Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-17
AKTIgooIY LEAGUE.
a STARTLING sEEszrT0E.
Discovery efn fios IA San Franrsscc for tss
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fBy telegraph % tine Dlsastch-l
SAN FRANCISCO. December To-
a sensational and startling plot for tine
wholesale assassination OF the mos
prominent men N this city came to
hight hast aight. Some time arc
the police obtained information OF the
existence OF 40 organization called the
.. Socialistic Revolutionary Associs-
ton which. it was asserted. wa
composed OF ulfra-soclslistic members.
a close watch was kept OF their move
ments, and the police finally succeeded
u obtaining the minutes Of one Of their
meetings held November 23d. Prom
facts discovered il was learned
that it was intended 70 put about
twenty men out OF the way By
ASSASSINATION. including ". !. Cole
Inau, congressman: ". W. Morrow.
/ Gsenersl ". Il. L. Barnes, Mayer Bart
lett. Unite6-ststes-Judge Lorenzo
SAWYER, Leland Stanford, Charles
CrockeT. Governor StonenEn, and the
principal police officials. These names
were put OF the s'proscrptiye list "
And placed II the hands OF the Execn-
! tive Committee. The COMMITTEES were
to devise the best means Of accomplish
ins the end Of the base plot, and were
engaged II considering the method 70 be
USED when Their WORT was brought 90 q
sudden termination by the discovery Of
( Their headquarters 81 Nc. goo Mont
romerv street. The police arrested
I tour men found II the rooms.
/ Their names are Julius c. hOosheT
Henry " eiseman, Charles Mittelstadt,
and Oscar Eggers. The officers found
II the headquarters complete iaoors-
1 tory for the manufacture Of internal
machines. The men were taken 70 the
/ citv prison. where they boldly asserted
that thev were dynEmitSrds. Gnd that
they proposed t. gel rid OF the citizens
and then rae Chinatown. The prs
/ eoners are also members Of the German
branch Of the A1t,-COoiy League. No
charge has yer been entered against the
men. Further developments ar e1-
pecieG.
The leader OF the band Of dynsIn,-
tards Is Henry " eiseman. a bayarlan by
brit and theoretical chemist by pro
iessiun. He was induced 70 JON Con
ner O'Donnell's xnti-Cooiy League.
and finally became president OF the
League. NV intention" he SAID
was merely % aid IL enforcing what
O'Donnel told us wa law against the
/ Chinese. He told US that the State
Constitution prohibited Chinese from
living within the limits Of any IncoT-
porated town OF cit II the State. He
showed me the Law and J read Il TO-
mvseli. He never told me that the
Supreme Court MAJ declared thai law
unconstitutional, and J believed that !,
wa the law. although have since
been told It wa not. We hsld q meei-
Inr on the sand-lo; Thanksglving-day
and resolved that We would cal OF
the municipal anthOrities o enforce
tine iav o. resign Their Offices
p'Dcnnel told u We mad q right 70 %
this. and a ne always boosted tina, nc
wa tine second highest officer Il the
city, supposed ne knew. and believed
the municipal authorities would be con-
PEELED 70 order then g. leave the city.
The oniv thing thai troubled M wa
that O'Donnei was always letting OF
mat the Chinese were supplied with
superior arms. AM that they ma
srmories Il Chinatown and were drill
M every night with WmchesteT
rities supplied then Or Colonel Bee the
Chinese Consul. Most o. our people
were workIng-men and mad no arms. ]
was afraid that when the Chinese were
ordered u 20 they would resist ant al
tact or people. and we mus have
something % meet theli with. ano
resolved o experiment ano see If ]
could not invent a superior WEAPON.
commenced ny experiment about
twelve DAYS ago. and bought some Nv
Mantle My idea wa to make some
thing that could be thrown ike hand
grenade. We experimental al different
Tune under the rocks near the Cliff
House. but the results were not salts
factory. O'DonHell knew we were ez-
perlmentIng.
The prisoners nave been charged
with mIsdemeanor II unlawtuliv storing
glani-pOwdeT. The highest penalty Tor
tins j. FIX months imprisonment o. a
tine G $1,000 The mau. VINO gave the
name OF hoosheT when arrested. Is also
known a. kowalski. lie j. z Russian
Jew and speaks six languages. Accord
Ing 70 his story he wa ruined Dy the
frequent assaults made Oh Jews. His
customer were So abused by Rus
sians that he wa unable q main
tam MS business AM he lief, al
native place O. 70 L. Pans.
After remaining there q shor- time n
came 70 the United STATES and settled
Il New York city. lie wa appointed
al agent by the Jewish Relief Society
and visited Oregon an Washington
Territory 70 take VI lGno Tor his pee-
pie. lie was q receive 5000 Tor every
family ioT whom ne secured a Govern
ment settlement. lie claims thai Henry
Willard, the railway magnate assisted
Inn materially II ms labors. but that b.
sld not receive payment Tor ms services.
as the funds OF tine Societvwere exhaust
e.. lie recently came 70 TINS city and |
identified himself with the Ante Cody /
League, and the House II which the /
dynamite wa found wa occupied By !
nm. lie paid q monthly rental ofsIO. (
Charles Mitiestadt Is presiden, OF the /
Third Ward Anti-C Ooly Club and vice
president Of the German branch OF the 1
same organization. In MS room the
detectives found ABOUT three hundred 4
badges bearing the letters ID. Il. /
c. L.
Oscar Eggezs Is e peddier by occa-
patton. lie Is native OF Germany. /
is about thirty-tve years OF age. and
speaks very little English.
Southern fsresEers sS Council
by telegrRph 10 the DiEpatcn.i
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