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Attorney's office. Most of the witnesses
have told their story before. Their
evidence touched mainly on the horse
and wagon in which the death bomb is
believed to have been taken to the spot
in front of the Sub-Treasury building,
across (rom the Morgan offices.
Three of the witnesses declared that
they aaw a wagon bearing a red nag,
with the word ".Explosives" on the side,
pass in the neighborhood shortly before
the blast. Their description? of this
wagon, however, differ from the gen?
erally ?accepted description of the con?
veyance. The wagon is thought to
have been a wide butter and egg deliv?
er" vehicle, with a top covering, but
open on the sides. It is known to
have been very old and to have been
painted to resemble the vehicles used
by the Du Pont de Nemours Company
to divert attention to that firm.
The suggestion that the unidentified
victim at the Morgue may have been
the driver of the wagon was definitely
diaaipated by his identification by rela?
tives yesterday. He was E. Wallace
Kehrer, a chauffeur of good reputa?
tion, who lived with his father, mother,
wife and ?later at 422 South Fourth
Street, Brooklyn. The mother and
Bister, who identified the body, say
that he had been ?mpioyed until three
weeks ago by a manufacturer of paint?
ing machinery in Crown Street, Brook?
lyn. He had left home Thursday morn?
ing, they said, to look for a new job
in answer to advertisements for chauf?
feurs.
The police admitted yesterday that
the only definite facts they have to
work upon center about the identity of
the owners of the horse and wagon.
They point out that all witnesses so
far questioned tell conflicting storie?
of what they ?aw immediately follow?
ing the blast, so that the police do not
know whether TNT, dynamite or smoke?
less power was used.
Differ on Color of Smoke
Some of tht witnesses say they saw
j ?il low smoke, which is caused by
picric acid anu which is generally used
'.h anarchistic bombs. Others say the
biast was followed by a black smoke,
which usually follows the detonation
</f TNT or dynamite. Dr. John C.
Ifcbiden, who superintended the manu?
facture of thousands of pounds of ex?
plosives during the war, expressed the
ooinioi? that it was TNT, because it
was of a alow nature and did not make
the hole in the ground or have the
crack that usually accompanies the ex?
plosion of dynamite.
The police are not convinced by the
'^formation of Peter Kinnegan, the
Rrooklyn horsc-shoer. who says he put
on the ' two front shoe? of the dead
horse found in front of the Assay
Office.
Kinnepan says there were two
marks place?! on the shoes by his as?
sistant, John Haggerty, a non-union
horseshoer, as his customary identi?
fication mark*. He also says the job
was done about two weeks ago. The
police say that these shoes show at
least twn months' wear.
Defectives supplied wit h photographs
of tne shoes started a canvass of all
the blacksmith shops in the city yes?
terday in an effort to find the man
vh-j put the comparatively new shoes
01. the horse's hind hoofs. These ?shoe?
showed the union marks, "J. H. U,"
Journeymen Hor<eshoers' Union.
Joseph Meade, an official of the Hu?
mane Society, is convinced that he
raw the horse und wa^on at that place
as early ,te 10:30 o'clock Thursday
morning. He told the police that he
liad been attracted to the animal while
passing through the district because
of two. sores on its shoulders. He
waited around to issue a summons to
the driver until about 11:10 a. m., he
said, but having other work to do he
had to lbavt! before the driver ap?
peared.
The poiice are inclined to believe
that Mead? did not see the horse that
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San Francisco Warned
Of Wall Street Blast
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20.?
Duncan Mathewson, captain of
detectives here, announced to-day
that he was in possession of the
name of a man who was declared
to have predicted several days be?
fore the New York bomb explo?
sion that there would be a "big
explosion" in Wall Street "on
the 15th.
Mathewson said his informant
was a disabled soldier, and that
the man he named had been a Y.
M. C. A. worker in Russia.
was killed. They assert that the
death horse had no sores on his shoul?
ders. Their position is strengthened
by the evidence of George Bruno, an
ash-moving contractor of 57 Thompson
Street. Bruno said fix of his men
had been at the Morgan building at
11:45 o'clock that morning, and after
getting some ashes had gone over to
the Assay office.
