Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-03
THE FENIAN PLOT.
THE INVENTOR OF THE INTERNAL
MACHINES INTERVIEWED.
The Scheme Devised by a Desire to Force
England to do Justice 10 the Emerald
SOd-1hs Story Of Their Manufae-
ture Graphically Described.
kORE BEING MADE IN THIS COUNTRY.
THAT INFERNAL MACHINE,
A Talk With the Inventor.

terviewed p. w. Grove, the gasoline
lamp contractor here. who is connected
with the internal machine matter. HI
has always been at the head of the
Fenian agitation here, and Grove is ONT
of the most desperate agitators. He il
a man OF small statue, dark intellectual
countenance, and talked composedly al
on ordinary topics. Grove produced 1
letter from Gen. Halgate, dated Plulads
Aug. 81, 1880, setting forth that Mr.
Holgate owned to McCiintock that The
torpedo boat which did such
Terrible Execution
during the war, and that he had been
conducting eI periments under the wa
ter which caused McClintock to lose his
life, and that he had refused PROPOSE
ton from Spain for boat. He claimed
that the boat would blow up any vessel
in the British fleet and could blockade
any port, regardless OF all the men oI
war in the world. 1t would cost
about $40, 900 to build it, and he would
place it at Cranes disposal. He claimed
the boat would do more good for Ireland
and
Fetch the British Government to Terms
quicker than half million of men.
Crane said shortly after the Executive
Committee OF the United lrishmen met
in New York, at which Judge Bremen,
of Iowa, Capt. G. $. Piernian, OF New
York, Jas. Kenetie, OF Providence,
Thos. Ii. Dwyer, OF Chicago, ODonovan
Rossa and himself were present, they
discussed Holgate's proposition and the
scheme OF devastating England's shores,
but on Groves representation they de-
cided it would be too expensive; that
they could do better work by
Depositing Torpsdoes in British Ships.
which could be done for S25 each, and
which would bring England to terms by
making it dangerous for people to go
aboard British vessels. They decided
to take that course sometime later. The
united Irishmen and Fenians joined
hands in order to execute these plans.
They were six thousand strong in the
United States and Canada. There were
branches in Toronto, Quebec. Mont.
real and nearly every important city in
the United States. These Internal ma.
chimes are being made in every city
where there is a branch OF the order and
will continue to be made. They are
Working for the Good Of the Old Bod,
and they were no more liable than are
the makers OF revolvers and cannon.
Dynamite was no more vicious than
powder, and with these weapons they
could drive from the seas their enemy,
destroy her trade and make profitable
business impossible, and some people
would have to die. 1t would be worse
than boycotting, but war was always
cruel, and the easiest which went the
straighest to the mark and killed the
most in the shortest time, compelled the
Nations to make peace. The machines
captured in England were made in Peoria.
His answers gave the reporter conf
dence OF the truth OF this statement. They
were OF zinc, the interior in which the
clock work and explosives were packed.
The clock work operated with spring,
and after Blk days running it liberated
hammer something like q gun trigger
which struck percussion cap and ig-
nited the charge. The charge consists
OF an ounce and half OF illuminate
OF silver and pound and a half OF
dynamite and
Would Destroy the Largest Block OF
Buildings
in the world. The whole thing weighed
iorty five pounds. Any warfare was
good enough for England, who did not
conduct honorable warfare herself and
could not expect others to do 30. II she
did not do justice 10 Ireland every Eng
lish ship would be sent to the bottom
till the people no longer dared to EN-.
bark in them. Every Government
building would be torn down and a
system OF terrorism segun.
He claims there are many OF these
dread machines already completed. some
in France in charge OF Trustworthy pa
triots, who would
Use Them Quite Freely.
They had already greatly worried the
British; they had destroyed the Man
chester post Office and the Victoria docks
causing a loss of $5,000.0O0; exploded
machines at Salford and glasgow, al
London and Liverpool, and Inflicted AL
aggregate loss OF 6. 100000. Grove has
an easy, dignified manner, and was in
| no wav excited at his horrible recital
He saws the manufacture OF these ma
chimes still goes forward here.
Arrest OF the Inventor.
WASHINGTON, August 2.-Crowe, who
was arrested in Peoria, Ills, as the al
lsxed inventor Of the internal machines
sent TO England in the steamers Malts
and b. vsrian, was not ar pretended or
the order OF the Attorney General, a
has been stated. He was arrested on
warrant sworn out by the British 'ct
Consul at New York and this warrant
was sent to the United States authoritie'
| of illinois. Attorney General Mac Veagf
saws the matter OF the Internal machines
has not vet been officially brought t
| al. nntic, bat il ii shall be, he will tnc
law for the suppression OF such practices
| The Attorney GeneraI intimates that h'
wouldn't deal lieniently vith maker
and users OF explosive and Internal ma
| chimes, and also that he thought Hart
man, the Russian Nihilist, might b'
turned over to the Russian Govern
ment, il that that Government shoui'
demand II. The Attorney Genera
don't believe in allowing plots agalns
peace of other Governments to b'
hatched IN the United States.
The Arrest Denied
CHICAGO, August 2.-The story wa
telegraphed from Peoria that Grove, 'h'
inventor Of the internal machines. wa'
arrested in Peoria yesterday. The L
S. Marshal says there is no truth IN tn:
report. No arrests have been made
and neither the marshal nor any oi Ian
deputies have been in Peoria on ina
business. One special says the arres
was a practical Joke. This probably &C
counts for the story. Certainly the Y
S. Marshal has received no orders u
the matter, and will not arrest anybod,
without special authority.