The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-07
CRIME AND CASUALLY.
THE ST, LOUIS DYNAMlTeRs
fhsir Alleged Confession and Denial
The Most Brutal wife Murderer on
kecord--Lucius A. White
PLEADS Not Guilty--The
Anti- i-Chipese mob.
Street Car Dynamiters.

ST Louis, Nov. 6.-Ths prisoners
David Keenap, w. p. Scare, r. &.
Burns, w. Woathsrs, aca John
Saaughoess, arrested in the Lucas
Street house yesterday, for completely
in the recsns street car dynamite OK /,
plosion, were examlued separately by
tho police, and each vehemontly de-
clared tina, ho was opposed to the use
ofdynamite. sad favored psacssbls
means sud arbitration TO settle their
troubie with the railway company.
Tho chief, however, was persistent,
ano toe taom mary things about tho
plot, showed them the dynamite found
IN me room OF two OF them, aud they
inally yielded 80 the stralu aud made
& clean breast of the whole mattsr.
A vsiise was found in the room of
Sears and Weathers, on Lucas avenue.
vhicn contained two sticks of dyna-
mite, about six inches long, spd two
ooppsr percussion caps for exploding
Tho sticks, Ten other sticks had been
used la tho explosion, which had
wrecked four cars aud terribly frisht
sned u large number OF people,
Weathors ts u photographer BY ocpu.
patton, but had been driving on the
Washington Avenue car line. He ia
believed to bo the.Ieador of tho party.
At sll evonts, he is said to have worked
the dynamite part of the affair.
The plot or schyU0 was givan To ihe
police by George r. Wihrow, q con
coutuo5oy on tho Broadway line, who
ntruck when tho other men did. Ne
MADE nlmself ervconspiouous during
tair week, and was twice arrested. once
for assault 60 kill, for which he Ia now
under bond. Tho police ksva sus-
pecied from his setions lately that he
knew moro about the affairs and CON
duct of tho strikera than hs was dis
posed TO tell, and by various means
known 10 the police they tinaliy forced
htu 10 tell what he know.
He made long and elrcustgntisl
statement, the mstoris, points OF
which were giving the Games Of hin
aasociatas, the tims sad place of thor
neetings, that toeir parposa was 10
bow up thc cars, aud thcg Wasthors
w7s che man who purchased the dyna-
latte ana managed tho explosion. The
names givon nro These mentioned
above. EXCEPT Shaughnessy. He also
said that I7Rec Dfyden knew OF the
plot, but tS took no sctive part in it.
Casper Heap, who was secretary of
the executive board of the knights OF
Labor which managed tho strike as
long az 1t had any life in it, went To
the four courts yesterday TO surrender
himselfi II wanted bY the police. He
was told, however, that no WAS not
wanted at present. He strenuously do.
MES having had any knowledge OF thf
plot and would not al first bslieve
some Of the meu arrested were
knights OF Lsbcr.
Plnkerton Is the master workman OF
the Cleveland assembly, knights OF
LABOR, which IL composed wholly OF
ssrett-car msn. Keenan, ia the treas
urer, and ono or two Of them belonged
TO the executive committee whici
was active in managing the strike
The prisoners ware all arrested in bee
during Wednesday, night and taken G
the Four Courts, where they wero pu
in the hold-ovet, Next inurnin,
Chiof-of-Polica Haryigsn had then
brought TO him, ona at q time, an,
qiestioned them closely They al
nenlsd most emphaticaliy having hat
ANYTHING whatever to 90 with tn
lsrheme or knowing anything abou
the presence ofdyGamite in Che house