Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-17

enown tonight. This letter, apparently written by man formerly in the eni- ploy of the commission, was torn into small pieces soon after It was read and dropped into a waste basket
 Today after the explosion these hits af paper were taken from the basket. pasted together and turned over to the police. The letter, W %3h was A idressed to Lieutenant Arnaud which is attached 10 the commission. began with the word: Greetings" The writer said he thought he was rendering a service-to the French commission by advising Maurice Case nave, minister plenipotentiary, and his assistants of the fact that a catastrophe would occur in Wall street about 230 o'clock. No date was mentioned | Ire writer suggested that Lieutenant Arnaud avise Minister Casenave to have the offices of the commissio closed and unoccupied at ? o'clock so the lives of | the office staff might be spared The let te- also mentioned between 2 and 4 O. | clock daylight time" as the probable hour 1 for the catastrophe.
 Sought Revenge For Grievance. It was intimated in the letter that some people had grievances and wanted to take revenge" Lieutenant Arnaud read
 the letter several times Feeling assur- ed that it had been written by an alarm .ist and should not be taken seriously, he
 tore it up and threw it in waste paper
 basket. He gave no further thoght to
 the letter unti lafter the explosion to-
 day, when he rushed into the office 1 emptied the contents of the waste paper
 basket in heap on his desk, sorted the bits of the letter, pieced them together
 and turned them over to the police
 Efforts to learn whether the letter bore
 a signature proved futile.
 Soon after the letter had been handed
 to the police it was learned that detec
 tives had been sent to an address 1T West 92nd street to seek a man form
 erly in the employ of the French com mission. It was said that he had lef the service of the French government oi September 1, 1919.-
 The writer of the letter, the police be lieve, was familiar with full plans fo the explosion and would be able to poin } out the responsible parties.
 Exchanges will Open Today. The New York Stock and Curb Ex
 changes will be open for business tomor q row morning at the usual time. it was of f iciaily announced tonight Officials o the stock exchange declared that bond
 valued at SS5,000 and 2,574 shares O s stock are still missing as result of tn
 explosnon. The securities were in tn II hands of messengers employed by vari
 ous brokerage firms.
 Carried Roll of S15,0e0.
 Nicholas De John, 23 years old. wh
 was employed by a Broad street broker T. age firm, was carrying a roll of bond t and securities, aggregating SIS, ,000 i . Wall street when the explosion occurred 5 He was thrown on his back and receive ,l an ugly wound in the stomach Tn | bonds fell to the ground but he had tf s presence of mind t9 seize them and stu e them in his pocket, where they wer J. found after he had been taken to tr n hospital.
 +a Guarding the Morgan Home. 1T Thirty detectives from the We
 Thirtieth street station. all picked me r. were sent out tonight to maintain m strict surveillance over the Morgan hor as at 18th and 57th street on Madison a -r enue. The detectives stationed then ''n selves in doorways, on housetops and st other points of vantage in the vicinity ,;e the home. They h; 4 orders to stt - every person and automobile that passt ,s which gave them the slightest reason f - suspicion.
 A force of cleaners and repairers we . at work in the Morgan building 'until l late hour tonight the building, togeth ,+ "lln others III o tne nelRRDOTnOOd udna M M..e ed by the explosion, was guarded "o scores of uniformed special officers, poll !, and private detectives
 ;r- Red Cross Called Upon. do Thirty-1ve field directors of the R he Cross, trained in handling emergenci
 were conferrng uptown when the exp on sion occurred. They were immediate id rushed to the scene and rendered grst a is Large quantities of surgical dressi.'i we medicines and hospital supplies were SC I to Wall street and Dr. Thomas J. Rel. ng general director of the distress and rel committee of the Red Cross, installed am dressing station on the steps of the Nil he gan building.