When a brother-in-law of Bruno's
inquired at the Assay Office at 11:60
that morning if the men had been
there he was told they had just left.
The six men and Bruno's brother-in
law were sure there was no wagon
near the Assay Office when they ar~
rived there. They recalled seeing the
Ford car that was standing at the
Morgan bank curb.
John Fleckenstein, of 379 Onder
donk Avenue, who drives a truck for
the Scharf Supply Company, yester
day told Department of Justice oflFi- I
cials that it was his car that was seen
over thf dead horse shortly after the ?
blast. He said he had come up Broad- ;
Way and was going east on Wall
Street with several cars in front of
him when the explosion occurred. He
: was knocked down, he said, and when
? he regained his senses he found the
? front wheels of his car over a dead
horse. He didn't recall what cars were
i in front of him or whether there was
I a wagon in front of the Assay Office,
Thomas .1. Drennan, Fire Commis
? sioner, denied that any explosives had
? been found missing within the city
? limits. Despite his assertion that a
i complete check-up on this point had
j been made by his operatives, the Chief
Inspector of the Police Department de?
clared yesterday that hi? men were
j still busy on this phase of the in- i
; vestigation.
i There are indications that the nu- !
! thoritie? are not anxious to reveal all
| they know in this connection. Assist- ?
j ant District Attorney Talley declared !
j earlier in the day that he had been
informed that a dredging company at ;
? the foot of Wall Street had been re- (
i ceiving explosives for its work. The
name of this company was never men
tioned in previous statements given i
out by the Fire Department. |
Other clews to the perpetrators of j
the crime are expected from the state?
ments of four persons who yesterday
told the police that a man came into I
their stores on September 10 and asked ,
to see their sash weight*. These shop
keepers are J. Ziegler, of Seventeenth
Street and Seventh Avenue; Jess;
Kessler, 240 Seventh Avenue; B. Dul- j
'chin, 158 Seventh Avenue, and a Mias
Friedberg. This is considered par
ticularly significant in view of the
fact that the slugs found scattered
about the scene of the explosion are !
known to have been cut from window
sash weights. A description of this man
was given to the authorities.
Alexander Brailovsky, the Russian I
iournalist who was arrested Saturday |
night, was released yesterday. The ?
police offered to turn him over to the
Department of Justice. Chief Flynn j
said he did not want Brailovsky and
declined to take him off the hands of
the police.
Mr. Lahey said that Brailovsky had
been turned over to two Department)
of Justice operatives, who released
him.
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Broker Saw Three
Men Fleeing From
Scene of Explosion
Wellington, Injured in Dis?
aster, Says Two Were Ges?
ticulating Wildly to Third
Just Before the Blow-Up
Samuel B. Wellington, of ?G West
Eighty-fourth Street, saw clearly,
though casually, throe men who were
running in evident anxiety from Broad
and Wall streets just before the ex?
plosion Thursday and told what he
could remember of the occurrence last
night.
Mr. Wellington is president of the !
West Indies Trading Company, of 39
Cortlandt Street, and was on the way |
to his office from that of an attorney ?
_t 37 Wall Street. Walking west in
Wall Street he noticed that it lacked ;
just two minutes of noon. Two men
, who looked to him as though they
came from the lower East Side were
standing near the curb beside the
' Morgan offices in Wall Street, calling
' and gesticulating to a companion of
like appearance who was standing near
u wagon across the street.
"Come on!" the two called. "Hurry
; up! Get out of this."
They started at a jog trot down Will
Street toward the East River, Mr.
Wellington said, and their dilatory
, companion followed them. The wagon
by which he had been standing had a
brown canvas cover, Mr. Wellington
' declared, but his recollection was that
there were neither curtains nor panels
j between top and sideboards.
The horse hitched to the vehicle was
' a sway-backed roan, whose anatomical
construction was pitilessly revealed by
a recent clipping. Mr. Wellington's
! idle thought on looking at the animal
was that it would not make many more
j journeys. He thoui/ht the equipage a
? strange one to be in that part of the
i pity and suspected from the haste of
I the three men to get away that thcyj
I had been up to no good there.
