The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-04-14
DYNAMITE.

Three weeks ago, when the explosion I'm.
der the government Offices at Westminster
occurred, John Bull no doubt somewhat
modified his views on the subject of dyna.
mite, ard by to day we fancy he Is nearly
satisfied that the "seFll barbarlsm Of Rus
STA" has not only spread over a considcra
bic portion of the British Empire, but
largely peryades all Europe, NIhili,m in
Russia, Socialism IN Germany, the Black
Hand IN Spain, Anarchists Of any and cv.
cry stripe IN France and startling eXplo
SONS and huge dynamite factories in Eng
| land and lrcland-thesc altogether make a
rather formidable array Of semi bar bar.
Gus" elements
| The recent startling occurrences IN Eng.
/ land may thus be briefly summarized: On
the 4th inst. "a London semLwcckly paper
called the CUy Press received AN anonv-
nous letter IN which the writer threatened
to blow up the government Offices. The
! letter was handed TO the police and detect
ives. At about the right time to have
written the letter man arrived in London
whom the detectives had followed from
Manchester and Birmingham, ana on
searching HIM they found IN his possession
II quantity Of stuff supposed to be- dyna.
mite. The man gave his name as OrmOnd,
/ but 1t was afterwards ascerlalncd that his
Norman hot Ia, h.I
gagged rooms on Southampton street, stat.
! ing that he was q medical student lie
was taken 10 Bow Street Station, and
while there awaiting an examination of
the compounds found upon hun, two men
called at his northampton street rooms
with box afterwards asCcrtalned 10 con
tam explosives which they left there.
These men were arrested next day ut Lam
/ beth, and were named respectively Wilson
and Gallagher 1t was ascerlancd that
/ through their or other means Norman S
room contained over $50 pounds Of liquid
explosives, enough to blow up any town
in the Kingdom" Gallagher and Wilson
were subsequently traced 20 their lodgings,
where quantities Of the same kind Of OK.
ploslvcs were found, and Gatlaghcrs port.
mantcau WAS packed with dynamite.
/ Upon him also were found papers which
led next 10 the arres, OF Henry Daltop,
who is suspected TO have been the perpc.
traitor Of The outrage on the government
board offices in Westminster All the ar.
rested are described as Irish Americans, "
who within month had come from this
side. Indeed Gallagher had scwcd up in
his clothes large sum OF money part of
which was III American COINS.
While these events were occurring in
London, the police, taking their clew from
Norman commenced n closer search of
birmingham, and making II ralu on II sus
pected locality in Lesdam street, Lady.
wood, discovered IA ntro-glyceIne factory
in full operation. The apparatus for pre-.
pairing the explosive was constructed on
scientific principles, and showed the in.
'tliOl w w - NSli SAllpIui III tliNDiiS
try and machinery. The mans name was
found to be Whitehead, who had taken the
premises two months ago, ard hung out a
sign indicating that his business was that
of paperhanging. He was taken INTO Gus.
! tody at once, and IS held in close contine-
mcnt. He too is an "lrlsh American"
about % years old. Norman had been
| followed to London from Whitehead's
house, ana papers found on Wilson and
Gallagher showed that they also had con
nectlons with Whitehead
The four men arrested rs above were
arra,gncd IN the Bow street court on the
9th. The evidence came chiefly from the
detectives, who, in regard TO Norman, ties
tlfcd that they had followed him from the
dynamite factory III Birmingham to Lon
don and to his room, where they found the
box of dynamite, with key in his pocket
to open it, though he claimed to haye been
given the box by another man to carry to
Charing Cross and knew nothing about It's
contents. In regard to Gallagher and
Wilson, they had found them with rubber
bags containing explosives IN their posses.
sion, though the prisoners claimed that
the bags contained nothing but hydratc of
chloral. Upon Dalton they had found re.
clpes for the manufacture of illuminate of
mercury and other explosives. Bail was
refused the prisoners, aud they were re-
manded to prison.
Following the clews obtained by the ar
rest of these four, numerous other arrests
have since been made John Kirton was
arrested IN London on the Sth He was
found to be in corresponds with Gallagher,
had arrived but few days before from the
United States, and was evidently selected
to commit deeds of destruction.
Dcasy and Flanagan were arrested about
the same time at Liverpool for bringing
internal machines from Cork. Flaherty,
for expressing sympathy with Whitehead,
was pursued by mob and gave himself