Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-31

Cunning hams Operations I'm Sc. Louis.
IMPROVED INTERNAL MACHINES-HOw LONDON
WAS TO BE DESTROYED.

IMPROVED INTERNAL MACHINES-HOW LONDON
WAS TO BE DESTROYED.
| telegram to the " Y. Tribune from st.
| LOnis. January %. says: Wel-known Irishmen
here recognized in James Gilbert Cunningham,
arrested in London for alleged completely in the
| Tower Outrages. man named Michael j. Byrne,
who lived in st. Louis until about six months
ago. Just before his departure an article was
published in St Louis newspaper which al
! legged that Byrne. OF Cunningham. was the head
/ OF school OF young dynamiters. whose head
/ quarters were at Thirteenth and Biddle streets,
/ in this city. In the article. the publication of
which IT is believed hurried the departure of
Byrne from the city. he spoke quite freely OF his
avOcatiOn. OF the school he said:
I'VE have fourteen pupils The course Of in
structiOn consists of an exposition of the manu-
j facture of machines and the mode OF handling
them. The process of manufacturing dynamite
is also taught There are three men connected
with the school who are constantly employed in
building machines, which are sent to New York.
/ These men are practical mechanics. The clock
work, which may be set to do the work in from
one minute to eight days. is obtained right here
| in town. and the ingredients of our explosives
are also obtained here Is there an oath? Well
should say there was, We WORK on the same
principles as the lnVinclbies and nobody can
obtain admission to our circle until properly re-
/ ported upon and pledged as to his sincerity IN
and loyalty to the eakaser We wear no daggers
and have no bloody sOlemnities. but our oath is
full Of meaning. and all who take it stand ready
TO answer any summons that comes from our
suffering country.
Il have improved several of George HOlgate's
inventions. and am the originator of a new idea
In Internal machines, which prevents danger or
detection. by carrying them in sections. which
can be put together at a moments notice for
use This machine is in three pieces. the cap
the box. and the charge being so arranged that
they can be distributed through the clothing
and neither suggests the presence or the mean
Ing Of the other. The explosion is brought
about by acid carried in small vial. The acid
eats away the brass head OF the cap OF cartridge
In a certain time, and the defamation follows
The acid runs into a chlorate of potash combi-
nation. which brings abOnt the deadly result :"
Have any oi these machines been tested ?"
Yes. We went out last week to Cote Bril-
liante. and in the neighborhOod Of BOwderns
quarry set one OF the machines off. 1t was fixed
to explode i'm five minutes and we witnessed
the scene from distance of 400 yards. There
wasn't more than handful OF the explosive in
the box, but it made Il violent nGise shook the
earth like Il leaf and tore hole in the ground
large enough tn put atwentv-five.foOt dwelling
house into. Dynamite. you know. expcnds it's
force in downward direction, shaking the
foundation OF a building and causing it to tum-
BILE in. The experiment was most satisfactory.
Two dozen of the st. Louis machines have been
sent to New York.
friend of Byrne. or Cunningham said "He
Came to this country because he had to. He
was Implicated in the murder of a landlord. and
fearing detection he and some of the others
made their way to the United States. He was
one OF select cOterie OF lrShmen who have their
homes in the northwestern part OF the city.
These men are raGid dynanliters and each and
all enjoy the distinction. according to their own
statements. of having done something at home
that the British government thinks worth
while remembering They have shot baiIiliS or
threatened landlords. / suppose by which ac-
lions the have. of course. incurred the Queens
dispieasure forever Well. Byrne or Gilbert or
cunningham. as he was variousy known was
the lion OF that circle. He talked dynamite as
freely as OD1n0ya1 Rosa does. Byrne was
sincere and not only meant what he said but,
DIS long rs knew him. did everything he SAID
TOO He made q constant study of explosives
spent all his earnings in that direction. in fact
and was possessed OF attachments far beyond
what Ills appearance Indicated,
nat course OF study did he pursue %
He got his first lessons in the Old country
where there are any number of young men
secretly handling chemicals and experimenting
with them in the interest of Ireland's freedom
These young men are college graduates MANY
have come to this country and filled professor
SHIPS of chemistry Byrne took his first lessons
there iii the secret circles that are numerous
Ihen he came to New York. where he fell in with
htZZeiOiI. tHe IttiSoiaii, WHO Is SAID TO nave
taught 50 many Nlil!iistS the manufacture of
explosives. He also fell in with Ros5a and was
Iirm believer in the skirmshing fund and its
protector methods.
From st. Louis Byrne went to Denver and
has not been seen or heard of since by any of
his old associates in ST. Louis. They say that
he was molly pursued by English detectives but
that Is hardly possible in the face of the fact
that he openly associated here and in ChicarO.
New York. Kansas city and Denver with the
most notorious advocates of violence as the
means of ACCOMPLISHING IrelandS freedom He
lett Denver III August. and it Is probable that
he went direct TO Dublin or Paris the latter
being the place, SO lrshmen state. whence issue
all orders that are given to active dynaniters
The dynamite fiend, Byrne. said that he wanted
nlnety-nne young men besides himself all thor
Ou9nly yerSed Ill the science of explosives
These young men were to be procured and
drilled in this country. When proficient in
their work, their separate duties would be
allotted to them. and their mission explained
to them, which was the simultaneous destruc-
ton OF all OF the public buildings of London
He had 1t all planned out aud had map
OF London in which was marked with red
Ink. the location of the buildings he
wanted to destroy. The 100 young men
were to get into London and carry their
material with them A certain hour was to be
designated for the destruction. The signal was
to be the md-ar explosion of dynamite bomb
to De dropped from balloon over the English
capital The md-air explosion was to be of
suf1cent force to startle all London, and while
the city was in state of excitement, machines
timed for three or tour minutes, were to be
placed under the walls of all the public build
lngs. Several young Irishmen in this CITY ia
vOred the scheme.
Anleaeur Photography.
From the Boston Globe.
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