The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-06-06
WAS IT BuT A scAREp

WAS 1T BUT A SCARE
Indications that the Bomb At the Hay.
market Statue Was Placed There ~ .
Ghastly Joke.
A story was told to Capt. Hayes which
may OF may not throw some light
on the Hsymarket bomb mys.
terry. A private watchman, ons
Of the men employed to guard the stores
on Haymarket square, came to the Dss-
PLANES street station. and on being i'd
mitted to the captains room, informed
that official that he could help him ont .
bit on the bomb business.
Howl" was the captains query.
why, at 2 o'clock In the morning The
q was found at the base Of the monu.
ment, I passed there and saw something
burning on the stones. picked It up and
found it to be q piece of. fuse about Q foot
long, which was on fire ct one end. I
tried to blow it out, but could not. Finally
I took my knife and picked out the last bit
Of fire and then threw the thing down. I
am sure there was no can Of dynamite
there then.s
why did YOU put of telling this story
30 long?" the captain asked.
Il did not know that a bomb had been
found until two days afterwards, and the
papers made it out such o big thing I
thought the best thing I could do was to
keep still until the excitement died out. I
wish now that you would not give my name
to anybody"
Capt. Hayes promised to keep the name
secret, and still stands by the promise.
However, he went to Chief Marsh last
night and gave him the story. The super.
intendent of police is inclined to place .
good deal of reliance upon the watchman's
tale and does not question the mans va.
racity. Indeed. Chit Marsh believes the
dynamite was put on the monument for Q
scare.
The supposition is that the fuse was put
on the stones and burned, and then, after
being e%xtinguished, was put In the can Of
dynamite. Arranged in this manner the
joke had a business-like air, for II looked
as it Providence alone had prevented Q
terribly disastrous explosion.
A reporter interviewed a salesman for Q
dynamite and powder house.
Zone thing is CERTAIN" the salesman
said, the supposition that the fuse was
burned before it was inserted in the can
of dynamite is far more reasonable
rain put out the burning fuse
and prevented the destruction of the mon.
ument and surrounding property. There
is not a house in the city that sells fuses
the rain will put out. The modern fuse is
waterproof, md is made to resist the
toughest sort oftreatment. lean take one
of our fuses and soak it in water q month,
and it will burn just exactly az we'll
rs the day it came out Of the factory. The
reason why We take so much trouble to
make good fuse is plain. II a miner puts
in a deep charge of nytro- glycerine and
dynamite and the fuse goes put it lie q
very seriou matter. He can not dig
down to get the charge, for he would
run too much risk of blowing himself up.
The only thing he can do is to put in al.
other and much larger charge at some dis
lance and take chances. Perhaps the ex-
plosion of the second charge Will send
off the first and he will get out
of the mess. If not, q big
section of his mine is rendered useless,
. and. worse than that, Q constant
menace to the lives of the miners. In
such o cate of course the firm that sold the
poor fuse would get all tho blame. You
can rest assured that there are no fuses
made TINT rain or water of any sort will
put out"
DE you think that IL the fuse we're
lighted and connected with the dynamite
anything could keep the bomb from ex-
ploding?"
Il am sure nothing except cutting the
fuse could stop it. There is not one chance
of o miss in ten thousand"
In the meantime the officers at the Cen.
tral station believe they are close on the
track of the man who put the explosive
on the monument. Last Friday the
young German who wrote the letter
that gave the detectives q "clue''
which resulted in the arrest Of Joseph
Kaiser left the city suddenly. This letter
was written before any bomb had been
placed on the monument and probably by
some friend of Herr Most who wanted to get
Kaiser into trouble. 1t now looks as il the
bomb was put on the Haymarket for the
same purpose. Detectives are after the
fugitive anarchists, and wired the central
Office last night that the arrest would prob,
ably be made within twenty-four hours.
Kaiser continues to maintain his entire
innocence, but Lieutenant Ripley will not
consent to his discharge from custody un-
til the letter writer's confession is in his
possession. Herr Most, in New York, is
still iubilant because his enemy is in the
sweat-box, and the tin can and the ton
pounds Of dynamite still rest In Chief
Marsh's safe.
THE CHINESE ARE GOING,
In q shipwrek Nearly One hundred
Mongolians Perish, but the Whites An
Escape.
Cant Arder.or ~ tha .h,n o..;a.