"I looked back over my shoulder," he i
j said, "as I walked toward Nassau j
? Street, expecting to see them chased !
I by policemen. From the way they i
I acted, I thought possibly they were I
I bond thieves who had robbed a mes
j senger or a bank."
The crash came as Mr. Wellington
i reached Nassau Street. He was
' knocked flat, but escaped without seri- I
ous injury. He could not describe I
any of the three men, he said, but hud
sized them up as foreigners.
German Defrauded U. S.
CHICAGO. Sept. 20, - Theodore
Schudde, a German, arrested at the
/'residi?, San Francisco, xeveral weeks '
ago, pleaded guilty to-day to obtaining
$1,000 from the government under
faine pr?teuses whil" poking as Lieu?
tenant Arthur Kincaid, an American
army officer. Judge George Carpenter
sn-nunced him to three years in
Leaven worth penitentiary.
Skipper Adarr* Refuses to Run
BOSTON, Kept. _0. Churles Francis,
Adarits, ?k?r>:>_r of Resolute in her re
ceit "iicceituful dffunne of ?h? Ameri?
ca's Cup, to-dny anntt.rtr J that he
<>u!'! nut ??reu a i>\s,;u ?s candidate
for Presidential elector on the Demo- j
cratic ticket ty which he waa elected
by the state convention of the party I
at Springffsli Saturday. I
Witnesses Tell
Grand Jury of
The Explosion
I'v/enty - two Persons Are
Called for Examination
by SwannVAids; to Con
! tinue the Inquiry To-day
Fischer Not on the List
Court Warns Talesmen Not
to Divulge Proceedings ;
Police Give Testimony
Several persons were before the Sep?
tember Grand Jury yesterday to tell
what they know of the Wall Street ex?
plosion. Twenty-two witnesses waited
in an ante-room while the jury dis?
posed of other business matters. The
questioning was in charge of Assistant I
Dristrict Attorneys Talley and Rytten
berg. Mr. Talley spent most of the
day examning witnesses he intends to
cell before the jury.
This statement was p-ade at the office
of District Attorned F wann:
"The District Attorney's office will
cooperate to the fullest extent with ,
the United States Secret Service and |
the detective bureau of the Police De
partment of New York City in their
efforts to obtain information that will
lead to the conviction of those re?
sponsible for the outrage which re?
sulted in such appalling loss of life.
These agencies are now engaged in an I
effort to collect evidence and to run
down the guilty persons. They must
to a large extent necessarily work in
secret in obtaining evidence.
"The District Attorney will place at
their disposal all the facilities of his
office and every process of the law at
his command. The presentation of
the matter to the grand jury will nec?
essarily have to be defirred until their
investigation has reached a stage
where it) results are in such shape
that the rvijence they have collected
will be aiailable for presentation,"
Will Not Call Fischer
Among the tweritj-two witnesses in
the <_'rand jury room we ce Wilbur B.
Fuller, superintendent of the Jersey
City trucking division of the E. I. du ;
Pont De Xemours Powder Company; ?
Gilbert C. Smith, of 217 Broadway;
John Mieklcjohn, of '??47 East Fifty-sev- i
cnth Street: Dunham Beldon, of Hi
South Third Street, South Orange, own- !
ej of the wr<?cked auto; Henry Wasser- :
man, an eye witness, of '?'2 Mescrole :
Street, Brooklyn.
Air. Tailey before going? into the
grand jury room said he did not in
tend to call Fischer.
When the jurors appeared before
Judge William M. Wadhams he warned
them not to speak to reporters or di- ?
vulgt to outsiders what they were
doing.
Policemen are Questioned
Every slat ?(nary policeman on iraiHc!
duty from Wall "Street to City trail !
Park, on Broadway, has been ques-1
tioned by the representatives of the;
District Attorney's office. All sr;id they I
did not notice a Du Pont explosive
wagon pass them on the day of the
explosion.
Several witnesses will be heard to
t'ay. It is expected that Samuel B.
