New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
Witness Believes He Rec.
Ognizes Shoes as Two
He Put On; Thinks He
May Know the Owner
Flynn Still Links
Tragedy With 1919
Government Searches for
Two Men Prominent
i'm Anarchistic Circles

Two men were detained for fur
ther examination by the authorities
yesterday in connection with the
Wall Street explosion, one of them,
Alexander Brailovsky, of 1119 Bos-
ton Road, the Bronx, being placed
under arrest.
The other is Mazzio Dominica, an
Italian, twenty-six years old, who is
said to have deserted the steamship
Cretic on July 25, and who is being
detained as stowaway after he at
tempted to conceal himself aboard
the vessel yesterday. He will be
required to report to the Federal
officers tomorrow.
Brailovsky, a short, plump, inof-
fensive looking man of thirty-two,
who wears spectacles and is partly
bald, was placed under arrest as an
undesirable alien at Ii p. m. after
he had been examined for seven
hours at Police Headquarters by de-
tectives Of the bomb squad, agents
of the Department Of Justice and
Fire Marshal Brophy.
Admits Radical Affiliations
According to Detective Sergeant
James Gegan, the man has been con-
nected with radical movements and
publications throughout the three
years he has been in this country,
and admits that he was at Pine and
Nassau streets at 1925 p. m. Thurs
day, less than half an hour after the
explosion. He was picked up at the
Office of the Russky Golos (the Rus
sian Voice., pro-Bolshevik publ
cation, which is printed in the base
ment Of an old tenement at 81
Seventh Street.
He responded to questions readily
enough, saying that he had gone down.
town Thursday to consult a jewelcr
concerning the value of jewelry which
he recently had received from Italy,
where his wife and child are living.
After leaving the jewelers., he said,
he fell in with an acquaintance. an
other Russian, who was interested in
the Russian drama and wanted to en-
list his services in a dramatic project
he had in view. He knew nothing
Whatever of the origin OF the cx-
plo.ion, he said.
Gegan said his prisoner told him
that he was Russian by birth ana
received his education in Petrograd.
he had spent two years in Siberia as
political prisoner. On his own ac-
count the detective sergeant added
that Brailovsky had opened the ALL
Russian convention at Manhattan
Lyceum in East Fourth Street. Janu-
ary 10, 1919, with the words:
IN the name of the worldwide rev.
olution | now declare this convention
open"
Edited Suppressed Publication
Gegan declared that Brailovskv for.
merly had been editor of the Worker
and Peasant, a Russian publication.
IN this city, which was suppressed by
the authorities. He said that the inn
mediate purpose Of placing him under
arrest was to give Federal detectives
an opportunity to inquire into his
movements for a few days prior to the
explosion
Bralovsky was placed under arrest.
1t was said, at the request of Super
ntendent Lamb of the New York Of
flee of the Department Of Justice. AS
soon as Gegan and his men had fin
lshed questioning the prisoner thew
set out in autom obiles on a mysteri-
Gus mission.
The stowaway, after questioning bv
George Lamb, local chief of the De-
partment OF Justice, was released Chief
William j. Flynn, of the Bureau of In
vestigation, declared he was caught in
the act of concealing himself aboard
an outgoing vessel, but that there was
nothlng about him to warrant his he
ing held in connection with the ers
plosio;i.
In addition TO throwing extra guards
about public buildings and the homes
OF men whose lives might be sought by
snarcn.sts' sa the police sent special de-
tails of detectives to elevated and sub
way stations in Manhattan, BROOKLYN
the Bronx and Queens. presumably to
prevent any attempt to interrupt the
transportation service Of the city. The
guards will hold their stations until
tomorrow at least. Police officials
refused to tell what information they
,;ans nau received that made such precau-
! tlons seem necessary. They were
taken after officers Of the department
had made their report on their in
ves;igation to Mayor HyIan. Churches
will also be guarded to-day.
Horse and Wagon Only Clews
After two and half days effort on
the part of the city, state and Fed.
eral gencies TO discover the perpetra
tors Of the explosion the remnants
OF the horse and wagon said TO have
harbored the high explosive charge
remain the only elews which the aY-
thortties believe can lad 70 ANYTHING.