cannot
even remember whether the man had
the appearance or accent of for
vta
'.,g. ... FIynn,s Theory.
William J. Flynn. chief OF the urhted
States secret service. holds the theory
hat the horse and wagon, with the
bomb. came to New York from New
Jersey over one OF the ferry boats that
and at downtown pier. From the
it is evident that the fed
'ral sleuths are coming to the opinion
hat the explosion was the work Of
Aither a single individual or small
group Of men. While the theory Of
great bomb plot has not been dis
'arded entirely, the detectives are
long other lines. Chief Flvnn denies
hat any great roundup, of reds" and
,narchists Is contemplated.
After long talk with Robert A:
'ope. brother in-law Of Fischer, Chief
lynn said he did not hone for much
Information from Fischer himseIi.
nd It was coincidence that he hap
'ened to guess. the correct time OF the
'Xplosion" said Flynn. but we cam
'ot afford TO neglect any angle OF the
asc. We may gain an important clue
rom the most trivial thing. Anyhow;
{ Fischer really did possess any infor-
nation upon which he could have
ounded HIS warnings,
Detention Of Braiiovsky,
Tho federal authorities refused TO
c"ept any responsibility for the deten-
ditofial stan OF an obscure Russian
ewspaper. who was said 10 he acting
near the scene OF the ex-
'losion at the time II took place, Brai-
lisky was taken to police fe9dquar-
crs and upon examination was held ior
rraignment today In the Iomns cour.
m the charge OF being suspicious
'crson."
Carlo Tresca, radical and formerly
Identified with I. w W.'actiNities, VINO
vas reported to be the object Of a no
Ice search. was found today ~ the
'cople mousse at ANo H"9e
trcct
~ am not hiding and n the nolice
rant me they can easily find me" said
'rc~ca
Win many churches under guard
~ armed men, = number Of PROM
inent eyeroynen preached sermons
on the bomb explosion.
,P7EAL AGAINST LAWLEssNEsS
They united In an appeal for the
suppression OF Iswlessness and for
vigorous measures which would
compel more respect for law and
order. Rev Dr. william 7. Man
ninq, pastor Of Trinity church
which 10 within almost stones
throw OF the explosion, bitterly
scored "parior bolshevlsts' ard "ln.
Attv Gen Palmer was expected TO
cturn here during the day and re-
ume personal charge OF the investign-
ion by the department Of justice. Eit