Bisbee daily review., 1920-09-17
PANIC AND CONFUSION REIGN AS MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION ROCKSN N. Y.;
 29 DEAD; 200 INJURED
CONTINUED FitOal PAGE oNE)
feet from the explosion.
 Laid to Radicals


 l Warning that radicals planned a re- newal of bombing outrages were sent less than a month ago to all eastern clients of the William J. Burns De- tective agency, according to state ment by Mir Burns who said he was convinced that today's explosion was a premeditated attack and was not ac- cidental.
 MT Burns, who said he had been en- 1 gagged by the Morgan firm to make an investigation of the accident, said that his personal Investigation con vinced him that wagon containing a bomb was left ill front of the sub treasury building with a timing de- vice so fixed as to cause it to explode precisely al noon. No trace of the driver of the wagon has been found, he said, and added that in his opinion the man escaped a few moments be- fore the explosion.
 1 Fire Chief Has Theory | Fire Chief Kenlon and officers from 1 the bureau of combustibles also eX- pressed his belief that the explosion was caused by bomb after examin- ing fragments of metal found in the street in front of the Margan offices. Dr. William F. Doyle, chief of the bu- reau of combustibles, pointed out that the small hole found in the street near the Morgan offices and the wide ly scattered scars on the facades of nearby buildings, also indicated that the blast was caused by bomb rather than by an explosion of quantity of dynamite or other explosives.
 Escape Without Injury
 Five members of the Morgan firm were in the building at the time of the accident Thomas w. Lamont, Dwight M. Morrow, Elliott c. Bacon and George Whitney were in con- ference on the second floor of the Broad street side of the building They were shaken up but all escaped without injury.
 Junius Spencer Morgan, son of J P. Morgan, head of the firm, who is now abroad, was at his desk on the lower floor when the explosion oc 
 tions of his office, showering him with fragments He received slight l'cuts on the hands ond arms.
 "The explosion threw the confer ence upstairs into disorder" MT. La mont said. We were jared by the rconcussion and rather excitedly rar down to the main floor where the most confusion prevailed. There were about fifty employees who were more or less injured and those clerks who had miraculously escaped inju ny from falling debris were coura geously devoting their attention tC 'assisting these who were less fortu nate.
 Morgan Employee Killed "One of our valued employees, Will liam Joyce, was killed. He was the son of Thomas w. Joyce, who has been in our employ thirty years ant who was himself badly hurt. All oul large windows on the first floor an( some on the second floor were blowI in. The office will be ready for bus mess tomorrow morning."
 There were between 400 and 50t employees in the Morgan building a ] the time of the accident.
 A letter giving warning of today explosion was dropped Wednesda. morning through the mail slot of |; door in one of the offices of tn French high commission at 65 Broad way, it became known tonight. Thi letter apparently written by ma formerly in the empoly of the com mission, was torn into small piece soon after it was read and droppe' into a waste basket.
 , Today, after the exp plosion, these bits of paper were taken from the basket, pasted together
 and turned over to the police.
 The letter which was addressed
 to Lieutenant Arnaud, who is at- } tached to the commission, began 9 with the word: "Greetings." Q The writer said he thought he , was rendering a service to the
 French commission by advising
 Maurice Casenave, minister plen-
 lpOIcnIidTy, anu ms dSSiSto''tS VI
 the fact that catastrophe
 would occur in Wall Street about
 2.3o o'clock. No date was men, S tioned.
 e The writer suggested that Lieute e ant Arnaud advise Minister SasenaN D. 4o have the offices of the commissic o closed and unoccupied so that liv' fof the office staff might be spare ' The letter also mentioned ''betwet
 and 4 o'clock, daylight time" o- the probable hour for the catastr Is phe.
 is People Seeking "ReVenge" Ie It was intimated in the letter tn ,1"some people had grievances al 70 wanted to take revenge" Lieute ,e and Arnaud advise Minister Casena' 10 times. Feeling assured that it h;
 been written by an alarmist al