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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24
WALL STREET Is STILL WAITING

OF several weeks Costello was located and es-
tablished p1oof of his innocence by showing
that he hal been confined in the Joliet penl-
tertiary OH the day Of the explosion.
Two men and a woman seized by the Cleve-
land police were the next to cause the govern
meut agents hope to rise. The latter trio,
according to information given to the Depart
meDt of Justice Offices here, had made damag-
ing statements pointing to knowledge of the
crime and were being held for the New York
authorities. Before the local officers could
rive in Cleveland, however, perfect alibis had
been established by the trio and all had been
released. Their names never made
public
Then came the arrest of Floran Zeenllo,
a Pittsburgh. radical who had six sticks of
dynamite in his possession at the time he was
apprehended. Zelenko, according to Pittsburgh
authorities had boosted of his ability to blow
Up buildings and was unable to give an account
Of his actions on the day of the explosion. It
was found later, however, that he had pur-
chased the dynamite for in a coal mine
ard had never been in Wall Street in his life.
He was given a minor sentence for having
explosives in his possession and the govern
nent chase took up new channels.
Then came the arrest of Tito Lig, of Pitts
burgh. Ligi, an alleged draft deserter and
radical, was arrested by P. j. Ahearn of the
Department Of Justice, after pieces of sash
weights corresponding to the weights found
in Wall Street found in his home. More
pieces of sash weights were found in an under
ground tunnel which Lgi had dug beneath his
home. Thomas j. Smith, an ex-freman of the
New York City fire marshas Office who had
his suspicious aroused by seeing three Italians
in the financial district five minutes before the
fatal blast went to Pittsburgh and positively
identified Ligi one of the men.
The entire country was aroused by the latest
development in the case and government opera
tives were highly elated for more than week
before the bubble burst. Ligi proved perfect
abb and was given years sentence on the
charge of being draft deserter Two weeks
of grilling failed to shake him.
Agent Ahearn, after the Pittsburgh fizzle,
switched his activities to Bayonne, n j., and
it was in Bayonne that the first man to be
formally charged with the crime was arrested.
The man, Giuseppe de Filipis, was identified
by Smith as another of the Italians, and was
also identified by three other persons who
claim to have seen the Italians in the financial
district. Confined in the Bayonne jal, De
Filipis was grilled for three days, during
which time his attorney was refused adr1i=-
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natural powers with his advance information.
He willingly consented to return to New York
City without extradition papers.
Heavily shackled and guarded on all sides
by government agents, he was brought back
to New York and temporarily confined in the
Tombs. Again he was gried and confronted
with postcards upon which he had written
warnings of the coming explosion, and again
he blandly told his questioners of the phe-
nomenal psychic powers inherited from his
mother. He disappeared from sight, ostensibly
headed for an insane asylum Department of
Justice agents during the month of May were
unable to tell press representatives the where
abouts of Fischer.
After Fischer had given evidence of his
innocence, government agents again started
from the beginning to unravel the mystery
hundred thousand circulars bearing descrip-
tons of The horse and wagon and composite
Photographs Of the suspects described by wit
nesses were printed and circulated in every
City, town and hamlet in the United States
In many instances these circulars were dis
potched to foreign countries. The City of New
York alone offered reward of s1O,5OO for the
arrest AMI conviction of the perpetrator or
perpetrators of the crime. Individual inter
l.
Wall Street business interests, swelled the re-
ward fund to we'll above the $4,000 mark A
hundred private detectives were hired and
otherwise started to work on the case.
Wall Street bankers and brokers, dunn
founded that such heinous crime could be
successfully carried out in the heart of the
most heavily guarded area in the world, urged
government authorities to spare no effort to
locate the perpetrat9r.
The hopes of the Department of Justice have
been falsely inflated many times during the
eight months grind of investigation as vari-
Gus suspects have been gathered in various sec
tons of the country. The first bubble came
within few weeks after Firschers arrest,
when Eric lundblad a prisoner in the Wau-
pun penitentiary at Waupun, Wis, told gov
eminent agents that Giovanni Costello, for
fellow prisoner, was responsible for the
explosion. He told Of boasting statements
said to have been made to him by Costello in
which the latter declared that a wagon had
toen used TO haul the explosive because he was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24

