Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-20
WARNS
ATTEMPT TO WRECK
N.Y.CUST0M HOUSE
Was to be Destroyed Tomorrow
Afternoon at 2, According
TO "A Citizen"
FISCHER SAYS HE
DOESN'T KNOW MUCH
ny Associated Press to Every Evening

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New York, Sept. 20.-A postcard.
warning that an attempt would ~ ua,ls
tomorrow 10 blow up the Customs Hyuae
after the Wall street explosion iart Thur
day, was received IN the mail today b.
William y. Edwards, collector a in,ornai
revenue for this district
This postcard signed "a Citizen" ra~
turned over 10 the custodian n the build
ing by Mr.. Edwards, who also notified
Postmaster Thomas g. Pntten The
Department Of Justice also was Informed
Of receipt Of the postcard
The warning said that The cJg.ons
house, already under heavy guard world
be blown up at 2 p. m. Mr. Edwards said
that preliminary Investigation had
shown no evidence ~ plot and he ~as tn
eIined 70 regard the warning ~ hoax
few minutes before the xNrniug r,o~f-
card was received By Big Bill Edvsra-.
the former Princeton football star, E<ivin
| T. Fischer, ex-tennis player, who =cnt
warnings on the fret explosion on The
strength Of an alleged mental s'rpafhir
tip, had declared AZ police heedouarters
on his arrival here from Canads "roo-e vin
happen in the future
'Uuseen powers had communicate
that 70 me, he said
FtF teyfift ANNOUNCED FettFf ftifTtE ~
Alexander Brailovsky, Russian iournalisf
detained after he had admitted he Vas
near the scene of the explosion soon after u
occurred. The Department of Justice
denied reports that Brailovsly rad heen
turned over n them Both ic>a ard
Federal authorities declared tbey hsH
found there was no evidence on yhich ~
hold the Russian.
Maurice Davies, supN-intend~rs - Tho
Volunteer Hospital, after an extensive ex-
animation Of clothing of the victiros of no
explosion, declared that the theory th4t
some one may have heen near enough ~
the explosion 70 have been blown % sforne
has been negatived.
Mr. Dawes also said that examination
Of the wounds Of all the injured dbl not
find single glass wound. Al uer~ hurt ~
other substances, mostly metal, he sad
At police headquarters the cigars Fiaen-
er picked up were examined and found -
contain nothing bur tonacco."
Fischer stuck 70 hrs statement that "it
was a prenonition" that warned him IN al
vance of the Wall street explosion
The postcard received BY Mr.. I'd
wards, Of the commercial type Regularity
sold By postofiicns throughout The cpintry
WAS PLAINLY ro~tmaxken Grand Central
Station, ) . IN, September is.
The message on the card was written
IN blue ink, evidently fresh, and N a hand-
writing apparently disguised. L SAID.
Warning There II q plot 20 destroy
the custom house on Thursday, ,epten-
Der p, clock.
Have building well guarded ana watch
all persons carrying parnels- Do not al
init anyone intIthe building with par
eel unless examined.
(signedl "a CTt,en"
officials of the Department Of Justice
regarded the warning as the work Cf a
crank. They said that person intending
TO cause such An explosion would hardly
warn the authorities about Il hours IN ad-
New York. Sept. 20.-The hodv 0f the
one VICTIM OF the Wall Street explosion
which had remained unidentified. sas
recognized at the morgue today BY Mrs.
Olive Kehrer, OF Brooklyn, as her son.
Elmer Wallace hehrer, p years Odd,
chauffeur.
Kehrer had been out Of work aud look-
ing for employment, Mrs. hehreT said
adding that the youth had made hls home.
with her at 422 South Fourth street.
Considerable importance had been at
tached 70 the fact that kehrer had re-
manned unidentified so long, Official 0pin-
ion differing over the theory that ths
lack OF identification might signify fear
to recognize him by persons OF question:
able character.
Edwin p Fischer, the former Metro
politan tennis star, who was detained IN
Hamilton. Ont, IL connection with the
postcard warnings Of the Wal Street
blast arrived here this morning in the
custody Of New York and Hamilton of-
ficers. He was taken 20 police headGuas-
tiers at once.
Fischer, after laughing with a swarm
of reporters and photographers Wills
posing for news "movies, showed hi-
way with the detectives 70 q Lexington
avenue lunehroom, where he breakissted
on beef stew and coffee, finishing the meal
when he washed his face with a glass of
water.
He stuffed into his pocket three cigar
he picked UP from the Grand Central
floor, chuckling as he did so and explaining
that he did not smoke but his friends
did"
When posing for Gamers men he was
asked TO remove his hat. Tins broughs
an exclamation:
sHave a heartw he cred
Requested TO talk he said "Oh, tax
me eye"
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