Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-09-18

Attorney General Palmer, his assist
ants. Garvan and Hoover, and William
J. FIy-n, chief of the bureau of investi-
Cation of the Department of Justice.
were on the. scene enrly this morning.
working to substantiate their prelimi-
nary theory that the explosion was the
work OF a group of reds and that TINT
was used.
TUT IN MAIL JUST
BEFORE BLAST.
The most significant factor that led
the Federal Investigators to this ccnelu-
sion was the revelation by Chief Flynn
that half an hour before the blast oc-
Cured there were placed in a mail box
at the corner of Cedar street and Broad
way five circulars reading:
Remember, we Will not tolerate
any Ienger. Free the political pris-
oners or it will be death for all
of you.
american Anarchist Fighters
It was declared e was this same or
ranization that signed the revolutionary
circulars wrapped around the bombs
sent ont, to various parts Of the country
June 1919, when the Department of
Justice nipped in the bud a nation wide
terrorist plot.
The circulars were addressed to a
= number of prominent men,
The theory that the anarchists were
not really responsible but merely hast
cred to claim the explosive as their hand
work after it occurred, was discredited
when It was learned some pamphlets
were put in circulation even before the
catastrophe.
The New York grand jury will re
sumo its investigation Of the explosion
today.
According to operatives from the dis
-trict attorneys office, the jury would
like TO question Edward P. Fischer, who
warned his friends CT an accident to
occur in Wall street and who is hsld
ia Hamilton. Ontario. as insane.
BATTERED TIN
CANS FOUND.
An additional clew, though less def.
mite, was seen by the investigators 4.
she discovery amid the >swreeksge OF
three battered tin cans bearing traces
Of gasoline and kerosene.
These, ii is believed. were intended
by the supposed plotters to hurl flames
in all directions when blasted by the
explosion.
CHASTITY burns on some of the victims
of the disaster tend to bear oat this the
ory.
Most promising In the hunt for the
cause of the disaster and its instigators.
Ior all Investigators agree that 1t was
deliberate plot. is the pair of new shoes
put. It is believed. within forty eight
n hours Of the tragedy, on the horse that
draw the mystery wagon, and whose
csreass was found midway between the
Emitted States Assay office and the Nor
gan Building, with all the evidences Of
having suffered the most terrific impact
| OF the explosion.
On these shoes are imprinted the let
ters H s. I. L." which stand for the
Horeshoers International Union.
New York has only one local of this
organization. and every one of It's 800
members today were made the subject of
the most thoroughgoing inquiry, investi-
eating agents visiting every shop and
trying to trace the horses owner.
A report gained currency last night
that the owner of the horse and mystery
wagon was known to the police, but was
henied early today.
kEIssPELLING HOLDS
ePECJAL INTEREST.
" special interest to the authorities
n connection with the warning circulars
Of the American Anarchist fighters was
the misspelling Of certain words. such as
.-Rimember" and ''P.iconiers" in one Of
the copies. indicating they were the
work Of aliens.
"Prisonniers" with. two 'n's'0 is
French for prisoners.
The circulars were printed in rubber
type.
Attorney General Palmer made clear
HIS belief today that all present indi
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