Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-19
Flynn Declares
Bomb Plotters
Will Be Caught
Chief of Department Of JUS
tice Confident Perpetrators
Of Wall Street Die ter
Will Be Ary.SsaN
by Tho > ~

that the anarchist fight
ers" " =" .eved now to have
caused ,astrous bomb explo-
sion in Il street last Thursday
would be brought to justice was ex-
pressed today by William ]. Flyisn,
chief of the bureau of investigation
of the Department Of Justice.
Chief Flynn, who has charge of
the federal investigation under the
personal supervision of Attorney
General Palmer. said he was certain
from the similarity of circulars
found in mail box near Wall street
at the time of the explosion to those
found at the scene of various bomb
explosions in June, 1919. that the
same crowd of terrorists was respon-
sible for both outrages.
Have Much to work On
"We had solved the mysteries of
last years bombs, but were frustrat-
ed in bringing the criminals to JUS
tIce when Alfredo Salesedo, whom
we were detaining in the New York
office of the bureau, jumped from
l4th street window during the
hight 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. We even established the
identity of one anarchist who was
killed by his own bomb in last years
explosion with much less evidence
than we have in the present case.
Torn bits of pink paper were the
only evidence we had last year. Now
we have whole circulars dropped
into mail box, presumably by the
man who set off the bomb, half an
hour after the letter carrier had
emptied the box. In addition, there
are the horse and the broken bits of
the wagon on which the bomb was
placed
Huge Reward Posted.
Convinced that the explosion was
deliberately planned by radicals, Of
ticials of the Department of Justice,
headed by Attorney General Palmer
himself, today spread dragnet over
the country in efforts to trap its
SpurredJ on by rewards aggregat-
ing $20,500, offered by the New York |
City administration and an accident
insurance company, police, ex-service
men and citizens lent their efforts to
the federal agents.
Not Same Group Blamed.
Chief, Flynn based his opinion on
The finding of radical literature in
oostoffice boxes near the scene ,f
he tragedy soon after it Occurred.
He pointed out a peculiar similarity
the nature of this literature
and that found in connection with
he terrorist plots in June, 1919.
Similar expressions and similarly
n. .spelled words characterized the
literature found yesterday and in
I9l9, he said.
One difference between the two,
however, was that the literature
cund last year was signed "The An
irclIistic Fighters" while that found
was signed American
Anarchist Fighters
"You can see," Chief Flynn re-
marked, they have simply added
to their title now" \
Primary importance in today's
earch was attached 10 finding the,
lriver of the delapidated, rusted, fed
wagon, the fragments of which we're
oand nearest the bomb crater.
May Find Driver.
Col. William Mead, chief clerk
or J. P. Morgan & Co., declared the
arrier who shod the horse that drew
he death wagon had been found
nd that he was reasonably sure OF
he owners identity. Peculiar mark
1gs on the dead horses shoes, it
vas said, aided in tracing the black
NTH.
Department of Justice officials
arly today had neither confirmed
Ior denied this report. BUT Attorney
General Palmer said finding the ami
nails owner was of paramount i'm
'ortance.
There were still about $50 injured
,eing cared for in hospitals today,
many of whom were said to be in s
serious condition Scores of those {
Who will recover will be manned for s
ife, it was said.