Arizona republican., 1920-11-13
OFFICIAL PROBE
 OF WALL STREET BOMB EXPLOSION NOW UNDER WAY
Head Of Wrecking Com pany Advances Theory Bomb Was Set To Fright en Men Employed On Ex- change Annex
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 NEW YORK, Nov. 12.-Official in- vestigation of the solution" of the Wall street explosion September 16, put forth by the New York Evening World yesterday was begun today by District Attorney Swann with the ex- animation of men mentioned as prom inent in the labor war" attributed by the paper as having furnished the mo- tive for the crime.
 William Zaranko, president of the house wreckers union No. 90, which the newspaper charged had been sub jected to tyranny at the hands of the rival organization. of Robert F. Brin- dell, president of the Building Trades Council, and Albert A. Volk, head of a company which had the demolition contract on the New York stock ex- change annex. underwent lengthy ex- animation. Individual laboring men, possibly inside the union,' or sym pathizers, the raper declared, were re- sponsible for the explosion as re- prisal against @Brindell workers" em- ployed by Volk.
 Much of Volk's statement to the dis trict attorney was devoted to what he said was his own theory of the ex- plosion, that it was done to hurt or frighten some of my men, and to the statement alleged to have been made by Raymond Clark, former foreman for Volk. that a man reported to him immediately after the explosion that it was his horse that had been killed. Clark, the newspaper asserted, was .he victim of an attempted assassin within a month after tho explosion. VolS said that his theory" is that the explosion was caused by some "in- dividuaI" who wanted to create an inn precision on the inception of the strike which was called by the Zaranko union. He said he understood there was publication of a notice to strike on Wednesday, the day before the ex- plosion. None of Zaranko's men "as such" he asserted. were in his employ but many had joined BrindelPs union some of them at our instance"
 And my theory is based only on immagination and the facts that have already come to light"
 The facts that have come to light, ho declared, meant only the explosion, the location of wagon, the materials found and the fact of the bitterness of the quarrel between the two unions the fact that one union thought that we were to blame for their plight by playing with Brindeil to put them out No threats, he said. nor demonstra' tions of animosity had been made ana nt QAQ nOL tbtAlCNG 1n3 OlAC NAU thA thing as a member of the union ex cept that 1t might have been a man O worse disposition than the rest O them"
 Abraham Fleshner, secretary 0 volk's company. told the district attor ney he saw the supposed driver of tn death wagon on the bridge" 9th structure erected by the demolitio company above the sidewalk at Wa
 AT. plosion and that when an effort wa made to clear the platform Clar spoke upv for the man and said tn stranger was interested. The man, h said appeared more of foreignt than. an American. of medium size an sa rather flabby sort of an individual
 William F. Ashley, counsel to tt Zaranko union. also was questione' and Assistant District Attorney Tall said the union representative declare there is not one bit of evidence Ot tainable in any shape, manner or forr to show a connection with the lab' organization"
 zaranko himself told the district a torney he knew of no information thi would in any way furnish a lead solving the mystery. The Zaranko O ganization, VollS declared, was unab to get a look k-in" on some of the jo controlled DY the lSAlHQell CIOWu.
 They might have picked out al iobp he said, "but it was the impre sion of the Zaranko union that ' were somewhat to blame for fosteril the Brindell organization
 After his examination, VollS tc newspaper men that the theory $ forth by him was suggested 10 him week after the explosion.
 After the explosion, he said, blasting foreman gave his observatio that it was not due to dynamite a as a result Volk said he began waver between my original theory tf the explosion had been caused by load of dynamite sent down for ( livery to some blasting job or that was a result of bomb s' deliberately"
 He declared he believed the dri' of the wagon left his outfit and "cal to find us"