Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-09-17

and the police are trying to find tho
owner of it.
That the plotters have an efficient or
gaaization, with secret sources Of infor-
nation, is indicated by the fact that
the explosion occurred just twenty-foUr
hours after the special bomb squad oper-
at!ves Of the police department wers
withdrawn from the financial district.
Lists of all the known dangerous an
archists IN the United-States are being
checked over carefully by government
sleuths,
The Federal end Of the Investigation
is directed by William J. Flynn head
OF the United States secret service. who
is on the ground in person.
LINES OF POLICE
| INVESTIGATION.
Police Commissioner Enright has d.
vided the~police investigation along the
| following. lines;
1. Tracing the writer Of the warn
ing letters. which are in the possess
sion of the police department..
2. Searching for the owner of the
one-horse truck In which the bomb
WAS carried TO Wall street.
8. Hunting for an automobile in
which the two men who drove the
wagon are said to have fled q few
moments before the explosion.
4. Tracing the source of the clock
which was used to set of the bomb
at one minute after IL o'clock Thurs
day noon.
g. Hunting the source OF the
INT or other explosive used in the
construction of the Internal ma
chine.
g. Ascertalning where the bomb
was constructed and how many per-
sons were involved in the conspiracy.
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Armand did not arrive through the
through the slot in the doo- OF the COM
missioners office at g. Broadway.
The letter was written with pen and
ink and opened with the word Greet
! ings."
It was contained in a small white en-
velope.
Arnaud did not take the warning seri-
ously.
/ After reading it he tore The letter into
bits, dropped 1t into a wastepaper bas-
ket and forgot all about it-until after
[ the Wall street district was~rocked by
/ the most CHASTITY explosion in New York's
history.
Then he hunted up the tatters, pasted
them together and gave them to the po-
lice.
The letter intimated that certain per-
sons" who had grievances would get re-
venge by, setting of a high-power bomb
between and 2:SO o'clock, but the exact
date Of the explosion was not given.
The writer said he had the kindest
feelings for France and for members Of
the French High Commission, which ac-
counted for his warning.
He suggested that the commissions Of
fees be closed and that the officials stay
away from Wall street.
The letter received by Ketchledge was
mailed from Toronto, Canada.
Ketchledge at first refused to make IL
public, but later gave it out
The contents, in brief, follow;
Greetings; Get out Of Wall street
on the gong stroke of o'clock
Wednesday, the 18th of September.
Good luck to you, Ed Fischer"
Il knew Fischer well, but did not
| put much stock in his warning" said
Ketchledge.
He was a lawyer by profession, but
was unable to practice his profession for
many years because of recurring at
tacks of paranoia. He had been COM
mitted to institutions. but was released
! when cured.
/ He had an intense hatred for Wall
street. That was the foym his mental
4 illness took. So far as know ne never
/ suffered any financial reverses In Wall
| street.
81 do not believe Fischer has any
/ intimate knowledge about this dreadful
/ disaster. He was not a member OF any
radical organization, 1t is probable that
! he was suffering from one of his periodic
mental alterations when he sent the
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