The New York herald., 1921-12-19
Broker Is Advised to Keep
Away To-day in Bomb
Note Sent to Him.
POLICE SUSPECT A HOAX
Burns Sees Trick in Warsaw
Reports Tipping Culprits
to Escape.

A squad Of patrolmen from Old
Slip station commanded by two SER
geants took up strategic positions
within and without the Stock Ex-
change last night. The bomb squad
from Police Headquarters. led by BE-
tectivc Sergeant Gegan, were posted
in advantageous doorways and cor
ners in the immediate vicinity OF
Broad and Wall streets. Private de-
tectives and a few operatives from the
Department of Justice augmented this
guardian force.
This guard Will be maintained all
of to-day and, possibly. all of tonight,
because Charles I. Morgan. a broker,
95 Broad street. has turned over to
the police a note he has received to
the effect that the Stock Exchangc
and everything within five blocks is
10 be blown up to-day. The police
say they are skeptical. Sergeant Ge-
gan says that 1t is only matter of
precaution, but that the police would
rather not take chances of being
wrong.
William j. Burns. Chief OF the Bu-
reau of Investigation of the Depart
ment of Justice. said last night that
he believes the alarm a false one, but
that the officials cannot afford TO
ignore a warning, no matter how little
there may be TO give it substance.
The police were posted last night by
Inspector Coughlfn. From their posi-
tions they were constantly i'm command
of the offices of j. p. Morgan & Co.
the Sub-Treasury and the United States
Assay Office, between which the bomb
of September 16, 1920. was exploded
Together with the detectives the patrol
men kept traffic through Wall and
Broad streets moving all the time.
Traffic. both pedestrian and vehicular,
was light. as IL was Sunday night. but
neither kind was permitted to loiter.
And IL will not be to-day.
For instance. Just after o'clock last
night small motor car swung into
Wall street from William. II proceeded
west at leisurely pace, and. for some
reason or other, slowed down at Broad
in either street. Two detectives and two
patrolmen were at the running boards
Of the car in the shortest possible time.
Keep moving" said one OF the
patrolmen to the startled driver. Keep
moving when you go through the finan-
cial district"
The driver recovered from his amaze
ment. stepped OH the gas and the little
car leaped into Broadway and took to
the north on two wheels.
Despite the fact that the police and
the Department of Justice operatives
are not unduly impressed by tho warn
ing received by Mr.. Morgan, they de-
clare that the note is a much saner
cpistlc than Is usually produced by
writer's OF such letters. It reads:
This is a warning TO you that the
stock Exchange and everything in
radius of five blocks will be blown up
by y bomb on December 19.
~. S.-Leave town or get out of this
vicinity on the 18Th
John W. Shaw. Special Deputy Police
Commissioner responsible for tho pro-
lection Of tho Wall street district. de-
clared yesterday that he has no reason
To believe that any ono should he wor-
ried over the letter. But his orders 20
the police were short and TO the point
The precise wording OF his orders was
not forthcoming. but the police declared
that any one desiring a hasty death
could accomplish that end by acting
suspiciously below the dead line.
And despite all the rcassuring words
OF tho police. the chances are that the
telephones IN innumerable offices with
IN the financial district will be ringing
along about this morning, and vast
numbers OF clerks. department heads
and even bosses will tell whoever an
swers those calls that the persons at
the Other end are not feeling so we'll
and that the office will nave 10 atruggle
along without them somehow or other
Drerfoot Ta~p, s;au~rges. lie insisteni when
n tiiue tluf. n,.t.