Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-18
CLUES WILL LEAD
TO FIENDS BACK OF
WALLST. MASSACRE
Man Who Shod Horse is Found !;
Anarchist Circulars Preceded
Explosion by Half Hour.
EVIDENCE SHOWS
BOMB WAS CAUSE

Remember, we VIII not tolerate any
longer Free the political prisoners or it
will be sure death for oil of you;
american Anarchist Fighters"
This was announced by William j.
Flynn last night ON the arrival of Attorney
General Palmer and Assistant Attorney S
General Garvan and Hoover.
The circulars were not incloscd In envc-
lopcs. nor did they bear addresses. They
were printed on paper seven by esven
inches IN sire with rubber type, such rs is
used by children. In four of them the
spelling Of the first word was rs given
above: IN the fifth IL was spelled "remem-
er' In another of them the word prison.
ers was spelled PRISONERS.
In giving out the circulars, Chief Flynn
called attention Go the fact that the bombs
sent on June ,, 1919, were wrapped IN
circulars announcing the coming OF a
revolution, and signed Anarchist Fighters
The time at which the circulars were
placed IN the mail box was fixed at be-
tween II 30. Thursday morning, when the
box was en- ptlud. and 1l.5S. when the
next collection was made and they were
found Credit for the turning over of the
circulars WAS gwen by the Federal authori-
tics % Postotice Inspector Cochran, in
charge IN New York.
Chef Flynn made his announcement
immediately after MIR. Palmer and his
two assistants had gone To the Biltmore.
In making II he SAID:
In my opinion this was not an attack
on !. L. Morgan 4 Co. | believe that
those responsible picked out the financial
centre IN order 10 create demonstra-
ton
While these circulars were under the
examination of the men in charge of
the Federal inquiry-which was but
ono of eight got under way into the
explosion and while the number of
dead WAS increased 20 thUty-three,
evidence WAS accumulating that the
tragedy was not the result Of mishap
az industry hut was caused by deliberate
!, planted bomb.
a the same time the police came to
n pathway that should lead them close
a. a solution Of the mystery, if not its
actual clearing up. This pathway was
opcncd hy the discovery that within
forty-eight hours of the tragedy new
shoes had been put on the horse that
drew the bomb-besring wagon to its
station at the entrance of the new United
states Assay Office.
These shoes bear the stamp "H. s. l.
Ut the lIorseshoers' International Union
New York City has but one local of
tins union, and detectives are busy
among t. 500 members, and the shops
where they are employed, in search of
the farrier who did this work and who
NAV be- able o. say for whom he did it.
This search IS being prosecuted with all
the more intensity because of the lively
probability that the shocmg had TO
bc done before the horse could be used.
Col. William Nj. Mead, chief clerk
of !. =. Morgan & Co, was quoted
he. ho
smith who shod the horse hauling the
wagon containing the explosives had
been found
We have found that the shoes are
expected to materially aid in solving
Tho mystery attending the tragedy"
COL. Mead is quoted as saying. The
blacksmith who SAYS he shod the horse
claims be knows the owner OF the animal"
At a late hour last night Col. Mead,
who lives at No. - Euclid Avenue,
Hackensaek, could not be reached to
DENY or confirm the interview printed
IN a newspaper Of that city. Col Mead
had not been home since yesterday,
/, was learned over the telephone from
Mrs Mead.
At the offices Of Morgan 4 Co it was
said that Col Mead had lett for home
~ a later hour.
4 practical reproduction Of the wagon
itSelf-at least - far as a detailed de-
srription of II j. concerned-has also been
achieved by the police, and search is
going on among the 100 or more places
IA the city where such vehicles may be
rented for similar clues TO those that
may be DEVELOPED among the blacksmiths
The tangible basis Of operation afforded
by these expert examinations OF the horse
and wagon was the really important
incident of the day
To further tins work the Board OF
Estimate voted reward Of $500 for
s'information leading to the identity of
the ownership Of the horse and wagon,
a which detailed descriptions are gwen
in another part Of The World. This re-
ward was quite aside from a reward of
$4,000 voted by the board for the ap-
prehension of the persons responsible for |
the explosion. A second $1,000 reward |
was announced during the day by the |
Preferred Accident Insurance Company
~ No. 80 Maiden Lane. The possibility /
exists that Wall Street interests NAV still
further increase these offers
The police authorities have not com /
mittcd themselves TO the bomb theory.
although il can BE- said they believe il to +
he the only tenablc one From William |
] FLYNN. Chief Of the Bureau Of Investiga- |
ton Of the Impairment Ol justice, came /
this statement:
you can settle your mind on this:
II was bomb which caused the explosion.
II Is altogether likely that the driver of |
the conveyance which brought the bomb I
was but two or three blocks away at the |
time the blast went off. | can't tell Won
more now: maybe j can tomorrow. But
ii was certainly a bomb
Mitfr-%his narrowing of the field of In
vcstlgation there was, however. a wider
divergence than ever as to the probable
contents of the bomb. This expert said it
was individually INT that expert argued
as earnestly for dynamite.
J. Barab Of the Hercules Powder Com
pany, Wilmington, Del, told Chief In
spector Lahey, after a long examination
of the scene itself and the material lther-
od there for evidential uses, that the
explosive was probably 40 per cent dyna-
grade commonly used for blast
irg and house wreekiug, and therefore the
most easily obtained. He added his opin-
ion that since windows We're broken to
the eighth and tenth stories of surround
irg buildirgs, perhaps 200 pounds had
been used; certainly not less than 100
pounds.
Barab based his conclusion largely on
he color Of the smoke that attended the
explosion. The statements of witnesses
gathered by the police substantially agree
hat tins smoke was yellow, and Barab