The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-04-13
A DYNAMITE SCHEME.
Nftro-Glycerine Factory Discovered In
Eng. - Several Arrests

Birmingham, Eng Several Arrests
Made. anua ,.4f ~
BIRMINGHAM April 8.
The city police made a raid upon
q suspected locality in Ledsam street,
lakewood, and discovered a Fenian
nitro-glycerine factory in full opera
ton. They discovered an apparatus
for preparing and mixing explosive COM
pounds, constructed on scientific princi-
pies, and with all the craftiness which
clearly showed its inventor to be not
only thorough scholar in chemistry
and machinery, but also an adept
for avoiding notoriety and pre-
venting discovery. Among the noteworthy
features Of the place was a shrewdly
method for carrying the fumes up the Chin
ney and consuming the odors. 1t is learned
| that the premises in LedSam street were
taken two months ago by a man named
| Whitehead an Irish American, who had
sign out in front Of his place indicating his
business as that of a papeT-hanger. White
| head himself was taken into custody when
the police made the descent on the den, and
| is now in close confinement. A considerable
| quantity of nitro7glycerine was seized by the
| officers at the same time. Information now
| in the hands of the detectives tends to DEM
onstrate that this place is the central manu-
| factory of explosives, and the most impor
| tant depot of all the internal contrivances
/ in the Kingdom. Whitehead, who is de-
! scribed as man about twenty-five years of
age, of dark complexion, and with marked
American accent has been in the habit of
| To- OTr oT16
| acids which are necessary to run the bust
ness.
Whitehead's examination yesterday after
noon developed nothing startling.
| DYNAMITE PLoTTERs ARRESTED.
| A semi-weekly newspaper, called the City
| Press, in its edition publishedW osday eve
ming, announced that it had received letter
without signature in which the writer
| threatened to blow up the Government
offices. The affair was referred to the po-
lice, and late Wednesday night English
| detectives, assisted by members of the Irish
Secret Service, succeeded in arresting a
man who had in his possession quantity of
stuff supposed to be dynamite. The arrest
| has caused decided sensation. Detectives
had followed the prisoner from Manchester,
as he appeared to be a suspicious character,
and when the letter appeared he was at once
arrested, being then in the vicinity of Fleet
street. He is now at Bow Street Station, to
| await the report of the army officials at
| WoolWich, who are engaged in a chemical
analyzatiOn of the material. The police re-.
| gard the arrest as most important one.
| The Irish police have made two further
| arrests in the suburbs of Lambeth in connec-
| ton with the men arrested Wednesday night.
| The latter is now said to be an American.
Nearly half a ton of nitro-glycerine has been
seized in London already.
| 1t is stated in official circles that there is
reason to believe that the whole incendiary
and dynamite conspiracy here and in Amer
lea will now be laid bare, and the number Of
| arrests shortly be increased. The man first
arrested near Fleet street had engaged rooms
| on Southampton street, at the corner Of
| Strand, giving the name of Ormund, and
stating that he was medical student. Sub
! Sequently he said his name was Norman. The
first inquiry forrooms was made by an elderly
| man. A box of explosives was taken to
| Norman'S lodgings by person of rakish APP
pearance, who looked more like a tramp on
| the street than a porter or friend of the stu
dent. 1t is believed this individual and the
| elderly man have been captured in the per-
| sons of two men arrested at Lambeth yes
| pockets and seWed up in his cloth
ing large sum of money, a por-
| ton of which was in American
coins. Street rum6r made free use of
| Americas name and connected many Irish
Americans with the plots. One of the
| Lambeth prisoner had secured lodgings in
! the name Of Wilson. His movements ex-
cited SO much suspicion among his neigh
| bors that he left his room Wednesday, say
ing it was his intention to go to Wolver-
hampton. When he returned at noon
| yesterday he was surprised to find five
| detectives awaiting him.
| The fourth one arrested was Henry Dali
| ton, taken into custody last night. He
came from the United States two weeks ago.
There was no less sensation in the Commons
| when the arrests were announced than else
where. Sir William Harcourt, Home Secre-
tary, in brief speech outlining the facts, con-
| firmed what had up to this time been merely
Tumor, that Norman had been arrested. He
added that 159 pounds of highly-explosive
liquid had been found in Norman'S quar-
tiers, stored in skillfully-devised rubber
bags. He also confirmed the discovery of
dynamite mandatory at Birmingham,
and gave particulars of the affair sub
stantially as related in these dispatches. He
| SAID, further, that considerable amount of
| the same kind of explosives had been dis
covered in the room of the Lambeth prison
ers, and part of the money on one of these
men was in American bank notes.
| Dalton is suspected of being the perpe-
traitor of the outrage at the office of the
local Government Board at Westminster.
The prisoners were not arraigned to-day,
because, in view of the documents seized,
the police decided to make several other az
rests which they thought might be frus-
trated if the evidence in their possession was
| made public. .,.
CORK, April6.
1t is rumored the police have arrested an
| other man, upon whom compromising doc
umentS were found.