The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-19

Department of Justice officials ear
ly today had neither confireied nor
denied this report, but Attorney Cen
eral Palmer said an attempt was be-
ing made TO trace the animals owner.
He considered this discovery of par
amount Importance There were still
about $50 injured being cared for in
hospitals today, many of whom were
said TO be still in a serious condl-
tion. Scores of those who will re-
cover will be manned for life, it was
eaid
Workmen were sti,l busy repair
ing the damage TO the Morgan bank
the Ueited States assay office and
other buildings that bore the brunt
of the destructive blast.
Fischer may Know.
Department of Justice officials at
tached relatively little importance to
the detention of Edward p. Fischer at
Hamilton Ont, who yesterday admit
ted to Canadian authorities having
sent warnings in the district to sew
eral friends here. However Attorney
General Palmer said he would di-
rect that Fischer be thoroughly eX-
amined in the hope that, despite the
belief that Fischer was mentally de-
ranged, he might present valuable
leads"
1t also was expected that those
who received Fischer's warning mis-
sives, would be questioned during the
day.
Special guards still were kept. today,
around all government buildings here
the Morgan bank and the homes of
numerous men prominent in the fin
ancial world. Attorney General Pal
mer said this same precaution was
in vogue throughout the country, to
make sure of thwarting any possible
radical movement of nationwide
scope.
The Death Wagon.
Detectives continued today to
crowd police headquarters where Cap
tain John Coughin, acting inspector,
in charge of the bureau of detectives,
was still seeking to establish the
identity of the death wagon"
Apparently, more progress was be-
ing made from examinations of the
horse than the wagon. The horse
strawberry roam of less than Is
hands-had been newly shod behind,
hut had old shoes on his fore feet.
The new shoes bore the stamp III. S.
!. o." This is a union mark-the
horse-shoers international union,
which is reported TO have only one
local in this city. The 500 members
are being examined.
Captain Coughin said he had been
unable as yet to establish the iden-
tity of the wagon or its owner.
Planned Burning Wall Street.
At headquarters little credence was
given that conspirators had planned
not only to bomb but burn Wall
street. This report gained circula-
ton after certain pieces of metal had
been found. This metal at first was
believed to have been fragments of
kerosene or gasoline cans placed
near the scene of the explosion in
an attempt at arson.
No comment could be obtained at
police headquarters this morning by
Colonel Mead of the Morgan office,
that the man who shod the horse. at
tached TO the death wagon had been
found and the identity of the owner
reasonably established.
Keep Plans Secret.
Police officials also declined to make
known their plans concerning Fisch-
er. 1t is believed however. that he
probably will be extradited and
brought here.
Confidence that the American An
archist Fighters" who are believed
now to have caused the disastrous
bomb explosion in Wall Street last
Thursday would be brought TO justice.
was expressed today by William ].
Flynn chief of the bureau of inves-
tigation Of the Department of JUS
tice."
Chief Flynn, who has charge of the
federal investigation under the per-
sonal supervision of Attorney General
Palmer, said he was certain from the
similarity of circulars found in a mail
box near Wall Street at the time of
the explosion TO those found at the
scene Of various bomb explosions June,
1919, that the same crowd of terror
lists were responsible for both out
RACES.
Suicide Tipped Hand.
I'VE had solved the mysteries Of
last years bombs, but were frustrat-
ed in bringing the criminals to justice
when Alfredo Salezdo. whom we were
OBTAINING in the New York office OF
the bureau. jumped from fourteenth
story window during the night and
committed suicide" said Flynn. That
tipped our hand and the crowd got
safely out of the country before we
could nab them.
Now in this case, We have much
more TO work on at the start. The
similarity OF the circulars makes
available all our knowledge Of the
gang who committed the outrages last
year Much of this information never
has been made public and 1t would