Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-09-22
Then there was a roar that was

| neard 1ar up Manhattan Island, and
hundreds Of persons were hurled to
! the pavements. Cries arose, and on
wall street, paved with broken glass,
! there gushed forth streams Of blood
"A more fit scene for battlefield
than for Americas financial center.
One man was seen to sit up, brush
his hand over his eyes. and then top
pie over dead into the gutter. Near.
| him were found the bodies Of three
| women, and further on more bodies
lying side by side with the carcasses
Of horses.
Hardly had the roar of the explo-
sion ended when rush for the finan-
cial district was made from all parts
Of the city. Thousands came, moved
only by curiosity, but there were
others inspired by other motives
physicians and nurses bent on mis-
slons Of mercy, and police, secret SER
vice men and soldiers ordered to pro-
tect property and run down bomb
plotters, IL bomb plotters were there.
Some of the Theories.
The first thing that occupied the
attention Of the Investigators was
the wreck Of truck and automobile
at the spot from where the blast
was believed to have come. From the
wreckage were taken a New Jersey
automobile license, whose number
corresponded to that issued to Dun
ham Beedon, a Newark pharmacist.
who was reported this morning to
have gone to Wall street on business.
Beedon later was found safe In an
accountants Office at So Wall street.
FIe said he had parked his car, which
contained no explosives, in front Of
the building and behind another ma
chine. Beedon added that he knew
no more Of the explosion.
Federal Investigators, soon to be
headed by VIM. J. Flynn, chief Of
the Department Of Justice bureau OF
investigation, summoned from Wsah-
ington, conferred their attention on
these wrecks. Some advanced the
theory that the automobile had COL
lided with a powder wagon, and the
Dupont Company was asked immedi.
ately to find out whether any Of it's
vehicles had been in the vicinity at
the time. This was done after con-
struction men had expressed the be-
lief that the truck was Of the type
used in delivering explosives.
Other investiga tors sought to run
down reports that a bomb had been
exploded in front of the Morgan
building.
Evidence Of Plot.
Assistant District Attorney Tally,
after visiting the scene, announced
his belief that the explosion could
not have been due to an accident.
He announced also that his staff
would question all witnesses Of the
explosion. He said that one thing
that led him to the conspiracy the
ory was the time Of the explosion.
treasury, which stopped at 1901.
"The factors that lead me to this
belief" said Mr.. Tally, "are that
the time Of the explosion was at
1901 p. m, when probably the great
est damage could have been done
and the location of the explosion was
midway between the Morgan Offices
and the new United States treasury
building"
Working on the conspiracy theory
the police picked up all remnants OF
the wrecked automobile and wagon,
even going so far as to remove the
shoes from a dead horse to establish
the identity Of the vehicles and their
owners.
Detectives also picked up near the
scene pieces Of cast iron window
weights, smelling OF powder. There
were dozens Of these, and the theory
was advanced that they might have
formed part Of an Internal machine.
All pieces of clothing, including all
shreds OF cloth and battered hats,
we're collected by the police.
Six Die Of Injuries.
The financial district was roped off
and placed under heavy guard while
the work OF Identifying victims was
under way. Some bodies were so
mutilated that hope Of Identification
virtually has been abandoned. At
tho Broad Street unsnital alma LIN