The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-12-24
ARCH DEVILS STILL ON EARTH.
n Sensation at San Franctsco--4 Plot to
BlOtc Up and Destroy Prominent Citizens.

Blotc Up and Destroy P~rominent Citizens.
San Francisco dispatch: An extraordin
airy plot for the wholesale assassination O.
prominent citizens of this city was laid bare
by the police last night. The headquarters
OF the organization called "Socialistic Rev.
dictionary Association were discovered at
900 Montgomery avenue, and from memo
randas discovered there it was found to be
the intention of the plotters to murder
about twenty men, including w. T. Cole
man, Congressman Morrow, Gen. w. III. l..
Barnes, Mayor Bartlett, Leland Stanford,
Judge Lorenzo, Charles Croker, Governor
S%toneman, and certain police officials.
These names were placed on the ''pros,
criptive list" and placed in the hands oil
the executive committee to carry out the
orders of the association.
The police arrested four men in the
rooms, viz: Julius c. Roosher, Henry
Weiseman, Charles Mittlestadt and Oscar
Eggers. In the room were discovered a
complete laboratory for manufacturing IN
fernal machines. The men were taken to
the city prison where the prisoners declared
it was their purpose to kill prominent citi-
Zens and raZ Chinatown. The prisoners
bNAOb5 y nv
Cooley league.
The leader OF the dynamiters arrested,
Henry Weisman, a Bavarian by birth and
a theatrical chemist by profession, was in
duced to join Coroner O'DonnelFs Anti
Coolie league and finally became president
OF the German Anti Cooley league.
"My Intention" he said, twas merely to
aid in enforcing what O'Donnell told us was
the law against Chinese. He told us that
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nese from living within the limits of any
incorporated town or city in the state. He
showed me the law and l read it formyself.
He never told me That the supreme court
had declared that the law was unconstitu-
tIonal and l believed that was the law,
although have since been told that it was
not. Well, we had a meeting on the sand
lot Thanksgiving day and resolved that we
would call on the municipal authorities to
enforce the law or resign their offices.
O'Donnell told us we had to do this and he
always boosted that he was the second
highest officer in this city. | supposed he
knew, and l believed the municipal author
tiles would be compelled to order them to
leave the city"
The only thing that troubled me was
that O'Donnell was always stating the
Chinese were supplied will superior arms;
that they had armories in Chinatown and
were drilling every night with Winchester
rifles supplied to them by Colonel Bee, the
Chinese consul. Most of our people are
working men and had no arms. was
afraid that when the Chinese were ordered
to go they would resist and attack our
people and l resolved to experiment and
see if l could not invent ? superior
weapon / commenced my experiments
about twelve days ago and bought some
dynamite, and my idea was to make a
weapon that could be thrown like a hand
grenade. We experimental at different
times under the rocks near the Cliff house,
hut the results were not satisfactory.
O'Donnell knew we were experimenting"
Roosher, who is also known as Kowaiski.
is a Russian Jew, and vas driven from that
country owing to the persecution OF his peo-
pie by the Russian government. He came
to New York and was appointed an agent
by the Jewish Relief society, and visited
Oregon and Washington territory to take
up and for his people. He was to receive
5000 for every family for whom he pro-
cured a governmentsettlement He claims
that he did not receive any payment, as
the funds Of the society were exhausted.
He identified himself with the Anti-Coolie
league on coming to this city. The house
in which the dynamite was found was oc-
cupied by him.
Charles Mittelstadt is president OF the
Third ward Anti-Coolie club. Oscar Eggers
is a peddler by occupation and a native OF
Germany. He speaks very little English.
The prisoners lave been charged with
misdemeanor for unlawfully storing giant
powder. The severest penalty is six months
IMPRISONMENT and i, O fine,