Evening star., 1920-09-18
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&MALSqUETG
ANARCHISTS PLOT
hep Paper in Mad Box Re.
selbbtes That Sent Before
T0utrages in 1919. .

seeb'es 3 That Sent Before
Xoutrases 10 1919. j.
b tn eAasecisted Press.
NEM YORK, September 1s.-Re-
ceipt4y Department of Justice agents
of Re radical circulars. signed
"Am4can Anarchistic Fighters ''
swhic1 were found in a mail box at
: CedaA Street and Broadway at HISS
a.m-shursday,. furnished the first
tAngi3ae clue. they said, to the iden-
tIty ot the persons who were respon-
sibie tor the explosion in Wall street
which three nau$eS- later Killed
thirty-nve persons. injured zoo others
and caused property damage running
into fhe millions.
In making public. the circulars.
whichswere printed on cheap paper.
seven.hy eleven inches, Chief William
j. Flynn Of the bureau of investiga-
ton .pf the Department of Justice
called attention to the fact that the
bombes sent in the nationwide bomb
plot on June 2.191S, were wrapped in
circutxrs announcing the coming of
the revolution and signed 'Anarch-
istfc Fighters"
Thef circular read:
neu1enDeF, we VIII NOT toferaIe
any longer. Free the political pris-
oneTs Or IL will be sure death for all
Of yops
'Anesfcaa .AnaFehist Fighters
Cs.xafned Mfssperiea words.
The circulars were not inclcsed in
, envelopes, nor did they bear ad-
dresses. Some Of them contained mis-
J spelled words- The time at which the
circulars were placed in the mail box
. Uroo ~nA hat ~ Nm 4A%y
nUrnfAg. when the bon was emptied.
and at II So, when the next collection
wAe made. and they were found.
Chief Flynn made them public. soon
after he had conferred here with
] Attorney General Palmer and Assist.
Hoover. -
.in my opinion this wsssnst an at
tsck on J. P Morgan Co" Chief
Flynn declared. Il belfsyk that those
responsible picked cut. the financial
center in order to- creatA . demonstra-
ton =
chief Flynn declared There was a
striking similarity between the cir
culars found after the Nafion-,wide
bomb plot In June. 1919 and thoee
found In the mailbox- EEch. set. he
said. was printed on eheay. paper .nd
The circulars found In csne naif6ox,
he explained, were apparently Hffnted
hurriedly with rubber stamps ana dis
crepancies in spelling would indicate
they were printed BY two different
men. In two Of the .circnlars the word
'prisiner'' appeared, while the word
remember was spelled Reminder"
in two circulars and -refnimer" in the
others. On two Of the circulars the
word tighter" Appeafed in; the sig-
nature, while In the others sne piuf1i
fofna was used x ,
l.
pises.ery Of ,as Sircal.ss skr a,.s & cnisf net
o:TSess fner ,eft eftll ths s wagon with /. horse
aftached In Wall street. having set
the timing device for few moments
ahead" he explained They didn't
want to take chance OF maiIin{ tne
them into the street. as they walked
away from the scene OF their crime,
so they stuck them in the box Three
minutes later their bomb had sx-
ploAed.
mind that this is about what hap
pened. The fact that the box was
eunoty when the letter carrier visited
Il a II 80 and that the circulAr9 were
in II 1t 11:ss, % close to the time of
the sss'Gsis e sa,r;ss ssd csS,iesicn 80 esSss ''
Nrhis is one Of the most fmp0ftaat
~t,ea re have, but, Of course. the
s6entff,cation Of the horse ana WAGON
fksf carried the Internal machine 70
wan street Il par.meun,ss. os,,s n.rs = - c,sar ~
ilentify that We should nave o's-f
ma etockvork has been found. ana
n shouldn't be expected that any
.AaM be left. No metal parts were
fsund in the dsoris lett by p,,t the vc 1o9ps aps
reasonabiy sure that time device
~ used. A fuse would have smokeo.
SeNae 0nA might have smelled It. The
clock arrangement would % the
~You might add rs an expression
~ NV persoual opinion that the bomb
waa not directed against Ar. Morgan,
nv member Of the Morgan hrm. or
any other Individual. 1t was placed
in the financial heart OF .inan Amsracn No. -
ME and the American government
:srne other circulars we have found
have been signed simply. Ansfchfst
.h.ers Ysu may s.v. see sadsS tsSm Amsrie ansse
csf' to their title now"
other warninGs FeuDa.
Mary O. Preneiss, chairman Of the
RATED States Clearing House OF For
eien Credits. turned over to the police
:, !. oost card which he said was deHv-
cred to him ssTefA weeks ago. Inc
..uniess q .yod pit. stesaans: francs
marks, down. where they belong At
cnce. every bank intefested IN for.
eirn credit will be Ufo&n - pieces
40 my work right. We VIII make
the lob q new way.
me note was Signed. American.
Prentiss, said the card apparently
WAS in \ iisguised handwriting.
me police obtained another warn
ing postal signed Ed. addressed to
Sheppard HomAns, Of Prosser + Ho-
mans in the Equitable building, post
marked Toronto. and dated Septem- :
sa;stsnx District Attorney Ta1iey
has asked Mr. Homans to give him
.nv information .1IA can concerning
the writer .ef ne post card. which
req; Scar snep:@Ksep Away from wsii
street tbisr Wednesday afternoon.
have . tuEr. bod luck. ED"
IRVING IAEoBs uNHuRT.
!stt: - -
First Rerofts d New York Explo-
sion Stated He Was Killed.