Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-18
BIG REWARD PROMPTS
MANY TO GO OUT IN
SEARCH FOR BANDITS.
More Than One Person Con-,
nected With Plot, in Opin
ion of Officials.
Chief Flynn Inclined to Be-
heve Incident is Connected
With 1919 Plot.


that the explosion which snuffed out
the lives of 35 persons and injured
nearly 800 others in Wall street !
Thursday noon was deliberately plan \
ned by radicals. officials OF the de- /
partment of justice, headed by At
torncy General Palmer himself, today
spread a dragnet over the country in
efforts to trap its originators. 5i}
Spurred on by rewards aggregating
$20.50O offered by the New York
city administration and an accident
insurance company for the appreheyl-
sion and conviction OF the person or
persons responsible for the tragedy.
| police. ex-service mon and private
citizens lent their efforts to the fed
eral agents in ferreting out clues.
More Than One Concerned.
Department of justice officials were
certain that the disaster was not the
result of one PERSONS inspiration of
eccentricity, but that it was the pre-
meditated and fiendish plot Of radi-
calls bent on defiance of law and or
Flynn, head of the bureau of investi-
i cations of the department of Justice.
i was chief spokesman for this general
opinion. Attorney General Palmer
corroborated the statement.
Chief Flynn based his opinion on
the findings of radical literature in
postoffice boxes near the scene of the
| tragedy soon after it occurred. He
pointed out a peculiar similarity be-
tween the nature Of this literature
and that found in connection With
the terrorist plots in June. 1919.
\ Similar expressions and similarity
literature found yesterday and In
1919. he said.
/ One difference between the two.
however, was that the literature found
last year WAS signed the anarchistic
fighters while that found yesterday
was was . signed :: ID american % anarehist 5
remarked. they have simply added
American to their title now.''.s
Very little could be done to trace
the authors Of this literature or to
ascertain whether a general aradicap
\ N OVEN ent was contemplated, until
4 definite persons can be found who
aster. Chief Flynn said Those who
distributed the literature, he said.
were careful not to send it through
the mails, and were evidently afraid
to pass it about the streets. 80 they
concluded to stuff it into mail boxes
and disappear before the explosion
occurred.
Seek Wagon Driver.
Primary Importance in. todays
search was attached to finding the
driver OF the dilapidated rusty red
wagon, the fragments of which wsre
found nearest the crater Of the ter
rifle detonation. Omcials belisye
tragedy virtually hinges on this dis
covery. s2gsa7..ss II .5 81. 5.i,t ttst
Colonel William Mead, chief clerk
for ]. P. Morgan and company, whose
offices suffered large share Of the
property damage, declared the farrier
death wagon had been found and that
he was reasonably sure of the own
er's identity. Peculiar markings on
the dead horses shoes. it was said.
aided in tracing the blacksmith. who
thought he could remember who
brought the animal to him to be shod.
Department of Justice officials early
today had neither confirmed nor de-
MED this report, but Attorney Cen
eral Palmer said an attempt was be-
= ing made to trace the animals owner.
He considered his discovery Of para
mount Importance.
e Department of justice oficials At
e tached relatively little importance to
/ the detention Of Edwin P. Fischer at
Hamilton, Ont. who yesterday admit
4 ted to Canadian authorities having
!, sent warnings Of the disaster to sew
J. eral friends here. However, Attorney
t General Palmer said he would direct
. that Fischer be thoroughly examined
4 in, the hope that, despite the belief
e that Fischer was mentally deranged.
: he might present valuable "leads.'''
: Detectives and witnesses continued
v today to crowd police headquarters
+ where Captain John Coughlin. act
ing inspector in charge Of the bureau
: of detectives, was seeking to estab-
i lsh the identity of the death
: wagon
Apparently. more progress was be-
l ing made from examinations Of the
horse than the wagon. The horee
a strawberry roam Of less than is
hands-had been newly shod behind.
but had old shoes on his forefeef.
The new shoes bore the stamp '.H.
y S. I. IT, This Is 4 union mark
The Horseshoers International union,
: which is reported to have only 0ne
n local here. The 500 members are be-
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