New-York tribune., 1885-09-14
DYNAMITERS ARRESTED.
urr MEN WHO DAMAGED eARaYs STORE.
r,,,r vproprs OF INSPECTOR BYRNEss MEN
pvwARpyp-sToRIEs OF FOUR LABS.

crand and Allen sts., were shattereu Dy an a o tah.
sion of dynamite or some 20 have been insti-
lated bv dry-goods clerks. three men WI nf tba
TO run away from the store apou1 daaIk tn0 Several
rresis we're made but evidence enough 10 iad waid
tbe detention of the prisoners was NOT xhose
Inspector Byrnes sent dor and learned from
Ri ali the known facts connected with tue 1 c'as1
Inspeetor Byrnes and his men began 70 oroInS moS
the case SP %bo vsre s9o seen to do the work at
ItyS Ino store were prisoners in Jefferson Marke'
Poce Court They are Peter A. Daily, age oo a"e MAJ
rnie Thomas Fitzpatrick, twenty-seyen years 9'q'
aoSo oockkeeper. of No 264 Monroe-st ana Daviu o. a.
Saughton, age tbirty-six salesman Vi No 90
tSe beginnipg of the investigations Captain
A11aire fold Inspector Byrnes that no mempe,s u ~
the Eouality Association OF Dry-uoods of,wad
.o ol;Iatsd In the affair save those VINO perioshsu
t,l ct The Inspector had Officer Madden, OF me
Tn,fb preeinct.-detailed at headquarters, anu
sent him to Grands and GIaereo ssooaton % held its
%estings at Orchard Hall, liquor saloon kept oy
Morr,s 1;eisten at No. 6Si2 Orchard-st ana II was
believed that certain members u scame necessary
20 oet some one not connected with the p9ilce Ic,
nartment to remain in the neghDorn4ou VI aiao .no
pace and if possible, Ito have nm JON tn9 assoo
3;on man was secured TO DO TINS Dy inspector
p,,rres and this person hung around the hall Ior
cyontb and obtained much valuable 1nformatlon.
When presented himself az ca",Ss Sa as refused adj
s1Ga missioo 20 '"O on ad"th the ground that he was
m,tS'0u not dry-goods clerk. The Inspector stG
secured place for hlm as oor-waiKer az yvst,e S1
goods store of A. G. Strenz at Grand and ChIys@tle @
- rhe man again applied for admission 10 tne
or'ier. hut was black-baled. All this time ana up
to the middle of August the applcant was ir e.
inspector Byrnes at headquarters ne OecaTe iia IA
t,mate with the three sons OF oessenmDda'' ~
Frank and George-and also Win coIhlau1 s a. ~
,he,rs, Edward Feurst. The ages OF these LAD iads
ran1e from sixteen to nineteen. Inc man tola tnein
abonf his troubles with the Equality Assocla'i%1n, Oh
and said he intended to sue tne presddeIhu d ho asked
order for defamation of character, anu nc aehou
fhe bovs TO tell him all they knew ABOUT tne orsah
,1ation and it's members. DAVID Gelsten ioi9
him that he knew the three men aa w9o Sleo said n
That on the night of the explosion the soclety hao
a meeting i'm his fathers hall, and after the organ
izatiop had met secret session Was nTn az
David and his brother, who we're listening outslue,
Iaard threats against the store One man salu
1" Carry Rrotbers should be blown up the same as
the dy1amlters in London blew up the farllamehV
The man reported to Inspector Byrnes what he
had learned from the boys and DetectiXe haley
detailed don0d to oS that on the night in Gues
tion man came into the liquor store ana
handed a large round package 70 nDStn1 nStin'
asE;ng him to give II to Naugnton,
who Was one of the men at the secret session;
Presently Naughton came down stairs accompanied
Inv Fitzpatrick and DAILY and the trio walked up 10
david and Naughton and asked hlm 1or ne parcci;
'Tha three men then went TO the corner OF Grand
and allen sts' followed by David and Frank Geris
fen and Edward Feurst, who kept the cOnsplratOrs
in view When the men arrived az mary nndsr
the SASH DAILY and NaughtOn turned 10 run anu
Fitzpatrick started to walk away. An explosion
Immediately followed and the latter was knockeu @
down by the conclusion. This is the story gwen
Inv the bows TO the detectives and subsequently re-
peated by them to Inspector Byrnes.
Afidaylts were drawn up upon these facts. ana
warrant for the arrest of the three men was sworn
out by Thomas Garry. DAILY was arrested at the
silk counter in Garry Brotherss store and his con-
Kanghran's, at Broadway and Nintb-st., and
Naughton IN LIE Boutellers, In Iwenty-tnlrd-st
When aTTaigned in court yesterday Naugnton'
who appears to be the ringleader, tried TO ntlml-
date the witnesses by predicting sudden end for
them. Clerk MCGOWAN told him TO be quiet or ne
would be removed from the court room. The
prisoners waived examination and were held III
fhe suu of 81 900 each. Under section No. $40 of
the Penal Code the penalty for their offence Is ten
isMen who know a good deal about the Equality
Association, of which the three men who were ar
rested are members, are confident that the ponce
have made mistake in this instance. One OF them
said last night TO TRIBUNE reporter: These
men had no more 10 do with that expio'
sion than you had and they'll be able 70 prove IT.
The story of Young Gerstner is lie. These men u
is true were IN the nelghbOrhood at the time, but
Fitzpatrick was too much under the influence OF
IIquor TO be engaged in any such business as that
and was arrested for fighting the same plght
Naughton was there as walking delegate OF the
union paying off the strikers. If these men were
putting up a Joo wnlch Weuo Ikey eeno
Them up for the river for some years
If II was proven on them. IL is hardly probable
that they would have spoken so loudly as to permit
ANYBODY in the hallway or anywhere else TO over
hear them. We will undertake their defence ant
prove their innocence, too"
Members of the Equality Association were busy
last night hunting up evidence in favor OF the ac
cused men which will be presented in the polio'
court this morning.
VII ON WILL TAMMANY HALL SUPPORT
THE QUESTION THAT ALL DEMOCRATS ARE ASKING
AGAINST CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
"Who will Tammany Hall support at the Stat
Couventonin is the question asked OH all sides
and no one can answer IL with any degree OF accu
racy Two weeks ago it looked as If there would
be no difficulty III securing tho support of Iammany
for Edward Cooper in return for large slice o
local patronage in the way of nominations on
union ticket where nomination would be equiya
lent to an election. Since that time the men VIII
shape opinion in Tammany Hall have seen reasoI
TO change their minds. Probably under the III
spration of John Kelly. they now say that the.
think Mr.. Cooper is not positive eDough-tbat Gov
ernor Hill will be better candidate; that he vii
be stronger with the mass OF voters OF Tam
many Hall. There IS another. .reaso
for the changed attitude of 'lammany Hall. Th
leaders profess to have discovered that CIV
Service reform is extremely unpopular with tn
nothing 10 fear from the Administration, as il ha
received nothing aud expects nothing. 1t will tr
10 show that the County Democracy favors Civ
Service reform because II Is one OF the pet measure
of the Administration and Is used TO place in oio
few active politicians and their friends. Th
Tammany delegates Will introduce resolution
the State Convention opposing civil Service n
form undemocrstic and calculated to raise up a
leaders of Tammany Hall yesterday
1--WE believe that the mass Of I'll
Democratic party is opposed to civ
Service reform. II canvass of Il
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