The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-07
Guy HAWKES. ALIyF.
A HslIish Plot to Blow Up The su-
prems Court Building.
A Suspicion that II IL The Work VI the
FrsncI, Communist Association.

A snspieion that ii IL the Work ef The
French Communist Association.
| At 10 o'eloek yesterday morning MI.
j, N. Heating, well known citizen OF
this city. saw O wagon containing Two
trunks and three kegs OF powder stand |
Ing In front OF the grocery store OIL LOUIS
Perez. No. 80 ST. Peter street, opposite
the Supreme Court building, and man
carrying the powder into The grocery.
This looking rather suspicious, ME.
Heating Immediately repaired TO the
Third Precinct Station and reported
the facts to Capt. Kelly. Capt. Kelly,
witt, few Of his officers, Immediately
went to tho grocery store, but the sas-
demonstrating wagon and Its wner
had left. The Captain placed strong
guard in the vicinity, with orders to be
yigilent and keep
i SHARP LOOK OUT
for the wagon and its driver.
/ A few hours elapsing and nothing new
i occurring. the guard business was be-
4 coming monotonous and the policemen
aiauusfsa but the old clock in the
\ cathedral had hardly tolled ) O'CLOCK
when the wagon, with two men on the
sent, again put In an appearance and
stopped before the door OF The same
grocery, this time loaded with five Kegs
Japt. Kelly and his. men fell on the
newcomers like thanderbolt.. and
made them prisoners and seized the
!. five kegs of powder. After this much
Ind been accomplished, the store OF
Louis Perez was searched, and the three
! kegs Of powder and the two trunks, that
Mr. Ksating had seen going into the
grocery In the morning. were
FOUND srowED AWAY
> | In n little room In the rear Of the groee-
! ry store. .,.
!, The three kegs1of powder and the two
l trunks were seized by Capt. Kelly and
Y Ills men. and taken, together with the
, wagon containing the five other Kegs OF
! powder, containing twenty i've pounds
9 each, to the Third Precinct Station.
i The powder was taken out OF the
i wagon and placed in safe place Ia the
station, as were also the two trunks. ;,
The two prisoners, On entering 1ne
!. fStatfonhouses gave their names as NJ IL
y two men were searched, and on the per,
aon of Poncet was found o roae-tinted
n bill head of the firm OF Hoyle % Engel-
sheim. agents for Duponps PoWder
: Company. No. q Tehoupitoulas street,
u which 4ead as follows:
"a NEW oaInAas, March 6, 1877.
= bought Of Hoyla & Eugeshe.m.
20 Eight kegs Of powder, at 10 CD eaeh' s5s ~
b '@ee'seo p's Ho'YIE Il ENaELsnE1M.
:. The finding of this bill on Ponce'
y brought
9. AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
., from him that he had purchased thu
y powder. and Jerome each, not wishing
10 10 be left in the lureh, said that he hht
been hired by Poncet to do the hauling
p and that he knew nothing about VIVA
Il the powder was purchased 10
~ After the prisoners were safely lodges
ii In jail. Capt. Kelly, believing that tn g,
was n hallish plot at the bottom OF tn
affair. started Immediately. TO inve5
tirats the matter, and found that Gael
s. and Emile Poneet had In the mornin,
n rented q room at No. 45 Ut. AM
" street, and had made an attempt t.
q STORE THE POWDER
~ there. but the landlord, on discoverin
~ -. that his house was about being. con
q yerted into q powder magazine, brok
10 the contract and sent Poncet away wit
~ his gunpowder and trunks. One or tn
q trunks was easily opened and found t
- - contain seven candles, Two OF Wnlc
~ ing else In the trunk. The other tfun
y. appeared empty, and being found diff
,se cult to open was allowed to remain as
he was: It's contents are therefore as ye
-, unknown.
be Zach. INTERVIEWED,
we said that he had been hired by Ponce
liz. to hal1l the powder, and knew nothln
oy OF what was to be done with 1t.
10, poncet, when interviewed, said b
a, had purchased the powder 9
l. speculation and lntenaea
ship 1t to I, oe erainarv A ainee !
could have more conveniently had
shipped direct by the agents OF the D,
nix mont Company. Poneet ID q French
,od man. of medium height, ordinari
dressed, and with a mean eountenane
The Shortly after his arrest number
persons, seven or eight in all. cia1n
Ing to be his friends. applied to u
him at the station, but were !, not not 9
led seem to be known to the police, whi'
ID another singular circumstance, !
many OF the policemen Of the .Thi
Precinct are French-speaking natives
that portion Of the city. Taking I'll
the fact into consideration, and the exit
TN ordinary method used by Ponc
las to ship gunpowder; the fact that !
ort, name was left blank on his Dill Iol
,tor large sum that he sought 80 persisteI
lor. ly TO locate himself and store his gu
the powder In such close proximity to T
Mr.. Supreme Court building, which 10 &C
was stantly guarded by large number,
md men In the interior; the empty trunl
the the
lam SEVEN CANDLES,
eph and other circumstances gives an exit
DIR. ordinary complexion to the affair, q
tive the universal opinion Is that 1t "
he'd a helIish plot to blow up the Suprei
Tor. Court and the gentlemen who guard
rs by s, 3. Packard and his thieves a
zard murderers, It must be remember