South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-19
Government Officials Con.
tinue Investigation of Last
Thursdays Disaster.
MAKE THREE ARRESTS
Seek Persons Who Deposited
Radical Circulars In New
York Mail Box.

NEW YORK. Sept IS.-Invest iEa-
ton OF the explosion in Wall street
Thursday noon. which cost 35 lives
and did property damage exceeding
100000 broadly divided itself to-
night into two separate channels.
Firm in their belief that the dis
aster was caused by a time bono
planted by a band of anarchists who
were also implicated IN the mai
bomb plots in June, 1919. depart
ment Of justice investigators. headed
by Attorney General Palmer and
William J. Flynn, chief of the de-
partments bureau Of investigation,
have conferred their efforts in seek
ing the identity of the person or
persons who deposited i've radical
circulars in mail box near the
scene just a few minutes before the
explosion.
Make Threats.
These circulars. printed on cheap
paper and signed American An
archists Fighters, threatened sure
death for all OF you" unless the poht-
ical prisoners" were freed. They bear
striking likeness, Chief Flynn
/ pointed out, 90 those found IN the
/ Investigations OF June, 1919.
Meanwhile, police investigators
| were concentrating their attention on
/ trying to establish the Identity OF the
\ driver OF the dilapidated wagon
/ which was abandoned near the J. =.
] Morgan and company bank "A few
! minutes before the explosion and
which is believed 20 have contained
/ the internal machine.
Experts I'm the police bomb squad
who have examined and picccd to-
( gether metal fragraments believed
/ 20 have been part Of the bomb. de-
/ clared the deadly missile apparently
! weighed about 800 pounds. 200 Of
which were the explosive itself.
Arrest StoWaway.
Department OF justice agents
/ late today arrested an Italian stow
away on the outgoing steamship
/ Cedric on suspicion that ne may
I have been implicated IN the plot
\ He was taken 10 the department
I headquarters questioned and later
released, agents stating he had SAT-
| isfactoriIy established his innocence
] EOllNH ANNEANAhNn nArD fNANEAANIIN.A -
I foreign Journalist late today follow
/ Ing information that he was seen iu
I the financial district "a few minutes
after the explosion took place, but
! he. too. was later released. 20
/ charges had been preferred against
/ him
The only man being detained in
/ connection with the explosion is Ed
( win Fischer, a lawyer and fCrmer
D.. D.
] mission here. who sent postcard
! warnings Of the disaster 70 friends lu
/ the financial district. Re was turned
over 20 the police at Hamilton, ont,
/ yesterday by his brother-in-la-,
1 Robert Pope, who said he was act
/ ing queerly.
Fischer was later adjudged insane
I bv q lunacy commission and tempo
/ rarity confined 90 "a Hamilton jail.
Hymns Opinion.
Local police investigators have
/ been sent % question him and ~ ls
i has direct knowledge OF the eXplos-
\ ion, 10 bring him back 10 New York
/ IL possible Fischer claims 90 have
/ received notices Of the impending
I disaster by mental teIepathy-'
/ Chief Flynn expressed the opinion
/ that Fischer IS no way connected
/ with the explosion Itself
mittcd tonight they had uncovered
nothing new during the day which
/ would aid In solving the mystery.
/ No one has been found. they saIi.
I who knew the owner Of the horse
/ and wagon, which were blown 20
/ pieces by the blast.
one blacksmith, after being shown
/ the shoes and hoofs OF the dead
/ horse. told the police nc believed he
/ might throw light on the identity
/ OF the horse and IFS owner. A. noon
( ne went 20 look a. the badly dis
I memb carcass bur when be left
] the police said there was nothing
I new 20 report
Hold Conference.
Heads OF the various detective
I bureaus assigned 20 the case con-
I ferred late TODAY with chief Inspec-
I tor william Iahey. but apparently
this conference added nothing 20 the
I DAYS developments
we have slfted the case from
top 20 bottom. declared Chief IN
. spector Lahcy. but we have de-
u voIoped nothing new.
4 piece ~ wood. 1--WE by three
4 inches. believed TO be part ~ the
/ death wagon" was found by "a de-
/ pratment OF justice operative today
on the window ledge OF the zs-h
+ floor OF the Bankers Trust building
az "A Wall street.
In order 20 guard against "A re-
newaI OF bomb outraEcs over TIE
week end 400 extra policemen were
/ placed on guard duty late today
around alb important public build
ings churches ard the homes ~
I prominent city officials and fuanc-
iers. Extra guards also were placed
{ Ia the financial district