Then Fire Headquarters called St. Cath- J
erine's Hospital and the Oreenpoint llos- |
BELIEVE SUSPEGT IS
TOOL IN BOMB PLOT
i
Government Officers Looking
for Men They Think Directed !
De "Filipis.
With Giuseppe de Filipis. the Italian i
accused of being the driver of the
wagon In the Wall atreet bomb plot.!
housed in the Hudson county jail until
Thursday, agents of the. Department of
Justice turned their attention yesterday.
to gathering evidence to keep him be
hind bars. They also are working to ?
find his alleged confederates, for De j
Filipis according to their theory. Is only j
a tool in tlio plot.
Although the Federal officers still ex
pressed confidence that De FUlpla Is the
man who drove the load of explosives
to Wall street, the evidence against him
1. decidedly weak. Several witnesses,
whose identification of De Filipis was
said to be the strongest proof against
him. are by no means poeitlve. it devel
oped yesterday, that he Is the man who
was on the scene when thirty-nine men
and women met their death- Others
deny absolutely that he is the one.
Benedict D. Dlneen of the ?omlclJ?
bureau of District Attorney Swann s or
flee, who has been examlnlngthesam
witnesses on whose word the Federal
charge against D- Fil'pls rests, sa14
r&-r.
De Filipis was held without hall /an
te rday by Commissioner Hsrtrtoa* for
the hearing on May -t>
was shivering and wretched and ap
neared to be on the verge of a nervous
breakdown. Thomas M. Keddy, head
the local office of the Dement of
Justice said vesterday that his de
partme'nt expected to have enough evi
dence to hold De Filipis.
PLUNGES TO HIS DEATH
UNDER HEAVY TRUCK
Told Police He Was Wanted
for Wall Street Explosion.
