The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-11
CONSPIRATORs
IN THE LONDON MANSION HOUSE
OUTRAGE
Arrive In New York, Alter q Thrilling
Series or Adventures and Escapes
ON the Other sIde-One OF the
PlOtteFs NRrrates the De-
tails OF the Scheme.


NKw YORK, April 9.-The steamship
Australia arrived to-day, having on boar
the alleged couspirator in the plot to bloV
up the Mansion House, in London, nameC
Patrick Coleman, He was under an as
sumsd name, and most attention wa
given to q steerage passenger named Johl
Coleman, who had never dreamed Of {
conspiracy. The reporters boarded thl
Australia near quarantine, and found tina
there were already on board a lot cf mer
who had been waiting at quarantine lol
several days. They said they we're armed
that they were Fenians, and that no one
should take Coleman alive. The reporter
asked the captain which one was Coleman
and the captain refused to tell, Evidently
he didn't know or care, Then one oil the
armed men spoke up, "You are looking
Tor Coleman, are youP Well, he's on
board, under an assumed name. It's wei
you are not detectives, We are armed
[Here he pulled out o pistol He CAM
be taken alive. There Is no use disgulsinS
the fact. He was in the plot, which
oSiginated with Fenians. We shall mol
tell you which Coleman Is. There are
nineteen Of us, all armed, l keep q shoI
m Sixth avenue"
When the boat approached the dock
these alleged armed Fenians kept Conspic
uous watch oil everybody they could
They also held frequent consultations will
one Of the passengers, who exactly an
swered the description Of the alleged con
spirAtor. It was undoubtedly Coleman
He left the boat with his ostentatiou
guardians and soon disappeared. Upol
the whole, the armed men seemed muCt
dlsgusted that not q detective appeared
and that no effort was made to CapturI
Coleman.
PISKERToN FoILED.
New YORK., April 0.-It has been re
ported that Pinkerton's Detective Agenc!
had boat out Trying to scare Coleman
There 10 good authority for stating tina
Pinkerton applied 10 the Department o
State for permission 10 arrest Coleman II
the harbor, but Secretary Blaine repllet
no man should be arrested within III,
maritime Jurisdiction Of the United
States without due process OF law.
oDoNNRLL.
O'Donnell, another OF the persons i'm
pllcated in the Mansion House plot, ar
rived on the French steamer Vile de Mar
seilles week ago, and was down the hay
with others, for the purpose OF identifying
Coleman, who was not personally know
to the others.
DETAIL OF TIE pLoT.
0'Donnell has given details Of the at
tempt on the Mansion House to person
here. He says there were six men engaged
in the plot. II wes decided that II the 90
erCion bill passed, vengenCe was to b.
wreaked somewhere. The Lord Mayo
was elected because he, although himsel
an 1rishman, was q strong advocate OF CO
erCion, and voted for 1t. In the box wer
one hundred pounds Of giant powder, On,
the box was bound with the stronges
hoop iron. At the Egyptian Hall side q
the Mansion House, where the aLtemp
was made, there are three policemen o.
guard around the semi.Circle, which
there formed by George street and s.
Swithin's Lane. Each officer patrols hi
post every four minutes, Coleman too
the box under his arm and walked clos
behind the officer until he came TO Mich
In The builtup window. Coleman rapid
conveyed the box 10 the niche, reaChin
over an iron railing to do 80, and placin
a piece Of carpet on the base OF the mich
10 deaden the sound OF the box as II fe
upon 1t. He then gave the box an inwar
slant, so that the force Of the Concussio
would be directed inward. He cut III
fuse 80 as to reach the powder in mnut
and o hall, or about q minute before tn
policeman would have returned. As h
left he met q woman and child. Oolema
Joined bis aCcomplices, who waited fou
blocks away for the report. But the vi
man observed the fuse on fire, and th
policeman whom she summoned, cut
when about couple Of inches from th
powder and saved the Mansion House.
ESCAPE OF THE CoNsPIRAToBs.
O'Donnell and another skirmishC
named Mooney, left next morning Il
France, and Mooney is now 10 Pari
0'Donnell sailed from Havre on the 49,
Of March. The other four remained |
London.
GLADSTONE DooMRp.
LONDON, April 10, 1SSl.-It can |
stated on the best authority thl
the Executive Council Of skirmisher
at meeting In this city q few evenings ag
considered the matter Of the shooting
death Of two men OF BsllSghadaren, CounI
Mayo, on the previous Saturday, by Il
police. II was decided that their deatl
were brought about by the enforcement
Gladstone's Coercion Act. Gladstone vi
declared guilty Of murder and sentence
to death. How sentence iB to be execute
is now q question under consideration
| They say they consider the Queen no.
entity, and bold the Premier 10 be the r
sponsible ruler.
i SUCCEEDS THE DUKE.
LONDON, April 9.-Lord Darlington
better known as Mr., FortesCue, former
Secretary for Ireland under Gladstone
previous administration, has been a
pointed 10 succeed the Duke OF Argyle
Lord Of the Privy Seal III The Cabinet Il
Duke having resigned in consequence
his inability to agree 10 support Gla
stones Irish Land Bill.
THE IRISH WORLD.
In the House Of Commons to-day n
} Forster, Secretary Of State for 1telan
repudlatvd the assertion that the Cover
. ment contemplated any attempt 10 prol
. cute vendors In England OF the lriSh tvOr
!. q newspaper published In New York,
I he added that copies Of the irish U'O
had been procured for the perusa OF |
officers Of the Government, and alleged
cendiAty articles therein were feoeivi
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