Arizona republican., 1920-09-21
Conflicting Evidence Is Pre- sented by Y. M. c. A. Worker Who Says No Wagon Was Near Build ing
SAW THREE MEN NEAR SCENE OF EPLOSION
Trading Merchant Says He Saw Three Men Running Away from Assay Office Before Bomb Exploded
IRepubIlcan A. P. Leased wirel

NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-Statements by two men. one of whom claims to have seen the death wagon" which carted the explosive standing near the assay office at 10:30 a. m. Thursday, one and one half hours before the ex- plosion in Wall street occurred. and the other who claims to have seen three men running away from the scene just before the blast, furnished the most important developments today in the investigations of the disaster
 Other developments included:
 Announcement by the district attor- neys office that Edwin P. Fischer, law yer and former employe of the French high commission, who sent post card warnings of the disaster from Toronto, virtually had eliminated himself from any direct knowledge or complicity in the case after eight hours questioning. Receipt of a warning by William H. Edwards. collector of internal revenue that an attempt would be made to de- stroy the customs house at D. m. to- morrow This was regarded by the police as a hoax.
 Identification of the hitherto uniden- tified body, previously believed IS prob ably that of the driver of the explosion laden wagon. as that of Elmer w. Keh- Ter. chauffeur. and lack of any evil dence connecting him with the crime. Release of Alexander Brailovsky, Russian journalist, who was arrested on a technical charge of being an unde- sirable alien after he admitted having been seen in the vicinity of Broad and Wall streets shortly after the explosion. Search by federal agents for a re- ported cache of explosives on Plumb Beach Island. a government reservation off Sheepshead bay, where a quantity of trinitrotoluoI was found in an aban- doned vessel several months ago.
 Humane Officer Gives Evidence
 Joseph Meade. an agent for the so- ciety for the prevention of cruelty to animals, is the man who claims to have seen the death wagon" He said he had been sent to Manhattan from a Brooklyn court to serve summons and that while walking up Broad street, noticed an old red delivery wagon in front of the assay office around the corner The horse appeared broken down. he said, and he made an exami- nation of it, finding bad sore under the collar.
 He looked at his watch and noticed it was 10:30. he told the police, and waited beside the wagon until Il 30 with the intention of serving a sum mons on the driver when he was forced to leave in order to serve his Brooklyn summons. He did not examine closely the contents of the wagon but described it as ar ordinary dilapidated express wagon"
 He also told the police the collar worn by the horse was of the "K'' type and this is the kind of collar found in the street after the explosion He also noticed that all the ornamental knobs and other markings had been stripped from the harness and in this too, his description tallies with thai of the material found. He also stated that the horse had been but recently clipped and that the wagon bore nc aIS %1,f side
 Police attach considerable impor. tance to Meade's statement.
 Saw Three Men Running Away
 Information that three suspiciou. looking men were seen running iron the scene was furnished by Samuel B Wellington, president of the West In dies Trading company. He declared he left a lawyers office in Wall stree a few minutes before noon Thursda. and as he did he heard voices calling
 Hurry.
 fsBeat it.
 stGet out of this.''
 He looked across the street and say two middle aged men, who looked t him like least side peddlers," beckon ing and calling to a third man wh was on the other side of the stree nearer the assay office and across tn street from the Morgan bank. Tn third man, believed to be about 6 wears of age and described as "greas Iooking" then was peering into tn ramshackle wagon at the curb.
 In response to the call of the other: the third man, MT. Wellington saiC started to ruin after them toward Vii liam street He took them for bon thieves, he added, and expected to SC them chased by policemen. When h coached the corner of Nassau street h was knocked unconscious 'by the ex plosion.
 At the conclusion of Fischers exami ation he was sent to the psychopathi 1 hsI. of the Bellevue hospital for oh ,,ation. wa" If adjudged insane, meas S'ras will be taken to have him com aitfed 10 an insane asylum, it was an
 lContinued on page 9