the streets for blocks in all directions had
been roped. Additional police reserves were
rushed into the breach Newspaper men with
police cards were in many instances refused
admission through the police lines, SO careful
were the officers to preserve cews--the cews
that always there.
The report of the explosion which actually
locked the Office of the United States Depart
ment of Justice less than four blocks away,
had hardly ceased to reverberate before every
available man from Uncle Sans guardian
oody rushing toward the scene Police
headquarters few blocks farther away also
heard the sickening muff1ed roar of the blast
and responded with every available man.
It is estimated that at least fifty of the
keenest visiored and most capable crime nves-
tigators in the City of New York and possibly
all America were upon The scene almost be-
fore the last wisp of smoke had risen above
the scene of death and wreckage. William j.
Flynn, chief of the Investigation Bureau Of
the Department of Justice supervised the work
of that organization, while the efficient and
capable New York City bomb squad assisted.
The blast occurred at l o'clock on the
afternoon of September 16, 1920. More
than ter months have elapsed, and never for
d SiIlsie lilStaLC nave lLe Guy ana government
s.euths relented in their efforts to secure
tangible clew to the source of the outrage
yet apparently they have made little progress.
Revsrtng again to the theory that cew is
always left behind, it is obvious that not only
one clew but several clews were found in
Americas master crime"
At least three persons who noticed the horse
and wagon used to haul the explosive have fur
n,5heo the government agents with accurate
descriptions of BOTH Hoof pads bearing the
inscription Bison Hoof- Pad Company, Buffalo
New York" were worn by the horse. A study
of the sizes of these pads has afforded the
government agents with the exact weight of
the horse. Government experts have unani-
mously agreed that approximately 200 pounds
OF TINT caused the death and wreckage. Wit
resses have told of seeing two barrels in the
front part of the wagon and box two feet
square protruding from the rear Three Ital-
lans seen near the scene five minutes previous
10 the explosion have been described by dozen
witnesses in such vivid fashion that the gov
eminent agerts have been able to compile COM
poslte Photographs of the three men, Warn
tgs OF the impending disaster were dropped
INTO mail foxes one day before the blast
The latter fact recalls one of the most
amazing we'll as puzzling links in the chain
Of investigation which has followed the crime
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PSYCHOLOGISTS unhesitatingly d


