Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-09-17
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warning and the fact that the explosion
occurred about that time was coin
cidence"
Eighteen Of the dead in the explosion
were taken to the morgue.
They include four women and boy.
Medical officials who examined the
bodies reported to District Attorney
Swami and Chief Police Inspector VIII
liam J. Lahey that there was no doubt
that death was caused by a bomb OF
tremendous power.
It is believed the internal machine
weighed more than a ton.
In several Of the bodies were found
pieces Of iron ad these lave been turned
over to the police" said Chief Medical
Examiner Charles Norris.
They appear to have been made from
window sash weights sawed into small
pieces.
There is no doubt that bomb caused
the explosion
..The nature of the wounds shows
that.
william J. Burns, whose detective
agency is employed TO guard the Morgan
building, said he believed the bomb
mechanism was similar to that used In
the Mcnamara dynamiting cases when
cheap alarm clocks We're used to set
OF the explosive
BURNS GIVES
HIS THEORY.
~The time clock was probably set
for II o'clock noon in this instance"
said Burns
cit Is possible the plotters hoped
to stop their wagon directly in
front of the United States subtreas-
ury building across the street
There wsre great crowds In the
street at the time, as it was In the
midst Of the lunch hour.
II believe the conspirators pur-
posely chose this time. knowing that
it would be easier for them to escape
In the crowded street
'sThey could not have been Tar
away when the bomb went on
$50 far as we can learn the wagon
had halted only a few minutes be
fore the explosion
Immediately after the blast the
air was filed with the fumes OF
pierre acid
The authorities have discarded the
theory that & robber band hoped to
wreck the Morgan bank and the United
States subtreasury and loot the vaults
under cover of the general panic and
excitement.
It is admitted, however, that such a
plot, If successfully carried out, would
have yielded a rich harvest
There was $500, 600. 600 in gold bullion
Assay Office and 100000 more in the
United States Subtreasury.
The amount Of gold bullion and coin
in the Morgan Bank and the nearby
Bankers Trust Company Is not definitely
known. but Is very large
INVESTIGATORS
SWARM ON CASE.
With dawn the army OF Investigators
On the scene OF the catastrophe were
reinforced
A piece Of metal and an iron slug,
weighing a pound. believed TO be part
Of the bomb which wrecked the Morgan
bank were found on the roof Of the sub
treasury building today. They were
found by Deputy Assistant Treasurer
Grant, who turned them over to the
police.
Renewed efforts were made to gain
information as to the identity Of the
terrorists through the horse and wagon
which had carried the bomb.
The carcass of the dead horse was
examined minutely.
IT was found the animal had been
newly shod and that recently It had
been clipped.
Detectives have been assigned to can
ass all blacksmith shops in New York
check up the owners of horses shod
thin the last few days
Detectives are making a similar inves-
gation on Long Island and at various
L.
Ee known to gather.
81 The police department gave out the
o11owing description Of the bomb
ehfcle:
A one-horse affair Of the rack va
iriety. body enclosed in a network Of
slender poles and rails, painted yellow.
Regular explosives wagons are painted
red, and covered entirely, carry a red
nag and are emblazoned with big warn
ing plaeards..
All the injured able to talk are being
examined IN hospitals and at their homes
By Federal and municipal detectives.
They have been able to give informa-
don Of some value, but the majority said
they noticed nothing until they were
Knocked down by the earthquake like
explosion.
Those in the Immediate vicinity Of
broaC and wall streets said the Ginning
o. the clock in Trinity tower barely haa
ceased when a mufled roar like a blast
Of artillery broke forth.
Buildings rocked and the air imme-
4diately was darkened By smoke and flying
4wreckage
Z a sheet Of flames leaped through the
windows of the Morgan Bank and the
&sub- treasury.
This fame had the appearance of com
Ing from the bank, and it was this phe-
.nonenon that led to the original report
that the explosion had occurred in the
Morgan Bank
The echoes OF the blast rang through
the caryon-like streets between the tower
Eng buildings.
A pail of thick, oily yellow smoke
spread as the streets ratified with the
crash Of falling glass.
a great shout arose from the panic
gtrtcken people.
Men and women, aroused to frenzy by
Fear, began running aimlessly through
he Etreets, and above their shouts rose
the screams Of the injured.
In the excitement no one thought to
slook for the perpetrators of the outrage.
In fact, 1t was not known at that time
hat an Internal machine had caused it.
ELEVELAND HOMES