The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-14
NUMBER ONE

Another Gness at the Identity OF the AIys-
ferrous ConspirstOr, Probably as Far
Fetched As its Predecessors, But Not
Without Hinge Of Romance.
Denver, Col, March ll.-s;uart Down
Ing, of the London Standard, who has
just arrived here from the frontier coun-
try, claims to be on the track Of the mys-
FERROUS "No. l." q, the Phoenix park con-
spiracy. He says that MacAdaris is not
the man, and does not answer the de-
scdpiion given by Carey and Mulett. II
anu confident said Downing to the
Globe Democrat correspondent tonight,
that the notorious Irish renegade, Captain
Atwood, is the mysterious cOuspirat0i,
and he can be found IN New York"
What are your reasons for believing
| Atwood the man"
There are many and logical reasons
locatingh him as the leader of the assassins.
lie is selt-coniessed enemy OF the British
| government aud has never lost an oppOrtu-
nifty to stealthily stabit. You will remem-
| that when we were fighting the Beers in the
Transyaal, they repulsed AS us at one time
| by military organization and system of
tactics that were astonlshinely modern.
The British troops were at loss to account
Tor the training aud military ingenuity of
the enemy, until finally it was discovered
that their leader was an American. Fur
ther inquiry developed the fact that he was
an lrish.American and a sworn enemy
of England. The mystery of his
leadership and the impossibiity of even
getting glimpse of him made him terror
to our troops. Harry Cameron, war cor
respondent of the Standard at the time
was the first writer 10 expose the cause of
the war prowess of the Beers and In doing
80 dubbed their general rs the mysterious
Irish renegade The title is now generally
applied to Atwood. Cameron, together
with some officers aud detachment of
soldiers, was soon afterwards captured and
the trst acquaintance with the unknown
chief was had with an introduction Of
threatened death. lie demanded that the
prisoners be Immediately executed, but the
Beers rebeled against his orders and re.
fused to let him dictate in their affairs
OF diplomacy. His name was
not obtained, but when Cameron
was released there came to az description
otthe Boer general This led to his ident-
| ilcation ultimately; aud his story Of the war
after IL CLOSED, written and published by
him, completed the evidence. II appears
that he was the sole organizer OF the Beers.
since then he has been regarded as u qan-
gerous conspirator, but all efforts to keep
track OF him have proved useless2'
| Did he visit England after the war"
Yes, he is known to have been IN Lon
don, aud subsequently in Ireland, during
the period when this conspiracy was
hatohed. Recently he was in New
York, and to an intimate friend OF mine,
whose name | withhold for good rea.
sons, offered TO give the information that
would apprehend and convict the assassin
Tor Il 600 for bis services as intermedia.
| tor"
Does he answer the description of the
mysterious leader given by Carey"
TO dot. lie is n ponderous man,
without supefiluous flesh and stands six
feet two inches. He is an accomplishe
linguist, and the greatest conspirator of the
age. His strong peculiarities are his un.
scrupulousness, his hostility toward Eng.
land, and his wonderful knowledge in the
art OF conspiracy. In fact, he is Just such a
man AS would plan the deed executed by
the Phmnix park murderers and not com.
init himself while holding the principals in
his command. "-[Globe-D Democrat.