q clare that nowhere in criminal annals
u has perfect crime" been recorded.
~--~H Every criminal, no matter how clever,
always leaves cew, the crime experts say.
A band of criminals, guided by master mind
can be no more perfect in its operation than
is made possible by the ability of its weakest
member. No criminal chain ever welded has
been without weak link, say the men who
nave made life study of crime. The bigger
the crime the more intense the investigation
and as a consequence the narrowing of the
chances of escape
More than ten months ago Americas
master crime" was committed. The busiest
street in the world selected the scene
and thirty-nine innocent persons paid with
their lives. wagon filled with high ex-
plosves was hauled to Wall and Broad streets,
in the heart of New York's financial district,
when both of those internationally famous
financial lanes crowded
The wagon, drawn by an underfed horse,
was parked in front of the United States Assay
Office, directly across the street from the j. P.
Morgan bank building and within one hundred
feet of the New York Stock Exchange. Clerks
and workers from hundreds of Wall Streets
financial offices thronged the streets. The
Stock Exchange had just closedg and its every
exir was filled with homegoers. A thousand
curb brokers were swarming toward Wall and
Broad streets, unconscious of the impending
disaster. Without seconds warning the blast
came.
Seventeen hundred policemen fought back
the hundred thousand persons who rushed for
ward. Confusion and chaos reigned supreme
rs anbulances and dead wagons changed at
breakneck speed into the financial district
The corner of Wall and Broad streets pre-
sented CHASTITY scene of death and wreckage.
The bodies of victims were strewn in all di-
rections, some dead, some dying and others
screaming and twisting in pain. The head
of the horse used to convey the vehicle of
death was lodged on the shattered steps of the
United States Assay Office. Parts of the vehi-
Gle were scattered for a hundred yards through
the streets Pieces of window sash weights,
which had scattered like pieces of flying shrap-
mel on a battlefield, screalnngy attested that
the explosion had been no accident but a we'll
planned and perfectly executed crime-a crime
that has gone down in history as the most
cowardly ever perpetrated in the United States
Thirty-nine victims lay dead in the streets
: Two hundred more, in many instances
mangled by pieces of the flying window sash
weights, screamed and writhed in pain Mer
v-:nr temporarily mad. Women tainted anc
others fled through the streets in hysteria
The police officers fought desperately to stem
the wave of excited humanity attempting t.
rush to the scene The City of New York an,
the entire nation were paralyzed when hashe
Of the disaster were sent out.
Within ten mnntes after the sstal h'ev
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that lie had never been in Wall Street IN his
life and had never heard Of the explosion until
he had been arrested for causing it.
Government authorities, in order to establish
the identity of the accused man as one Of the
Italians seen in Wall Street, conducted several
tests. Upon che occasion the accused man was
led into q room with six other prisoners. Five
persons, waiting to identify him, Immediately
picked him from the group, while the other
three were uncertain. The operation was re-
peated with six other witnesses and one OF the
latter identified De Filipis. The crucial test
came when New York newspaper photog-
rapher, whose name was withheld by govern
ment authorities, was taken into the rooh'
The photographer had previously told OF nav
ing rushed into Wall Street, following the eS-
plosion, to secure pictures and Of an lncideh'
which called his attention to De Fllipls. ne
Identified the accused man out of group Oh
ten prisoners, and thirty minutes later war
rant charging De Filipis with the crime was
issued by United States Commissioner Hitch
cock of New York City. Charles j. Scuiiy'
head of the investigation bureau of the De.
partment Of Justice, signed the warrant al"
it was executed in Bayonne.
De Filipis was removed to the Jersey ofy
jail and ordered held without bail by United
States Commissioner Hendricks. Later he was
arraigned on the specific charge and throug"
his attorney forced the government to preseh.
prima face case. The government respohae'
by producing a single witness--ex- lretla"
Smith Smith under oath recognized lie Iiipi'
as one of the two Italians he claims to nave
seen standing beside wagon in front OF Inc
United States Assay Office five minutes before
the explosion He told of d conversation De-
tween the two men in which one of them SAD l.
Come on get to hell away from here quieh'
The conversation, he asserted, ended Will
fire word "Gu.sh." He told of having gone Oh
his way and of hearing the explosion when no
reared the corner of Gear and Liberty stree'',
three bloe,s away. He said that he rushe"
back toward the scene, thinking of the i'9,'
ians and wagon, but was unable to appfoa''-
the spot OF account Of the crowds
At the conclusion of Smiths evidence 10
Fihpis was ordered held without bail. Inc
following day he was removed to New foiA
and confined in the Tombs to await trial As'
sistant District Attorney Benedict DlneeN
after listerirg to Smiths evidence. refused y
go before the grand jury with evidence N INV
case, saying that he considered the evidence %
tlirnzy that the government would not be war
r&ntad in attempting to procure an indlcfmsa
against the accused man.
The investigation appears to be at stanG
still. CHIEF Flynn, who rushed TO New Aof'
from Washington after De Filpis's arfes'
returned to the capital the following day
Operatives in New York frankly admittedNna
practically every clew had been run to earn
The Prescott daily news., 1921-05-24
FOOT BALL TEAM WILL
 LOSE THREE GOOD MEN

