The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-09-18

lRy AESocIaHed Pressl
NEW YORK, Sept. is. = Conf
dent that the American Anarchist
fighters" who are believed to have
caused tho disastrous bomb eXplo'
sion in Wall street last Thursday
would be brought to justice was ex
pressed today by William J. Flynn
chief OF the bureau Of investigation
of the Department of Justice.
Chief Flynn, who has charge OF
the federal investigation under the
personal supervision OF AttornS~
General Palmer, said he was GER
tain from the similarity OF circu,
lars found in O mail box near Wall
street at the time OF the explosion
to those found at the scene OF vari'
ous bomb explosions in June, 1918,
that the same crowd OF terrorists
was responsible for the outrages.
1--WE had solved the mysteries OF
last years bombs but were frustrat-
ed In bringing the criminals to jus.
tfce when Alfredo Salesedo whom
we were OBTAINING In the New York
office OF the bureau, jumped from
the 18th story window during the
night and committed suicide" said
Flynn.
THAT tipped our hand and the
crowd got safely out of the coun.
try before we could nab them.
Now in this case, VIC have much
more to work upon at the start.
The similarity OF the circulars
makes available our all knowledge
-of- tErs g2u6 wi tlSIInftt IL; NM
rages last year. Most OF lht3 in
formation has never been made
public and 1t would not be wise to
reveal II now. We even establish
the identity Of an anarchist who
was killed by his own bomb In last
years explosion with much less eVi'
dence than we have in the present
cnse.
Torn bits OF paint paper was the
only evidence we had last year.
Now we have whole circulars drop
ped into mall box presumably Dy
the man who struck on the bomb
half an hour after letter carrier
had emptied the box. In addition
there are the horse and the broken
bits Of the wagon on which the
bomb was placed.
The key to the mystery apparent.
" lies in the Identification OF the
rickety old wagon drawn by an old
horse, which was left standing at
the curb in Wall street near the
United States assay office and
ACROSS the street from the Morgan
bank q few minutes before the OK.
plosion. The horse was killed and
the wagon blown to bits in tho
blast, The driver OF the wagon
is believed to have escaped. Fed
eral and police authorities tonight
were centerinE their activities on
this phase of the case.
Every livery stable In the city is
being cauvassed to determine
whether a horse and wagon are
missing, Examination of the horses
body disclosed that 1t had been
newly clipped and shod. This and
q mark on the horses shoes fur
ntsh the only clews to its identity.
Conflicting descriptions OF the
wagon, itself have been received
by the police, all available bits or
the vehicle have been taken to po.
lice headquarters where efforts are
being made to reconstruct the We
hicle sufficiently TO determine Its
exact type. A curiosity examina:
tion indicates It was OF unusual
breadth, which leads Detective
Chief Coughlin TO believe that II
was of the type used in transports.
tIon crates OF eggs.
Officials opinion Is almost unani'
nous that 1t was not the regular
type OF wagon used In the trans,
portatIon OF powder or explosives
through city Streets, !.
one Of the best descriptions OF
myBterious vehicles was furnished
bY Lawrence Serbin, who with his
partner, was engaged in selling
chocolates to the, noon day crowd
from a wagon at the corner OF Mas
sau and Wall streets, less than 800
feet from the scene of the eXplo-
sion, He declared the cart came
from New street and was driven by
a man who spoke with a strong
Scotch accent.
The wagon was a bum work wag-
on with dark, dirty red paint, some
thing like a dirt wagon and about
twice the size OF those used by
street cleaners. 1t was a rusty red
color and was drawn by an old
brown horse. The driver was a
dark complexioned, unshaven, wiry
man probably 50 br 40 years old and
dressed In working clothes and a
dark cap. He seemed to be about
five feet SIX inches tall. He hao
dark hair.
oRrapher in a Broadway brokerage
firm, told the authorities she saw
Reddish wagon" Of the open
truck" type being driven east on
Wall street a few minutes before
the explosion occurred. She said
the wagon contained either boxes
or barrels, covered with a white
powder, and that red flag flew
from the rear end OF the vehicle,
"When It reached point about