Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-01
THE DYNAMITE SUSPECT.
Cunninghan's Operations in St. louis

Cunningham Operations in st. Louis
Improved Internal Machines.
ST. LOUIS. Jan. -Well-kn0wn Irish
men here recognized in James Gilbert
Cunningham. arrested in London Tor al
legged completely in the Tower oUtrag es. a
man named Michael j. Byrne, who lived
in st. Louis until about SIX months ago.
just before his departure an article was
published in a ST. Louis newspaper which
alleged that Byrne, or Cunningham, was
the head Of school of young dynamiters
whose headquarters We're at Thirteenth
and Biddle streets, in this city. In the
article, the publication of which it is be-
heved hurried the departure OF Byrne
from the city, he spoke quite freely of
his aVOcatiOn. OF the school he said:
I'VE have IA pupils. The course of in
strUctIon consists Of an exposition of the
manufacture of machines and the mode of
handling them. The process Of manufac-
turing dynamite is also taught. There
are three men connected with the school
who are constantly employed in building
machines. which are sent to New York
These lCen are practical mechanics. The
clockwor6, which may be set to do the
work in from one minute to eight DAYS
is obtained right here in town. and the
ingredients Of our explosives are also OBJ
tanned here. Is there an oath? Well. /
should say there was. W e work on the
same principles rs the InY;nclbles. and
nobody can obtain admission 10 our circle
until properly reported on and pledged rs
to his sincerity in and loyalty to the
cause. We wear no daggers and have no
bloody s0lemnit es, but our oath IS full OF
meaning, and all who take it stand ready
to answer any summons that comes from
our suffering country"
A friend of Byrne, or Cunningham
said He came to this country because
he had t.. He was implicated in the
murder Of a landlord, and fearing detec-
ton he and some of the others made their
way to the United States.
''FrOm st. Louis Byrne went to Denver
and has not been seen or heard of since
by any OF his old associates in st. Louis.
They say that lie was holly pursued by
English detectives, but that is hardly
possible in the face OF the fact that he
openly associated here and in Chicago,
New York, Kansas City and Denver with
the most notorious advocates of violence
as the means of accOmp lishing Ireland's
freedom. He left Denver in August, and
it is probable that be went direct to Dub
lin or Paris, the latter being the place, so
lrishmen state, whence issue all orders
that are given TO active dynamiters."
The dynamite tiend, Byrne, said that he
wanted ninety-nine young men besides
himself, all thoroughly versed in the
science of explosives. These young men
were to be procured and drilled in this
country. When proficient in their work
their separate duties would be allotted 20
them, and their mission explained to
them, which was the simultaneous de-
struction of all Of the public buildings of
London. He had it all planned out and
had a map Of London in which was
marked, with red ink, the location of the
buildings he wanted to destroy. The 100
young men were to get into London and
carry their material with them. A GER
tain hour was to be designated for the
destruction. The signal was to be tine
mid-air explosion of a dynamite bomb. to
be dropped from 4 balloon over the Eng
lish capital. The mid,air explosion was
TO be OF sufficient force to startle all Lon
don, and while the city was in state Ct
excitement, machines, timed for three or
four minutes were TO be placed under the
walls of all Of the public buildings.
Several young lrishmen in this city favor
ed the scheme.