The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-06-06
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0hastly Joke.
A story was told to CApA. Hayes vhish
may or nay mot throw some Hit
ON the Haymaskst bomb mys.
terry. 4 private vatchman. -
Of the men employed 70 guard tie stesss
on Haymaxket square, cams 20 Tie Des.
PLANES street station. aud On being a.
mittsd 70 the captain's room, informed
that omctAl that hs could help hin out :
bit on the bomb business.
How was the captains qussy.
why, q 2 o'clock In the morning ~
can was found ct the base Of tho monu.
mont. / passed there and cav somskhine
burning on the stones. Ipicksd Il up and
found It to be . piece Of: fuse about . foot
long, which was on IRE at 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 tho thing down. I
am sure there was no can Of dynamite
there Them
sWhy did you put OF telling this story
30 long2" the captain asked.
Il did not know that Q bomb had been
found until two days Afterwards, and the
papers made II ont such . big thing I
thought the best thing I could do was to
keep still until the excitement died out.
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.
tntendent Of police 10 inclined to plaoe .
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 or the monument for q
scare.
The superstition is that the fuse was put
on the stones and burned, and then, after
being extinguished, was put In the can Of
dynamite. Arranged in this the
joke had q business-like cir, for Il looked
% II Providence alone had prevented q
terribly disastrous explosion.
A reporter interviewed Q salesman for
dynamite and powder house.
4One thing is certain" tho salesman
said, "the supposition that the fuse was
burned before it was inserted In the can
Of dynamite is far more reasonable
than the supposition that the
rain put out the burning fuse
and prevented the destruction Of the mon.
ument and surrounding property. There
is not o house In the city that sells fuses
the rain will put out. The modern fuss 10
waterproof. and is made to resist the
toughest sort Of treatment. loan take ono
Of our fuses and soak it in water Q month,
and it will burn just exactly % we'll
as the day II came out Of the factory. The
reason why We take 80 much trouble to
make good fuse is plain. Ita miner puts
in a deep charge of nytro-glycerine and
dynamite and the fuse goes out it 10
very seriou matter. He can not dig
down to get the charge, for he would
run too much risk Of blowing himself ny.
The only thing he can do is to put In an.
other and much larger charge at some dis
lance and take chances. Perhaps the q.
plosion of the second charge Viii send
off the first and he will get out
Of the mess. II not, q big
section Of his mine ia rendered useless,
and. worse than that, constant
menace to the lives Of the miners. In
such . cate of course the firm that sold the
poor fuse would get all the blame. You
can rest assured that there are no fuses
made that rain or water Of any sort will
put out"
de you think that Il the fuse were
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 ono chance
of q miss in ten thousand"
In the meantime the officers ct the Cen.
trail 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 sclue"
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 friendo Of Herr Most who wanted to get
Kaiser into trouble. II now looks a. IL the
bomb was put on the Hxymarket 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 10 In his
possession. Herr Most, in New York, IL
still iubilant because his enemy 10 in the
sweat-box, and the tin can and the ten
pounds OF dynamite still rest In Chief
Marsh's safe.