The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-01-17
or an Alleged Conspiracy to
Blow Up an Ocean Steamer
In THE HARBoR OF NEW YORK
And Attach the Blame on the Irish
NationelIsts = The Desperate
Straits to Which Ihe Lon
don "TImes" Is Driven.

i he upleIb 10 w luTCe tlle huuPHOn VI Wv
British.American extradition treaty ant
strengthen the case oithe London Time
against the Parnellites,
The Herald says: On the 18th Of De
cember last the Herald astonlshed thu
Irish Nationallsts in America by the
publication OF an article telling about
the movements OF London detectives
Some months before the date men,
toned Fred JerYis, q well known Scot,
land Yard man, arrived in America, and
made no great secret OF the fact that he
was here In the interest OF the London
Times to ferret out information about
the movements OF lrish.AmeriCan icon.
splrators," " and particularly those Of the
dynamiters.
Chief Inspector Shore, Superintendent
oil the Criminal Investigation Depart
ment OF the London Metropolitan Police,
also came out with the same intention,
to try to connect tho Parnellites with
the crimes charged. Mr.. Shore went to
Kansas City to meet JCrSi is and repre-
sentatiyes Of the Pinkertons. Three Of
Pinkerton men have been for years at
work IN the Irish National secret socie.
ties, One OF them, it seems, communi-
Gated directly with Scotland Yard, and
Manager Bangs, OF this city; admitted it
to an Irish Nationalist who caught him
in a trap.
The London Times at the first hear.
ings had exhausted its evidence, aud It's
lawyers saw that 1t was only Of second.
AIRY Importance. An adjournment was
proposed, and Parnell's counsel were
caught mapping and agreed to it,. Then
the detectives were sent to America with
plenty OF money to buy real or manu-.
faCtured evidence TO enable the great
London journal to carry on tho case.
After the arrival OF Messrs. Shore and
Jarvis was known 1t was discovered that
Inspector Andrews, OF Scotland Yard,
was in Toronto aud Montreal also on the
same errand. Stirred up by these pub.
llcations tho friends Of Mr.. Parnell and
the Irish National League sct u close
watch on the movements OF the English
detectives. They found that the intor.
nation was true and that the chiefs Of
tho Pinkerton agency, Bob and Bill Pin.
kerton, were roaming around Kansas City
about the timO indicated, accompanied
by two strangers In Kansas City, and
proceeded to Denver where they drop.
ped tho other. Whit they have since
learned Is very startling. 1t Is that u
plot has developed with ramiaCations in
Kansas City and New York, for the pur-
pose Of blowing up by dynamite some
one OF the English passenger steamers
In Now York harbor. What has this
plot to do with those visits to Kansas
City? Well the parties engaged In the
diabolical scheme propose to raise u fund
OF s., 900, with which TO make the neces.
sary preparations for the attempt and 1t
Is said that active steps are now being
taken to secure the money.
Here is.l description OF the two
mysterious strangers who appeared in
Kansas City in December last: One
was about 50 years old, with dark hair,
whiskers and mustache, and weighed
about 100 pounds. The other was tall
and stout, with brown hair and an EN-.
Drowned complexion. These men, 1t is
ascertained, were In constant commune
cation with the alleged Conspirators, and
1t Is certain that ut least one OF them
paid frequent visits 10 the Pinkerton
headquarters.
The reporter was told by well inform
cd 1rishmen that most, II not all the
dynamite scares Of the past few years,
were originated by special agents Of the
English Government. From all that
has been learned In various quarters 1t
is more than probable that the present
scheme TO blow up I'M English steamer
III American waters is a plot TO create
scare that will have the effect Of dam.
aging Mr. Parnell and his friends In
their struggle with tho London Times
and the Tory Government, and Of turn.
ing American sympathy away from the
Irish cause. The promoters are known
to be deadly enemies OF Mr.. Parnell.
The Parnellites have not much TO carry
on the war against the English Govern.
ment's powerful journal, and depend a
great deal on America for financial as.
sistance. That Is the reason, the re.
porter was assured, that the London
Times wanted some Outrage" committed
in America 80 ms to ALLEVIATE the
sympathies OF lrish.Americans who do
not believe In dynamite.
Mr.. Patrick Eganr, OF Lincoln, Neb.,
hns been In New Yok on business for
some days, and was interviewed on the
subject. "lithe information you have"
said Mr.. Egan, "is not strictly accurate,
II Is nearly 80. ] know that for months
past droves OF London and Dublin de-
teCtivcs have been everywhere. The
story irom buffalo, telling Of the discom.
fitufe OF one OF these detectives by a
ButIalonian, shows you how eager the
Times people are to grab ut anything to
bolster up their case."
"DO you think this steamer business Is
hoax ?" he was asked,
mo" said Mr.. Egan "suCh scheme
has heenthatching III Kansas City within
the period during which the English
detectives have been so busy In Amer.
ica."
uWho are the conSpirators2'
"For obvious reasons ! must decline
10 mention the names. But believe
tuU ODlCCti Wuu tuo uHly uUJCCti vi duCu
scheme Il 10 affect American opinion
and allenate American sympathy from
tho Irish movement. ltWould also have
4 very detrimental effect on the present
Times Investigation, There 10 another
most Important confederation In the
case, As was brought out In the late
campaign, tho English Government Is
extremely anxious 10 got an extradltion
treaty with this country by which u can
lay hands at any tlmo on any lrISl SllmAii
who 10 obnoxious 10 II politically. Lont
you see that the blowlng upoi an Eng.
llsl steamer IA New York harbor would
result In England forcing the, hand o.
lhe American Government and compel
ling tile American Congress TO pass tho
extfadlliOn treaty In the form that Enk'
land desires? / have reason " know
that the persona who avg interested In
the plpI arc No friends o. Mt, ParnelI oi
Tho Iflih movement, / think, when the
proper time comes, we can connect
them directly with the English Govern
inenps agents,"