The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-14
C[A|MSBURNS'
 MAN INSPIRED. ANARC LISTS
Threading Letter Sent to New York Postmaster Written at Dictation of Detective
 Witness Declares
 at Hearing

CHICAGO, H., Feb. 13.-(By Associated Press. )-Charges that a letter sent to the postmaster of New York city in October, 1920, threatening to kill him and blow up the Woolworth building was in- spired by an official of the W. J. Burns Detective Agency were made today by Albert Bailin, alias Bala- now, confessed spy and agent prov acateur, continuing his sworn dep osition for use by the defense in the trial of 22 alleged communists at St. Joseph, Mich, February 26.
 Balanow, under questioning by Frank P. Walsh, attorney for the defendants, also charged that Charles Sculy, head of the radical bureau of the department of jus tice in New York, was in the em- ploy of Burns and sold him secret papers from the files of William J. Flynn, former chief of the de- partment of justice, bureau of in- vestigation which position Burns now occupies.
 Explosion Halts Hearing
 Taking of Balanow's sworn state- ment was halted shortly before noon when a premature explosion of flashlight powder being used by a newspaper photographer wrecked the offices of William cunnea. socialist candidate for mayor. where the hea-- ing is being held. Miss Ida Silver man, court commissioner, before whom the deposition is being made, was seriously injured; the right arm of Nicholas Mcdonald, the photogra- pher, was blown off. and William Cunnea, Jr., was slightly injured by flying glass.
 All the windows of the office suite were blown out and many valuable papers destroyed. MT. Walsh, sala now. o. l.. Smith, assistant attorney general of Michigan; Charles w.. Gore, prosecuting attorney of Berrien county, Michigan, and Max Burger, former department of justice agent, who were posing for the picture, were so badly shaken it was neces- sary to postpone the session until tomorrow. It was also feared that some of Balanow's private papers and documents, which were to be used IS evidence. had been destroyed.
 Balanow, in his testimony, swore that Allan o. Myers, head of the radical department of the Burns agency, had him, while employed as Burns operative, go to the office of the Thiel agency, where he was formerly employed. and write the letter to the New York postmaster on a Thiel typewriter. The letter read:
 Threatening Letter
 "Attention: We will not tolerate any longer unless you free all the political and industrial prisoners or we will kill you this time for good. We mean business this time all right. We arc going to blow up the Woolworth building this time un- less you free all the prisoners mem toned here above. The Knights of the Red Star, American Anarchist Fighters, New York. October 1920"
 The Burns offices in New York are located in the Woolworth build ing.
 Balanow swore that after the let ter was mailed Myers had him 70 to l. w. w. headquarters and write an illiterate letter apparently from one radical to another and send it to Myers to use in showing that the threatening type of letter was the kind radicals would write.
 Boasted of Appointment
 Detailing conferences he claims to have had with w, J. Burns, head of the agency bearing his name and now head of the bureau of investl- gaton of the department of justice. Balanow swore that in 1920 Burns boasted to him that if Harding was elected he would be head of the in vestigating bureau and that If Gov ernor Cox won the election, his of- flee manager, Allan O. Myers, would get the post so that either way the Burns office would be in charge.
 After he had quarreled with Burns he claimed he sent William J. Flynn, then head of the bureau of ingesti- gation, letters and documents bear ing on his charges against the Burns and Theil agencies. Later, during court action in New York, he said he obtained a subpoena to get pa pers belonging to him which the Burns agency was withholding, and when the papers were subpocnaed he found among them photostatic copies of all his reports to Flynn.
 He swore in the deposition that Charles Sculy, head of the New York office of the department of justice, is a Burns employe and had sold the copies from government files to Burns.
 Turning back to his alleged ex- perienees in Chicago, while he claims to have been connected with the Theil agency here, he swore that aft CT he had mailed threatening let ters to some 50 people at the drec- tion of T. J. Cooney of the Thiel agency, as he described yesterday, a shot was fired through window at the home of McLay Horne, states attorney, to whom one of the letters was sent. Later, he swore today, Cooney said to him:
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