New-York tribune., 1921-12-21
Burns Asserts
Lindenfeld W as
Trotzky's Agent
Declares Papers Seized i'll
April Raid Here Showed
That Bomb Plot Suspect
Represented Bolsheviki
Cosgrove Report Arrives
Cables Bring Details of
Arrest in Warsaw; Prison
cr Admits Missiatements

The belated report of Sylvester Cos
grove, covering the arrest of Wolfe
Lindenfeld in Warsaw for alleged COM
plicity in the Wall Street bomb plot be-
gan to filter over the cables into the
Office of the Department of Justice IN
Washington last night, according to
dispatches to The Associated Press.
The first section of the report was
received just as William J. Burns, chief
of the Bureau of Investigation, reached
the capital from this city. Attorney
General Daugherty, after 8 conference
some Interruptions in the transmission
of the report, and as result the por-
tions received were very unsatisfactory.
1t finally was decided that nothing
further would be said in connection
with the case until to-day, when ii is
hoped the entire Cosgrove report will
have been received.
Just before his departure from this
city Mr.. Burns at an interview with
newspaper men gave out statements
which have further complicated the
mysterious circumstances surrounding
Lindenfeld's trip to Poland and his sub
sequent arrest.
Documents Seized in Raid
Mr.. Burns declared that there were
two documents seized in recent raid
which proved conclusively that Linden
field, or, as he was known here, William
Llnde, was the duly accredited agent of
Leon Trotzky. Bolshevik Minister of
War, and also the recognized repre-
sentative of the Third Internationale
of Moscow.
Inquiries later in the day failed to
identify the documents referred to bv
Mr.. Burns. Apparently there is no rec
ord of them at Police Headquarters
or the local Offices of the Secret Sery-
ice.
In the interview Mr.. Burns answered
q number of questions and then ap-
proved the answers as they were read
te h NJ. Among the questions were the
following:
Q.-Do you believe the Warsaw dis
closure solves the Wall Street explo
sion? A.-Yes; this is but one spoke
IN the wheel, and we will get them all.
o. How do you link Linde with the
Third Internationale? A.-Well. we
have papers showing that. When Ed
ward Llndgren was arrested April 90.
1921, Detective Sergeant James !.
1egan, OF the New York Police Depart
ment, raided d headquarters of radicals
In bleecker Street and seized tEe
papers belonging to Lindgren. Among
tfem were two documents. One was
the offlcial organ of the United Com
munlse party, in which it was an
nounced that Comrade William Linde
was lne personal representative of
nson lrotzky, and the other was an in
Vltation printed by the central execu
tive committee calling conference to
ehect merger of the United Com
m.unist party and the Communist party
ms call was made over Linde's name.
Lindgren Now Awaiting Trial
The Lindgren referred to bv Mr.
burns IS under bail awaiting trial on
an indictment charging him with crim-
inal anarchy. He is ar officer of tho
orkers' League, of $50 West Twenty
nth Street, and ran as a candidate for
the pres dency of the Board of Alder
men IN the recent municipal campaign.
AT Police Headquarters it vas
learned that the papers referred to bv
MI burns were seized in a raid on tho
premises at ITO Bleecker Street. when
sApfanam Jakira and Israel Amter were
arrested after they mad received the
papers from Lindgren. The latter was
arrested later in Brooklyn.
according to police officials the raid
Vas conducted jointly by police de-
,e.s,ses rart ana representatives of the De-
tas tban n'''en1 ta ol JUSTICE; The papers were
where they were carefully eSam;naS J.
Ihey included minutes of Communist
meetings. held in this city and in otber
'ities IN the country. Every name
n.en.iohed IN them was carefully listed
ana placed in the police files and w.,