New-York tribune., 1885-02-06
DISCLOSING DYNAMITE PLOTS.
THE STORY TOLD BY MARTIN oCoNNoR IN PITTS
URG-DIsGUIsED AS WOMAN.
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BURG DISGUISED As A WOMAN.
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PlrTsBuEG Feb 5.-There arrived in Nev-York
ON Saturday afternoon, Martin OConnor, an Irish
American. who at present in this city. Accord
mo to the confession which he made to a reporter
to-day. he was connected v ith the great dynamite
cxplosions which occurred in London on January
25 He left Lonoon three days before the cxplo-
,ion took place and claims to he the secretary of
an Irish organization in Philadelphia. In company
with six other men, two each from the cities or
Boston Scranton and Camden, he started for Eng
land in the early part of October. Three members
of the party stopped ut Queenstown and the Others
went on 10 Liverpool. They were reunited on
October 22 ut a tavern under the ChaIing cross
Hotel. in London. There they met another patron
and were by h'rn conducted to house In Lslceter
Square, where "a secret meeting was held. TN the
top floor Of this buildings room was set apart Tor
"A chemical laboratory. II wasin charge OF French
man and two Germans. On the door at
the foot of n stairway leading to the room was
sign reading Louis Soutell, Chemist. third iioor.
In this room the explosives were prepared.
The first work. OConnor says was on the London
Bridge II was only partly successful, but
OConnor's gang were compelled to change their
place of rendezvous. At n meeting on January o IL
was decided to simultaneously blow up the Houses
Of Parliament. Westminster Abbey, the Tower. the
British Museum and Westminster Bridge. unm-
ber of the conspirators TO disguise themselves
IN women's attire and Tuesday, January 20 wasth
day fixed upon for the general explosion, me
various packages of explosives were prepared, anu
at "a subsequent meeting II was decided that Wlnd-
sor Castle should he among the places dcstroyed
and. il practicable, Crystal Palace. twenty men
were dcsignated for tho work, including " Conhor.
On the morning Of the day appointed " VConnor
and three of his companions, w0 OF them dissuisea
as women, et their lodg nghouSe In fIeot-st anu
took a cab for Trafalgar Square. lheir destili,
ton was the Brit ish Museum. ihey o nau
the explosives with them. AZ they were
about to alight one OF OConnors COM
| panions tripped and fell forward on ms
face This caused his veil to come OH ana MS sk,s
to tilt up exposing TO pew masculine eatu un'1I
the former and mems trousers under the attoI' All
four of tho hastily re-enered the cap ana were
driven lin great haste TO Black trlar briuge,"elc
| they ahghted and bastened TO the rendezvous a
| hurried meeting was held, messengers were us
patched after the other conspirators, ahd tIe pro.
| was abandoned for that day. AS oC1hn9is M Miaco
was familiar 10 the cab driver, it was deciueu 'nsV
! he aud the conspirator whose race hau pceu .A I
| posed should leave London at once Ihey TOOK inc
tram for Liverpool and sailed Tor America oh JAN
| uary 22. A. ,.;o,
OF course they heard nothing of the explosion
| until their arrival III New-Y0rk. OConhor caue
direct to Plttsburg. lie says that he has written "
| James O'Buen, Michael Sherhan aud James DunS
friends of his III Philadelphia, informing tnenl Va VI
his safe return. OConnOr ~ about forty ye"is 20
of age aud IL tall and slenderly built ms lacc 10
| cleany shaven and he wears u determined iooN'