New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-07
INFERNIL MAcHNES IN ST LOUIS


81 suppose you saw thlt article in the morn
for thG af,noI ~, ~ Wn i taS clocks
and Teil-kno~n irish reyouuoust 10 reporter this
m@r yrn5;
Wen, TIA bloody lie. Those machines were made IN
ST louT, aud all the work On them done here
know about the mattcr; bat as YOU know under
Obligations which bound me hand ana loot and ] was
powcrcss 30 prevent the shipment do not believe i'm
That sort of thing myself think it ia rather brutal TO
but this Is none ot my business. Actual experiment
The best way to eqnynce these people that the bomb
Yon say these eenont barrels shipped from ST.
LON? q Yo r.
g by whom2"
Mr.. Denis O'Hurs and ten him sent you TO AIM and
peFG WRsr ne d ln%y nc deii yor something
IN u biz house down near the Arsenal. You can't
And he gave directions by which the consprator might
ay successful and the rporr stood face to f,c Win
o. Hara He of that ciear-ct and parent type
OF rismen who seem TO JONAH almost feminine dclicacy
OF feature with an iron undersi~n He had no
beard, and slight straw -coored musiache. He wore
clothes were scrupulousy and nice. lie greeted
the mission OF The scribe, Invited him into poorly.
IA nishcd room, where, producing couple OF cigars, e
frc. Il y Ill Prooa6y surprise yogS" he began how
member OF no Oathbomd order. We Of the revolution
betraSs ms, we XIII him. that Is all there is to IT, have
no Iesisation ia saying TO You that these dynamite
clocks were prepared IN 81 Louis under my supervisory
ana were intended To be placed the coal going board
only two of the machines have captured The total
number shipped to England was-let sec,7 ana he
gether, since June 20, when the first shipment was
landed, have sent over oightysix machines. l ann
quite sure that at least fifty OF them have got safely into
the island"
"What do you hope to dot
"Cripplc the English Navy. Three years from to-day
there win not be an English man-of-war the ocean.
We are desperate and determined men. We not vul
gar cosprators aiming AZ little patry advantage but
men OF the world who have got calmly TO work 10 break
surfing u ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the British Empire 1 my
self have been fellow Of Trinity College. Dublin, and
there are thousand resoute ut with me in this
wan Whlch we are Waging against the crown they
catch us they kin us without mercy, We rebels and
kill thousand, and England will have her hands fun
for the next ten years This Is not assassination ii is
private war"
Are these machines very deadlyw
=" You shall see Come with me-" He led the way up
TO the top story of the house, long attic furnished
with what looked like cloekmakcr's instruments. A
young man filing brass wheel in the corner, who
looked mp as We came in. " Put up your work, Harry,
wen have to fit again and get every thing ready for
sudden start Now, continued he to the reporter here
Is clock Exactly six hours after il is set, this hammer
u uy naihe cartridge You see I'm nearly OUT OF car
ridges There in that box under the table 1t
i've thnn the marine torpedo An explosion OF cnrt-
ridge of this kind in coal bunker will surely smash the
largest snip atoatsnash IL so thoroughly that no one
VIII ever return to tell how it done what hap
pened"
They cost great deal of money, do they not 2"
Oh yes; about $500 apiece landed in England: but
we have plenty of money my dear fellow can afford
to pay little for the satisfaction OF sending
Where do you intend go nextW
. That cannot tell you. You can make up your mind,
though, that you will hear from me again"
discovered the existence of the machines y
Our information is TO the full ~ reliable as the Gov
did, and the man who gave the information away is
spotted, too"