New-York tribune., 1920-09-20


fellow who just drons in and pays
cash. We get most of the cashiers from
Brooklyn and Long Island"
Braslovsky still Held
II was evident yesterday that the
police and the Federal autherities are
ready 70 exonerate Alexander Brazil
ovsky. the Russian journalist, who was
taken into custody on information fur.
nished BY an anonymous writer. Brazil.
ovsky admitted having been In the
financial district short time after the
explosion. The police are holding
Brailovsky on the technical charge OF
"being an undesirable alien and o sus.
picfous character"
Late Saturday night Sergeant Gegan
of the Police Headquarters bomb squad
is known to have called the Department
OF Justice on the teiephone and offered
to turn Breilovsky over to them. Chief
Flynn said that he placed no special
significance In Bsaiioveky's arrest and
that his department. did not want him.
No charge or suggestion that Brailov-
sky was in any way connected with the
disaster has been made, but Sergeant
Gegan announced that he was being
held "for further questioning on or.
ders Of the Department Of Justice" 1t
was said that. he would be arraigned at
the Tonbs court this morning. Under
the law he can be held for further legal
procedure only forty-eight hours on
these charges.
Awell-dressed young woman was per
mitted to- SPEAK to Brailovsky in his
cell yesterday. IT. was said she was a
friend of the mans wife, who was sent
to look after his comfort. The police
regard it as strange that Brailovsky's s
wife and family should be in Italy.
They say that no satisfactory expiana7
tion Of their presence there has been
obtained.
Mark A. Stern, managing editor Of
the Russky Golos (tke Russian Voice., +,
the Paper published at 81 East Seventh
Street, with which Brailovsky was con-
nccted, rid:culed the idea that his as
socinte Yves ia any way connected with
the explosion.
"Brailevsky WIS in my Office with
]. /. Ariel Kitzis, nnother writer at
tnc time of tae explosion" ne said. II
remember that Brailovsky, on hearing
the detonation, remarked: Gee, gocss
IT'S going to RAIN evidently mistakine
.he blast for thunder. He left when
all the others went out TO lunch shortly
after. and i. Is quite possible that ne
had sope business in the district
where hc is said to have met some
friends"
Stern insisted that his paper was
rot pro- Bolshevik but was non paytisan
lie said that while BYailovsky may be
a Socialist, he is not ~ radical in the
popular sense Of the word
4 = Fischer on Way Here
Chief Flynn snnounced last nigh.
that Edwin Fischer. who sent postcard
warnings Of the disaster from Toronto
to friends in, the financial district,
was on his way to this city and would
arrive at the Grand Central Station in
the custody of detectives at about 1850
a. m,. standard time. to-day. There
were indications that the authorities
EXPECT to CLEAN little valuable informa-
tion from Fischer
at is evident" remarked Flynn,
that the fellow is insane. l look upon
the warnings which he had been in
the habit Of giving at various intervals,
as mere oofncidence."
The police refer to Fischer's peculiar
cunning and intelligence and point out
that it is person of just such q de-
ranged type that might plan catas-
trophe ct the kind 1t is with this in
mind that he will be questioned by the
police heads.
Robert Aae Pope, brother-in-law of
Fischer, was~,questioned for nearly two
hours at thsf office of the Department
OF Justice yesterday. Pope originally
turned his Arother-in-law over to thn
hamilton (Qntario) authorities. Joseph
4: tW&eal,N who received one Of
flschsrss warnings. was questioned by
O'Neal related how Fischer came up
Ito him at shG Manhattan Transfer about
week befoH6' the disaster and, repre-
IynSc cntT
Wall Street. O'Neal said he thought
FISCHER strange, as he carried q tennis
racquet about with him on ALI acca-
sionse sss7i' - s3s"''
,MrS. :Jekichi Takamine Jr.. wife of
the Japanese chemist and dye manu-
1acturer whose Visiting card was found
Ia Fischer's pocket when he was taken
me custody. expressed surprise yes
1erday that her name should have been
oIpughr !nto the case. She explained
as h4r Clifton, N. j., home that she
met fischer two years ago at a fash
ionable summer resort in Su,livan
County, N. T., through her husband,
put that she had never had any other
dealings with the former tennis star
.s9he postal authorities report that
the Usual food of crank warnings is
coming in. Many recipients of these
"aThfngs, which follow in the wake Of
every disaster, are focking to police
and Department Of Justice headuuar
ters..
Chief Flynn declared that while he
desired to keep all members OF sn
arehistic groups under surveillance. he
was not 'oak'ng for any particular radi-
Gals He said he knew where Carlo
rresca and other reputed anarchists
we're, pointing out that during the
AFTERNOON Tresca was addressing a
meeting Of Italians q. the Peoples
I'VE will seize any of these men "
commented Mr.. Flynn. "any time we
are convinced that they can tell us
something about the explosion"
The September grand jury will re-
s1me it's inquiry this morning with the
hearing of the three men who said they
saw a. powder wagon pass Broad and
wall streets shortly before the blap