Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-17
WHAT KIND OF TALE
Is THIS; Is 1T A PLOT Oh is 1T A
HOAX
A Lurid Story Prom New York-An Alleged Con-
spiraey 10 Blow up Steamer and Blame
It on the Parnelhtes-0'Bnsn
Escapes Punishment

claims to have cured information of
plot, concocted by Eogliah detectives and
desperate Irishmen, TO blow up one Of the
great transatlantic steamers in New York
harbor.
According 10 the Herald the object is to
force the adoption of The BIitsh-American
extradition treaty and strengthen the case
of ;he London Times agsiDs the Parnellites.
The story is as follows:
On the 11th If December last the Herald
astopshed the Irish NatiOnalists in Amer.
lea by the publication of an article telling
about the movements Of London detect
ives. Some months before the date men
toned, Fred JeIvis, q well-known Scot
land Yard man, arrived in America, and
made no great secret of the fact that he
wss here in the interests of the London
Times, TO ferret out information about the
movements of Irish-Ameriean 'conspirs-
tors" and particularly those of the dyna-
miters.
Chief Inspector Shore, Superinl endent OF
the Criminal Investigation Department of
the London Metropolitan Police, also came
out vita the came intention-to try to
connect the Parnellites with the crimes
charged. Mr. Shore vent to Kansas City
to meat Jervis and representatives OF the
PinkertoDs Three of Pinkerton's men
have hesn for years a. work in the Irish
National secret societies. One of them, il
seams, communicated directly with Scot
land Yard, and Manager Bangs, of this
city, admitted it 20 En Irieh Nationalist,
who caught him in trop.
The London Times at the first hesIings
had exhausted its evidence, and it's law
yCrs eay that 1t was only Of secondary i'm
portsnce An adjournment was proposed,
and Pprnel's counsel were caught nap
ping ard aersed to il. Then the detect.
ives were sent to America with plenty of
money to buy real or manufactured evil
dence to enable tho great London journal
TO carry on It's csse, AfIer the arrival of
Messrs. Shore and Jarvis was known il
vaa discovered that Inspector Andrews, of
Scotland Yard, was in Toronto ard Mon
treal, also on the same errand. Stirred up
by these publications, the friends of Mr..
Parnell and the Irish National LsagEe set
close watch On the movements Of the
Engl;sh Detectives They found that the
information was true, and that the chiefs
Of the Pinkerton Age0oy, Bob and Billy
Pipkerton, were roaming ar5nnd Kansas
City about the time indicated, accompa-
nied by two strangers; also that the Pink
ertons left one Of the strangers in Kansas
City ard pIo ,ee led 10 Denver, where they
dropped the other.
What has been learned Stree is very
startling. Il is that a plct has besn de-
velop-d, with ramifcations in Kansas
City AID New York, for the purpose OF
bio wing up by dynamite some ore of the
English passenger steamers in New York
harbor. What has this plot 10 do with
those visits to Kansas City? Well, the
parties engaged in the diEbolical fcheme
prorose to rsiss fund OF 81. 600 with
which to make the necessary preparations
for the attempt, and il is said that active
steps are now being taken to secure the
money. Here is description of TIE two
mysterious strangers who appeared III
Kansas City in December last: One was
about thirty. five years old, with dark hair,
vhiskere ard mOustache, and weighed
about $50 rounds. The other was tall and
stout, with brown heir and embrowned
complexiOned. These men were in cor
slant communication with the alleged con-
spira'ors, aud il is certain that at least one
of them paid frequent visits to the Pinker-
ton headquarters.
TIE report er was told by well informed
Inshmen that most, if not all the dynamite
scsres of the past few years. were Orginat-
ed by sgec al egents Of the Eoglish Govern
ment. From all that hss been learned in
various quarters il is more than probable
that the present schsme TO blow up an
Eoglish steamer in American waters is
plot to create scare that will have the
effect Of damaging Mr. Psrne!l and his
friends in their struggle with the London
Times and the Tory government, and Of
turning American sympathy away from
the Itish cause. The promoters are
known 10 be deadly enemies
of Mr.. Parnell The Parnellites
have rot much to carry on the war against
tie English governments powerful jour
nal, and depend a great deal on America
for financial assistance. That is the Tea-
sou, the reporter was assured, that the
London Times wanted some Outrage"
committed in America so as to ALLEVIATE the
sympathies Of Idsh-AmeIicans VITO do not
believe in dynamite.
Mr.. Patrick Egan, of Lincoln, Neb., has
been in New York on business for some
dave. and was interviewed on the subject.
''If the information you have" eaid Mr..
Egan, ''iH not etrictly accurate, 1t is near
ly SO. ! know that for months past droyes
OF London and Duhlin detectives have
tean over here. The story from Buffalo,
telling OF tho discontinue Of one Of these
detectives by Buifalonian shows you
how eager the Times people are t) grab at
ANYTHING 10 bolster up their case "
'Do you think this steamer business is
hOax?" hs wss asked
mo" said Mr. Egau; ''such n scheme
hes been Matching in Kansas City within
the period during which the Eoglish de-
tectives bave heen so busy in America
"WhO are the conspiraioTs"
"For obvious reasons | must decline to
mention the names. But l believe the
object. and The only object, of euch a
scheme ia to affect American opinion ard
ALLEVIATE e American sympathy from the Irish
movement Ilw0uld also have very detri-
mental effect on the Times Investigation.
Tree 10 another most important considera-
ton in the case. AS was brought cut IN
the late campaign, the Eoglish Govern
ment ia extremely snxiOus to get al ex-
tradition treaty with this country ny
which it can lay hands at any time on any
Irishman who is obnoxious to it roliti-
cally. Dent you see that the blowing up
of an English steamer in New York h9rbor
would result in England forcing the hand
of the American Government snd COM
uelling the American Congress to pa's the
extrsdition treaty in the form that Eng
land desires? have reason to know tbat
tie persons who are interested in the plot
are 70 friends Of Mr.. Parnell or the Irish
movement. l think, when the proper
time comes. We csn connect them directly
with English Government agents
O'Brien Escapes Punishment.
LONDON, January 16.-Upon the re-
sumption Of the session of the Parnell
Commission, to-day, Pcesiding Justice
Hspren said Mr.. O'Bren's article in
United Ireland, for which he was summon.
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