New-York tribune., 1885-01-27
THE DYNAMITE EXPLOSIONS
INVESTIGATIONS BY THE POLICE

.,os;o, an Saturday afternoon continues Wv" ,,;.
t..~a force The approaches 10 al .ho p. -
S.,;,t,no os are being rigidly guarded Noo'"S 20
Io-sd IN enter without submitting W .n0 o
.rrutiuv The Tower and the Par'la'hehs hou'o' o.
s.,.rounaed with sentries and extra policemen. in
ass oro1yds of people continue to be attracted TO
the vicinity of the Tower and Westminster ino
tvo no,;cemep. Cox and Cole. who were Injured ny
+h. axn,oson in Westminster Hail. are making la
-oroha nrooress. and hope is entertained OF tneH
,.ooverv notice has been issued by the ponce
authorities asking all who were vlsitors 70 'iio
Parliament Building Saturday to give the poii'o
.nv poss,b information regarding the man ana
wouan who were seen in the building that alter
nn.r nnder suspicious circumstances. The woman
a. believed to have carried the dynamite under her
cloak. The description furnished OF the man eiVes
his age as from thirty-fve to fOrtyj heis"'
feet 10 inches; sallow complexion, chln sha'eo,
fair whiskers and mustache rather pug nose' anu
wore a long brown overcoat, dark trousers aud
h;Ivoock bat.p The woman's age is forty, of short
statnre. sallow complexion, and wore dark ureSs
and seaskin. OF imitation sealskin, jacket. ffteeh
de,ectives arrived at Dover from London at mlo-
nioht.,ost night. Seven of them have since de-
nar,ed for various railway stations to keep look
ont for suspicious persons that may nave TAKEN
mart in the London outrages. Two OF them arc 'n
close consultation with French detectives.
Excellent lmehght photographs were secured TO-
dav Of the interior of the banquet hall OF the mte
Tower in which the explosion occurred. Inc
wreckage remains still IN its original POSITION anu
the hall presents picture of marvellous CONFUSION
Colonel Maiendie will make an official examination
of the place tomorrow. Meanwhile the privilege
of free admission to the Tower and grounds mas
bosn snspended. The letter received by the police
officials Yesterday is now believed to be an impor-
tant document In addition to other valuable in-
formatioa it states that ST. Paups Cathedral ana
the Office of The Daily Telegraph are among INC
buildings which the dynamiteurs threaten 10 Diow
m. Many persons carrying parcels ON the stfeets
TO-DAY have been stopped by the police and the
narcels examined before they were permitted TO
pass on. 1t was reported early III the AFTERNOON
that a second arrest had been made by the ponce
but it was subsequently denied. 1t was also re-
ported that the police have an important clew
which they are following with the utmost diil-
gence, and that they already have eight men under
surveillance.
The experts who have been examining the
locality of the disaster IN the Parliament Building
have reached the conclusion after tracing the pro-
eress of the debris, that the explosion occurred In
the passage leading from the aye division lobby 10
the seats in the southwest chamber usually oc-
cupied by the public secretaries The parcel con-
tanning the dynamite was placed few feet beyond
the barrier at the entrance to the House OF COM
mons, the place being precisely indicated by
hole ploughed through the masonry foot
thick fissure was also made in the brick-work
of an arch near by. Surprise is expressed that the
explosive was not placed directly under the barrler
in which case the damage would have been iar
greater Is now known that the nierna ien,aa a hv
snlphurlc acid, which worked through cotton-wooi
and ate away the cap beneath. The process occu-
pied twenty minutes tme and this allowed the
,rato IN before
place An official notice has been posted at the
entrances of the law courts empowering the pollce
to .,s search sha Gaf o. Be before @
Among the visitors this afternoon to the scene OF
Arthur uf % Wellesley PEEL the Speaker the Sergeant
The Queen has summoned the Controller of the
Royal Household TO Osborne House, the Queens
residence on the Isle Of Wight, TO describe to her
the nature and extent Of Saturdays disasters IN
London. All the royal apartments at WINDSOR MS MS
lie nave been ordered closed to all visitors. This
step has been taken by the Queen in consequence OF
the extraordinary precautionary measures generaiy
ducted herself SO stocally throughout all previous
dynamite panics that her present action attracts
much attention. c-..
INSPECTORS place the amount of the pecunary dam
ages wrought by the explosions In Westminster
Hail. the House of Commons and ~. the E. lower $IO,-
don whole cases made OF plate glass, quarter OF
an inch thick aud containing arnor, were shattered
which the dynamite was placed ia sixteen feet
thick, notwi' hstaudmg which the plasteiing on the
opposite side of the wall for raclus OF several ieet
was shaken to the floor, leaving the stonework
The ventilation chamber of the House of Commons
is yawnng chasm, into which, at the moment OF
the explosion, poured many tons OF brick
The fSeA electric I lighting office Of the
and the apparatus rcn cred unfit for use by
the explosions. Closer inspection shows the ruin
to have been more appalling than at first supposed;
The post Office in the lobby was destroyed, and
several huge blocks of stone, fourteen inches III
thickness and weighing half a ton, were upheaved.
Notwithstanding the denials by the police they
still have in custody prisoner other than Cum
bingham suspected of completely in the outrages,
but all information as to his name or the nature OF
the evidence against him is denied.
1t is reported in the city this evening that one OF
the great English railway corporations has decided
to discharge from Its employ immediately ali per
soDs of Irish birth.
Detectives are watching all outgoing steamers.
especially those bound for America. They believe
the mysterious man and woman to be Americans.
The hair on the wOman's forehead is turning gray.
An order has been issued from the Home Office
forbidding the admission OF visitors to Windsor
Castle. The State apartments have usually been
thronged by tourists from all countries during the
three days in each week upon which visitors have
The sentries stationed at the royal palaces and
government offices have been literally supplied
with ball cartridges.
-everal Irish workmcn write to the
discharged from employment on Monday.
morning for no other reason than that they were
Irshmen, and that in many large mills foundries
ETC., plaeards displayed which read No Irish
employed"
CUNNINGHAM In COURT.
EVIDENCE OF AN INSPECTOR or PoLICE-FINDING
BOX IN HIS wHITECnAPEL HOME.
LONDON, Jan 26.-A rumor was current last
evening and this morning that Cunningham. who
was arrested at the Tower, would have a
hearing to-day at the Thames Police Court, in Ar
bour-st. The report caused the court and tho
streets in the vicinity to be crowded with excited
citizens and extra pOice had to be placed on duty