The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-09-18
Big REWARD IS
OFFERED; MANY
JOIN THE HUNT
Attorney General Palmer Takes
Action to Run Down Band
Believed Responsible
SIMIL AR TO OLD PLOT
Point Out That Radical Litera-
ture Is Similar to That Found
After Former Outbreak

Genoa, Italy, Sept. 1S.-The
in a searching investigation 10
discover the persons responsible
for yesterdays bomb explosion at
the stock exchange. A number OF
suspects, including six Hungari-
an communists were arrested,
but no definite clue has been
found. The explosion did some
damage to the exchange but caus.
ed no casualties.
New York, Sept. 1S. Con-
vinced that the explosion which
snuffed out the lives Of 35 per-
sons and injured 200 Thursday
t ternoon was deliberately
planned by radicals, officials of
the department Of justice, head
ed by Attorney General himself,
today spread a dragnet over
the country in an effort to trap
the cOnspirators.
Spurred on rewards aggregating
S2O,5OO offered by the New York city
administration and an accident insur-
ance company for the apprehension
and conviction of person or persons
responsible for the tragedy, police,
ex-service men and private citizens
lent their aid to the Investigators.
Department of Justice officials were
certain that the disaster was not the
result of one PERSONS inspiration or
eccentricity, but that it was the pre-
mediated and fiendish plot of radicals
bent on defiance of law and organ
lied government. William J. Flynn,
head Of the bureau of investigation
of the department of justice, was
chief spokesman for this general
opinion.
Attorney General Palmer corrobor-
ated him.
Similar to Former Plot
Chief Flynn based his opinion on
the findings of radical literature in
postoffice boxes near the scene of the
tragedy soon after it occurred He
pointed out peculiar similarity be-
tween the nature of this literature
and that found in connection with the
terrorist plot in June. 1919. Similar
expressions and similarly misspelled
words characterized the literature
found yesterday and in 1919, lie said.
End EXPLOSION
One difference between the two,
however. was that the literature found
last year was signed "The Anarchistic
Fighters while that found yesterday
was signed "The american An
archistic Fighters"
"You can see,' Flynn remarked,
they have added the single word
American to their title now"
Very little could be done to trace
the authors of this literature or to
ascertain whether a general radical
movement was contemplated. Until
definite persons can be found who
were responsible for Thursdays di-
saster. Those who distributed the
literature, he said, were careful not
to send it through the mails AMI
evidently were afraid to pass it around
the streets so they concluded to stuff
it in mail boxes and disappeared be-
fore the explosion.
Find Horse Owner
Highest Importance in tOday's search
was attached to finding the driver
Of the dilapidated, rusty, red wagon,
the fragments Of which were found
nearest the crater of the detonation.
Officials believe apprehension of
the authors Of the tragedy virtually
hinges on this discovery.
Col. William Meade, chief clerk for
J. P. Morgan and company, whose Of
fices suffered a large share of the
property damage, declared the farrier
who shOd the horse that drew the
death wagon had been found and that
he was reasonably sure of the own
er's identity. Peculiar markings on
the dead horses shoes, it was said,
aided in tracing the blacksmith who
said he thought he could remember
who brought the animal to him to be
shOd.
Department Of justice officials to-
day had neither confirmed nor de-
MED this report but Attorney Cen
eral Palmer said an attempt was be-
ing made to trace the owner. He con-
sidered his discovery Of paramount
Importance.
Think Fischer Deranged
Department of Justice officials at
tached little Importance to the de-
tention Of Edward Fischer at Hamil-
ton, O., who yesterday admitted to
Canadian authorities of having sent
warnings of the disaster to several
friends here. However, Attorney
General Palmer said he would direct
that Fischer be thoroughly examined
in the hope that in spite of the belief
that he was mentally deranged ne
might present valuable leads"
Criminal Escaped
'We have solved the mysteries of
last years bombs but were frustrat-
ed in bringing the criminals to
Justice when Alfredo Salesedo, whom
we were OBTAINING in the New York
office Of the bureau jumped from the
Ia story window, committing suicide"
said Chief Flynn.
THAT tipped our hand and the
crowd got safely out of the country
before we could nab them.
"Now we have much more to work
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