The Terrorist Attack That Rocked Wall Street

September 16, 1920 (Thursday, 12 noon) - Attempt on life of J. P. Morgan. An old wagon, pulled by an old dark bay horse, travelled westward on Wall Street, halted about 75 feet from Broad St., near 23 Wall St., the offices of J. P. Morgan & Co. and exploded. 400 were injured, 38 persons were killed.

Terror on Wall Street -- Newsweek

Remembering the 1920 attack that rocked New York.

At noon on September 16, 1920, a carriage filled with dynamite exploded at the corner of Wall St. and Broad St. – the heart of America's newly confident financial capital. The attack, which was clearly aimed at the headquarters of the era's dominant financial institutions, J.P. Morgan & Co., killed dozens of people and has remained one of the greatest unsolved mysteries. In "The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story of America in its First Age of Terror" (Oxford University Press), Yale historian Beverly Gage details the dramatic attack and the ultimately unsuccessful efforts to finds the culprits, and revives the frequently forgotten history of radical-inspired violence that was surprisingly common in a period generally remembered as a triumphant one for big business. A podcast of her conversation with NEWSWEEK's Daniel Gross, which is excerpted below, can be heard here.

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My Comment: Sigh ..... history is always repeating itself. The only difference is that today's bombs have a greater explosive punch than the ones used in 1920.