New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-18
Five w a1'1lin,g;ss
OF Explosion
Received Here
CONTINUED from page ons)

Letter Dated the 18th"
The warning to Captain ArnauI,
after being torn 20 bits ani cast
into the waste paper h~.Nct when
it was received Wedne Gay morning,
was pieced together and given to the
police immco.ai.ly after the explo-
SIGN. 1t was in the form of letter.
also dated 1T Toronto. September 13.
Pieces arc still missing, but the re-
covered bits of the letter read:
Dear Mr.. Arnaud:
"Grectings.
81 think I am doing good work in
making the people Know France and
IN planting in them a strong blessing
the desire in them to sec France get
her square desert.
Their is rumor that something is
going to happen after $3.50 D. m
around 3 to a p. m. Daylight-saving
il the Wall Street district. I'll advise
the mission close at 9 p. m. on that
day and everybody go home. 1t may
be all bull, but the world is a great
place know and millions fell
then have just grievance
"The Mission ought to play safety
first. 1 hope you feel what 1 am doing
is Of value to France and if it pleascs,
write me at once, to Hotel Pontchar-
train, Detroit, Mich, where | will be
some time Thursday. l think some
body is in clean in the world
of fail to wash their hands
Want me to | St. Paul settled
that war anywhere else for
France No expense
"ED EISCuEPu
At the top of the missive it said
Fischer's address might be obtained at
any time from his home, 33 West
Ninety second Street, where he lived
with his father, brother and sister.
One Warned in Person
Fischer's associates at the commits
countant for some weeks prior to his
departure for Canada. say he is un-
questonably an eccentric, but they be-
lieve his admonition to have been
prompted by sincere regard for their
welfare
His position there was not an i'm
portant one. He left voluntarily, say
ing he had "just been called by Presi
dent Wilson" and was on his way to
Washington to see him.
The warning to Mr.. O'Neil was the
only ore. so far as is known, offered to
a man with whom the eccentric had no
previous acquaintance. Mr.. O'Neil
lives at 30 Elm Place, Nutley N. j.
about nine days ago." he said yes
terday 81 was coming to the city on
train which reaches the terminal at
1852. At Manhattan Transfer a man
am convinced now was Fischer entered
and stood beside nc. The train was
crowded.
"1c began a conversation by saying
he was a secret service agent engaged
in investigating Red activities. After
we had talked a few minutes he told
me to keep out of Wall Street until
after September 16. | paid but slight
urged the warning several times. When
We reached New York he said. i have
just time to catch my train for Buff
falo, where the Reds are active"
Mr. O'Nel said he had been so i'm
pressed by the mans insistent repeti-
ton Of the Wall Street warning he had
mentioned the matter to associates in
the Office. They thought nothing of it
and he dismissed the matter from his
mind. His description CT his fellow
passenger leaves little doubt that he
was Fischer.
Fischer Very Insistent
Fischer's fifth warming, that given
Mr.. De.ahanty, friend of seven years
standing, with whom Fischer had be-
come intimate because of his enthu-
siasm for tennis, was also delivered
verbally.
He came to me one morning some
days ago." Mr.. Delahanty narrated yes
terday, and said. Tom, I want to tell
you secret. We are going to blow
up Wall Street on the 18th. We've got
them where we want them and were
going to get England. too.
FISCHER told me he was warning me
because he was an old friend of mine
and he didn't want me to get hurt. He
urged me especially to keep away
from Wall Street and was very in
sistent. mentioned the conversation to
they all regarded it lightly, saying
Fischer was not right in the head"
Former Tennis Champion
Fischer was we'll known to members
of the club, as he vas also to tennis
enthusiasts throughout this sec
ton. He was at one time brilliant
player and about fifteen years ago
Metropolitan champion and national
indoor champion. He attended he
tournament at Forest Hills, leaving
there about ten days aro He told
friends at the time he was going to
Montreal for the tournament there
II. II. Hackett, who with Fischer held
the city doubles mpionshp in 1902,
said he knew nothing OF his erstwhile
partners recent movements. In the
days of their association, however, Mr..
Hackett was positive he had never
heard Fischer make remarks of a revo-
lutionary character.
The following statement concerning
his association with the French High
Commission was issued there yestcr-
day:
Edward Fischer joined the staff of
the French High Commission in New
York or September 80, 1918. He was
employed i'll the transported de-
partment and was an excellent worker,
never giving cause for complaint, and
a good mixer. He was on friendly
terms with all his colleagues.
Fischer left the French mission on
August 2, 1920, for his vacation, but
die not return. After a month, alb
sence he was automatically DISCHARGED.
Since September l, 1920, he has had
no connection with the French High
Commission, either in New York or
elsewhere
For short time before Fischer left
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