Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-18
Police FIND BLAST |
CLUE IN CIRCULARS
Find Radical Literature Signed
American Anarchistic Fight
ers" in Mail Box
THREATS OF DEATH MADE

New York, Sept. is. - Receipt BY
Department Of Justice agents last nigh
Of Ave radical circulars, signed "Ameri'
can Anarchistic Fighters" which were
found in mailbox at Cedar street and
Broadway at II :5S a. IN. Thursday
furnish the first tangible clue. they said.
10 the identity Of the persons who were
responsible for the explosion in Wall
street.
In making public the circulars. which
were printed on chean napcr. seven by
eleven inches. Chief William j. Flynn.
Of the bureau Of investigation ct the
Department os Justice. called attention
20 the fact that the bombs sent in the
nation wide bomb plot on June 2. 19lo.
were wrapped In circulars announcing
the coming Of the revolution and signed
"fnarchistic Fighters
The circular reads:
Remember we will not tolerate any
bnger. Free the political prisoners or
Il will be sure death for all of you.
AMERICAN ANARCHIST
FIGHTERS.
"Discovery of the circulars" Chief
Flynn said. "makes the plan OF the
bombers fairly clear"
They left the wagon with n horse
attached in Wall street. having set
the timing devise a few moments
ahead" he explained. They didn t
want to take chance of mailing them.
They didn't want to throw them into the
street as they walked away from the
scene Of their crime. which resulted in
the death of so many innocent and law
abiding citizens. They stuck them in
the box Three minutes later their
bomb had exploded
"Therc is no doubt at all in my mind
that this Is about what happened. The
fact that the box was empty when the
letter carrier visited II at IL 80 and that
the circulars were in it at II :5S so
close to the time of the explosion, and
90 close to the scene of II, carries con-
viction.
''This is, one of the most important
clues we have, but of course. the identl-
hcation of the horse and wagon that
carried the Internal machine 10 Wall
street is paramount. II we can identify
that We should have clear sailing.
No Clock Work Left
''No clock work has been found
and IL shouldn't be expected that any
would be left. No metal parts were
found in the debris left by the bombs
on June .. 1919. either. Pvt WI we
reasonably sure that a time device was
Some one might have smelled II. The
clock arrangement would be safest
"You might add as an expression
Of my personal opinion that the bomb
was not directed against Mr.. Morgan,
any member OF the Morgan firm. or
any other individual. 1t was place 1
IN the financial heart Of America as a
defiance against the American people
and the American government. That
II my opinion.
''The other circulars we have found
have been signed simply anarchist
fighters You may see from these
copies that they have added 'Ameri-
can to their to their title now.
The printing indicates that the work
was done hurriedly by two different men.
each using single rubber stamps. In
two several words are dispelled exactly
the same. way and in the other three
other mistakes in spelling prevail
throughout. That is, there are two sets
OF circulars-two in one set and three
In another.
I'm one set the following words are
misspelled as follows Reminder
prisoner for prisoners In the other
set, remember is 'rememer, prisoners
is prisoners and fighters is fighter
Eight Investigations Under Way
Eight separate investigations Of the
explosion were under way last night.
They were being made by the DeDart-
ment of Justice. under the supervision
Of Attorney General Palmer and Will
liam ]. Flynn, chief of the Bureau Of
the New York Police De
partment. under the supervision OF
Commissioner Enright and Chief In
spector Lahey; the Fire Department,
the Building Department, the Septem.
Der grand jury, the medical examiners
Office and two private inquiries by in
surance companies aud J. r. Morgan
& Co.
Every livery stable In the city is
being canvassed to determine whether
a horse and truck are missing. Exami-
nation Of the horses body disclosed that
1t had been newly clipped and shod.
This and mark on the horses shoes
furnish the only clues to its identity.