The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-12

through the acid enters the tube, runs down to
the end. directly under which the cap is placed,
and then the deluge. The little machine in sim
pie. but it beats clock-work all to pieces. 1t
makes no noise. Il is not liable to get out of
order. 1t is as insidious as death. and like a
fuse once lighted it seldom stops until it reaches
the mine itself. and is demolished in the disas-
ter which IL has cansed. How, then. did the
plan for blowing up the steamer failf That was
soon explained to me by the heart broken Kear-
ney.-
You see, the Queen arrived at Liverpool a
little before sun up. Instead of going to her
dock she anchored in the Mersey, and the passen-
gers were all hustled on deck and taken to shore
in a tender, which came out to take them off.
When Kearney saw they were going to be taken
off in the tender he tried to get down stairs, but
an officer prevented bin, and he was hustled
aboard the tender, leaving fifteen pounds of dyna-
mite below in the hold, and carrying the ma
chine which was to explode it away in his peck.
ct. i asked what would be the result of leaying
that dynamite in the hold of the ship, and the
answer was that it would stop there, unless re-
moved. until it begins to rot, and then will ex-
plode and blow the ship to atoms. How long
before it begins to rotf / asked. Probably
about two weeks answered Kearney. That
will never do, said I; by that time the ship
many of them our own countryInen, men,
women and children. going to join pa
rents, wives, husbands, brothers or friends
in America, will be blown to atoms Tt can't
pC hOiPCOs StilO AcdEurys i have uOuG GI6 D6Sb
| could We must get the dynamite out of
the vessel 1T can't be DONE L will go to
Liverpool at once. and under the pretext that |
made the discovery by accident tell the officers
OF the boat that the dynamite is there You'll
get a taste of Kilmainham Jail, and a trip to
Botany Bay for your palms, said Kearney.
Nevertheless" said Capt. Phelan, II saw it
would not do to blow up a boat-load of innocent
women and children, and resolved to risk all to
save them"
SEARCHING FOR THE DYNAMITE.
II obtained a diagram from Kearney of the
place where the dynamite was slowed in the
ship and set out for Liverpool the same day.
Arrived there. l went to the Victoria Hotel and
registered as James Anderson. / went to an
English hotel and took every precaution to
avoid suspicion. l went to the Prince Albert
dock, where the Queen lay, and after satisfying
the guard that I had business with the first
officer of the @ ueen, and presenting him with a
shilling by way of a souvenir, OBJ tanned
admission. I found tho Queen un-
loading, and I asked for the first
officer. He has gone up to London said
another officer who appeared to be in charge of
the ship: rs the second officer hereP No. he
hos gone to his home, Lincolnshire In an
swer to another inquiry my informant said: l
am the third officer and in charge OF the vessel
| then said: MIR. Officer, have come to you on
a very delicate errand. l overheard a CONVEX
sation in a hotel in Glasgow, which satisfied me
there was "a quantity of explosive material Sc
cluded in the hold of your vessel. l do not
want to see the lives of innocent people sacri-
feed. and | have come from pure motives of hui
manity to show YOU where the dynamite is, and
have it removed The officer looked at me
with a queer, half suspicious, half amused ex-
preston. DO You know where the dynamite
is placedf / had studied Kearney's diagram
until | knew it by heart, and told him of the situa-
ton of the dynamite exactly. 1T is forward
said ], 'sewed up in a bag, and lying on a
board placed between two knees of the YES
SELL Gould you place your hands on itP
SAID the officer. Yes said ], confident that
| knew exactly the place as given in Kearney's
description. Follow me- said the officer. We
went below, then below the main deck, forward
to the hunks of the steerage. ! found
the sixth bunk forward from the hatchway on
the starboard side. There were the two knees
of the vessel, there was the board lying upon
them and reaching from one to the other l
placed my hand upon it. There was no 1yn-
amite there. In the semi-darkneSs / thought /
could discover an augmentation of the 4uizzicai
expression on the officers face. We found that
dynamite fifteen minutes after we landed said
the officer. I'VE had a telegram from New York
saying it was here, and describing the exact
location followed him, feeling decidedly cheap
and crestfallen, to the deck. You are an Ameri,
james Andersonr Where are, you stoppingq
AT the Victoria He still seemed to half
doubt me. but before l left he said: You have
missed a chance to make a fortune. IF your in
formation had been the first to lead to the dis
covery of that dynamite the company would
have given You a reward of at least EI0. O00.'
And / know said the Captain, as well as I
am standing here. that he did not neglect to
have a detective follow me out of that dock
yard.
This said the Captain, in conclusion, was
the ending of the attempt to blow mp the steam
er Queen, though | was made to still further see
the power and tar reaching influence of the En-
gllSh detective service. knew | had done moth
ing wrong, and | was determined to stand my
ground. ] had hardly returned to the hotel and
gone to my room when two visitors were an
nounced.' They proved to he Inspector Marsh.
of Liverpool. and Head Constable Murphy, of
Ireland. An exchange OF Irish wit and a bottle
of something stronger, which often serves to in
spire the former, followed. The two dignitaries
questioned Capt. PheEan alias Anderson. closely,
but he stuck to his story. The two parties were
on the hest of terms, and the officers object ap-
parently was not to bulldoze. but to wheedle and
coax and get him to come over to the side of the
governments. The questioning and cross ques-
tioning and the various answers. as related by
Capt. Phelan, made a very amusing and at times
exciting dialogue. The two worthy gentlemen
finally left. apparently on the best of
terms with Capt Phelan, although the latter
knew that he was still under surveillance, and
conducted himself accordingly. The next day
another visitor was announced. This proved to
be no less q parsonage than Mr.. Jenkison. who
had charge of the criminal prosecutions in Ire
land. why they did not arrest me at once on
suspicion. said the Captain, bothered me at
first. but | soon saw that they wanted to work
me. as the boys say. and | knew that / was
watched. Every. place l went l was Swallowed.
Mr.. Jenkison introduced himself and said, rs
your name William Ouderp Yes said /. oh,
come now. said Mr.. Jenkison in an insinuating
tone, you know you are Capt. Thomas Phelan,
from the United States Jenkison then endeav-
ored TO get me to disclose the real object of my
mission, and to see who put the dynamite on the
Queen, but | stuck to my former story. He told
who were working for the government,
and tried to enlist me in the service.
He said I would be we'll paid and
nobody would be the wiser. now began to see
how the government obtained its store of infor-
nation. We have traitors in our midst. How
the detectives learned that the dynamite was on