Among the list of graduates at the high school this year are three of the strongest members of the football team.
 The leaving of these boys, Halbert Bomar, DeeCoy Huskey and Otis Coleman, will leave three vacancies that will be hard to fill. Bomar, salutatorian of the Senior class, has played right tackle in every game for the last three years. No praise can be too high for his playing, and his work in school. DeeCoy Huskey, president of the Senior class, has played three years as half and full back, missing but one game, account of broken bone.
 Ottis Coleman has been as good an end as Prescott ever had. and his work at breaking up interference has been great. He very capably filled the office of business manager of the Dynamo this year.
 These fellows are leaving us now, and We hope from the bottom of our hearts that they will make a success in life as they have started out. They will be missed by every student and more by us, the football team, for what man or boy, after playing even one season, and after sweating, fight ing, winning, losing together, can say that he cares nothing for his team mates? If he does there is surely something wrong, because that feel ing which makes you want to help the other fellow when he's down. makes you want to be man and help him to be a man.
 These fellows have made one touch down in the game of life and are about to start in on the last half. Wherever the hand of destiny carries them, they cannot forget those high school days, and the fellows with whom they took their first hard knocks.
 Neither can they be forgotten by us, who will come on later. We hope when the last touchdown has been made and the game is over, that we will all be there for kicking of the last goal.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-05-24
FORD PRODUCING FOUR
 THOUSAND CARS A DAY

Ford is building cars at full speed And, according to an official state ment from the factory at Detroit, the demand for Ford cars and trucks still exceeds the output, despite the fact that new high level of production has been reached.
 By the first of May the figures re- presenting daily production were in the neighborhood of 4,000 day, so the May schedule was set at 101 ,125 cars and trucks, not including the output of the Ford Canadian plant or any of the foreign assembling plants. The output mounted daily; May 18th brought forth 4092. the greatest num- Der that have been produced in one day so far this year. Since the month has 25 working days, present indi- cations point to a new high record.
 A comparison of Ford production figures for 1920 and 1921 discloses the fact that for April, 1921, the out put was greater by 34.514 than for the corresponding month of a year ago. The output for May, 1921, will probably overshadow May, 1920, by between fifteen and twenty thousand cars and trucks.
 Approximately 43,00O men are at
The Prescott daily news., 1921-05-24
MAD DOG WARNING

A mad dog has been killed in Pres colt which was found to have had hydrophobia, after an analysis by the State Board of Health.
 By order of Mayor R. P. Hamby, all dogs running at large must be muzzled or they will be shot by the city marshal. This order is in effect from May 21st to June 21st.
 Either keep your dog up during this period or muzzle him.
 L. A. Willingham, 5-19d6 City Marshal.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-05-24

Sanitary Engineer L. G. Hastings who is in charge of the antl-mosqulto campaign here, came in this morning from Philadelphia. where he wlll launch a similar campaign the latter part of this week. We congratulate our neighbor city on its ability to recognize and grasp good thing when they see 1t.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-05-24

Motor Company. The factory is op- erating on full time, six days week and three shifts 8 day.
 We were never in a better condi- tion than we are right now. said Henry Ford recently.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-05-24
LEVI D. COX DEAD

Levi D. Cox, age 63 years, died at his home on Prescott route three, this morning at 8 o'clock from the effects of hemorrhage of the lungs. Interment will be at Liberty Ceme- tery tomorrow afternoon.
 He. is survived by his wife, four sons, Dr. J. E. Cox, J. L. Cox, George Cox and Grady Cox, and one daugh- ter, Mrs. A. c. Stewart.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-05-24
Published by

Entered as second class mail mat ter November 4th. 1905, at the post office at Prescott, Ark, under the act of Congress March 3. 1879.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-05-24

J. B. Brown, chief clerk of the gov ernment railway mail service, ar rived in the city today and is conduct ing the annual examination of out going mail clerks of the local post office
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-04-09
WHAT THE STATE e

Western Nevada Miner: Approach
a man for a few dollars as an invest
ment in the development of an In
dustry that means more to the per-
manent welfare and prosperity OF
Nevada than the biggest mine In the
State, and he would look at you as
though your head needed fixing, but
let some smooth talking gazabo come
along with a real estate or oil propo-
sition in Timbucto. and we haul out
a thousand dollars, kiss 1t goodbye
and smile. What Nevada needs is
civic pride. a more thorough cooper
alton of her citizens, less payment of
tribute to other States for things we
possess. and a more thorough knowl-
edge and comprehension of the vast
latent we possess within
our borders, awaiting only develop
ments to make US independent. In
other words, a little more living at
home.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-04-09
THE PASSING OF
A PROUD NAME

