Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-18
FEAR ATTEMPTS At
FURTHER OUTRAGtS
Special Guards About Government
Buildings in New York and
Other Cities.
BY As~,>iasad presr - Eve~v Yv..s,~

BY AEar>iafad Presr - Everv Kyrnf,~
New York, Sept ~ Convinced thaf
The explosion which gnufed 01t the lives
Of IS persons and injured nearly 80
others IN Wall street Thurrfiav 1oor u1r
deliberately planned ~ rafeair 0firirls
of the Department n Justice. hrsdrf t
Attorney-f fieneral Palmer hirnscN. todrf
spread a dragnet over tho country in el
forts N trap ~ origina'ors
Rewards aggrega'ing 80. go have boon
offered by the New York Cifv tdminfa
tratiOn and an accident insurance cufn-
pauy, for the apprehension and eqnv.e
ton 81 those responsible ior ne tfagpflf
Department of Justice ofirisis uHrr
convinced that the disaR'er ras nos thn
result 81 one persons inspiration 0r rr-
centricity, but that u Was the plof 81
radicals bent on defancp ~ law snd urTan-
ized government William Flvnn head
Of the bureau ~ Investigation ~ the De-
partment of Justice. baHed his opinion nn
the finding q radical litersture in post
Office boxes near the scene of fhe ffaeefV
soon after u occurred This literature and
that found in connecfion with The terror
ist plots IN June, 1919. we're characterized
BY similar expressions and similarly miE-
spelled words, he said
One difference between the tro how
ever was that the literature found trf
year was signed The Anarchistic Fight
ers" while that found yesterday uas syn
ed American Anarchist Fighfers
Very little can he done o. trasr fhp
authors Of this literature OF % aacrrf ln
Whether a general radical movement va
contemplated, until definite psrsors r1n
be found who we're Responsible for Thur
aav disaster Chief Flynn.said.
Al~f~..
was attached % finding the driver of tha
rusty red wagon. the fragments Of which
were found nearest the crater ul the ter-
rife detonatlon.
Colonel William Mead. chief clerk ~
]. p. Morgan 4 Co. declared the f1rrrrr
who shod the horse that drew the death
wagon had been found and that be Eas
reasonably sure Of the owner deutl.v
Department of Justice officials earlv
today had neither co hrned Tor denied
this report but Attor- cyl seueral Palmer
said an attempt WAS beIng made % trace
the animals owner.
There we're stiIl about 80 injured heing
cared for IN hospitals TODAY. many III
whom were SAID 70 be still in = serious CON
dItion. Scores Of those who VIII recover
vii be manned for lie. Il was sad.
Federal officials attached relatively
little importar &C 20 the detention af
Edwin p Fischer az Hamilton. Ont. who
yesterday admitted % Canadian author
tres havlrg sent warrirgs Of the disaster
to several Trends here. However. tf-
tor ey-(iereral Palmer sad he would
direct that F scher BE thoroughly ex-
am'red ~ the hope. that. despite thn le-
lei that Fischer Wa me tally deranged. o.
might present valuable leads
Special guards stil were sept TODAY
around al COVER meat buldi . here. fhe
Morgan ba < and the homes ~ numernus
men prominent N The 6 la cial world ~
tOrney-(je eral Palmer said the slmr pre-
caution was IN vogue Throughout lhe
cou try.
In the police quest ior der ti6cataun aI
the death wagon apparently more
progress was being maize from examine
ton OF the horse than the wagon The
horse had been newly shod heh.id bat hal
old shoes on bis forcfeet The neW shoos
bore the stamp of the Iiorseshoers Inter-
national Union. which r reported O. have
only one local IN this city. The 500 ucla-
bers are being examined
Early today Captain John Coughlin. .n
charge Of the Bureau Of Detectives. said
he had been unable yet tl est lbilsh The
ldei tity o. the wagon or .ts owner
NJ AAtAAAAIlatAa NNA- AA sAe @aalIA NNNa| NtH'H
dence Was placed In reports that COM
spirators had planned not only to bomb.
but 70 burn Wall street THIS report
gained circulation after certain n.ccus af
metal had been found This metal at lrst
was believed 60 have been fragments 81
kerosene or gasoline cans placed near tlr
scene Of the explosion IN an attempt Go
arson
No comment could be obtained "a police
headquarters this morning on the ,tits-
ment by Colonel Mead of che Morgan
Office that the farricr who shod the horse
attached 70 the death wagon had heca
found and the identity oi the oWrcr
reasonably well established
Police officials also declined to make
known their plans concerning FISCHER a
IS believed, howeveE that he probably IA
be extradited and brought here