The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-12-17
A STARTLING PLOT
TO MURDER SAN rRANc1scANs
Unoar.hsd by the Police Of tina. City.
Had "rhsm en- the List"-ArrapEo.
nSnts Made to Sack Chinatown.
The Object Of the Dynamite Gang.

Had "rhSm On the Lise-ArrapEo.
nSnts Made to sack Chinatown.
The Object Of the Dynamite Gang.
SAX Francisco, Dec. 16.-A most sen
sationRl and startling plot for the whole
sale assassination Of the most prominent
men in this city came to light here LATE
last night. Some time ago the police OBJ
tanned information Of the existence OF ar
association called The Socialistic Rsvolu.
tionary Association which, it was assert.
ed, was composed OF ultra socialiStic
members. A close watch was kept on
their movements and the police finally
succeeded in obtaining the minutes ol
one Of their meetings held November %.
From these facts it was discovered that II
was the intention Of the association to put
out OF The way about twenty men, inelud.
ing W. T. Coleman, Congressman, W. W.
Morrow, Gen. W. Il. L. Barnes, Mayor
Bartlett, United States Judge Lorenzo
Sawyer, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker,
Governor StonemAn, the principal police
officials and several others. These
names were placed on the "pros-
critiVe list" and placed in the
hands OF the Executive Committee to
carry out the orders Of the association.
The committee we're to deviSe the best
mode Of accomplishing the ends OF the
base plot, and were thus engaged when
their work was brought to sudden ter
mination last night by the discovery OF
the Association's headquarters, at No. 900
Montgomery avenue, by the police, and
the arrest Of four men found therein,
named Julius @. Koosher, Henry Weise.
man, Charles Mettelstadt and Oscar
Eggers.
In the room were also found complete
laboratory for the manufacture OF internal
machines. The men were taken to the
city prison, where they boldly asserted
they were dynamiters and proposed to get
rid oil the citizens named and then raid
Chinatown. The prisoners also belong 10
the German branch OF the Rnti.Coolie
Leasue.
THE LEADER or THR BAND.
The leader Of the band Of dynamiters
arrested last night is Henry WeiSman.
he is BAyariAn by birth and q thorough
chemist by profession. He was induced
to Join Coroner o'Donnell's anti. Coolie
League, and finally became president Of
the German anti-Coolie League. "My in
tention," he said, was merely TO aid in
enforcing what 0'Donnell told us was the
law against the Chinese. He Told us that
the State Constitution prohibited the Chi
pese from living within the limits OF any
incorporated town or city in the State.
He showed me the law and read it for
myself He never told me that the Su-
preme Court had declared that the law was
unconstitutional, and l believed that that
was the law, although have since been
told that 1t was not. Well. We had Q
meeting on the Sand Lot on Thanksgiving
day aud resolved that we would call on
the municipal authorities 10 enforce the
law, or resign the offices. 0'Donnel told
us we had righttodo this. AS he always
bossted that he was the second highest
officer in this city, supposed be knew
and ] believed the municipal authorities
would he compelled TO order them to
leave the city. The only thing that trou-
bled me, wSs that O'Donnel was always
letting on that the Chinese were supplied
with superior arms that they had armies
in Chinatown, and were drilling every
night with Winchester rifles, supplied TO
them by Colonel Bee, the Chinese Consul,
RxPERiMENTS IN DYSAHITR.
"MOst Of our people were workingmen
and had no arms. ] was afraid that when
the Chinese were ordered to 60 they would
reIiBt aud attack our people. l resolved to
experiment and See II could not invent q
superior weapon. l commenced my ex-
pertinent about twelve days ago and
bought some dynamite, and my idea waa
To make q weapon that could be thrown
like hand grenade. We experimental
at different times under the rocks near tho
Cliff house, but the results were not natis.
factory. O'Donnell knew We were expert.
menting."
KooGher who Is also known as Kowalski,
10 Russian Jew, and was driven from
that country owing to the persecution OF
his people by the Russian Government,
He came TO New York and was appointed
an agent by Jewish Relief Society, and
visited Oregon and Washington Territory
TO take up land for his people. He was
TO receive $500 for every family for whom
he procured Government settlement. He
claims he did not receive payment as the
funds Of the Society were exhausted. He
identified himself with the anti. .Coolie
League on coming to this city. The house
in which the dynamite was found was
occupied by him. Charles Wittelodt ID
President Of the Third ward anti. Coolie
Club. Oscar ESgers Is q peddler by occu.
patton, and . native Of Germany. He
speaks very little English.
The prisoners have been charged with
misdemeAnor, and for unlaWfully storing
giant powder. The sevetest penalty Is
sig months imprisonment and one thous-
and dollars fne.