Wellington, president of the West
Indies Trading Company, of 39 Cort
landt Street, who was injured by the
explosion and who told of having seen
three men ncting suspiciously in the !
neighborhood of the disaster a few
minutes before the explosion, will tell !
his story to ;hc grand jury.
After the hearing of witnesses to- !
day the grand jury will hear onjy such !
ptrsons as an sent to them by the!
Police Department and other agencies
conducting investigations.
-?
Fischer Will
Be Sent to
Sanatorium
(Conilnuod from psje one)
ing disaster in Wall Street." Mr. Talley
said Fischer's latest version r;tn, "I I
first fixed the time as 10 o'clock in the
morning. This 1 did when 1 beheld a
ten of heart.-?, while walking on the
street. Later I changed ?t to 10 o'clock
at night after I had beheld a ten of'
spades in similar manner. Then it oc- ;
curred to me that there is no time? but
Greenwich time and I interpolated be?
tween the two indications, thus setting
the time at from 2 to 4 o'clock in the
afternoon. How 1 knew it would occur
on the 15th I do not know. It just
came to me."
Fischer repeated during the exami?
nation by Mr. Talley a great deal of his
belief in things occult previously nar?
rated to the authorities at Hamilton
while he was held there.
Sister Asked Commitment
Mr. Talley said he had learned yestor
?.'a> that Fischer':! sister. Mrs. Pope,
had called on Assistant District Attor?
ney Lorenz Carlino September 7 to
ask that her brother be committed to
an institution, as he had been acting
queerly for some months. The com?
mitment had not been made, he said,
because Fischer was out of the
country.
"I believe." Mr. Tattey said in con?
clusion, "that the man is a harmless
mental defective."
It was announced yesterday that the
former tennis champion had been in?
vestigated by Department of Justice
operatives in 1917. when he became
insistent that President Wilson grant
an interview at which Fischer would
unfold a plan to end the World War,
then in progress. The report of the
p.gents at that time was that the man
was mentally unbalanced, but harm?
less.
One of the man's eccentricities is
to wear the heaviest clothing in the
warmest weather. On the way to the
border from Hamilton Sunday nipht ?
he said to the retinue of offieiuls ac- i
companying him:
Wears Three Suits for Coolness
"I have on three suits now. I wear I
my tennis suit for underwear. When
[ want to r'ay a" ' have to do is re
move my outer garments. The other |
two suits I wear hecausc I have found
I that the more heavily one is dressed
the cooler he will be in hot weather,"
Toward the end of the examination
yesterday Fischer appeared to lose his
usual good humor and Baid to a group
? of newspaper men:
"You fellows aren't going to get a
word out of me. Not a word! Now if
you want to do me a favor just beat
it." It was the first time he had
shown signs of irritability since his
detention in Canada.
?Explosion Victim Ends Life
Clerk, Who Suffered Shook?
I Leaps Ten Stories Into Street
Frederick M. Carpenter, a credit clerk
| in the National City Bank, Exchange
Place and Hanover Street, who suffered
i a severe shock as a result of Thurs?
day's explosion, ended his life yester
I day by jumping ten stories from the
I roof of the bank to Exchange Place.
I His body struck the sidewalk close to
several persons who were passing.
Joseph Bokee, his father-in-law, said
I that Carpenter suffered a nervous
| breakdown several weks ago and had
i returned only recently from a vacation
given him in consequence, when trie ex?
plosion prostrated him. He was on his
way to lunch when the crash came.
He was thirty-two years old and
lived with his wife and son at 82
Crooke Avenue, Brooklyn.
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Mystery in Blast
Conspiracy Called ?
Chemist's Problem
._ I
Speaker Opening Exposition
at Palace Asserts City
Should Seek Scientific
Aid in Time of Disaster
_
The sixth annual Chemical Exposi
tion opened at the Grand Central Pal- |
ace last night with an address by Dr. '
Charles H. Herty, chairman of the :
advisory committee, who reviewed the
progress of the last five years and out?
lined the problems confronting the
chemist. He declared that the serv- '
ices of chemists should he immediately I
used in the case of a disaster such
as the explosion in Wall Street.
