New-York tribune., 1920-10-05
BombSuspectSaidtoH toHave
Boosted He Had Enough
Dynamite Cached Here
toSBlowU Up Whole Town
Nationwide Hunt
For Mates i'm Plot
Pittsburgh Prisoner Adj
mits Visit to Brooklyn;
Tells Conflicting Stories

TRIBUNE
PITTSBURGH, Oct A-Florian Ze-
lenko, the Russian suspected of having
knowledge of the Wall Street explo-
sion of September 16. who was ar
rested with six sticks of dynamite in
his possession last night in the St.
Charles Hotel after fight with the
pohce, was turned over to the De-
partme7t Of Justice agents to-day. As
a result of the arrest, a nation~wide
search for the companions of Zelenko
has been begun by the governments
secret Service force, aided by police
and private detectives in many cities.
AS Zelenko, VINO gave his address
as 470 Cleveland Street, BROOKLYN. left
that place two hours before the blast.
department of Justice agents here saw
they have sufficient evidence to war. a..
rant the man being held for further
examination.
Zelenko was arraigned for a hearing
before Magistrate P. j. Sullivan in
Central police court to-day. Upon in
terrogation as to where he obtained
six sticks of dynamite found in his
possession, as well as 80 feet of fuse
and caps, he said he had bought them
from the Island Creek Coal Company,
Of Whitman, w. Va, where he had
been employed four days. Not know
ing what disposal to make of the ex-
plosive when he left the mining Job,
him to Pittsburgh.
That he has secreted enough dyna-
mite in New York to "blow up the
whole town" is one declaration alleged
to have been made by Zelenko
Prisoner Traces Movements
The prisoner claims he left Whit
man because there was not enough
work and went from there to Gin
clnnatl, stopping at a hotel near the
station and freQuented principally by
Italians. He left Cincinnati yeste rday.
He reiterated at the hearing, as he
had done to Department of Justice
agents. that he is a tailor by trade,
which accounts for his white hands
However, he made conflicting state
ments according to officers He claim
ed. through an interpreter before the
hearing, that he obtained the dyn-
amite to mine hard coal, but at the
hearing he said it was soft coal. Mag
istrate Sullivan did not question Zelen-
ko much, leaving that for the govern
ments agents.
The prisoner says he was employed
in a Brooklyn tailor shop before he
left there. He asserted work was
slack, which caused him to seek en-
ployment elsewhere. Asked by Magis-
trate Sullivan if he belonged to the
/. W. W., he looked surprised and did
not answer. He admitted membership
of America.
This afternoon Zelenko again was
questioned by Department of Justice
agents, and every lead given is being
followed by Secret Service men and
detectives throughout the country
Zelenko is alleged to have said in his
cell at the police station: See what
we did in Wall Street. Next time it
will be bigger and more terrible. The
last was only start"
When Zelenko left home on Septem-
Der "a the officers found from letters
and other documents in his suitcase.
that he went to Whitman Junction, W.
Va. He stayed there several days and
then went to Cincinnati
Admitting he is Red, Zelenko is
said to have told the police conflicting
stories as to the disposition he in
tended making of the dynamite and
percussion caps found in his suitcase.
His first story was that he was a coal
miner and was taking the explosive to
Brooklyn for use in a coal mine. When
reminded there were no coal mines in
Brooklyn and that his hands were too
soft for those of coal miner. Zclenko
said he had been employed in Brooklyn
as tailor.
knowledge of Blast Denied
Although in Brooklyn at the time,
Zelenko declares that he knew moth
ing until September Is Of the explosion
that wrecked part of Wall Street Sep
tember 49, He learned about the ex-
plosion through a Polish newspaper he
said.
Where were you at the time of the
explosion? was asked him to-day:
II was in Brooklyn, working in a
tailor shop for man named Wilmer,
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