Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-16

drew up In front Of the Morgan offices
and that when Morgan detectives ap.
preached the machine, one man alighted
and either accidentally or purposcly
dropped what appeared to be a bomb.
Another Bomb Version
Occupants of skyscraper looking
down on Wall street told another yer.
sion of the automobile story. They said
they saw the car draw up and the
men leave it. These spectators ad-
vanced the theory that the bomb--if
It was bomb--had been timed.
This version differed from the first
as regards the two passengers and their
chauffeur. The first story had it that
they were among the dead or injured.
Never in its history has lower Man
haitian witnessed such excitement as
prevailed today. Trading on both the
stock and curb exchanges was ordered
suspended for the day few minutes
after the explosion occurred. And from
then on lower New York forgot all its
business matters in attending to the
needs Of the injured.
Fire apparatus and ambulanccs dash
cd through the narrow. crooked streets
of the financial district. on which lay
a covering of shattered glass and the
broken remains of men aud horses.
An emergency call was sent to Gov
ernors Island. from which n heavy de
i tachment was sent to New York to
guard the subtrcasury and aid tn"
police, who placed heavy guard TO-
protect the millions Of gold and silver
and paper money lodged in the great
granite structure Immediately opposite
the scene OF the explosion.
In addition to the bodies "f human
beings and horses scattered over the
pavement. great blothes Of blood ap.
peared on the white walls of Wall
streets office buildings.
Many Of the injured were girls work
ing in Office buildings. Hundreds Of
persons were thrown to the sidewalk
with the force of the explosion and
dozens Of trucks and automobiles were
pressed into service to carry away the
wounded
Patrol With FIXED BayUneIs
The call for soldiers from Governors
Island was sent by Martin NOgel. as
sistant secretary of the treasury, who
has charge Of the subtreasury With
all the windows blasted OUT. Colonel
William Wiegel chief of staff at the
military post. announced that 2m in
fantrymen would patrol the financial
district with fixed bayouctS day and
night. with orders to allow no one to
approach government property.
Mayor Hylan arrived at the scene nj
y. IN. to direct the efforts of munich
pal authorities.
Little information was ObtaInabe
from the Morgan offices. J. P. Nor.
gan himself is now abroad.
First reports that the explosion was
in the stock exchang" proved to be in
correct. All the windows in the fnan.
cial district were smashed to atoms
Heads Of the fire department on
reaching the scene directed their efforts
toward asccrtainnG the cause and 10.
cation of the explosion. The latter was
difficult because Of the shattered ap-
pearanCes Of buildings near the Morgan
Office but the authorities were inclined
to abandon their theory that the px
plosion had occurred either in the Nor
gan Office itself or the Stock Exchange
Consensus Of opinion was that the
blow.up had occurred in the street.
One fire marsha expressed the opin-
ion that the explosion had been one Of
dynamite. Coupled with this theory
was the automobile which figured in
other versions Of the disaster. This
automobile was reported TO have col
lded with a truck loaded with dyna-
mite.
Police reserves hastily assembled
found difficulty in coping with the crowd
of many thousand persons who tried
10 press themselves into Wall street,
that narrow canyon in which automo.
biles can hardly pass each other with
ease. Telephone service was shut Of
from many public booths in the vicinity
and all banking Offices we're placed un
der extraordinarily heavy guard
Wrecked Auto Found
A wrecked automobile bearing the
New Jersey license number a 946 was
found near the Morgan Building and
the police tried 10 establish whether