Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-09-21
.fRuTlESS SEARCH
FIJI. IN BOMB PLOT
Not One Tangible Clue to
Perpetrator of Deed
Found
ELIMINATE FISCHER
One Man Says He Saw Wagon III
Slreet-.tnOthcr Denies IT, All
Three Ran Away.

! New Ncrk. Sept. 2l.-Apparrnt.y
every cue in the Wall street cxpio-
I sion has developed nothing. In spite
of the fact that within a very short
/ time after the tragedy local detec-
.ives and Department Of Justice
arcntS. Detective William }. Barns
and William j. Flynn, the head OF
the Sccrct Service. were on the scene
nothing tangible. so far IS E@2wH'
mas been developed.
An explosion that killed b persons.
Injured 200 and id $5.ooocnn worth
Of damage in the very hear: OF the
financia! district at noon on busy
mid-weck day. occurred, and - far
ina. is apparently about al the com
h:neI detective forces cf the r::% ana
nation :;now about il.
Statements by two men. one Q;
whom claims 70 have seen The "draih
wagon" which cartcd the explosive
standing near the Assay O!!ic" AT
lO.an a. NJ. Thursday, one and one-
hagf hours before the explosion occur
red. ard the other who claims to have
seem three men rurnin" away from
the scene Just before the blast. fur
n ;shci The moSs important develop
nents today.
Other interesting Developments in
GUIDED:
Announcement b. tn" District AZ
torncv's Office that Edwin T. Fischer,
lawyer and former emp'oyc Of the
French High Commission, who sent
post card warnings Of the disaster
from Tnronto, had virtually eliminat-
cd himself from any direct knowledge
or completely in the case after eight
hcurs' questioning.
, Receipt Of warning by William
Edwards. Collector Of Internal Rcvr-
nue., that an attempt would hc made
10 destroy the Customs House al p.
NJ. tomorrow. This IS regard by he
pc'!icc az a hoax.
Identification cf Tie hitherto NJ
identified body, previously believed as
probably that Of the driver Of III" eE-
plcs;vc laden wagon as that Of Elmer
W. Kchrer. an unemployed chauffeur,
ard lack Of any evidence connecting
lin with the crime.
Release Of Alexander BrailoVs&y'
Russian journalist, who was arrested
on 3 technical charge of being an un-
desirable alien after ne admitted hay
| inr been seen in the vicinity Of Broad
and Wall streets shortly after the eN-
f, pos;on .ack place.
/ Information that three suspicious
looking men were seen running from
the scene was furnished by Samuel
IN. Wellington. president Of In" West
rndicS Trading Company. He declare"
no lcf, = LAWYERS Office in Wall street
few minutes before noon Thursday
AMI as he did he heard voices calling:
Hurry. Beat il. Gc: out Of this!
Re looked across tn" street and
saw two mid;llc-agcd> men. who look
ed to him ike East Side peddIcrs.
hcckon:rr and calling to third man
who was about 80 years cid ana wh"
was then pccring into tie ramshackle
wagon at the curb.
In response to III" calls OF the
Others the third man, Mr.. Wellington
said started to run after them toward
William street. When he reached the
ccrncr Of Nassau street he was knock
II unconscious By the explosion.
At the conclusion Of Fischcr's cx-
an.:"~ticn tonight h. was Sart 70
The psychopath;c ward Of the Belle
,rc Hospital for observation. / i'd
Judged insane. measures will be taken
10 have him committed 10 an insane
asylum. il was announced ~ me Us
| :r;ct Attorneys office.
Detective Sergeant James Gcgan.
who accompanied Federal agcHts to
Plum Island declared he had found
tcday a case Of smokelcss powder
weighing 80 pounds in Tic hulk OF an
/ old boat at Plum Island This was
turned over to The authorities at Fort
Lafayette.
/ William Peterson. % years old Of
Bogata. y. J.. dol at the Broad
Street Hospital last night from IL
jiuries received in the Wall street ex-
rlcsior. lie was the thir.yfifth vic
tim