Arizona republican., 1920-09-18

streets. less than 300 feet away. He declared the cart came from New street and was driven by a man who spoSe with a strong Scotch accent.
 Just before 12 o'clock Thursday, Ser bin said that he and his partner were doing business on Broad street where the new stock exchange addition is be- ing built when they were ordered away by man in civilian clothes whom they took to be an officer. He added that they turned their horse around, passed the Morgan bank and went to the corner of Wall and Nassau streets, where they resumed business.
 My wagon was on the right side of Wall street. looking toward Broad" he added, and across the street from me was an automobile. We began to do d good business with the noon crowds. Then some one sang out to me in Scotch accent: Pull your horse up. buddy
 "I looked up at him and his wagon
 He must have come from New street because I was watching the cop on Broadway all the time. My partner was doing the selling If he came down Wall street, I could not have missed him. When I pulled out of the way he went straight down Wall street and about minute later I was knocked down and didn't remember anything until I came to in the Broad street hospital
 The wagon was a bum work wagon with dark, dirty red paint, something like 3. dirt wagon and about twice the size of those used by street clean CTS. It was a rusty red color and was drawn by an old brown horse.
 The driver was a dark complexioned. unshaven. wiry man, probably 35 or 40 years old and dressed in working o1n onH 0rIr To to be about five feet six inches tall. He had dark hair.''
 Says Wagon Flew Red Flag
 Miss Rebecca Eppstein. a stenog rapher in a Broadway brokerage firm, told the authorities she saw a reddish wagon Of the "open truck" type. being driven east in Wall street few min utes before the explosion occurred. She said the wagon contained either boxes or barrels covered with a white pow der and that red flag flew from the rear of the vehicle.
 When 1t reached a point about op- posite the Morgan bank and the assay office" she said. ''the driver pulled up at the curb and stopped. He then got off the seat and walked west on Wall street toward Broadway. I had reached the Equitable building when the explosion occurred. I was knocked senseless. I believe I would recognize the driver if I saw him. He was of the laboring type, about 40 years old and was dressed in a suit of brown oyeralls. They were spotted with the white DOW der I saw on the boxes or barrels in the wagon"
 Examination of shrapnel found i'm | beded in the bodies of some of the | dead and of fragments removed in surgical operations on the injured has added weight 10 the belief that the eX- plosion came from an internal machine and was not accidental.
 An official conclusion to this effect will be filed Monday by Dr. Otto A. l Schultz, assistant medical examiner at l tached to the district attorneys office, he said tonight
 Dr. Schultz examined the bodies of several dead and operated upon some | of the injured Death in many cases. \ he said, was due to perforati ting wounds | from pieces of metal directly asso- ciated with explosive matter l He insisted they were not parts of an automobile or wagon.
 City Offers S1o,ooo Reward In his operations. he said he ob- 1 flesh of the wounded. Many of the slugs were about the size of a walnut, he asserted. The city today offered s1o,- l 900 for information leading to the arrest | and conviction of the person or persons | responsible for the explosion, and $500 | TOT loaU1n2 10 the 1dent1f1- l cation of the owner of the wagon in which the explosion is known to have occurred. The preferred accident in l surance company also offered $10,O00 | reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the guilty party or parties
 The brokerage firm of Daniels and company today sent to Mayor HyIan a check for S250, requesting him to use | 1t as a nucleus for fund to be raised for the relief of sufferers in the disas- ter. The letter points out most Of those injured were clerks and stenCgraphers in moderate cirtumstances
 The regular September grand iurz-. which began it's jnvestigati ali the
 order of Judge William II. Wadhams
 of the Court of General Sessions. was
 instructed to divide it's inquiry into
 two phases; first. to determine wheth- ! CT crime has becn committed. and.
 second, whether the disaster was due
 to criminal negligence. Judge Wad-
 hams declared that it was apparent
 from early reports that the explosion
 was due 10 one or the other.
 The grand jury went into session i'm
 mediately and was advised as 10 the
 legal phases and scope Of its pros
 pective work by Assistant District At
 torney Talley. Expert chemists are
 trying to ascertain the type of ex- l plosives used, will be summoned as l .NiiSSS~Ss iAC S1Ad' Al0 dSSISlsiNl U1S-
 trict attorney has requested the po- lice to give him the names and address,
 es of al the wounded and an effort will
 be made. he added, to have the mem
 bers of his staff interrogate all of them
 personally and then summon those who
 are able to throw any light upon the
 mystery.
 Jurors Visit Scene
 The jury was taken to the scene of
 the explosion this afternoon, District Attorney Pulley pointed out the spot