The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-18

a Secret Service Agent and was en-
gagged in running down anarchists.
about whom he said he knew a lot.
He leaned forward and said:
keep away from Wall Street I'M
til after the 18th. They have 10000
pounds of explosives and are going to
blow it up
O'NeilI said the man asked him
where he was employed. When he
learned 1T was at 81 Broadway, the
stranger said:
II am near you at IS Broadway,
where I work for the French High
Com mission. You and I will be safe
there, I think, but keep away from
Wall Street.
incident to a few friends, but thought
nothing more of it than that it was
peculiar. He was convinced of the
mans earnestness and belief in his
prediction. He described the stranger
as about AZ years old, six feet or more
in height, of athletic build, with gray
hair. He was wearing a light gray
suit and a straw hat, had no baggage
and was carrying a tennis racket. AT
the office of the French High Com
mission Captain Arnaud and others
said this answered Fischers descrip-
ton perfectly: Captain Arnaud also
was undoubtedly Of German origin,
he understood that his family had
been Americans for generations and
that Fischer had no German sympa-
thies.
Fischer lives with his father, P. A.
Fischer, S3 years old; his sister, Miss
Ethel Fischer, and his brother, Robert
Fischer, at SO West Ninety-second
Street Another sister, Mrs. Robert
A. Pope, lives at 1874 Continental
Avenue, Forest Hills. None of these
could be found at home last night
It was learned from friends that
Fischer is a graduate of the College
of the City of New York and the New
York Law School, and that he was
admitted to the bar but never did
much legal practice. He is describ-
ed as having shown indications of
mental arrangement for several years.
Several years ago, it was said, his
brother made an attempt to have him
adjudged insane, but Fischer argued
his case so well in the West Side
Court that the Magistrate dismissed
the case.
Several kilograms asking for money
We're received by his relatives during
the last week, it was said. This was
one of the reasons, it was said, which
induced Mr.. Pope, his brother-inlaw,
to go to Canada to find him.
The family. until the receipt of the
kilograms, believed that he was a
trip to Canada for the French High
Commission. He is known to have
attended the national tennis cham
pionShip matches at Forest Hills and
to have started for the East and West
tournament a t Philadelphia last week.
Members of the family told neighbors
yesterday that they never knew him
to have any radical assoc iates and
that, on the contrary, most of his
friends were of the prosperous and
conservative class. 1t was said, how
ever, that recently he had told some
of his relatives that he did not believe
the common people were getting
square deal,'' and that it would have
! to be remedied.
Fischer, although never a national
! tennis cham pion. was well up in the
first ranks of players for five or six
years. He was ranked among the
| placed as No. 9. He won the Metro
| politan championship in 1896. 1898
! and 1899. and was beaten in 1900 by
Raymond D. Little.
He held the Metropolitan doubles
championship in 1896 with R. D.
| Thurber, in 1897 with W. Gordon
| Parker in 1898 with o. M. Bostwick
| and in 1902 with Harold H. Hackett.
| With Mr.. Parker he held the Southern
| States and Middle States doubles
| cham pionships in 1894. He was run
| ner up for the national indoor tennis
| cham ionships in 1906, the last year
in which he figured in championship
| tournament, and was beaten by Wylie
| c. Grant.
| He is said to have suffered a sun
| stroke while playing tennis at Sea-
| bright, n. J.. several years ago and
his friends assert his attacks of men,
I tai disorder became more frequent
| after that time. In tennis circles he
was said to be still regarded as an ex-
| cellent player and a good companion
| when normal and to have many
| friends in the West Side Tennis club.