The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-02-10 00:00:00

THE DYNAMITE OUTRAGES.
EXTRAORDINARY DIBCLOSUIIGB.

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Oa Monday morning. at Bow-street Poliesethoort,
Jamas Gilbert o.thaisstiam, aged 22. &earthed as •
dock labourer, was again brought up befogs BM J.
Item= %WM the *barge of &Wag beta oonweref,
with others, is &mai& • malleXose explosion at ibis
Tower on the 24th ot last month. Mr. Poland sad
Mr. Pollard prosecuted as behalf of the Treasury, sal
Mr. W. H. Q.IWIa &aid Mr. N irdos defesded the
Owen% Chief Bsperlalesdest Williams& repre-
sented the pules aothorities.
Mr. Pithead, in &Haag the prooasslinge, said he
appeared to prosecute the prison, r for the wiriesis
odes& with white hi was cearged. 'lbis primmer
had been in Americo fee some yews, asd is Nu•Oill•
bee last bad owes to this coasts? la the Adriatic.
He landed at Liverpool, and west to reside at 31,
Bobertoteeet, Istvergeml—a mall hetet kept by Mr.
Black. He them ow& to I, ado., bat what he bed
been &kw from that time to the day of the explosion
be (Mr. Poland) could not state. idowever. either us
the 23rd se 24th Dammam be easel the Braad-strset
Railway Station is the city, and bad with bins •
large brown Amtricao truuk. Oo that day the
primer had sadoubtelly • beg sad the trunk at the
railway station. The prisoner, between 12 sad o.
o'clock on the 24th had I Akan lodging. at 30, Pruett.
street, Whitsehspei, pelts, 5.. per week. He took
with him to these from Broadotreet
states in • cab the sad hag before weettosed.
Alter living at this address for ecirne dayS lie land-
lady asked Ow prlinmar his same. Ile give that of
Gilbert, and stated he was • traveller. He paid twe
wake' rest in edemas, sad remised Is osompattoo
of the roses mid January 14th, Dods, his easy,
however, the AtMerleall trash had hors takes away,
sad a blare box bought is Whithohapel substituted
for it. Beton Jesting the apartsisate he said the
box in the room did sot belosg to him, but toe friend
of Isla. It tho person called he was to be stoked to
wait. Os the fodowlag moraisg the landlady, as
goiag into the room, found that the American trunk
had hoes tab& away sad the small box substituted
for it. On January 12th the printer had engaged
• room on the grousd fLor of 32, Beerboroosiogteollt,
going then as the day he left Preroottostreet. Teat
was about 12 minutes' walk from the Tower. The
landlady asked him where he bad bees lieleg, and
be said is Proseet-etreet, which he had kit because
his bedrooms was not properly attended to. He farther
elated that he was looking for a clerk's situatioe.
Prior to January 24th the prisoner had been to the
Tower, probably for the Purocme of selloff *bore be
could explode dynamite aol injure property. lists.n
twelve ad oat o'clock the miaow had left 22. Soar-
.ronshotr et and gone to the Tower. The explosion
occurred at two o'clock in the afternoon. The
precise, had hien seen le the Tower just before the
explosion took place, and • little boy who was is the
room when the explosion occurred had..., somethlog
smoklog, and had thought th .t sOOlOOOlll bed lighted •
pips and bad thrown the instch down. Directly the
explosion took plate the order wee given to Clnie the
&Woe, and all the visitors st the Terse were moaned
there and interrogated. Tin pointer said be was
going to the re om above when leo exploeion took
place, but it would be shown that lse wee very sear
the place of exit at the time the gates wen
olowd. The other persons det.ined had
wally explained their eras es for being in the
Tower, the prancer alone being unable to sive
a reseonablo oronui-t I himself. It had been found
out by the per 10. v, ry shortly after the toan was in
custody that the American trunk wrs missing. The
prisoner staid, in reply to quatiots. that is. had
Dever bad any suck article in hie poseewion, arid that
the story abutit tie sai•thor w-s •stitsly a fabrication.
The police hart. however, found the isthmian, who
would show that be drove the prisoner to Prompt.
street from Btoad-street, and that Is. than bad the
trunk in his a. Teo primates lodgings bad
boss search and after the wiener had been drought
up at the Court, the police bed looked at the virtue
beluusing to the prisoner, initials by uncle.
Inspector Ablserlius and Jarvis had found a 010030,
anima book, wi.h the leaves torn out, hot not • n ap
of writing, and a guide book to the T ,vrer. Tien
was oleo • shirt with the name of "Clemson" upon
It. Among tbe things, however, they found a small
detonator, made of copper. It wet at once taken to
Majondie, who saw the it was • detonator
suitable for the expl.ion ot dyn sort.. The fun when
lighted would set off the eetouator, end the conoweios
exploded the dynamite. Colonel Male .die had at
once recognised this detonator se similar to those
to ind at Ludgaterthill. Padding • to, laud Charing-
crow Stations. Probably. this little article hod be&
accideetally lot in the ototblar, and wad lAA by the
polio*. On another occasion be would bring fur her
eel lame against lb. prisoner In tbst Tower there
were tees of ttiouand, of cantory stores. namely,
r the, and, as the , loco was tresain.foloriy, the
puuisbusent warn death. Everyone was guilty of
lab op who did such woe, set must no o o,i is be
settecood to death. Among the obsages m.de In the
law, the statute bad r. n4n.d keret.

