The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-17
POLICE MAKE
|! FIRST ARREST
Arrest of Suspect Already
Made by Police in Ex-
ploSion Case.
GRAND JURY PROBE SOON


New York. Sept, 17.-~An arrest has
been made in connection with tho Wall
street bomb explosion which wrecked
the offices OF ], T. Morgan and COM
pany. tho New York police department
announced at i;S0 o'clock this after
noon. Police officials said they had
been advised that Edward Fisher, whose
name was signed TO warning received
by a brokerage Arm employe on We'd
nesdax had been arrested at Hemilton
Ont.
After more than twenty-four hours
the best detective brains OF America
were baffled this afternoon IN their
search for tho terrorists held responsible
for the explosion. The United states
secret service Joined hands with the
police and detectives from the district
attorneys office In the greatest man
hunt tho United States has ever known.
\ reward OF $4,000 was offered by New
York city for Information leading to
the arrest of the persons responsible
for the catastrophe.
Time Bomb.
The authorities now agree that the
explosion was caused by time bomb
which exploded vast quantity OF T.
~ T.. and possibly an auxiliary bomb
OF picric acid, Exports reported TO
CHIEF Police Inspector William ]. LRhey
that the internal machine must have
contained from 200 to 500 pounds OF
The heavy iron nlugs. which spread
$2,500,000 damage to property and
wounded from 900 TO 800 persons In ad-
dillon to those instantly killed. are be-
loved to have been fastened to the
outside OF tho Internal machine In II
sort of"5acket, Some OF the metal was
picked up today on the roof OF the
United States subtreasury building,
across tho street from j. y. Morgan
and company. The most important clue
yet discovered was found today in the
wreckaRe at the corner OF broad and
Wall streets II was part OF the mech-
nnism OF clock. The clock works are
believed to have been part of the bomb
This virtually confirms the theory that
time bomb caused the blast,
Jury 70 investigate.
grand jury Investigation of the out :
rage was begun this afternoon, Judge
Wadham issued special instructions to
the September term grand jurors 10
probe every phase OF the dlsanter.
The United Sintea secret service
agents nre working on the theory that
terrorsts, most likely anhrchlsts,
lNMfe estpbIished 10 MY own sat
isfhctt&6 that sas- bomb gsarranRNue with
| mechanism TO explode Al n Ifxn,i time
caused tho explosion" said Chief viii
liam j. Flynn OF the secret service this
afternoon we have learned thet q
man who answers the description Of
the driver Of the bomb wagon was seen
four blocks from tho disaster at tho
time OF the blast"
This was the first revelation that tho
government authorities have a descrlp-
tion of the wagon driver II dispeled
q report that one OF the unidentified
dead men probably was the driver OF
the explosives wagon.
After n thorough search OF the debris
the police and firemen announced that
no traces of any nnarchlstIc literature
had been found ..
The New York stock exchange was
reopcned Mt 10 o'clock and trading In
stocks and bonds was conducted us
usual amidst tho wreckage.
| The police are In possession OF the
testimony OF two persons who assert
that they saw an automobile load ol
suspicious looking characters flee from
the scene Immediately after the eS'
| plosion In Wall street yesterday.
Saw Men Flee In Car.
| Miss MatIn Schless, stenogrnphei
! In the Wall street district, said.
Just second after the explosion
| I looked out the window over Wal
| street. which was fun OF flame ant
smoke, Directly across the street wal
n car filled with men. Two more mcr
| came running up and one OF them wor,
! n bloody shirt. They lcRped into th'
car. which at once dnrted away TO-
wards tae Fast river They were ~
very suspicious looking. This happenet
before the smoke had cleared away nnt
before the relief work started"
| Thomas Lc Bouteller. who was cali'
! ing In the office In which Miss Schlesi
ls employed bore out her statements
| II looked out the window right hitcl
the explosion" he told the police, 'an'
| / saw dark gray colored Hutomobill
| moving slowly eastward on wall street
| There were three or four men ~ "
| Two or three others Just then came
running IN to H. They seemed 10 nave
| beon stunned, ns they stumbled along
two of them helping thlrd' Th"}
| climbed into the car. which then speed
| I'd away toward the East r!Tcr'
Frisco Warning 20 Morgan, -,
San Francisco, Sept 17~~DeHrlte ne
nInls by police, pnHlnfilce authorize"
and department OF justice agents, re-
mort persisted here that warning let
| Ter hearing San Francisco date NM
Ind been received by thchouHe oi j. J
Morgan more thHn II week ato
The report hrAt gained currcnc,
through the publication IN h'locnl pap"
Of story that New York police bn'
Photographed the local police to invest
pnte tho source of the alleged 'cllr'
According to the story printed NY TN
paper: ~.
'Coycrunoni ngcnts md iocnl polio
were wired fun particulnrsoi the threat
cntng letter That had come 10 the MOT
ran house from San frtnflsco ana We'
furnished the date Of the pos'mhth am
n detailed description ~ the stationary
tho letter writing and text