Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-17
FL YIN SURE BOMB CAUSED
WALL STREET EXPLOSION
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bomb" and establish ownership or the
wrecked wagon. his force were exam
street cleaning department in the
financial district. They were being
thoroughly sifted in the search for
evidence. he said.
rhe inspector said marks had been
found on the shoes of the dead horse
hoped soon to find the blacksmith who
had shod the beast. He expressed the
opinion that the vehicle was probably
a junk wagon.
The regular September grand jury
was today instructed by Judge. VIII
eral sessions Immediately to begin
an inquiry into the Wall street dis
Judge Wadhams told the jury the
inquiry would be divided into Two
phases: First, to determine Yhether .
ond. whether the disaster was due to
criminal negligence. He said IT seem
ed apparent from reports that the ex-
pIosion had been caused by one or
the other.
Man Quarter Mile Away Hit
George Lamb, division superintend-
emit of the bureau Of investigation OF
the Department Of Justice. who. to-
day examined evidence brought him
by a score Of special agents: iooho
John street, fully a quarter OF q mile
from the scene Of the explosion oy .
window sash weight. The metal, near"
ly two inches In length. was not Wnen
1t fell.
six expert wagon makers expressed
the opinion at police neaoau siossd
vehicle of old-time design. They saio
that fragments of the vehicle inol-
Gated il was 80 distinctly q relic OF
w.pon making Of former days tnat
the task of establishing It's identIty
should be easier than NJ nrse wac
pected. ...v r.lley
sa .sTb .ei big thing is to establish own
ership of that truck. Every nveaS
stable in the city is being canxaS1u
TO find If a horse or truck IS Stored
80 also been canvassed ana We
w. not been able to ind tnat the
a~niosiyes came from any place au
thnrized to handle them:
Rigid inspection OF the MAJ
and records Of each place where 49,
ing is being done in the ao~ showed
shs. 40 explosives have either oeeh
.n;acss of sheet metal resembling
o., - the report said, were iouHo IN
~. dahris. similar to metal inning
s,eh "a is used in the construcu"h VI
e1nort cases for high explosives.
window weight Clue. 1
No sash weights. such as were used
in the bomb and fragments OF wn.cn
nitted the windows and Walls OF tne
Z . Morgan & Co. institution ana the
United states assay building, are
missing, the report said. from any
ne windows in the vicinity OF tne =.
piosion. The type OF SASH WE'LL 3. eve
Of the great mystery.
A piece Of metal. presumably from
, bomb. and an iron slug WeigHins
4 bout q pound were founo by "
Grant. deputy assistant treasurer, ou
he roof of the subtreasury ouiioins
This morning. p-onbv
- ths bureau of combustibles con-
Ierred At city hall this morning Win
Navor Hylan. They presented reports
m mai they believed to be the cause
II fEe explosion. The mayor fndicat.
Id he would make these pubic iftoE;
Meanwhile the scene OF yesteroAySl
blast was roped on. wnIe .ne -
sxchange and allied organizations r.
sumed business at the usual hour THIS
Seversi New York detectives and pc.
rret service men left the city oefors
lawn this morning for unannoI4nce@9
Sc Investigation Of the explosion.
william ]. Flynn. chief OF the bureau
Il Investigation Of the Department OF
Justice. viewed the scene Of the blast
accompanied oy ponce
detectives ana nis own
TROOPS were held insreadiness on
Governors Island today, and detAch-
nents Of the 22d Infantry were in
barracks subject to instant call.
All public buildings and the homes
81 wealthy and prominent men here
are under special watch. and every
available man IL held In reserve or
actively working.
Police Let in Workers.
Between and o'clock this morn
Ing police lines in the financial dis
trict were relaxed for admission OF
the thousands Of workers. During the
same period emergency patrols we're
was under close inspection. Down
town subway stations were kept
cleared by large force of police.
During the early hours public and
private agencies cleaned up Wall
and washing down blood -spattered
and buildings. RepaiImen
in force started work remedying dam
age to twisted iron ONCE structures
in the Morgan building. aud glaciers
by scores began the long task OF
restoring window paneS In the entire
financial hub.
Two reported warnings that the
explosion was to occur figured in the
today. i
One Of these was . letter received
by Lieut.. Arnaud Of the French high
have been q former employe OF the
who predicted. 1t was
said, such an occurrence and warned
the commission to close the ONCE and
send the employees home yesterday
afternoon.
The other was a letter received
two days ago by George Ketchledge.
an employee of a brokerage house,
from Edward Fischer. in Toronto.
Canada, who warned against remain
on the 18TH" and ended his missive
with good luck"
Beads Lost in Cenfusion.
Efforts also were made today to
ascertain the approximate amount Of
said to have been lost during yeSter-
days confusion.
Special detectives and onicials of
surety companies were exerting their
efforts to this end. 1t was reported
the amount of securities lost was ex-
pected to run into several hundred
thousand dollars.
Estimates OF the property damage
run as high as $2.soo.e 600
The authorities said that the finding
of these bits Of evidence virtually
dissipated the theory held earlier by
some officials that the explosion
might have been caused by an acct
dental collision with q wagon loaded
with explosives. Examination Of the
wrecked wagon revealed, according
to the police. that 1t was what Is