"The evidence which would de?
termine the cause of such a disaster
and trace its perpetrators is largely
chemical," he said. "The time to use ;
the chemist in such a situation is im?
mediately after the disaster.
"In the New York section of the
American Chemical Society there are i
more than 2,000 chemists, among them !
specialists in explosives, metallurgy
and cement. No one of these men, I
no matter how prominent or how im
mersed in his own laboratory, could asi
a patriotic citizen decline an invitation
to serve on a committee advisory to
the city authorities in such cases. !
Provided with official passes through!
the police lines they could he of in- I
valuable service through their special
knowledge. For such publie service !
they would desire no pay. There is
a civic asset here which is lying I
neglected anil which can be quickened
into dynamic aid by a simple request i
from the municipal authorities." j
He urged his hearers to aid in in- !
fluencing Congress to enact measures
to foster the growth of the dye in
dustry in this country. He asserted ,
that in the last six months- this de- !
vcloprnent had been greatly retarded '
through the failure of Congress to
act at its last session.
The exposition is the largest in the
history of the chemical ?hows and oc- j
cupies four floors at the Grand Central |
Palace. It will run for the entire
week. Each day an interesting pro- [
gri.m has been arranged, together with (
motion pictures illustrating every'
phase of chemical industry.
One of the unique exhibits is that of :
the National Aniline and Chemical j
Company, which shows a party on the
porch of a summer resort. The ligures I
are all life size and attired in the ;
latest styles. Every detail in the ex
hibit has been dyed with American ?
manufactured dyes. The whole pic- '
ture is brilliant with varied hues.
Leading chemists will discuss the
fuel question to-day.
Colonel J. S. Dennis, assistant to the I
president of the Canadian Pacific Rail?
way Company, spoke at the exposition.'
The principal need of Canada, he said,
was the coon? ration of the United]
Stales in colonization and capitaliza?
tion.
He described Cue great natural re-'
sources of the Dominion, and said that j
they could b? released for i he good of.
the world only by capital and immigra- :
tion. He predicted that, next year's,
census would show that Canada had a;
population of S,500.000, and said that it
could assimilate at least ??00,000 immi?
grants a year. For them, he. said, Can- j
ada had 190,000.000 aeres of unoccu
tied agricultural land. 30,00,000 acres of ;
it within fifteen miles of n railway. |
Last of Blast Victims
identified as E. W. Kehrer
Was Chauffeur in Search of
Work When Killed, His
Mother Declares
) Tiie last of the explosion victims
.was identified yesterday as Elmer
' Wall.lCC Kehrer, twenty-one years old,
of 422 South Fourth Street, Brooklyn.
? The identification was made by his
'mother, V -s. Olive Kehrer, who said
I her son '?%, a chauffeur out of work
i and was in ?a-'-reh of employment when
i he was kille?!.
The body 1ip4 been at the Morgue
S unclaimed since Thursday night. On
j Sunday the police became interested
| in it on the theory that the unknown
? man might have had some connection
with the death wagon.
i On leaving his home Thursday
morning Kehrer told his wife and
? mother that he was going to the Ponn
: sylvania Station here to look for work
j on a freight train. He said he might
I be gone three or four days. That is
j why it did not occur to them that he
j niight be among the victim? of the ex
' plosion, his mother said.
Mrs. Irene Kehrer, his widow, was
i not allowed to see the body at the
Morgue. They were marrie,! .ight
; months ago. In that time Mrs. Kehrer's
fnther, mother and brother have died
of influenza. Before she met her hus?
band she was engaged to a soldier
who was killed in the war.
Blind Strike for More Pay
LONDON, Sept. 20. The blind bai
ket makers of London struck to-day for
an incm.ase in wages.
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Announcing that our Fall and Winter
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14 EAST 40th STREET NEW YORK
.~ II I ,?^M-MM??>? ??'ill " nil nil ' ' ?
Soldiers May
Guard Custoih
House To-day
Troops Ready to Prevent At?
tempt at Outrage if Their
Services Are Required,
Commander Announces
No Precaution Neglected
"Warning" Thought To Be
Joke, but Care is Taken
to Prevent Any Attack
A mysterious "warning" postcard
mailed at the Grand Central Station
Saturday evening was received yester?
day by William H. ("Big Bill") Ed?
wards, Collector of Internal Revenue
for this district. The writer said:
"There is a plot to destroy the Custom
House Tuesday, September 21, 2
o'clock."
