Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-12-24
A Wicked Plot Fooled.
A Plot is Laid for the Murder
Of Twenty Prominent Citi-
zens Of San Francisco.
1t is Thwarted by the Police
who Capture Several of the
COnspiratOrs.
An Extraordinary Plot.

AN ATTEMPT AT WHOLESALE sLAUGH-
TER.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec, 19.-An ex-
traordlnary plot for the wholesale as
sassinatlon of prominent citizens oil
this city was laid bare by the police
last night. The headquarters of the
society called the "Socialistic Rsvolu-
tionary Association" was covered at
900 Montgomery avenue aud from q
memorandum discovered there it was
found to be the intention of the plot
ters to murder about 20 men, ,nclud-
log w. T. Coleman, Mr.. Marrow,
Gen. w, II l. Barnes. Mayor Bart
lett, Leland Stanford, Judge Lorenzo,
/ Charles Crocller. Gov. Stoneman and
| certain police officials. These names
wer: placed on tue 'proscriptive list, y
and placed in tha hands of the execu-
tive COMMITTEES, who were 70 carry out
the orders of the association. The
police arrested the following men ia
the rooms: julius G. Koosher, Hen.
ry Weiseman, Charles Milltisadt and
Oscar Eggers. La the room was dis
covered complete laboratory for the
manufacturing OF internal machines.
The men were taken 10 the city prison
where they declared that it was their
purpose to
KILL THE PROMINENT CITIZENS
and then raid Chinatown. The pris-
oners belong to the German branch
of the Anti-Coolie league The Load
er of the band Of dvnamiters was ar
rested last night. Henry Weisman,
a Bavarian by birth, and theatrical
chemist by profession was induced TO
join the Coroner O Donnell AntI-Coolie
league and faally became president
of the German Anti-Coolie league.
My intentions, he said, we're merely to
aid ia euforclag what O'Donuell told
us was t law against the Chinese.
He told US that the state constitution
prohibited Chinese from coming
within the limits of any incorporated
town or city in the state. He showed
me the law and | read it for myself
He also told me that the supreme
court had declared that the law was
unconstitution, and | believed that
that was the law, although | have
since been told it was not. Well, we
had a meeting on the sand lots thanks
giving day and resolved that we
would call on the municipal authori-
ties to enforce the law or resign their
offices. O'Donnell told us that we
had right to do this, aud as he al
ways boasted that be was the second
highest officer IN this city, supposed
he knew, and | believed the municl-
pal authorities would be compelled to
ORDER THEM TO LEAVE THE CITY.
The only theory tina. prompted me
was that OD3npell was always stat
ing that the Chinese were supplied
with superior arms; that they had
armOrIes in Chinatown and were
drilling every night with Winchester
rifles supplied to them by Col Buoee,
the Chinese consul. Most of OF peo-
pie are working men and had no arms.
| was afraid that when the Chinese
were ordered they would resist and
attack our people, and | resolved to
experiment and see if / could not in
vent q superior weapon. / commeAced
my experiments about twelve days
ago and bought some dynamite and
my idea was to make q weapon that
could be thrown like q hand grenade.
We experimental at different times
under rocks at the Cliff house but the
results were not satisfactory. ODon
nell knew we were tx Derimenting.
Koosher, who is also known as Ko-
WALSH, is a Russian Jew, aad was
driven from his country owing to the
persecution of his people by the Rus
san government. He came To New
York and was appointed an agent by
the Jewish relief society and visited
Oregon and Washington Territories
to take up lana for his people.
He was 10 receive six hundred
dollars for every family for whom ne
procured a government settlement
He claims that ne did not receive any
payment AS the funds of the society
were exhausted. lie identified him
self with the Auti-COolie league on
comiag to TINS city. The house n
which the dynamite was found was
occupied by him Charles Miltistadt
is president of the Third ward Anti
Coolie club Oscar Elgers is a ped
der by occupatiOn, aad 8 native OF
Germany. He speaks very little Eag-
hsh. The prisoners have been charged
with mlsdemeanor for unlawfully
storing giant powder. The severest /
penalty IS sly months Imprisonment
and 81 600 fine.