San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-20

directly in front of the offic,
short time after, there was a
roar that rocked the entire
financial district. It partly
shattered the front Of the Morgan Of
fees The horse and wagon were
blown to pieces, twenty-nine persons
were killed, ten injured, died later,
and more than 200 others were hurt.
1t was felt that this explosion had
been deliberately planned with the
idea Of killing some Of Americas
greatest capitalists.
All the detectives In New York
were put to work on the case. Cable
and telegraph wires were kept hot,
and investigations were begun all over
the world in the hope Of developing
something that might lead to the de-
lection of the criminals. There had
been much talk of red activities. Was
this the beginning of the end? The
city was IN terror.
POLICE IN UPROAR.
Guards were hired for al financial
institutions and all suspicious char
,acters were watched. New headlines
were established by the police. Every
vehicle was scrutinized. Police head
quarters was on edge every moment,
expecting more explosions. The Reds
were really feared.
Who had done this? Who was re-
sponsible for this wholesale murder!
Whose mind was directing it and
whose hand carrying out the plot!
William Flynn was head Of thu
United States secret service. Will
liam ]. Burns was then running his
famous detective agency. Both were
called in on the case.
r SPY STARTS INQUIRY.
NJ There were solemn-faced confer
ences day and night. And yet nobody
(, made the least bit Of progress on the
case.
II was on the high seas bound for
\ England when the news was wire
Sssed .. I was still associated
with Scotland Yard and on my ar
,E.ivrl went directly there. Scotland
* a was all agog over the explosion
lag1 was watching every steamer from
iAsnerica. snRs
Il was in London Just a few days
when got a cable from Henry w.
Marsh, the millionaire of whom 1
have often spoken in these articles,
asking me to return to New York i'm
mediately on q very important mat
ter.
OF course / knew he meant the
Wall Street bomb explosion. How
ever, felt that the New York police
and the secret service had the mat
ter well in hand and probably knew
more about it than they were allowing
TO get into the newspapers. There
fore i took my time. Several weeks
later / returned to New York and
saw Mr.. Marsh. Neither the secret
service nor the police had developed
anything in the way of definite infor-
nation.
Mr.. Marsh met me and told me he
wanted me to start an independent in
vcstigntion Of the radical elements. l
told him right at the start / thought
there was not much use Of doing that
because even the reds did not engage
in terroristic acts of this sort and
that even anarchists did not want to
do things which would endanger the
lives Of innocent people. said they
might believe in the killing Of a high
government official or group of them
but they would avoid killing others.
In this case, pointed out, the
perpetrator of the crime apparently
didn't care whom he killed, which,
to me, meant that the act did not
have the official sanction of any Of
fetal committee and that the killer,
In my opinion, was some person act
Ing in bis individual capacity.
This was based on my general