Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-25
THE PLAN TO KIDNAP COLER1DGE.

/ member Of the Irish Republican brother
hood of St. Louis has told a reporter of the
Post Dispatch of that city that the brother
hood had a plan to abduct Lord Coleridge
from the Southern hotel when he was in that
city The reporter asked why they wanted
to capture the English chief Justice ''To
hold him as a hostage" was the answer.
'"As q hostage for whom and what?"
why, for the Irishlnen in English pris-
o1ls
To effect their Hberation?"
''That's it, exactly"
''What was the plan?"
sWe located Lord Coleridge's room You
know there's a wide cornice running along
the top of Of the first story. You can walk
all around the hotel on this, it you go at it
carefully. Well, four of us took rooms at the
hotel, rooms on the first floor, for which we
paid 50 q day. We have two carriage drivers
i'll our organization. One of these we util-
lied for The occasion Six men stood at or
near the ladies' entrance to the hotel, on Wal
nut street, with our forces arranged in this
manner: The plan was for one Of us to pass
through one of the parlors, get out on the
'cornice, creep along and enter the window of
the lord chief Justices room, and chloro-
form him. The attempt was to have been
made between and O'clock. The night
patrol in the hall prevented anything like
the accomplishment of our design"
"Did you make any kind Of an attempt?"
Nothing more than closely watching the
night patrol for good opportunity"
you We're otherwise prepared?"
"Oh, indeed, yes. All our men were on
hand; the carriage was in waiting"
SHow We're you to get him out after chloro-
forming him."
@Carry him to the elevator and into the
carriage, taking the elevator boy with us q
block or SO to prevent him from giving an
alarm"
sWhere We're you going to take him?"
etIo house we had hired and fitted up in
the western part of town. (nam-
ing ell-known Irish patriot) is living in it
now. He's the only one Of us got any good
out of our attempt to capture and hold Lord
Coleridge. But that's the way of Fenian-
ism, and I'm id if I am not pretty we'll
tired OF it, on this side of the water at least :"
BARNUM's WILL.
p 7. Barnum seems to consider his life
work accomplished, for he has just made his
will. In order that there might be no ques-
tion as to his sanity upon which to ground
contests after his DEATH he had eminent
ply sicans examine him, and secured their
attestation that he was Of sound mind.
The will and its codicils cover more
than 700 pages, Of legal cap, closely
sonal property Of thesvalue OF SIC, 100000
to twenty seven heirs The property Is in
New York, Brooklyn, Bridgeport, Colorado;
and several other places Mr. Barnum values
his interest in the Barnum and London
Shows at 100000. His requests for
charitable purposes are numerous and
large. Among the benefciaries are the
Chaplin Home, children's Aid society, Old
Mems and Women.s homes, and the Society
to Assist Males and Females Over Eighteen
Years Of Age Of this city; the Bridgeport
orphan asylum, Bridgeport hospital,
and : other Bridgeport Societies Mr..
Barnum also makes provision for GER
tain worthy charities by bequeating to them
a stated percentage of the large annual
profits accruing from his share in his shows
To the city of Bridgeport he secures the
only waterfront not already seized by pri-
vate corporations, with a dock upon it cost
ing $50, 900. for twenty -one years after his
death, during which time his executors are
forbidden tx, sell or lease IT. $&%$&# :. r.