Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-20
IWALl STREET OUTRAGE
IS OUTCOME OF ANARCHY
30 Declares Rev. j. II. Laughton; in
Fiery Address at Laurel Street
a.'2 Church Last Night.
rs WORK OF CRUEL FANATICS
Pastor Asserts 1t Was Not an Ac.
cident Which Tcrrorizcd New
York, but Diabolical Plot, Aimed
at All Government.

Behind the bomb explosion that
DESTROYED life and property in Wall
Street a few days c skulks a leu
ton menace, according to declaration
OF Rev. ]. Il. LauGhton, pastor of the
Laurel Street Methodist Church. in
his sermon last night. before a large
audience. He said in part:
This fearful thing that happened
last Thursday at noon in Wall Street.
h heart OF the financial world. that
was flashed over wires. under
chill OF horror wherever
civilization is. is something vastly
moro than an explosion which killed
thirty-fve people and injured over
100 others, and that cntailcd property
loss of probably moro than S2,0oo, 600.
1t is an indication OF = disease
that Is eating into the yitals of ma
tional and International life. 1t is a
biundering and brutal expression OF
h deep-seated bitterness that is va
denominated as anarchy and
of radical socialism. Behind it skulks
The Teuton menace.
Scenes of War.
Il have seen the hcad!esS trunks of
men. l have seen arms and limbs
severed from bodies. 1 have seen
young men masses OF mud and blood,
torn beyond recognition. with their
have seen whole Villages absolutely
wiped on the earth.
But that was war: We expected
endured, and glad: endured, Tor an
ideal that is imper!Shable.
When at the MONDAY hour the
greatest financial district IN the
world is converted in the twinklinE
of an eye into a shamolcs; when bust
ness men and business ONE clerks.
Messengers pedestrians, are struck
aown lifeless or else torn asunder;
when hRnnttfn1 md Nl1N..h lA a.
Is damaged to the extent OF perhaps
S2,00o,eOO; all for nothing but to en-
press a deep hatred that has been be
coming more and more bitter. that
would destroy all and all
authority, and that Quiz level every
of life; then the horrible
3ut one course left. That is. to de-
stroy this monster root and branch.
May Have Been F'atnntic'. Work.
The Wall Street outrage may or
"a group of fanatics. If the actual
deed was done by some mental and
moral degenerate. be assured that
o oaes 81 ne murderer was a powerful
with hearts ailame with the fires OF
hell, but with minds cold and calcu-
eating, who had been patiently bid
Ing their time and awaiting the com
Ing or their day. When L. o'clock
struck on Thursday. September &c,
n that detonation sounded in Wall
SsfSSp tHtIc was SuCn laughter in
those wicked hearts as made the de-
mops below shudder. That laugh was
we should like TO believe in the
accident theory. This was no acct
dent. Automobiles do not collide
with trucks carrying high explosives
IN front OF Morgan's bank in Wall
street at the noon hour accidentally
Not nm Isolated CnHc,
bomb outrage is not an iso-
lated case. 1t is one Of a long series.
Il marks a logical climax OF calculnt-
ing crime. II was a blow at the lLfc
of the nation. 1t was a heart thrust
at civilization. Entangled in this
outrage are the blood-stained talons
or the German eagle. Behind IL. in
n shadow, is the hand that sunk the
Underneath il is the evil
heart that vowed vengeance on the
United States. and that has never re-
of that vow.
In this outrage anarchy has over
1eaped Itself. The cause OF law and
order has been strengthened. The
common sense of the world will not
stand for terrorism.
cEHLet America serve notice once for
All upon those of foreign blood who
seek homes among us. Let her say TO
them: Welcome TO our shores !, you
come TO be of us. But leave vour
Neither are needed here nor wanted
is no room for them. Come rs
per cent Americas Elsh return
countries sror~ whence YOU
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