South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-20
Officials Believe Unidentified
Victim May Have Driven
Death Wagon
IMPRESSIVE FUNERALS
Eight Persons Killed in Blast
Buried Military Honors
Accorded Three.

NEW YORK. Sept 19.-Depart-
ment of Justice agents and the poiice
were still without definite clue sun
day night as 20 the identity OF the
person or persons responsible for
Thursdays explosion ln Wall street..
Alexander Brailovsky Russian
journalist, who was arrested late
Saturday on Information furnished
by an anonymous correspondent
and who admitted having been in
the financial district a short umc
after the explosion occurred, is still
being held without bail on a charge
OF being an undesirable alien
William j. Flynn. chief OF the bur
eau OF investigation OF the depart
ment Of justice. declared Sunday
night that he placed no special sig
nifiCauce ia BrailOCslky's arrest. but
said ne was being held IN COnfor-
n cree with the departments plan
mot 70 overlook and bets" and ID
follow up all leads that may de-
velop in The course Of the inyestl-
cation.
Denies Implication.
No other charge or suggestion
that Brailovsky is IN any way per
sonally responsible for the disaster
has yet been made by the authorl-
ties. He vehemcntly denies being
implicated in the supposed plot.
The only other important devel-
opment within the past "A hours is
the suggestion by Medical EXamiu-
er Norris that the sole rCmuinlne
unidentified body, that of blond
haired boy about 19. may be that OF
the driver OF the death wagon
which was abandoned near tho as
say office just before the detOna-
tion took place and which is belicN
cd 10 have carried the time bomb
that caused the disaster Seven
Identification" Of the body were
made during the day but all proved
20 be erroneous upon subsequent
investigation. A revised list OF the
dead Sunday night showed that -
persons had lost their lives as a re-
suit of the explosion. Some of the
previous lists made the total thirty
five.
Robert 4. Pope. brOtner-ln law OF
Edwin Fischer. who sent postcard
4 warnings OF the disaster from Toron-
/ 10 10 friends in the financial dis
/ trfct was questioned for nearly two
hours Sunday at the department ot
4 the authorities in Hamilton. ont,
/ Justice Pope turned Fischer over 70
where ne is being detained pending
I
will be questioned as % his krowl-
edge OF the blast. Chief Flynn
would not disclose the nature Of the
/ Investigation or say whether Pope
/ had come voluntarily or in answer
/ to "a summons Fischer who already
] has been adjudged mentally incam-
potent by "a lunacy commission ln
/ Hamilton is expected here Monday.
Police investigators will question
! Fischer upon his arrival department
Of Justice agents said
] Chief FLYNN declared there We're u7
new developments I'm the case sun
/ day nirht although his men were
F yvsrkinl, on several leads and hop
/ Cd for definite results.
iOO, 900 Visit Scene.
Police estimated that 100. 600
/ persons visited The scene Of the eX-
4 uIosiou SUNDAY. So dense were the
. crowds that automobiles were bar
red within "a radius II two blocks
Of tho j. -. Morgan and company
bank and sidewalks were made one
way thoroughfares for peiertrians.
All prominent churches and public
buildings were placed under extra
guard during the weekend but no
untOward incident occurred.
Impressive funeral services were
held here Sunday for eight persons
who were killed by the explosion.
/ Military hol0rs were accorded 10
three Of the victims who were war
. veterans.
Tho september grand jury which
was instructed Friday 20 conduct ar
iuvestiga into the disaster. VII
begin listening 20 the testimony Of
Witnesses Monday.