The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-05
RECORD OF ZELENKO
is FOUND ORDERLY


upcn him and a. his reported remarks
about the Wall street horror
Department % Justice agents who WIS.,
lied known Communist haunt IN the
vicinity ~ i1q Cleveland street. East
NsN Nark, where zeienko resided. were
Huid iast nlRht to have been unable to
obtain any evidence which would in
dicate that De had any connections
ihers and a very thorough combing OF
rscords IN the Department OF Justice
offices ln the Park Row Building failed
a. reveal any trace of the man. IL was
a. finitely stated that the Polish news
papers Which were found among his ef-
fectu were not radical sheets.
~ waa remarked last night by one
cficial thar many men working In the
penusy ixaula coal mines carried dyna-
mite ard fuses with them while going
from enc $40 % another. and that were
u not fnr the remarks that Zeicnko II
reported tn have made there would be no
great reason Tor attaching any signifl-
canoe fo me discovery OF the explosives
n hia hotel room.
Fryaa Takes Charge OF Case.
Chief William r. Flynn. OF the De-
part 81 Justice. who Ia In charge OF the
nationwide hunt for persons responsible
fur the Wall street tragedy. spent the
entire day yesterday NJ his office In
the Morton Bulding. IN Nassau street.
keeping in touch with Developments
through bis pittsburg agents
Hc spent an hour questioning Leon
konkci. the man wh0 revealed TO the
Pittsbarg authorities the fact that Zel-
enko. 90 zeilnski as he sometimes Is
known. mad the dynamite IN his pos
session. but refused afterward 10 disclose
what konkei had told him When asked
II Konkel had said that zelenko had re-
marked 20 him. See what we did In
Wall street. The next move will be ter
rible." Chief FLYNN said. Yes. Konkel
told me that and more besides"
Chief Flynn said that he did not think
Il likely fhat Zelenko would be brought
here IN the near future. as a would
take months 70 extradite him unless he
choose 20 come voluntarily
When konkel left chief Hymns office
he declined 70 discuss the case further
than 70 say that immediately after
bringing Il 20 the attention OF the Pitts
burg authorities he had continued upon
his way 10 this city. arriving here yes
terday morning He also said that
should his information lead 20 the dis
covery OF the persons responsible for
the Wall street explosion he would claim
the reward which has been posted.
Reporters discovered that Konkei has
been liNlnk AZ the hoeuig Hotel at 49,
East Fourth street. about three blocks
east OF the Bowery. When they visited
the place they were told that he was out.
but they had no difficulty In finding
number OF people who claimed TO know
him quite well.
These people said that Konkel is a ma
tive OF Danzig. and that he served In the
American army during the war They
described him as a bitter anti-Bolshevik.
and said that he had worked az various
Jobs. although his usual occupation was
that OF ships cook
At the Cleveland street address where
Zelenko lived II was stated that he was
n member of a Polish Catholic church IN
the neighborhOod. Michael Terkasky.
who lives on the top floor OF the house
and who has been keeping Zelenk0's
trunk for him. ridiculed the Idea that the
man could be connected with the Wall
street explosion. despite the fact that II
was but an hour or two before the
tragedy that Zelenko left his Nat with the
announcement that hc was going away
TO get a job. u
"He IL too good n man 90 have any
thing 20 do with an explosion" said