Collector Edwards turned the card
over to Byron R, Newton, Collector of
the Port, who is custodian of the build?
ing. Both officials were inclined to
think it the handiwortf it a crank, or
possibly a practical joker.
Nevertheless, every precaution w:
be taken to-day to guard againci a repe?
tition of the Wall Street outrage. Col?
lector Newton communicated the "warn?
ing"' to the Police Department, the
Department of Justice here and the
military authorities at Governor's
Island.
Detectives and secret service men
have been detailed to guard the build?
ing, and it is probable that a guard of
soldiers will surround the Custom
House.
The card was postmarked 5 p. m.
September 18, l'J20, Grand Central
Station, and was addressed to "Guj
Edwards, Collector of Internal Rev.
enue, Custom House, Bowling Green
N. V."
The word "WARNING" was written
in scrawly lettering in blue ink upo?i
the back and underscored twice. Th?
full text read:
"Citizen" Crgen Precaution?
"There is a plot to destroy th
Custom House Tuesday, Septenii??? ? :1
2 o'clock.
"Have building well guarded ant
watch all persons carrying parcels.
? Do not admit any one into tin
building with pureel unexamined.
(Signed) "A CITIZEN."
The fact that "Gus Edwards," tc
wnom me post card was addressed, i?
a well known vaudeville comedia:
lends support to the theory of Custon
House orticials that the author maj
simply be the perpetrator of a crue
practical joke. On the other hand, th?
police say, he may have V?een ignoran'
or misinformed as to the collector':
first name.
The post card was received in tin
first morning's mail. The news of i
was spread by employees before th?
collector himself had read it. Thi:
news traveled fast. It was transmittee
by elevator men to messenger boy:
and carried by them to other buildings
By afternoon fright had beun com
nuinicated to workers in all of th?
buildings jn the Battery Park section
It is probable thut some of these v.'il
remain away from worm to-day.
Message Carefully Written
That the card was carefully writtei
was commented upon by Collector New
ton. He called attention to the fac
that nowhere in it is reference made t<
a threat t? use explosives. lie was o
the opinion that the scrawly lines o
the script, which otherwise is unusu
ally legible, may have been an atte.mp
to disgui.u- handwriting.
He also noted thai. In the text then
were none of the absurd fantastn
statements common to Black Han?
literature.
Discussing the "warning." he said
"In all probability this thing i? a joke
but these things are, as we well know
epidemic from their suggestion. A:
custodian of the building 1 think it i
matter of common prudence to take al
precautions, and anybody who gets ii
here with a S-?H will have an inter
esting time of it."
ni v... ? w.im' ? Island the chief o
staff of Major General R. L. Bullard
commanding the Second Corps are.
United States Army, said last nigh
that troops could be supplied to pro
tect any government property here ii
less than a half hour after a reques
is made, It was intimated by Custon
House officials that a guard of the "2>
Infantry will be asked for this morn
ing.
Mr. Edwards Not Worried
Collector Edwards assuied newspape
men that he had no reason to fear tha
any < ne with a grudge against him i
his official capacity would attempt t
blow up the building. He was incline
to laugh about it. The million? in in?
come taxes collected by his ofttee are
turned over to the Federal Reserve
Bank, he said. No large sums ?re kept
in the Custom House.
Collector Edwards's chief concern
yesterday was to boost the morale of
his employees. He feared some of
i them would report "ill" to-day. "I
don't think the Custom House could be
blown up," he said, "but I don't want?
to irgue that point or put it to a
1 trial."
I Man Kills Wife and Self
I Students V, itness Shooting in
iron! of High School
WORCESTER, Mass., Sept. 20.?
Carence A. Shays, twenty-three years
eld, shot his wife in front of the
High Scnool of Commerce here to-d8y
and then shot himself through his
head. Both died later.
