The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-12-18

Discovery of Plot 20 Assassfnafe
Prominent Citizens and Blow Up
Chinatown.

Discovery of Plot 10 Assassinate
Prominent Citizens and Blow Up
Chinatown.
One of the most sensational and
startling plots to assassinate some
twenty prominent citizens of San Fran
cisco was unearthed Tuesday night.
Some time ago the police obtained in
formation of the existence of an organi-
cation called 1.-THE
socLALIsTIC REVOLUTIONARY AssoeIA-
TIoN,"
which, it was asserted, was composed of
ultra socialistic members. A close
watch was kept on their movements,
and the police finally succeeded in OBJ
tanning the minutes of one of their
meetings, held on November %. From
the facts discovered it was found to be
the intention OF the Association to put
out of the way about twenty men, in
Guiding VIM. T. Coleman, w. w.
Morrow, General w. II. L. Barnes,
Mayor Bartlett, John Lord Love, Judge
Wilson, Judge Hoffman, Judge Sawyer,
Leland Stanford, Chas. Croker, Chief
Crowley, Capt. Lees, Capt. Douglass,
Judge Tobin, Governor Stoneman, Col
Bee, Capt. Short, Col. Stuart M. Tay.
lor, M. H. De Young, Gen. Turnbull,
Claus Spreckles and Dennis Kearney.
These names were placed on .
''PRoscRIPTIvE LIST"
and placed in the hands of the Execu.
tive Committee to carry out the orders
of the Association. The committee
were to devise the best means of accom-
plishing the ends of the base plot, and
were thus engaged when their work was
brought to a sudden termination
by the discovery of the Associa.
TONS headquarters at 900 Montgomery
avenue, by the police, and the arrest of
four men found therein-Julius C.
Koosher, Henry Weisman, Charles Nit.
telstad. and Oscar Eggers. In the room
was also found complete laboratory for
manufacturing Internal machines. The
men were taken to the city prison, where
they boldly asserted they were dyna.
miters, and proposed to get rid of the
citizens named and then raze Chinatown.
The prisoners also belong to the Ger.
man branch of the Anti. Coolie League.
WHAT THE LEADER SAID.
The leader of the band of dyna-
miters arrested is Henry Weisman,
a Bavarian by birth and a chemist by
profession, % years old. He resided
with his family. SlS Pacific street, and
is President Of the German Anti. Coolie
Club, and President of the Fifth Ward
Anti-Coolie League.
On being questioned he said: "My
intention was to aid in enforcing what
O'Donnell told us was law against the
Chinese. The only thing that troubled
me was that Coroner O'Donnell was
always saying that the Chinese were
well supplied with arms, and they had
armories in Chinatown and were drilling
every night with Winchester rifles. L
was afraid that when the Chinese were
ordered to 60 they would resist and
attack our people. therefore resolved
to experiment, and see if | could not
invent superior weapon. l commenced
experiments twelve days ago and pur-
chased some dynamite. My idea was
to make something that could be thrown
like hand.grenade. We experimental
at different times under rocks near the
Cliff House, but the results were un.
satisfactory. O'Donnell knew we were
experimenting. He had often talked
OF dynamite and he called his newspa.
per The Anti-Coolie Dynamiter.'"
The bombs which were found are
made OF gas.pipe from five to seven
inches long and about an inch in
diameter" stfd*