Evening star., 1921-12-17
WALL STREET BOMB
PLOT CLEARED WITH
ARREST IN POLAND
Internal Machine, Exploding
PrematureIy, Was Intend
ed for J. P. Morgan.
FIVE PRINCIPALS NAMED
PAID $4,000 BY "REDS"
Moscow Third Internationale
Financed Job Through New York
Communists.

The arrest in Warsaw of Wolfe
Lindenfeld will clear up the entire
mystery of the Wall street explosion
of September 16. 1920, it was stated
positively today by William ]. Burns.
head of the Department of Justices
bureau Of investigation.
Mr. Burns declared that Lindenfeld
himself was not implicated in the ex-
plosion, one of the worse tragedies in
the history Of New York. but was so
close to the radical elements who
were its perpetrators that he knew all
about it. The third internationale.
Mr.. Burns said. was the moving spirit
behind the plot.
Lindenfeld Justice Agent.
Lindenfeld, whose arrest was re-
ported to the department by the
Associated Press, was described by
Mr.. Burns as the key to the solution
of the mystery and ":he only man
knows all about it,
Lindenfeld. according to Mr.. Burns.
went abroad originally on behalf of
information which would lead to the
arrest of those responsible for the
explosion. When no reports were
received from him. Mr.. Burns said,
Sylvester Cosgrove. one of the de-
partments agents. was sent over to
find out why Lindenfeli was not
sending the Information promised,
and the arrest followed.
Others Under Surveillance.
Radicals in Europe as we'll as in
the United States. Mr.. Burns assert
department for suspected connection
with the explosion. and if the inform
alton to be obtained from Lindenfeld
proves to be as expected arrests are
in immediate prospect.
Polish Press Representative.
Lindenfeld. Mr.. Burns explained. was
the representative in New York before
his departure for abroad of radical
Polish papers. and also was one of the
representatives In A@aEtea 9f kspia
and the third fnternstf6faie. He was
recommended to the Burns Detective
Agency as the man who knew most
about the Wall street explosion. and.
Mr.. Burns declared, adding that care
full check had borne this out.
"Lindenfeld." said Mr.. Burns. lis
the only man that We know in the
world that knows all about 1t.
For this reason. Mr.. Burns contin-
ued, Lindenfeld was sent abroad to get
the necessary information to enable
the arrest of the participants in the
bomb plot and was to have received
the $4,000 reward for these disclos-
ureS.
OF Radical Tendencies.
a highly educated and Intellectual
man of pronounced radical tenden-
cies, although he did not himself ad-
vocate violent measures. He is about
thirty six years old, and has wife
and two children now in New York.
and is half-brother of Rosa Luxem-
burg. He went by the name of Will
liam Linde in this country, Mr.. Burns
added. had taken cut his first citi-
zenship papers. and an effort was
made to obtain his second papers for
him before he went abroad. He is
a Pole by birth. Mr.. Burns continued,
and his relatives are now in Warsaw
He himself was forced to leave Rus
sia in 1906 because of his radical con-
nections.
Mr.. Burns said that evidence had
been gathered by the Burns Detec-
tive Agency which checks up with
of Lindenfeld, and that data in the
hands of the agency had been turn
ed over to the government, which
had been working on the Lindenftfl
arrest in Warsaw in. cooperation
with the Polish government and the
State Department through the Amer
lean embassy there.
Mr.. Burns expressed himself as
confident that the mystery of the
Wall street explosion would be un-
raveled as a result of Lindenfeld's 8
arrest, and declared that radicals of
the communist third internationale
would be found responsible for the
crime.