The shooting was witnessed by
students at the Hi?rh School, who were
changing class rooms. Miss Jennie
! Woods, a sister of the dead woman,
j was with Mrs. Shays at the time. The
j police say the shooting was the cul
| mination of a series of domestic
quarrels.
Mrs. Shays had been ordered by her
? husband to leave the house and was
on her way downtown with her sister
when met by Shays. He pleaded with
her to return home, and when she re?
fused ho fircQ a bullet through her
left eve.
The Shays were married last July.
?Wall St. Bomb Made
1 From Piece of Pipe,
Asserts Dr. Hebden
Two c?r Three Feet Long and
Fifteen Inches Diameter,
He Says; Black Smoke In?
dicates TNT or Acid Used I
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The infernal machine which wrought ;
death and destruction in Wall Street j
was contained in a metal pipe from
two to tlitee feet long and 15 inches !
in ??".meter, tilled with TNT or picric
aei?: ? ? i-ording to an opinion expressed
!>? .'? .!.?hn C. Hebden, a consulting
??.?..-? ? : ,1 Maiden Lane. i
1 'lebden outlined the resulta of'
in~ investigation at the scene of the
disaster in an interviey at the chemi?
cal show yesterday. He laid particular
stress upon the practice developed dur?
ing the war of permitting untrained
men to handle and take part in the
manufacture of explosives, and added
this had even spread to the dye in?
dustries.
"I ??jot down to Wall Street about
?1 o'clock on the afternoon of the ex?
plosion," he said, "and ther?> ! met a
friend who is a trained ? ?'..Server, who
had witnessed the disaster. I qu?->?
tioned liiin very closely as 1o what
took place. He said the report was
rathe:' a roar than a crash and th.i:
it wiiL, followed by black smoke. This
would indicate either TNT or picric
acid, us both are cc-'"Hratively alow
h'.iming fixplosivcs.
"1 then carefully examine! the ef?
fects of the explosion and comparen
them with others I had seen in London
and Paris as a result of raid?- during
the war. Tho pitting on the Assay
Building is contained in t!>e radius of
a small circle, while that, on the Mor?
gan Building is much larger. From
this ! judged the explosives were con?
tained in a pipe that lay horizontally
across the wngon.
"The pipe was undoubtedly blown
out at either vnd before it hurst in th;
middle. This is evidenced by the fact
that the statue of Washington is pr..:-.
ticully untouched and the damage up
and down the street comparatively
small."
Dr. Hebden superintended the manu?
facture of .'150,000 pound?; of TNT at
Kingsport, Tenn., during the war with-1
out a single acciden*. He said it would
have been easy for the plotters to have
manufactured TNT in ?iiiantities of|
five pounds at a time in a small labora- I
tory or picric acid in ten-pound quan
tities.
He was emphatic in the expression
that none but competently trained men ;
should be employed in the manufac
ture of explosives, under the direct
control of a chemist, so that all respon
sibility could be fixed. In the dye in?
dustry, he stated, inexperienced men
were being in many instances permit?
ted to handle dangerous chemicals.
He declared that none but a high ex- j
plosive could have caused the havoc!
that resulted from the explosion in
Wall Street and added that if dynamite
had been used there would have been aj
big hole in the street, despite the
three-foot air cushion beneath the
wagon. He stated that the fact there
was no such hole practically proved
that it was a high explosive of the'
slow burning type.
Heavy Earthquake Recorded
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.?A very
severe earthquake was recorded to-day
on the seismograph at Georgetown
University. The disturbance began at
9:58 a. m. and continued until about
12:30 p. m., with the greates* intensity
at 10:40 a. m. It was estimated that
? the disturbance was about 3,300 mik-s
; from Washington.
Indicted for $27,600 Theft
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 20,-An indictnL
charging embezzlement of $27,600 of
the funds o? the United Railway's r0?
pany. the local streetcar orrwlmion"
has been returned against James w'
Samuel, former assistant aecretary an,i
treasurer of the company, jt wt, ""
nounced at the Circuit Attorney',
office to-day. Samuel had be? enj*
ployed by the company for twentv-fiJ?
years. * ?
years
This is Truly Extraordinary !
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