Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-09-17
EXPLOSION IN NEW
YORK KILLS THIRTY
AND INJURIES MANY

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Of the driver II the wagon had bee.
found. he said, and added that hi'
cInni0t Was the fnan escaped few
uewnts before the explosion.
Fire Chief kcnlun and ufficrrs fruui
the bureau of Combusiibirs si~o -
pressed the belief that the explosion
WIS caused by bomh. after examining
fragments of metal found IN the sirr't
IN iron, of the Morgan offic's. D.
william p Boyle chief q IN" BUREAU
al coinbustihlss. pointed uut that tn
Hnali hole found in the street near The
M"rgan office. and the widely scattered
Pcars on the facadcs - nearby buildings
also Indicated that IN" blast was caused
ty bomb. rather than by an explosion
az dinamit" or other explosives
Warning LITTER >cnt
= lettsT giving warning - t~lay's cN
ploSon WAS dropped Wednesday morn
ing through the malls. g. the door ~
enc h IN. Officers 10 the French high
Commission. at g. Broadway. u became
klIOwn trailght THIS letter. apparently
written hy n man formerly Ia the EN-.
plOy a. the commission. was torn intuI
small pisS'cs SION after u was read. asd
dropped into q waste basket
To-day. these hits w-re taken from a..
Ia gst. pasted together and tuTus-l over
10 the police The letter. which was
addressed to Lieutenant Aruaud Vh
IL attached 60 the commission, began
with the words
"Greetings"
The writer said he thought D., wsS
rendering a service 90 the French com.
inissicn by advising Mauriu- Cassnat'.
minister pl-nipoisniisrv. and his as.
~ tanis. - the tact that q catastrophe
would occur In Wall Street about s3e
o'clpck
No date was mentioned
The writer suggested that Lieutenant
Arnaud advise Minister CaSsnaVe -
have the Offices cluss,i ~ that the lives
~ the cffic" stats might hc spared
The letter also mentioned between
and Ocluck day light time" as th.
probable hour Tor the catastrophe
Letter Thrown Aside
IL was mentioned IN the letter thar
. One people had grievances and want
81 20 take rcycnge" Lieutenant ar.
Maud read the letter several times
Feeling assured that u had l,..n wit
ten By an alaTmist and should not b"
taken seriously b. tor, u up aud
threw II IN waste basket
lie gave no further thought 90 the
hitter until after the explosion today.
when he rushed into the uific'.. -iupiicd
the cuntcnts Il the basket IN a heap on
hts desk. sorted the bits %; the letter
pleced them together. and turned them |
over Ia the police.
Efforts O. lcarn whether the letter |
bore riEraturr proved futile
Soon alter the letter had hs,n handel /
g. the police. Il was learned that d-icc. 1
tives had Icssn sent Co an address m !
West sand street a. seek man former.
u IN the ssnpluy q the French cum
mission. II was said that h. had i-fi
the service Il the French government
ON Septemhr !. 1918.
The writer u tn letter the polio,
believe. VAS familiar with all plans Ter
thr explosion. and would d. able 80
punt olt the resp nsihle nlriirs
Wa<n Sern Mar iluilding
Despite IN. ls'ilirc theory that the "a
plosion was that ~ an internal ma.
chine. several eyewitness rrpHtod
that a Wagon lsaring thu sign "rxpl.s
rlees" MS sen near thu Morgan build
Ing irs inuucuis i~tur thu lassi co.
cirrd This bel t. the theory which
was slill held ~ m.mtsrs II IN. h"f.
Gan firba tonight that the explosion
was cauSSl by collision istsc.n this
cspltsNc iad,'u Wagon and another We.
hicle
PROM what We hay, learned. az.
inclined to h-li.,, that the explosion
was due merely tp an accident" Thorn
~ W. Lamont. II the Morgan firm A. |
aln rsarl Il
thai We can find that would lead to =
prcmeditatcd bombing Circumstances
II the c,currcnc. rurrly do not puiutI
10 an attempt TO wreck the Morgan II
flccs.
''if anybody rally plotted d,struc,ionI
&c our building. ! lslicvv that So wuiIl
have hscn Scui the warning that u
usual IN such Instances. and We hlN
not becn threatened IN any manner.
- lelisN. N. eNpluupu wss ia, isi
nothing than g. an unfortunate acylf
DENT g. dTay loadcd With explosive.
" hich I nn Informed had arrived oui
the site u the sio-S cNchan-" building
addition across the street from our u
fices"
An Investigation hy rcprcS utltit~si
of the fire coanniSs .onsf. hoNyNct.I
SHOWED that no permits had l..-ru issued
tKAAN W. w. ANAAN~lftit AAAA.HNN - -
pi,sivcs ~ the ARA surrounding Bread
and Wall sip-,ts Shipments ot cX
plcsiyes were neither received nor -.
I--ct~i during thu day al any other
building under construction ln the im.i
mediate vicinity. according o. the f.r.'
Tho SAID a canvass h.
b,cn made u all construction IN thu
lcighiol hOoi Prank Francisco. one ~
he Investigators q the department 20 .
justice. called attention tonight iu the
act that the explosion occurred ils' =
me day after the last members ~ ih. =
red squad Il the department were
Iislandsd This squad had ben sciIy" '
n running down the bomb plots au, Z
afly in the war u
lpeteciiyes Guard llome
Thirty detective from ih- West 3Uth FL
irest station were sent out tonight !
maintain q strict Surveillance over tn :
Icrgan home az asth and 18th streets
"a Madison avenue. They had orders q
o stop every pcrsmn and automobile ,
hat PASSED which CAV" them thv :
lghtcst rsesun tuF suspicion. (
Five Incinlers ~ th. Morgan finn
rere IN the building 40 the time q tn
ccideni. Th0ms " Lamont. DNlght ,
y Morrow. Eliot e. Bacon and George !
hifnev we're iu q conference on tn ,
econd no0f q; the Broad street side ,
I the Morgan building They WEI.
hak,n up as the force ~ the explosion. I,
VI all escaped without injury
Junui- Spcnoer Morgan ~ir - ] T. /.
lOrgan. 81. head q the firm. who q 1
0w ai,fuud WIS ~ his dtsk on the f,
,Ner nDor when The explosion urrlr. /
n II shattered the glass partitions
his ulficc. sh,wsrlng him with frac. a
emit "a received slight cuts on the /
....Is uDT urrsa T.