Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1921-04-28
Other Arrests May Be Made
Near Scranton
IDENTIFICATION IS POSITIVE
New York Business Man Says He
Saw Ligi Talking With Driver Of
Death Wagon Before Explosion.

Scranton, Pa. Tito Ligi, ar
rested here on suspicion of completely
In the Wall street explosion, was posi-
lively identified by New York bust
ness man as the person he saw stand
ing beside the horse and driver of the
death wagon at the scene of the eX-
plosioR just five minutes before it oc-
Cured
The driver was conversing with Ligi
when seen by the business man, de-
partrnent of justice officials said he
told them. He was picked from line
of six prisoners as the man he had
seen. Two other men, brought from
New York in an effort to identify the
prisoner, said he was not the man
they had seen driving the wagon filed
with explosives.
These were Raymond Clark, fore
man of an excavating crew which was
working on building near the scene
Of the explosion when it occurred, and
ThonIas Smith, who is said to have
Seen a former lieutenant of the New
York fire department and who at pres
ent is connected with the fire mar
shals office. The man who recognized
Ligi is said to have been J. Nally, in
business in Wall street and living at
506 West 1T6th street, New York. His
name, however, was not given out by
the federal officials
The three witnesses came to this
city from New York, accompanied by
Charles ]. Scully, chief of the crimi-
nal investigation bureau of the justice
department and a special representa-
tive of Chief Flynn
The business man; officials said, adj
mitted that he had seen photographs
of Ligi in New York newspapers, but
declared his identification was posi-
tive. Ligi, when identified, was lined
up with five other prisoners and
brought into the room the business
man was in. The latter scanned all
their faces Closely, then stopped with
in two feet of Ligi, looked at him
closely, and exclaimed, "That is the
man." Ligi stood calmly, with no dis
play of emotion.
The Identification was made after
both the othe- men had said Lig. was
not the, man who drove the death
wagon Department of justice agents
expressed satisfaction with the devel
cpments They said other persons
would be brought from New York at
once in an effort to confirm Ligis
supposed connection with the disas-
ter 1t was pointed out that several
persons interviewed by investigators
following the blast mentioned seeing
someone talking to the driver of the
wagon shortly before the explosion,
Some of these, it is considered prob
able. viii be brought here
Indications were that other arrests
would BE made in coal mining districts
whe~e Iigi formerly worked in an eff
fort to determine what connection, if
any, Ligi had with the explosion
Present efforts are centered upon de-
termining where he was at the time it
happened. Ligi insists he was ip
Scranton, but officials said they did
not believe his story.
The police appeared confident that
further examination of Ligi would
lead to additional arrests in connec-
ton with the Wall street explosion.
Ligi was Leld in $4,000 bail at hear
ing before federal commissioner on
charges of evading the craft. His
trial was set for May 2 in federal
court at Harrisburg. In asking that
high bail be fixed, District Attorney
McCourt said he believed that Ligi
either was directly connected with the
Wall street explosion or knows who
was responsible for it.