The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-17
POLICE TRACING
PARTS OF CLOCK
Was Brought Up In One Horse
Dray, According to The
DRY of ProberS.
POLICE PROBE 2 LETTERS
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midst Of the lunch hour. / believe that
the conspirators purposely chose this
Time. knowing that It would be easier
Tor them to escape In the crowded
street. They could not have been far
away when the blast went off. SO far
as we can learn, the wagon had halted
I only few minutes before the expio-
sion. Immediately after tho blast the
air was filled with the fumes OF picrlc
acid"
Discard Robber Theory.
The authorities have discarded the
theory that robber band hoped 10
wreck the Morgan bank and the United
under, cover OF the general panic.
IL Is admitted, however. that such
| Q plot II successfully carried out, would
have yielded q rich harvest There
in the vaults OF the United States assay
Office and $l,000.000 more In the United
states subtreasury. The amount OF
gold bullion and coin In the Morgan
company is not definitely known, but
Is very large.
with dawn today the army Of inves-
tigators on the scene Of the catastrophe
was enforced.
Men swarmed to gain information as
to the identity OF the terrorlsts through
the horse and wagon which had carried
the bomb. The carcass of the dead
horse was infinitely examined. 1t was
found that the animal was newly shod
and that 1t recently had been clipped.
Detectives have been assigned to
canvass all blacksmith shops in New
York to check up the owners Of horses
shod within the past few days. Detec-
tlves are making a similar investiga-
ton on Long Island and at various
places in New Jersey where the an
archists were formerly known to gather.
The police department gave out the
following description OF the bomb We
A one-horse affair Of the rack"
variety. The body was enclosed, q net
work Of slender poles and rails. 1t was
ExplosIvs Wagons Painted Red.
Regular explosive wagons are painted
red, are entirely covered, carry a red
flag and are emblazoned with big warn
Ing placards.
All of the injured who are able to
talk are being examined in hospitals
and their homes by federal and mu-
niclpal detectives. They have been
able to give information Of some value,
but the most Of them said they had
doWG By ths she
Those who were in the immediate
vicinity Of Broad and Wall street said
that the Ginning OF the clock in Trinity
tower had barely ceased when q muf-
liuu EOuL - pidnt Va biOhe
forth. Buildings rocked and the air
was Immediately darkened by smoke
and flying wreckage. A sheet OF flame
leaped through the windows OF the
Morgan bank and the subtreasury.
This flame had tho appearance of COM
ing from the bank. and Il was this
phenomenon that led to the original
report that the explosion had occurred
In the Morgan bank.
The echoes OF the blast rang through
the canyon-like streets between the
towering buildings. A pail of thick.
oily yellow smoke arose as the streets |
ratified with the crash Of falling glass |
A great shout arose from the panic
stricken people. Men and women.
aroused to frenzy by fear, began run
ming aImlessly through the streets and
above their shouts rose tho screams OF
the injured In tho excitement no one |
thought TO look for the perpetrators OF |
the outrage, In fact. II was not known |
at that time that an Internal machine
had caused II.
No Trace o. Driver.
Certain at least Of the cause OF the ex- |
plosion federal agents and city police In |
creased their search for the driver OF a
wagon drawn by one horse which was
blown to pieces. No trace Of him has
yet been found.
Tho theory Of the investigators Is
that q time bomb was placed on the
wagon and that the driver hurried from
the scene Just after arranging for the
explosion to occur at noon.