Fallon Standard: Bert Nixon. son
and sole issue Of the late George s.
Nixon, banker, mining man and one
time United States Senator from this
state, was instantly killed last We'd
nesday when his automobile turned
over In Salinas. Calf, as he was rae
ing through the town on his way to
take boat at San Francisco for a
pleasure jaunt to Australia With
his passing the name Of Nixon as es-
tablished by the former Winnemucca
banker and favorite son becomes OBJ
solete, the widow having given up
the cognomen by marrying a no ac-
count Spanish count. The only 8
tige OF the former high family estate
In Nevada is represented by the hold
ings that stand in the name and are
still in process OF court probate as
directed by the will Of the man who
industriously and very ably gathered
together the several millions of mon
ey that now seem to mock the efforts
of his lifetime.
Here we again find an example of
the futility of measuring success,
brains, morals and all other human
attributes by financial accomplish
ment which is not properly a gauge
of success save as 1t concerns that
reprehensible quality. acquisitiveness.
The parents who give from their
bone. muscle and blood a normal
progeny that works c~onstructfvely
and continues their kind generation
after generation accomplish a thing
entirely worthy of note. The name
that depends upon a pile of gold for
perpetuation is likely to pass from
the public mind and gaze very quick
ly.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-04-09
FEDERAL GRAND JURY
SUBMITS SPECIAL REPORT

Carson News: The Federal grand
Jury before its adjournment Thurs
day. subject to the call Of the fore
man or the Judge, made the following
special or supplemental report to the
Honorable E. s. Harrington. judge
OF the United States District Court
for the district OF Nevada:
Your grand jury believes In the
most vigorous and rigid enforcement
of the National Prohibition Act. We
feel that the present force of the
Government has been energetic and
sincere in the enforcement of prohi-
bition, but believe that it is wholly
inadequate to cope with the present
situation. 1t is u judgment that
unless the Federal forces are in
creased in the State of Nevada, or as
sistance rendered by the State and
municipal authorities, there will be
no Improvement in the present stu
alton.
I'VE deplore the lack of co-opera-
ton between the State and municipal
authorities with the officers OF the
United States government. We find
a deplorable apathy on the part OF
the public in regard to the enforce
ment of the volstead Act. While
the sentiment OF the community, In
our judgment, is In favor Of its en-
forcement, yet through either indif-
ference, or lack of good citizenship,
there seems to be no disposition to
actively participate in the enforce
ment of the law by furnishing evil
dence to the proper officers.
Many good citizens who are un-
doubtedly in favor of the existing
law are prone to criticize it's enforce
ment. and yet themselves are unwill-
ing or disinclined to divulge informa-
ton to the prosecuting officers, or to
render other assistance"
The above report is signed by Miles
North, foreman, and by the members
of the grand jury.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-04-09

Commissions are frequently evil
dence of incompetency. State or Ma
tional. When Congress finds 1t can
not handle something easily it Is
turned over to q commission or COM
mittee or board. which proceeds to
pay itself big salaries. hire attorneys
and Investigate something that every
body already knows all about. In a
year or two It hands In a report, and
as the matter has blown owe or been
forgotten the report is placed on
file" and promptly forgotten.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-04-09
FRUITS AND REI

Winnemucca Star: When we buy
In the open market we somtimes won
der IL the dealer is really making the
tremendous profits with which he is
credited. The fact has been made
public that it is cheaper to ship fruits
from Africa than 1t is to send them
by rail from California to New York.
1t is said that a bale of goods a be
shipped by water from New York to
South America for less than it costs
to transport it from one side of the
city of New York to the other. What's
the matter with our railroad system,
anyway? The exorbitant freight rates
in this country are q burden to the
people, and there appears to be no
relief in sight. With all our Wanted
intelligence we do not seem to have
brains enough to evolve a system Of
distribution that would do credit to
a Fill islander. Some day. perhaps.
stockholders in our railroads will re-
alize that a lot of useless "o~flcials"
are being carried on the payrolls at
high salaries. They may ven come
to the conclusion that the services of
half the number might be readily dis
pensed with, and that a reduction of
about fifty per cent in the salaries of
the remaining higher ups" would be
more in keeping with the cash value
of their services.