Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-09-20
ANOTHER BLAST
WARMING GIVEN
Big Bill Edwards Get Post
Card Warning. Fischer
Reaches New York Today.

br Inc Associated Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 20:-A post
card warning that an attempt would
be made tomorrow to blow. up the
customs house after the Wall street
explosion last Thursday was re-
ceived in the mail by William b.
Edwards, collector of internal rev.
enue for this district.
This postcard. signed "a citizen"
was turned over to the custodian OF
the building by Mr. Edwards, who
also notified Postmaster Thomas G..
Patten. The department of justice
also was informed of the postcard.
The warning said that the GUS
toms house, already under heavy
guard, would be blown up at p.
m. Mr.. Edwards said that pre-
liminary investigation has shown no
evidence OF a plot and he was in
clined to take the report as a hoax.
A few minutes before the card
was received by big Bill" Edwards.
the former Princeton football star.
Edwin p. Fischer. ex-tennis player
who sent warning of the first ex-
plosion on the sight of an alleged
mental telegraphic tip, had declared
at police headquarters on his arriv--
al here that more will happen in
the future.
Unseen powers have communi-
Gated that to me-" he said.
Fischer arrived this morning in
custody of New York and Hamilton
detectives. He was taken to police
headquarters.
Fischer after laughing with a
swarm of reporters and photogra-
pliers, while posing for news mo
vies" showed his way with the detec-
tives to a Lexington avenue lunch
room, where he breakfasted. FIN
ishing the meal he washed his face
with glass of water.
He stuffed into his pockets three
cigars he picked up from the Grand
Central floor explaining he did not
smoke, but his friends did.
When posing for cameramen he
was asked to remove hit hat. This
brought an exclamation.
Have heart" he cried.
Requested to talk he said. "Oh,
talk my eye" 80 fs-t
'I'm in the hands OF my friends
here" referring to the detectives
That's all I know. i don't know
what sort Eof statements you fellows
expect me to make. Ifdon't know
much to say
At police headquarters the cigar.
Fischer picked up were examined
and found TO contain nothing but
tobacco.
Fischer stuck to his statement ii
was a premonition' that warned
him in advance OF the Wall street
explosion, adding:
"All will happen in the future
Unseen powers. have communicated
that through me-"
The detectives who brought hin
here explained that Fischer invari
ably had. made the same assertion
in reply to their questions through
out the trip. adding that he was Z
friend of the underdog."
Federal agents today called a
police headquarters and took inss
custody Alexander Brailovsky Rus
sian journalist. detained when he al
mitted that he had been in the vicini.
ty of Wall street shortly after ths
explosion.
This was done despite statement.
by William j. Flynn, chief of this
bureau of investigation 81 the depart
ment of justice. that he attached nj
significance to the detention o
Brailovsky and did not want him.
Maurice Davies, superintendent o.
Volunteer hospital. after an extensiv,
examination of clothing of some o.
the victims, declared the theory. that
some one may have been near enough
to have been blown to atoms hal
been. negative. Mr.. Davies also sale
that exs mination OF the wounds o
all the injured did not find a single
glass wound. all were hurt by othe.
substances, mostly metal. he~said.