New-York tribune., 1921-12-17
Suspect Has Family Here

lso that the bomb was intended for
,ly.
Suspect Has Family Here
Sylvester Cosgrove, an American De-
partment of Justice agent, at whose
request in behalf Of the department
the arrest of the suspect was brought
about, declared that Lindenfeld has
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 confession, ac-
cording to the agent says that $4,000
was promised for the job, to be di-
vided among four or five persons, and
that the money was received by New
York Communists from the Moscow
Third Internationale.
Lindenfeld left New York early last
spring. The Polish police say he was
exposed in Warsaw in 1906 as Rus
sian secret agent. fleeing to America
shortly afterward.
According to Cosgrove and Paul AL
tendorf, who trailed Lindenfeld, the
suspect in his confession names five
now in Europe, who shared
the money for the job. One of the
principals, the confession shows, was
a woman who from a window opposite
Mr.. Morgan's Office observed the fnan-
cier's movements for days, and from
her reports the bomb WAS timed to ex-
plode about the usual time Mr.. Morgan
came out for luncheon.
Mr. Morgan was in Scotland at the
time the bomb was exploded.
Wagon Driver Gets Blame
The confession, as described by the
American agents, terms the premature
explosion "a mechanical mistake" for
which the bomb makers are blamed,
Lindenfeld estimating that the bomb
exploded from ten to fifteen minutes
before the intended time. The plotters
also accuse the driver Of the wagon
which brought the Bomb to Wall Street
of having erred in not leaving the
wagon nearer the Morgan Office.
Cosgrove and Altendorf estimate that
confession covers more
than 10000 words, and assert that the
details fit in with the mass of other in
fermation~in their possession.
Further portions Of the confession
referred to by Cosgrove, show that
Lindenfeld knew of the plans for more
than week prior to- the explosion, but
denies any actual part in the bombing
preparations. He gives New York ad
dresses of various individuals involved
in the plot, most of whom have since
left the country, and also gives New
York address where the Communists
are alleged to have paid over the cash
to the plotters.
Moscow Connection Barred
Cosgrove AYERS that his information
shows Lindenfeld had close connections
with Moscow, from where he received
funds regularly. BY the Polish secret
service it is asserted that the suspect
attended at least one conference at
Moscow of the Third lnternationale; !;
relatives here and carries Polish
passport. For most of the time since
March he has been living in Warsaw
posing as an American.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (By The AS
sociated Press) .-Departm of Justice
officials would not discuss tonight the
arrest in Poland of Wolfe Lindenfeld
in Warsaw as a suspect in connection
with the Wall Street explosion. 1t was
indicated, however, that official reports
from Poland were expected by the de-
partment and that further details
would then be available.
Efforts of the Department of Justice
to trace the perpetrators of the explo.
sion are understood to have included
the cooperation Of the police of 6
number of countries, but the depart
ment has been guarded in any discus
sion of clews in order to avoid disclos
ing information.
In August, 1919, man giving the
name of DR.. Paul Altendorf, claiming
to be an American citizen and assert
ing that he had acted as secret serv
ice agent of the United States Govern
ment in Mexico during the World War
was deported from Mexico as "per
nicious foreigner" In a long state
ment he declared that Germany wa'
seeking economic and military contro
of Latin America. Arriving in Juare.
on August %, under guard, Altendor
said that acting under commission o
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