Evening journal., 1921-08-26
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the terrific crash. the shock from
which was felt for six miles around.
Original belief was that a charge
OF dynamite was used, but Detective
Baldwin's inspection of the wreck
age gave no indication that such !
was the case, and leads him to be-
lieve that nitro-glycerin or some
other high explosive was used.
Detective Baldwin and the police
Of Middletown. Who are also work
ing on the case. were unable yester-
day to connect the mystery motor
with the visit in the afternoon Of the
mysterious stranger, nor were they
able to link together several other
slight clues which, they believe, may
eventually shed some light on the
situation.
Detective Baldwin spent a large
part Of the afternoon tracing recent
sales OF explosives, and is con-
tinuing his investigation along this
line today. He was unable, he said
to learn anything of value in this
Connection yesterday.
lie is OIL lnt OUluAon AhaN AAit C1NN
pants of the motor car seen by
colored woman living nearby, speed
ing away from the Biggs farm a few
minutes after the crash was heard
are directly connected with the ex-
plosfon. IF they we're innocent OF
connection with the explosion, why
should they have hurried away?" he
asks. 1T would be more probable
that they would have gone the way
OF the curious, and gone to see what
caused the explosion, rather than
speeding in the opposite direction"
The stranger suspected of impi-
cation in the affair was seen in the
vicinity OF the farm on Monday
afternoon. asking about a threshing
machine, after which he disappear
ed and has since been lost to sight
of those in the neighborhood.
Remley can give no explanation
more reasonable than the police
theory that revenge was the motive
for the explosion. Detective Bald
win said last night, denying that
there was any threshing rate war
being waged by the young thresher.
The detective asserted that the ex-
plosion was probably the result Of
i'll feeling caused by Remley's .inva-
sion of the territory.
He denied that Remley had Of
fered to work at price lower than
the usual scale, saying the victim
of the vengeful deed, had been Of
fering the services OF himself and
his machine at the rate OF five cents
| a bushel, the price that had been
prevailing in the district, and the
same rate offered by other threshers
Remley's only reduction. the detec-
tive said, was a discount of one
fourth of a cent a bushel. made tC
Stanley DEVILS, former tenant OF
the farm, whose wheat he was
threshing in consideration OF tho
latter having paid cash on compile
ton of the work. Under usual cir
cumstances, he said. Remley woul,
have had TO wait for from thirty Il
ninety days for payment.
Remley says he hasn't an enem,
in the world and is at a loss to un
derstand why anyone should seel
to harm him. He is a young maj
who only recently started in tn
business. He completed the thresh
ing Of the crop Monday at o'clock
and was preparing to spend th'
night in his machine, when Mr.
Bryson offered him the use OF al
extra bed in his home. Remley wa!
prevailed upon to accept this invi
tation, and thus was IN a place o
safety when the upheaval destroyed
the machine that otherwise woul'
have been his sleeping place.
In the direction opposite the farm
house, the crash was heard as IA
away as six miles. Detective Bald
win said. while, in the other direc
tion, owing to the shielding stray