Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-30
DOM AUGUSTA IN PERIL.
Az Alleged Plat 70 hnl Prince His
Highuess u BltE.l Dors to
COney Island.
ON HIS Way Back Hts Friends Discover a
Suspicious Black Bottle with
smoldorng Fuse.

NEw YORK, July 2G.--The Brazilian
prince, Dom Augusta, went TO Coney
Island yesterday and spent the early
evening q inc West End. Besides the
prince there were in the party the Bra
lillian consul general, Mr.. Mendonca, his
two daughters, several other ladies and
the princess fellow officers from the Bra
lillian war-smp Almirante. Coroner Mes
semer was also there, almost the only one
OF distinguished array OF invited guests
TO respond to the invitation OF the
railroad company, whose guests the
prince and his companions were. Mayor
Grace, Judge Gildersleeve, Judge Nehrbas,
Roswell T.. Flower, and Frederick II
Coudert did not come. After seeing the
sights the party took the steamer Sylvan
Stream for New York. On the way back
Mr.. Alrickman, president Of the company,
conhded TO the reporters th9t he had re-
ceived this letter In the morning mail.
II was written in stiff German hand
II you persist to entertain these Representa-.
tlyeso OF tyranny, then revenge SHAH fall upon
you. Your lie and that of the principals In
this fete shall be forfeited.
4 by order Special Revenge Committee.
| As the Sylvan Stream passed Gov
/ ernor's Island some one detected smell
4 of burning and search was made. A
/ black bottle was found IN the main cabin
under rows of chairs, with fuse, or
something burning. The bottle was
thrown overheard, and the prince and his
companions were kept In ignorance Of the
discovery. The people who saw the
thing do not describe II very unani-
mouslY. Pat O'Donnell, deck hand,
says 1t was q bottle with a bunch of
oil waste protruding from the
neck The waste was burning as
a lamp wick burns just after the flame is
eXtlnguished A well .dTessed man, who
looked like passenger, picked the bottle
up and threw it out of a window on the
port side. The bottle, according to
0'Donnell, was lying on the carpeted
floor of the cabin Just abaft amidships on
the port side.
The Arst the reporters aboard knew Of
1t was on outcry from Coroner MESSENGER,
who said; "My God, there was bomb
aboard ] smelled gunpowder," he said
afterward, Haud saw fixing fuse. II was
as long as my leg and vas wrapped
around something that looked like 9
bottle. II was under row oil
crosswise seats in the front part of the
cabin forward of the stairway. Seyera
persons saw 1t at once. Somebody
yelled, Here's a bomb There wer,
twenty-five people there, and they were
all shouting something. The prince ant
his suite were out on the deck, within {
few feet of the fuse, aud if 1t had gone of
1t would have killed them all. DR.. Men
donca was rs pale as he could be, anC
everybody was scared. deckhanC
! grabbed whatever it was and threw !
overheard, Then the fire in the carpe
was stamped out. The carpet was burned
for foot square and the woodwork wa
charred There was an unmistakabl,
smell of burning powder and sulphur"
Antonio Rodrigues, guest OF tn
party, says that he saw burning fuse
/ and following it up found ga bottle con
tanning quantity of combustible matter
in the ladies' saloon. lie threw II over
/ board. He claims 20 have discoyere
: traces on the carpet Of forty feet of fus
! that had burned away without attractln
, attention before the fire got near the bot
J tie, and he infers that the combustible
were put aboard and fired at Bay Ridg
} by somebody that was not going on tn
! boat Aboard the Sylvan Stream the oC
, currence was discussed in a jocular spirit