The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-05
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THE E1oNDoN POLICE HAvEAo1UE
Cunningham Identified as ono of the Men
Connected with Underground Railway
E1plosIons-As skirmlsh on the Desert
Results In tho Defeat Of the british.

LONDON, Feb. cunningham, tho dy.
Mantle suspect, now confined in Clerken.
we'll prison. was to-day unexpectedly
brought into the examination room Of the
jail and confronted with anumber of per
sons, some OF whom at once identified him
as the man seen by them acting in sus.
pfcious manner in the neighborhood OF
the undergroundrailway explosions.
Among those who confronted Cunning
ham at Clerkenwell prison to-day, were a
policeman and brakeman connected with
the underground railway. They positive
ly identified him as having travelled in the
train from one Of the car windows OF which
the dynamite package was thrown on Jan
uary 2 last, between the stations at Cover
street and Kings Cross, which partially
wrecked several OF the railway carriages
and destroyed part OF the wall Of the
tunnel. tH
1t was first stated that several persons
had identified Cunningham as the man
seen In the immediate vicinity Of each Of
the recent underground railway explosions
directly after their occurrence, and who
disappeared before the police had time to
gather AZ the scene. The detectives had
long been on the watch for this man, but
were unable to trace him from desciip-
tons given by the persons in the vicinity
Of the explosions. Chief Williamson, Of
Scotland Yard. yesterday in looking over
the written descriptions OF the man, no.
ticed the exactncss it tailed with Cum
ninghams appearance. He Immediately
sent for the persons who have the de-
scriptions, and then twas that they idcn-
titled Cunningham as the man from among
five others. TL
The police officials in charge Of Clerken.
wellprison where Cunningham and Good
year are confined and the Scotland yard
detectives were thrown into great state
oi excitanent to-day by the receipt OF
fresh information that formidablea attempt
would be made to rescue the prisoners by
destroying the Clerkenwell buildings by
dynamite. The structure was Immediate
ly placed under the guard OF special con-
stables. Tl
An extra force Of detectives has been
detailed to patrol the different streets
lending from Clerkenwell to the Bow
Street Police Court.
In addition to the general evidence COL
lected by the police against Cunningham
as one OF the dynamiters active in last
years explosions at the different stations
on the Underground Railway, Superin-
tendent Williamson has obtained special
information which will probably warrant
m indictment against the prisoner for
personally operating the dynamite which
caused the explosion on the Cd OF last
month near the Cover street station.
AN IMPORTANT ARREST. .-.-...
Tho man arrested at Whitechapel Tues.
day with Cunningham's missing brown
box is held us IN accomplice OF the Tower
explosion. The police refuse to give his
name. Among his effects were several
important clues TO the identity Of other :
accompliGes, descriptions OF two of whom
are already published by the police in
order TO facilitate the work OF capture.
A policeman last night in Pimlico found
lighted fuse lying near ST. Johns church
In that place. He put out the fire in the
fuse, immersed the apparatus in water
and took it to the police station.
Three men suspected Of causing tho cx-
P1vsi"u ., hea, tIic ooWeT SlfeetSIatlon, foue
in the guards van of the train from which
y is supposed dynamite was dropped.
The names Of all the other passengers were
taken but those three escaped, not, how
ever, before they had been carefully scru-
tinized by the guard and the sergeant of
police. Cunningham on Monday was
placed among q number OF others and tho
guard picked him out as one OF the three
suspects"
Cunningham, during the inspection,
was uneasy and kept his hat pulled down
in an attempt to evade recognition.