The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-18

Edwin P. Fischer. who was located
in Hamilton, Ontario, yesterday and
committed to an asylum on applica-
ton of rela tives, sent number of
warning messages. forecasting the ex
plosion in Wall Street, it became
known yesterday. Additional messages
tain Leonce Arnaud of the French
High Commission, and George F.
Ketchledge of , Broadway, which
were published yesterday. In each in
stance but one. the warning was sent
to friend or relative. Fischer pre-
dicted that the explosion would occur
on Wednesday, Sept. Is, or Thursday,
Sept. 16.
Fischer is known to have given
warnings to Sheppard Romans. head
of the insurance firm of ProsSer d
Romans. 120 Broadway; to his sister.
Miss Ethel Fischer, 33 West 92nd
street; to Thomas Delehanty. care
taker of the West Side Tennis club,
93rd street and Amsterdam avenue,
of which Fischer is member, and to
Joseph T. O'Ne:l. an employe of
George La. Monte Son, bank note
paper manufacturers, 81 Broadway.
The warnings to the two last named
We're verbal Those conveyed to his
sister and Mr.. Romans were on post
cards
Although, from stories told by rela =
tives and friends, there seems little
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slight mental disorder. the auth critics
found the accuracy with which he
had predicted the time of the eXplo-
sion too close to be explained Off
hand by the theory of coincidence.
At the request of District Attorney
Swami, the PoliceADepartment sent a
detective to Hamilton to try to bring
Fischer back to New York rs a wit
ness. Alfred j. Talley. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney, said that if Fischer re-
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an applica ton would be made for his
| extradition. There is no suspicion in
| the minds of the authorities that
Fischer had any direct connection
with the explosion-his presence in
Canada at the time would disprove
| that-but they do desire to examine
him closely and ascertain why he was
| so certain that an explosion would
occur.
| In giving his verbal warnings Fis-
with the French High Commission
| which. he said, had made it his duty
to run down anarchists. Delehanty
| told how Fischer had gone to him
| sterdam avenue two weeks ago and
had inveighed against J. P. Morgan
| & Company and Wall Street and had
| predicted an explosion.
| morning and said, Tom l want to tell
you a secret - said Delehanty. He
acted very mysteriously, but was very
serious. AS near as [ can recall his
words, he said: We are going to
| blow up Wall Street on the 18th
We've get them where we want them
We're going to get England, too
We've got England where we want
her, too
81 am not positive that he said
we He may possibly have said
| they but as ! recall it, he said we.
| He went on to say that he told
me this as a warning. because L was
an old friend and he did not want me
! to get hurt. He told me to be sure
not to go down to Wall Street thai
day. I took it as joke. and 1 tolt
him not to worry. because l wouldn''
go there
Delehanty said he told some of the
other members of the club about the
incident, and said they all dismissed
it lightly, as they knew that Fischer
was, as Delehanty described, it, "a bi
light in the head
| He always took sides with the
Bolsheviki and the anarchists Del
ehanty continued. and often talked
about such matters Nobody tool
him seriously
DeIehanty, like all the rest of Fis
cher's friends, described him as {
splendid. wel1-bred man when no
suffering from periodical attacks O
mental disorder.
| Sheppard Romans. who frequently
played tennis with Fischer, was for
merry the partner of Seward Prosser
president of the Bankers Trust Com
pany, who narrowly escaped being hi
by flying slug, sent through his of
flee window by the explosion. Ac
lcompanied by Edward Robinson, on
of his associates, Mr.. Romans, for
merly president of the West Side Ten
mis- Club and once a famous Princeton
full back, called on. Assistant Distric
attorney Talley and gave him the fol
lowing post card, dated Toronto, Sept
13, II p. m:
Dear Shep-keep away from Wal
iStreet this Wednesday afternoon
There never was a road that. didn'
shave a turn Good luck. Ed
nicf11ra IF f1,a City Hall in Tor