NEW YORK EXPLOSION

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 306, 20 September 1920, Page 5

NEW YORK EXPLOSION

RESULT OF* ANARCHISTIC OR GERMAN PLOT HEAVY IRON SLUGS CAUSE ' GREAT DAMAGE 3 ! A SUSPECT ARRESTED 3 3 (By Telegraph-Press Associatlon-Oopyritrlit New York, September 16. Federal officials havo been investigating tho explosion which occurred in Wall Street, opposite tho J. P. Morgan offices, and state that tho explosion car- - ried with it iron slugs weighing a pound i or more each. These flew in every dilection, and did considerable damage, f e ' : strengthens the theory that the _ explosion was a bomb outrage. Thouy sands of dollars' worth of securities were r lost as tho result of the explosion. Stockbrokers iei>ort that messengers who were carrying the securities dropped them and ran as soon m tho detonation occurred. UJier messengers disappeared in the contusion, and have not yet returned. Owing to tho growing conviction of the inn estigatora, that the explosion was caus®d by an infernal machine, the Federal j authorities in other large cities have . instructed to look out for similar j occurrences. Strong guards have been Placed around public buildings and the j homes of well-known financiers and com- , mercial men. The number of Injured is now stated to be 200. A. large army of workers, under the light of numerous searchlights, began to clear _ up the debris and repair the damage in the eiplosion area, and within twelve honrs after the detonation the street began to take on a more normal appearance. All the business houses and he Stock Exchange have announced that business will be resumed this morning as usual.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. WARNINGS OFTHE EXPLOSION LEAD TO AN ARREST. New York, Soptember IT. I A man named Edward Fischer, who sent postcards to his friends warning them of the explosion, has been arrested at Hamilton, Ontario. i Fischer was formerly an employee in 1 the French Commissioner's office in New i York. From Toronto he warnings > to members of the Commissioners staff ■ and a Now York broker, stating that i Wall Street would be blown up on the i 15th (the day before the explosion) in front of tho Morgan offices. Tho care- ■ taker of a tennis club reports .that ■ Fischer personally warned him that an i attempt would bo matlo to blow up tho Morgan building. Fischer is regarded as mentally unbalanced, with a mania for Bolshevism.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable A69n, AUTHORITIES CONVINCED OF A PLOT HEAVY CASUALTY LIST. (Rec. September 19, 5.5 p.m.) New York, September 17. Private individuals havo offered ten thousand dollars more reward for evi- • deuce leading to the arrest of those re- ■ sponsible for tho Wall Street explosion. • The failuro of anyone to claim owner- " ship of the horse and lorry which were 5 blown up in the explosion further c strengthens the belief of tho authorities • that the explosion was the result of a h plot.. ? The deaths from the explosion now '> total 36, and the injured number 300, of ■ whom many aro oxpectcd to die. c Tho authorities nvo convinced that th<> - explosion was the result of a plot, either 1 German or anarchistic. . , v . The Board of Aldormon have offered a reward of ten thousand dollars for the arrest of those responsible for the property damage, which is conservatively | estimated at two and a half million dollars. Business in Wall Street was resumed to-day as normally—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. LITERATURE FOtoTN MAIL BOXES SIMILAR. TO THAT DISCLOSED AT LAST tYEAR'S OUTRAGES. (Rec. September 10, 5.5 p.m.) New York, September 18! Tlie Federal authorities now believo that the '6ame anarchist group which perpetrated the bomb outrages in June, 1019, caused the Wall Street explosion. Identical literature with that- disclosedat tho secnos of last year's occurrance have beon found in mail boxes not far from the Wall Street disaster.—Aus,-N.Z. Cablo Assn. INVESTIGATION INTO RADICAL ACTIVITIES AMERICAN PEOPLE AROUSED. (Rec. September 20, 0.45 a.m.) Mew York, Septomber 18. It is understood that Mr. Palmer (At-torney-General) will ask the next Congress to appropriate extra funds with which tho Department of Justice can institute a ■ and widespread investigation into all forms of radical activities. This stpp ivill be taken as' a ycsult oF the Wall Street/explosion. It , -is. believed that Air. Palmer will take drastic measures against Reds and other direct octionists. It is felt that American peoplo aro torribly aroused over the New York tragedy, which resulted in the tilling and maiming of working men and women, and will back any effort to rid tha country of tho perpetrators of such deeds.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.