The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-09-20
NO EVIDENCE OF PLOT
YET UNCOVERED
Collector Edwards Is In
clined to Believe the
Warning Is a Hoax
Last Body of Victims of
the Explosion in Wall
Street Was Identified To-
day.

New York, Sept. 20.-A postcard
warning that an attempt would be
made tomorrow to blow up the custom
house, after the Wall street explosion
last Thursday was received in the mail
today by William B. Edwards. collec-
tor Of internal revenue for this dis
trict.
The postcard, signed "a citizen" was
turned over to the custodian Of the
building by Mr.. Edwards, who also no.
tilted Postmaster Thomas G. Patten.
The department of justice was also in
formed.
The warning said that the customs
house, already under heavy guard,
would be blown up. at , p. m. Mr.. Ed
wards said that a preliminary inyesti-
cation had shown no evidence of plot
and he was inclined to regard the
warning as hoax
A few minutes before the warning
postcard had been received by Mr.. Ed
wards (former Princeton football starr
Edwin p. Fischer, ex tennis player, who
sent warnings on the first explosion on
the strength of an alleged mental tele-
psthc tip had declared at police
headquarters on his arrival here from
Canada that more will happen in the
future"
Unseen powers had communicated
that to me- he said. Officials of the
department of Justice regarded the
warning as the work of crank They
said that person intending to cause
such an explosion would hardly warn
the authorities.
The county grand jury was convened
to-day to investigate the explosion
last Thursday and exacted toll of
% lives and injury to nearly 900 9th
ers. Subpoenas we're issued for scores
Of witnesses.
Among those to be examined was
Edwin p Fischer, arrested in Canada.
who sent warnings of the disaster to
a number of friends. Authorities at
tsched little significance TO his story
because, of his recognized eccentrici-
ties.
Fischer arrived here to-day in Gus
tody of detectives and after breakfast
with a glass of water.
He stuffed into his pocket three ci-
CARS he picked up from the Grand
Central floor. chuckling as he did so
and explaining that he did not smoke,
but his friends did. AT police head
quarters Fischer stuck to his state
,nent that lit was a premonition' that
warned him in advance of the Wall |
street explosion, adding; "More will
happen in the future. Unseen powers |
have communicated that through me. "
The police announced to-day release |
~ Alexander Brsilovsky. the Russian |
journalist. who was detained after I've |
had admitted that he was near the |
scene Of the explosion soon after it oc-
Cured. Both local and federal au-
thorities declared that they had found /
,lhere was no evidence on which 10 hold /
the Russian.
Efforts TO identify the owner Of /
horse which drew a wagon supposed /
TO carry a bomb were continued Al |
though John Hsggerty farrier. iden.
tilted the shoes Of the dead horse as
those he had attached two weeks ago 4
faint hope was expressed Of being 4
sble to trace the owner Of the animal. /
since Haggerty could recall no unmis-
taxable identifying features Of the
owner. he identified the shoes sim
plv because they bore certain mark
common 20 all his handiwork and not
distinguished by this particular job.
The body Of the one victim which
had remained unidentified. was recor-
nfved AZ the unorrrte 10 dav hv Mr. /
Olive kehrer NJ BROOKLYN. a. that Of
her son. Elmer Wallace Kehrer. who
rss chauffeur. p vears II age He
~ss looking for a job when no was
killed.
Federal sg--ts today investigated
report that the FIRE department had
learned hv checking no an store. ~
Explosives lawfully held ir the citv.
hsf there vas a distinc' shortage IN
,ne Of the explosives msEazinrs.