The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-21
WALL STREET
ssA
EXPLOSION
SOVIET PLOT
Man Arrested in War
saw at Request Of
American S ecret t
S Service A g e n t
Makes Confession


Warsaw, Dec. 16 (By the Asso-
ciated Press)-A man by the name
Of Wolfe Lindenfeld. alias William
Linde, has been arrested by the
Polish police here as a suspect IN
connection with the Wall street ex-
plosion in New York, September
Is, 1920. The Warsaw police said
they made the arrest at the request
Of the American department Of
justice. They claimed to nave In
their possession the mans full con-
fession of being connected with the
disaster.
Lindenfeld is described as being
a cousin of Rosa Luxerburg. the
German . radical socialist leader.
who was shot to death IN Berlin
early in 1919 after having been
beaten by mob. His confession.
the police state, gives the names Of
the ring leaders and the New York
city address where the bomb was
manufactured and says that the
bomb was intended for ]. P. Nor
gan, but exploded prenature.y.
Sylvester Cosgroye, al Anaesi=a
department Of justice agent at
whose request in behalf Of the de-
parement the arrest Of the suspect
was brought about, declared thai
Lindenfeld had agreed to turn
states evidence and is willing TO
return to America where he has a
wife and two children in New
York. The suspects written con-
fession, according to the agent,
says that $3e.G00 was promised
for the. Job to be divided among
four or FIVE persons, and tsas the
money was received by New y ork
Communists from the Moscow
Third internationale.
Linderfeld left New York early
last spring. The Polish police gay
he was exposed IN Warsaw in 1906
as a Russian secret agent, fleeing
TO America shortly afterward.
According to Cosgrove and Paul
Altendorf, who trailed Liadenfeld,
the suspect in his confession names
lve principals now. in Europe who
shared the money from the job.
One Of the principals, the comics
sion shows, was a woman, who
from window opposite Ny. Z
gan's office, observed the daaacier
movements for days and from her
reports the bomb was tined 70 oy-
plode about the usual 'i-ae Mr-
Morgan came out for luncheon.
The confession as described by
the American agents terms the pre-
mature explosion "a r2echan1cs3
mistake" for which tie bomb
makers are blamed, l-indeafeld
estimating that the bomh exploded
from 10 to IS minutes before the
intended time. The pl-tters also
accuse the driver o. tha wagon
which brought the bono y WaH
street Of having erred n 10: .ea7;ls
the wagon nearer the Morgan Office.
Cosgroye and Altendorf eat;nate
that Lindenfeld's co2fes:.o ION covers
more than 1000 words, and assert
that the details fit in with tn mass
Of other information in ehei.- sos
session.
Further portions OF the CORES
Sion referred to by Cosg.ove ss19w
that Lindenfeld knew OF the nla3.s
sor more .han a week prior 20 me
explosion, but denied any act;iai
part in the bombing preparations.
He gives New York addresses OF
various individuals involved il the
plot, most Of whom have since
left the country, and also gives a
New York address where the COM
munists are alleged to have pals
over the cash to the plotters. Cos
grove AYERS that his information
shows Lindenfeld had close con-
nection with Moscow whence ne re-
ceived funds regularly. Polish Sc
cret service o"icials asserted that
the suspect attended al least one
conference at Moscow Of the third
International; that he was born IL
Warsaw, has many relatives here
and carries a Polish passport. For
most Of the time since March he
has been living in WaSaw, posing
as an American.