Eyewitnesses Report Runaway Men and Death Wagon Near Assay Office
State witnesses describe seeing the explosive vehicle near the assay office at 10:30 a.m. Thursday and another man reporting three men fleeing the scene just before the blast. The accounts form the latest developments in the ongoing investigations into the disaster in New York.
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Officials Probe Explosion Case Readies New Leads
The district attorney's office says Edwin P. Fischer, once with the French High Commission, disclaims direct knowledge after eight hours of questioning amid a disaster probe. A warning to destroy the Customs House was deemed a hoax. An unidentified body is identified as Elmer W. Kehrer the unemployed driver of an explosives wagon. Russian journalist Alexander Brailovaky is released after a technical charge. Federal agents search Plum Beach Island for explosives. Horse Meade of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals describes the death wagon sighting near Wall Street at 10:30 AM and notes the wagon's dilapidated condition and a marked K-type collar.
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Edwin P. Fischer
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Alexander Brailovaky
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Joseph Meade
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Wall Street
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Brooklyn
Broad Street
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