The Washington times., 1920-09-18
FIND ; CLUES
INN. Y.B[AST
500 Detectives Running Down
Tips on Mystery Wagon"
and Death Threats.
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agree that II was "A deliberate plot
Is the pair OF new shoes which II Is
believed were put within forty-eight
hours of tho tragedy on the horse
that drew the mystery wagon. The
disemboweled carcass OF the animal
was found midway between the
United States Assay Onice anc the
Morgan building, with all the evil
dence of having suffered the immedi-
ate and most terrible impact OF the
explosion. Upon these shoes are
printed the letters II. s. /. u" which'
stand for the Horseshoers' Inter
national Union
New York has only one local OF this
organisation. and every one OF It's 300
members was today made the subject
of the most thoroush-going inquiry.
investigating agents visiting every
shop and trying to trace the horse
and it's owner. A report that gained
currency late last night that the
owner OF the horse and mystery
wagon" was known to the police was
denied early today. but officials are
strongly hopeful of tracing him.
or sepciAl interest to the authori-
ties in connection with the warning
circulars OF the american Anarchist
Fighters" was the misspelling of GER
tain words. such as "rimember" and
PRISONERS" in on the copies, indicat-
ing they were the work OF aliens.
"Prisonniers" with two "n's'D Is
French for "prisoners." The circu-
lars were printed with rubber type.
CONSPIRACY INDICATED.
Attorney General Palmer made
clear his belief today that all present
indications were those of a criminal
conspiracy. Incidentally, he seized
the occasion to deplore the $I3O,OOO
cut in the appropriations for his de-
partment. as a result OF which, n"
said he and his agents were not so
well-informed on the inside OF the
extremist organization in this coun-
try as they were six months ago.
Chief Flynn expressed the belief
that the explosion was not aimed di-
rectly at Morgan and Company, but
as a demonstration against the heart
OF the financial district.
Interest in Edward Fischer. former
New York tennis expert. now in
lunatic asylum in Canada. upon
W hom the investigators focused
their attention yesterday, was con-
sderably lessened over night. Chief
flynn said:
~ do not attach much importance
to Fischer's arrest. I believe he is
tight. However, he will. of course,
be investigated"
Fischer Is the man who sent a
mysterious warning of an impending
Wall Street disaster to the French
high commissioner. The authorities
now believe his "premonition" was
merely a weird coincidence.
WAGON IMPORTANT CLUE.
Next to the horseshoes, the "mys-
terry wagon" as reconstructed from
it's debris is looked upon by the au-
thorities as the most important clue.
Every one of the hundred-odd places
in New York where wagons of its
Kind can be rented was visited by !
tgents today and the owners were [,
put under grilling examinations in an !
ffort to trace the driver.
1t was learned for the first time to- |
day that a warning similar to that
sent to the French high commissioner |
was received by Morgan & Co. the |
day before the disaster. 1t bore a |
Buffalo postmark and conveyed a
warning ito all to stay away from |
Street Thursday between and
o'clock"
Deducing his conclusion from the
discovery Of the warning circulars Of
the American Anarchist Fighters"
chief Flynn outlined his theory today !
as follows:
The plotters probably left the
wagon with the horse attached in !
Wall Street. having set the timing de-
vice few moments ahead. They
didn't want to take a chance on mail
ing the circulars. nor did they want 10
throw them into the street. SO they
lust dropped them, without postage
or wrapper, in the nearby maitboN,
on their way from the scene Of the
crime. Three minutes later their
bomb had exploded"
GUARDS swAnM WALL STREET.
The system Of Guarding the fnan-
cial district, public buildings, and the
homes of wealthy citizens who might
be marked" by terrorists Is being f!
steadily intensified. The whole Wall
Street area swarms with Department
of Justice agents, police and plain |
clothes men.
Special surveillance also has been
arranged for the Standard Oil plant |
at Bayonne, N. J.
The American Legion, several of
whose members were among the VIC
tins of Thursdays blast. is raising a
FUND to aid the authorities in track
ing down the perpetrators of the |
crime.
Fifty-eight victims or inc explo- !
sion were still in hospitals early to-
day.
Eight OF those who were killed
served with the American EXpedi- |
tionary force in France.
with the advent here OF Chief
Flynn, the New York municipal heads |
and their subinvestigators began to
wrap themselves in silence toward |
reporters. 1t was obvious that word !
had gone out from Washington that
IL the investigation ia to be success |
ful there must be absolute co.ordina- |
ton and all news must come through |
one source. As a result tho New
York Investigators tacitly subordi- |
mated themselves to the Federal au-
thorities and Chief Flynn became the
central target for all inquiries from
the newspaper men.
Flynn said his investigation had
disclosed that tho mystery wagon"
did not head cast, as was originally |
reported, but was going into west
erly direction. This, the chief ex-
planned, was not In violation of the
traffic laws, and therefore no atten-
fion waa maid the yehiCle