The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-02
BAFFLED POLICE.
LONDON DETECTIVES NOT lMPROV,
ING THEIR BAD REPUTATION.
i Suspect Arrested and Released. Gecause
There was No Case Letter Carriers
Suspected Threats of More Out
rasos- Foreign Notes.

LONDON, Feb. 2.-NumerouS threats have
been made to blow up the Holyhead rail
way TERMINUS aai hotel and the Britannia
tubular bridge crossing Menai street En-
tensiye precautionary measures are b'il-
taken by detectives to protect the threatened
property. A man named Goodman was ar
restef Friday afternoon at his lodging Iii
tde Westminster district on suspicion OF he-
ing concernsi in the dynamite ourrsges
Ee has been an inmate OF the loleiH--
houe two weeks, and has been watehni by
the police Tor several day. \ black nos
found in his room bore labels indicating jhat
he had come on the steamer Wyoming from
New York to Liverpool.
Goodman was arraignel before a police
magistrate Saturday morning and given q
secret hearing. The police informed the
magistrate that they were in possession Of
evidence enough against the prisoner to war
rant his further detention. The magistrate
accordingly remaniet him,
The police are in posses ;iOn Of the place
at which Goodman lodged evidently waiting
to arrest all persons who may call The
officials are very Tetcont as to what they
have learned With regard to Goodman, AMI
answer all questions propounded by report
ers UneaSily.
In some instances the detectives have SO
constructed matter in connection with hi
arrest as to make it plain that they ara e}.-
doavo2inG to deceive the member, Of the
press and throw them off, lest any Of Good
mans companions should obtain the Slight
est information in regard to their doing-
Goodman was unexpectedly brought be-
fore magistrate again Saturday afternoon
and released, the police confes,ing their i'll
ability 20 connect him with any cou5piracy
This proceeding on the part Of the police is
considered remarkable, and their recent
ovsr-zealoEs efforts to track and ARE t
Jynamiters are fast bringing them into r.di
Guile
A man was arrested at Derby Friday
morning Is a dynamite suspect ana i'm.
mediateiy aTraiguel, charged with writiu.
menacing letters TO the civic authorities OF
Derby, and threatening the destruction o!
the town hall he gave his name ss New
bold, and admitted that he he'd written the
lettsrs. He was remanded for week toT
| further examination The police expect tc
esta blish the prisoners completely with the
London explosions.
Newhold, when asked to explain away this
evidence, said he could not, although he III
! sisted he was innocent Of any wrong. The
| chief constable, when he asked the magis
! trate 70 remand the prisoner, declared that
| the detectives were IN possession OF an III
| complete STATE OF other evidence agains
! Newboii Of "a more serious ana eircuuiStan
| jial character than that already produced
Nawhold was renanded until Feb 2
| Lat.r developments in the Newbold cas-.
! at DrTty are exciting much attention
| ANA constantly grow more serioGS. 1t Il
/ statei that the police discovers
amang the prisoners papers dogu
meats which reveal Il dynamit3 plot
Of considerable magnitude. The priu
| cipaj letter produced at the examination q
the prisoner contained details OF the COZ
! piracy b blow up the Derby Tow
! Hal The stjer was written froE
/ Derby. and is nos ii Newboii's hand
writing, GuS the envelope contain
Iii address, peHnod by himself
50 that the recipient might kuoy
whore to send an answe. During the pro
Cge1in,s the prisoner vas much agitatej
At the time the letter was written, aud e
the time Of his arrest, Newhold was en-
vlore4 in the Derby shops Of the INDIAN
Railway company, and regularly wore IN
ordinary clothes Of woTkingmGn.
ST. Robert Garden, II. F., in a speech a
the Mansion house banqust Friday evening
sad that he hal received information 5ha
n lest.r-aarriar employed in the genera