Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-18
The Anarchists Aggaln.
Alleged Gigantic Plot Un-
 earthed at Chicago.
DYNAMITE WAS THE WEAPON.

CHICAGO, July 1S-A gigantic murderous plot on the part of the Chicago Anarchists to blow up the board of trade building, sev- eral other large buildings and to murder Judge Grinnell, Judge Gary, Inspector Bon field and other prominent persons engaged In the prosecution during the celebrated trial of the Anarchists, was, it is alleged, nipped ln the bud by Inspector Bonfieid, Chief Hub bard, Lieut. Elliott and the central detect ives The means to be used ill the wholesale murder and destruction of property was the Anarchists weapon, dynamite, and enough of the explosive was discovered to blow up half the city. Three of the conspirators are already under arrest, and are confined at the city hall Everybody supposed that the trouble with the revolutionary spirit among the Anarchists had died out but it seems conspiracy has been brewing among the friends of Spies, Parsons and the rest, and 6 plot was matched and hundreds of lives were to be taken.
 Inspector Bonfield, 1t is said, has been aware of the conspiracy for some time, but he waited until the evidence was complete. Several detectives were ordered to meet at Central station at ? o'clock a. m. There they donned disguises, and in company with Bon field and Elliott proceeded to Deering street station, where reserve force was on hand. The force proceeded to the corner of Thirty third street and Ashland avenue, near where one of the leading conspirators resided. It was hoped to catch dozen or more Anarch- ists at the house, but only two men were found. One of the suspected mon was cap tured as he came from the house about day light. Then the officers entered the dwelling and another conspirator was found. Under his pillow were a knife and revolver, and | upon searching the room twelve sticks l of dynamite were found. The officers then visited house on Quinn street and an | other suspected one was caught. A large | quantity of dynamite was also found here. Among the men arrested was one of the men l who was under arrest soon after the Hay | market massacre and subsequently, released | The others were prominent Anarchists dur | ing the trial. It is said that about twenty l determined men were ill the conspiracy and they were, at certain hour after mid night, to be at the homes of Grinnell, Gary, Bonfeld Frank Walker, Gen. Stiles and others prominent in the prosecution | Dynamite was to be placed beneath the houses of these and was to be touched off | simultaneously The board of trade was | also to be blown up at the same time. Fur ther arrests will probably bring to light an even greater anticipated bloody horror.
 Inspector Bonfeld says his men know the eonspirators and that additional arrests will
 be made The police observe the strictest
 secrecy in the matter but Inspector Bonfeld
 was induced to say to the United Press rep
 resentative: Judges Grinneu and Gary
 were to be blown up by these fellows, and
 that is all will say. You may add, how
 ever, that we have been aware of this dia-
 bolical plot for some time, and I think there
 will be another wholesale hanging. The ex-
 plosion at the Haymarket could not be conl-
 pared to this Hundreds of lives would cer-
 tainly have been sacrificed had we not dis
 covered it.n
 ANOTHER ACCOUNT
 Frank Wronek. Frank Chappek and Frank Chelbowa, all natives of Bohemia, are locked
 up at the Central police station. It is claimed
 that their arrest saved the lives of Judges
 Gary and Grinnen and Inspector Bonfield,
 all of whom, according to the story, were to have been assassinated had not the plans of the conspirators been frustrated by the DO lice, who acted upon information given by a fourth member of the group whose cour. age failed him as the critical moment drew near.
 The plot dates back to the time of the con , viction of Spies and his comrades. At that } time the Anarchist leaders were loud in theiI } denunciatiors of the tribunal before which the conspirators were tried, and the attor ) neys for the prosecution and the police who , l were TepreSSuleu Ill Iue peTSOu OI Inspector ? Bonfeld.
 As soon as the terror inspired by the execu
 tion had in some degree subsided the leader!
 of the red flag movement began to formulate
 plots for revenge. A close watch was kep on them, and, seeing that their efforts would be futile, they subsided for the time being a Among the most active of the agitator
 was wood worker named Frank Hronek, a native of Bohemia, who was a comparativel, n we'll educated man. He spoke English tol Il erably well, and was also well versed in tn . German language, which he had learned Q together with knowledge of the uses O s bombs and dynamite, during three years residence in Vienna. Hronek was persona :, friend of Lingg, and was an ardent admire e of the dead bomb maker and his companions ,- He decided to organize "group" similar t , those of days gone by. The group was t
 be much more limited in numbers and wa
 to be bound to the strictest secrecy. H
 found an able lieutenant in the person c
 Frank Chappek, who was intimately con z nected with the designs of Lingg, Fische and Engel that he was arrested with them '' and spent several weeks in a cell. Chappe J is also a Bohemian. and speaks German c III we'll.
 'f Another member of the group was Fran W Chelbowa, a tailor, who is like his fello t. conspirators, Bohemian, but has no know n edge of any other language. This trio forme Il a group to which two others were admitted a They held frequent meetings and Krone Il was elected Number One," or leader. IT
 great design was to avenge the murder
 of the dead Anarchists and Judges Gar
 and Grinnell, and Inspector Bonfield wei to selected as the most responsible parties an lg the victims, The group held frequent mee D. ings and read works on dynamite and i 8, uses Hronek had a stock of the explosiv Il, which he had procured in the days precedir 2, the Haymarket riot. He also invented O. bomb, which was spherical, about thr, IT, inches in diameter, made of tin, and d
 signed to be charged with dynamite ar
 broken glass; and ignited by means of flu
 and Illuminating cap. A number of b II, bombs were made, beside a quantity oo others of the ordinary design of gas pil a t bomb, but somewhat smaller than usua W nWS Chappek and Chelbowa were furnished wi @ -. dynamite and bombs, but the other member . ~. of the group were not so deeply trusted, ar do ~ received none of the deadly materials " About July 1 the group had its plans
 shape and began to reconnoiter. The thr leading spirits did not work July 4, and eel cn brated the day by taking a walk to Adj