, 1880-10-29
A FIENDISH PLOT.


rcver-Co&lcctinE tho Poison mt lscr-
n,uda TO sc,tsl to tho United ktsten-
Luke r. lIlnrkhurn'a Part In ti,c Plot
-1loW II Was Fsctecicd.
Stts Fork Tribune, Uet. q.
OF the 137 Cnnsuis In tf1c service Of the
United States, Charles N. Allen, nj I}crnlutla,
IL one Of thu oldest. 1Ic was appointed on
Aug. :, ISL, and In the whole list there are
only two whose appointments bear prerf-
GUS date.
Nr. Allen has been visiting his relatives
and friends In New York and Brooklyn, and
returned recently to his post. lie spent one
afternoon with his daughter, Mrs. {. +.
Whitney. nj the f;ilsey House, and 1t WIS
during this visit TINT n Tribune reporter met
hnl. Tho conversation naturally turned on
Uer1nut!n.
Don't you hnye yellow.fcver there2' In
CURED the rcporter.
No, We have no yellow-fcrer; have had
none for years. tlon't think VIC have had
anything Of Tint sort worth mentioning since
lHH, when MI attempt WAS Inn.u 10 sfli, the
disease to America, in order tn tleyastate tile
unlun army"
"Will ynu not give MI account Of tho
detection 0t that atrUcfnus scllene?"
at WIS who first discovered the tlastartl-
Is plot md called the attention of the
aathorlties to II" he replied. with soll!s If;
l!sllcti.
"Our principal Office ut 1scrrn,,da wns nt
that lime at, St. Genrse's., n1Ni Y was there
greatest violence. Luke I. blackburn, who
Is llnw tho t;nyernnr nf Kentucky, came
over from Halifax, with his nlal.servant I'M!
horse md buggy; an5I, reptcsen'tnE i,inself
"There we're 1Many I,oints in his conduct
| that were Suspicious. aistE ruinors Df these
frulil time tt time reached ne. In the first
fession there die. not believe he was n
| physician because he WIS 50 coarse and IT,
ltrrate: nlld orc Of the hospital nurses said
that whcneyeT3ohe nf Ills patients WIS sick
catch the black yon.it, and afterwnrtl wrap
up the handkerchief antI carry It away With
bM. This, together with bis close conncc-
tim with the resident. Confetterases. led me
ofslrin1s, hut they laughed ut INC.
| F" 1t was nearly Il. ycar after he first cnlne
hcfnre ent TO the bottonl of tho matter, and
It. laGps,eGM 4 M n ttIs IT. WY: There vas some
wh" was employed there was s!i,ntnariy dis.
charged. lhnking tllat i might possibly
obtain some infurinati',' from this nun IN
reEnr.l to my suspielons, wllci! ! Ind been
lin. 'i'l,ls vas early n 1s6'. With some
persuasion. got from him the whole facts.
The. cDnfcdcra,es we're ns | suspected. send:
Ing infected cioihes to the United States, and
"nr. BLACKBURN first rul'ed mp this h!ac!;
vosnIt, in tho manner | befor: described.
Then, when patient dietl, he had his clothes,
stripped Oft and east through tho hospital
low and carried the things away. with a
wcrc takcn to, and Will, soma di6lcuity
procured warrant to search the
lily application, bit / WIS very earn;
liz II otbtainins tho WI wa1rra,i, Nth twe police:
'nen to assist !no tn the search; II tho room
t,!bie standing y the ceptre. covered witt, q,
nll-cloth cover TINT reactic! thu floor on the
sl,tcs, L lifted, this, all underneath We
found four trunks. i, On On, opel!InE them Trey
G!oihl9g. such ~ WIS then suppl!.eSd, by tlle
ing was Ind in layers will, infected cloth
Ing. First tllore. game these new ta1
EcrchIcfs filicd with tic black yoinit, tllei
another layer ot new untlcrclothlng. md sc
on. The trunks were taken to the po!1cs
station. ,whcro they were nll opcncd, mud the,
islands al,i buried. Afterwnr,i was afral.
that tho Cnnfcdcrntcs might so and dig then
up, 50 l gained permission Of tue MAJOR y
St. Georges to have holes drilled through
LIE FilILL htlA kllH DuSt4
",rhe man III whose possession tho trunk!
were found was arrested for harborinE M!
snnce md sent to tall. liz had been reg,,
lary employed: It appeared, to deliver, tlies'
goods III Now York, and had hee,l pniu by I
t,lnu named Black, second in cnMlllalld Il
Mnj. Walker, who Is now connected With |
Halifax {i}ermltda1 steamship company
These trunks Ind been to0 late to forward u
the fnlt because the COLI weather would hnyl
rendered them useless possibly, ninl they wcr
to llnye heen shipped TO New York TIM
sprtig. This same man wllDnl we arrested hut
taken n cnrE0 OF the snlle sort from Sayan
nnh the ycar prcy!0us VII lch WIS landed b.
n roundabout route Mt Newborn. \. G.. Wlcr
antS, occurred III consequence: Ent OIL
warrants for tho arrest OF )r. blackburn, MI
those who had patu the mnncy for this MIRO
clous work; but before the warrants c0ll'
l}e served the men took ono Of tie blockade
runners md cleared out. The l1lAll VIII
plan,ctl this tlinhnltcat scheme Inns heeI
rewar.led BY bolng made Governor ut kc''
tucky."
"Uo yon mean to say that he caluo to l}e1
m4la tG1 tS Partes"laE of collecting
Yves; l lave plenty Of evidence OF TIM
"liow was it TINT llo was not nrrestet
, when lie returned to tho United States ~
: ''rhey dill nttempt 10 arrest him, n''a ~
} flctl to tailnun. {lo WIS arrested there II
Isis, but, upoil application tn one OF tn
+ | higher Canadian courts, WaS released. .
} never heart! nf hin, nRHtn until ! reaa i'll
! nan,n III n paper rs 4 candidate for tinVerlln
7 or Kentucky, aud II struck INC TINT kehturk
, must bo hard up far candidates, When tho
llu,l TO select such man as taat."