The morning call., 1891-02-12

on on duty at Shufeldt's distilIery. a brIbe to
Dl0W up the distillery with dynamite.
1olicltor Hart tells the story of the blot.
,iS.t ne says that Gibson opened communications
Ga! mltu DeWar some time ago, telling him az
hrst that Shufeldt's concern was in tIe wxv.
anu sh that they were trying to get il out oil
tne way. Finally he offered Dewar SfO.oo0-
hIoth Shu then increased the offer TO S25, 900. to
had dpn ddp ane concern: Gibson told him hs
S pruieu Gu between two large tanks. releasing
anu seItlng on fire sea Of alcohol. Thera
@ MUulu be plenty of time for Dewar to get
niaoss' ni%os' an anu ne was the only man who could
place the machine, because of the fact that
as government officer he had access tn ali
parts of the building " "'A
GIBSON lied" said Hart, "when he told
DeWar the machine would not go off until
he had time to get out. for if Would have
exploded at once, killing the man who
paced 1t before he could possibly get away,
.hus destroying the only evidence against
!e sne trust people. and at the same time saw
thes ttis snem the SO 600 bribe. In addition to
the success OF the plot meant unouestiou,
anIy the death OF $50 men working in the
place. - va"
AS say, Dewar. under our instructions.
point of doing the diabolic deed, and when
Gibson was arrested he was waiting IN
easily, expecting to hear of the explosion
ana destruction of all those lives and all
that property. We have in our possession
all the evidence necessary 10 substautiata
Dewar's story-the dynamite machine, let
tiers, the contract between Dewar and GiO-
son, ana, In TACT, everything. The case is
practically over so far as our department is
concerned, and the case is made"
, have you any evidence to show that
others besides Gibson were implicated in
the conspiracy Hart was asked. Gibson
is Secretary of the trust, and while we might
reason that he was not alone in this scheme,
ndNr 1,eprl,a.
was the responsible party, we have not
Dlt OF evidence tending TO implicate any one
else. Everything we have points to Gibson
and to no other person."
=. The machine, materials to make it effec-
tive, and inculpaiug documents were in the
satchel which Gibson carried at the time of
MS arrest. Some unknown person, who had
knowledge of he conspiracy, warned the
owners of the distlllery on Monday of the
danger which beset them, and fixing tie
date for the explosion for yesterday or 90
day, and they were carefully guarding she
premises, day and night. Two previous at
temptS, which are attributed to the whisky
trust, but not proved, were made to destroy
Shuleidts works with dynamite. One of
them occurred two years ago last fall. De-
tective Dan COughlin Of the city police force
was detailed on the case, and it was while
at work on the case that he made the ac-
qualntance OF the little German, John Z.
kunZe. Both of them we're afteWard tried
for completely in the assassination of DR..
Cronln. Coughlin is serving a life sentence
Tor the crime, but kunZe was acquitted.
This afternoon Gibson was taken before
United States Commissioner Hoyne and re-
leased on bail of $4,000. He declined to
make any statement in regard TO the matter.
Mayor Clark, formerly a member of the
association, said that Gibson was not such a
fool as to deal with a gauger in such
a terrible affair, if it were true There
IS a rumor tonight that United
States detectives, who were here q
trust headquarters and searched it
carefully. In the basement, it is alleged,
they found dynamite machine and ex-
plosive chemicals sufficient to destroy all
the distilleries in the world. 1t is known
that officers were here, but the story about
searching the headquarters cannot be traced
to any reliable source. Several prominent
whisky men will go to aid Gibson.
PEORIA, Feb. 1.-THE arrest of j. Gibson
in Chicago to-day caused intense surprise.
At the trust headquarters nobody could be
found thi; afternoon President Greennqt
went to Washington ten days ago and is
still there, although his relatives and
friends do not know what hotel he Is at.
His son said, tonight, if his father desired
to say anything on the subject he would
make his whereabouts known, otherwise
not, Whisky men here assert that Gibbons
arrest is the result of conspiracy of the
antitrust distillery. He has been
resident of this city since 1863.
when he came here from Cleveland
and entered the employ of the Monarch
DistilIery as book-keeper. When the trtiss
was formed in 1881 he was elected Seere-
tary, and has since held that position. He
made money rapidly, and is now rated at
$4,000.