Winifred 0 .anon depond to the prisoner *imaging
• room at bee house, 30, Greet Pre-c a-Area, no the
day before Christina. Day. H. said he should only
want the room for a week. He returned in • cob
with hie luggage in the afternoon. He ha I • large
brown box and • beg, both of which be owned net the
himself. He wad • week's rent in advance. On tee
following Sunday in reply to • question. be told her
hie name wee Gilbert, that he wee • traveller, and
came from Liverpool. He did not say for whom he
travelled. He was • very distant young man. On
the 14th of January he ennui nun the box wee rent
his own, but belonged to • friend, whom he expected
to wall for it. He said he was gong to bey • mailer
box, and when be mane back be had • small black
box. which be carried upstairs. Up to that time the
brows box remained in the room, bat on going into
the room on thst day winos.' fond it bad dis-
appeared. Prisoner left her hones the same day with.
out saying scything to her. The brown box lisci am
oval top. Primmer never told her what be did during
the daytime. and no one ever came to see him.
Cron-examined : When panne curled the large
box upstairs lethal not appear heavy. It WM uses!
for lodger* to carry then own luggage op.
June Henry Bateman, c ski-driver, said that he wee
at Broad-street nation on the 24th lisoember. when
• porter brought out some loggers, onnisting of an
Americsa trunk and a bag, and put It on the cab,
and he was engaged by a man who g into the cab
sad told him to drive to Great Presoonetreet. When
he arrived at the • 'e'en. given, the uses wried the
box to the door, and then paid the fare. The trunk
wee a brown on and bad an oval top. Witness mid
not remember what tort of a man he was, whether
young or old.
George Spina*, emp'ortad at broad client Station,
oorroborned the evidence of the nivel •us witness as
the cab being engaged to go It Groat Preeco•-
street.
Swab Moore, widow, 32, &erborough-etreet, White-
chapel. stated that she let lodgings, and on Monday,
the 12th January, the prisoner osme her house to
engage a room. He told her he was • Liverpool man,
He nine and took poneesion of the room on the fol-
lowing Wednesday evening. the then asked hie
name, and he said Dalton. Be paid his rent of 15.. •
week In advathe. When be paid the second week's
rant she asks I him what he wee doing, and he laid be
was looking out fsr • clerk', situation; that he had
been at • provision store, bat gavel up because he
did not like it. On Saturchsy, the 24th. she heard
him leave the house about nits la lb. morning. He
returned to the house between twelve sod one o'clock.
He went out again obortly of thrwrard. She did not
see him again until he was brought to the borne in
the afternoon by the police.
Isepectoes Frederick Jarvis and Abberlioe bailer
been examined,
Dr. Dupre was call.! and morn, and In reply to
Mr. Poland end ha was a Professor of Chemistry at
the Westminster Hospital, and for many pars bed
been chemist to the time oMce. particularly In
explain matters. On January 211 Oolonel kisionelle
aiti Inspector Abborline brourbr him the detonator
prod . It was a mp,r detonator, and at the
babe of it was the stamp of • aging "ark Be found
°handed with I'o6 grans l • mlxteire of ohlor of
poteeslum and fulminate of mercury. The ohlorste if
Pothnium was 7-92 per cont., and the fulminate of
mercury 92•01 per cent. This win the ordinary mix-
ture with which detors'ors were changed.
This tieing all the evidences proposed In In sallied,
Mr. Guilin= tithed whether, during the remand, he
would be allowed (MAINS/ 101 ening the winner,
oe he had not bees permitted an Interview until that
moiling. Sir James Ingham, in reply, said he bed
no Poly,/ to offer fanning in such • case. Bit
William Harcourt bad this conduct of such seams,
but he had great and dean I. the Home Secrelary'e
gene of Juane and di-cretins. and bell so doubt II
as application were made In the Hoses Odin all
reasonable facility would In affonird. Meanwhile he
°l'llrod that no one should be allowed to common-
rate with tbe priectoor at llonetreet, wbh sat an order
rens the Secretary of Stan. The pri-omar wee then
formally reminded until Mold", nest, and was re-
moved with the same precautions as were taken on
his arrival.

Tatra is good reason to belie.. that farther maracas
lieita as daWardly as thosi just o.mmittad it tits
Tower 5a4 M Westminster are contempistad In (hi
m't'oPtilis at no diet sat date. Oa Monday Om
schooner Aom lots was arm te4 at Lweriok ow
acormat of the minors of two mons of dynamite and
itikmana, d p ,owte .4 guepow.tor, *hipped at Liver
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"""1 at the begionina of Jimmy, bit sot antenad
roe4tssiss. rbal explosive was landed it Swalliwag,
mbd carted acmes the Woad to Lerwick. ci
Wined 19 bra him Weeded he 16/11W6

•1117111110 SOULS AT unloulin.
Great noitentent prevailed at Germs, es Musday
afternoon, the pollee hissing 'emirs telegraphic lam.
rast'os that two dynansitsrts bad Mime passage al
Plymouth la Um Mader letreptl es route tor the
island. Billy siren of weather lb. Intrepid had to
pot iota fiatardny afternoon, wises she
reinalasil nit Monday. When the maul WM
Mghted on Monday afternoon hundreds et
rushed down to tho ways to see the oft-
spirit Tbo High Oosustable and pollen oaken
boarded Um vessol Immediately dm entered the be,.
hour, lied lotted AA Um two as wen hawkers, woU
knows to lb* nd who were entirely oblivious of lb* exoltentral %Mr was erealing. They
wore of ovum