New-York tribune., 1921-12-19
Secret Service and Police
Act on Warning Letter
10 Broker That Bomb
Will Be Exploded Today
Accused Blacksmith
Now Is in America
Said to Have Received
Money in Small Hotel
in West Fortieth Street;
Confession Reaches US.

rhe secret service and New York
nolce displayed suddenly increased ac-
.iyity last night in precautionary
measures against the reported terrorist
,loa to destroy the New York Stock
Exchange and surrounding property in
Tho financial district Guards were
stationed about the exchange, the Of
seas of J. P. Morgan, the United States
sub-Treasury and other important
points in the district.
PRECAUTIONS were begun at once fol-
lowing receipt Of an anonymous letter
bs Charles T. Morgan, a broker, Of 25
BROAD Street, threatening destruction
Of the Stock Excnange building by q
bomb to-day. Everything within a
radius of five blocks" would be de-
stroyed, the letter said.
"Confessions Amplified
Simultaneously Associated Press dis
matches from Warsaw, dated December
1S, conveyed fuller information regard
ing the purported confession" of Wolf
Lindenfeld, or Linde. These read:
sylvester Cosgrove, the American
Department of Justice agent, has sent
cable to Washington giving the name
Of blacksmith who is said by Wolf
Lindefeid, alias William Linde, to have
manufactured the Wall Street bomb
and engineered the details of the ex-
poton in 1920. Linde says he received
the money for the job at 100 West For
tieth Street New York City. The black
smith is supposed to be in the United
States at the present time.
"The blacksmith, whose name has
been sent to Washington, came to War
saw during the summer and met Lin
.asnfeld, according to Paul Altendorf,
vhe trailed Lindenfeld before his ar
rest Altendorf declares Lindenfeld
made statement to him that the
blacksmith accompanied him to Moscow
last August. but the blacksmith and
his wife returned to America several
weeks ago.
"The blacksmith's wife, according to
the statement, watched J. P. Morgan's S
movements from an adjacent window
some time prior to the explosion"
George Mertos, proprietor of the
small transient hotel over a former
saloon at 100 West 40th Street, last
night said he could throw no light on
me transaction in connection with the
Wall Street bomb explosion, said by
Wolf Lindenfeld to have taken place
here
Meritos said he had taken over the
place, called the international Hotel, a
lew months before September, 1920,
when the explosion occurred, and had
very few guests at the time because
repairs to many of the rooms were in
progress. He kept no register at that
time, he said, and hence had no record
of his patrons. He could remember
no persons who aroused his suspicious
IN any way, he added.
Burns Doubts Authenticity
William J. burns, chief of the Bu-
reau Of Investigation, when apprised
over the telephone of Agent Cosgrove's
message to the authorities at Washing
ton, expressed donbt of it's authen-
tlclty. He said if such a message had
been received in Washington he ought
TO have heard about it.
There is one thing / will say" de-
clared Burns. eff Cosgrove sent that
message it means business. | have
ABSOLUTE confidence in him. He is re-
liable in every way"
:. When the address in West Fortieth
street was called to Chief Burns's at
tention he remarked that addresses, in
view Of the publicity given Linden
'eids statement during the last few
aays, could mean little. He said the
men concerned in such matters kept
constantly on the move and certainly
would not be sitting still now.
with regard to the threatened at
tack on Wall Street to-day Mr. Burns
u would be willing to wager my
nsht eye" said Mr.. Burns, "that no
sach thing is impending. Federal
agents and Burns men have kept too
slose watch in the last fifteen months
IN extremists and their activities not to
" " aware of it if such plot were afoot.
lou Will find the report a hoax"
Strong Police Guard Ordered
Despite the optimism of the Secret
s;lsice S;l chief plans were completed last
sh hsnt 10 throw a strong police guard
qpous the financial district to-day.
th0ueh information concerning it's
CONTINUED on pace threc)