The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-05-29
COFFETvrLLE EXPLOSION.
Report OF the Alliance Members OF she II
vsstIEatlnF Committee.

vestigating committee who had been
holding their report until the republic
ans should have submitted theirs have
become weary at the continued delay
OF the senators and have published
their findings in the Alliance Advocate
The report first declares that no evil
dence was given in support of the pho
tographer's chemical explosion theory
and discusses the evidence on that point
at length.
OF malicious intent on the part Of Up
ham to kill his wife and adopted daugh-
ter, the report finds that the only testi-
naOny in support Of this is that the
servant girl of Mr.. Upham told coll
Ored man, who told Mr.. Conner that the
family relations OF Mr.. and Mrs. Up
ham were not pleasant.
The third theory, that il was reveucs
on the part of the union labor party on
account of the vidette expose, no evil
dence being offered in support of this,
except from assertions in newspaper
articles, was dismissed as unsupported
and untenable.
The fourth theory that it was .
scheme OF Ed p. Greer, BiOn 5. Hutch
ms, c. A. Henrie and probably others
TO add force and emphasis to the second
vidette expose, thereby injuring the
union labor party and throwing suspi-
ciOn on the Vincent brothers as being
cussed at length and all the evidence at
the trial reviewed with strong leaning
against the alleged republican consPir-
atOrs. The probable connection OF
Henrie in disguise is dwelt upon in ex-
tense. The Montgomery county attor-
neys are given a scoring and Upham's
actions are declared suspicious Hen
rie's efforts to prove an alibi are shown
TO be fiimsy in more ways than one.
additional proof" the report con-
tinues, that the managers of the re-
publican campaign are guilty of aiding
and abetting the preparation and the
sending of the box is found in the ap-
pOintment of c. 4. Henrie clerk in the Ia
Dor bureau, large amount of testimony
plainly showing that he had been ac-
tive in opposition TO the republican
party until August, 1SSS. The evidence
/ also proves that on account of personal
dishonesty, immoral habits and general
want of truthfulness, he has lost the
/ respect and confidence of his former
/ associates page 55S)- His willingness
/ to betray his associates and to perform
/ any disreputable act seemed to be a high
/ mmendatiOn for the managers of the
/ republican campaign to employ him
/ The evidence shows that he was en-
plOyed in preparing the matter of the
I sO-called expose. A large portion Of the
/ time while in the employ of the repu b
/ lican central committee he spent in
. travelling to Cincinnati, New York and
/ difer rent cities in Kansas. where he had
. ample opportunity TO procure the neces-
sary material for a dynamite explO-
sion"
After dwelling on Henrie's political
record at length the report says: ut is
/ impossible to think of an explanation
/ of c. A. Henrie's appointment, except
that he knew about the damnabie plot
of preparing and sending the box, and
that for the purpose of keeping him
silent, the position was given him The
refusal of the legislature of 1889 70 in
vestigate the explosion seems to US a con-
frmatiOn Of the theory that the manager
of the republican party were connected
with it. Surely such serious crime,
accompanied by such results. openly
charged to a dominant party, ought tc
be " Orthy of an investigation.
Attention is given to Joe P Winbon,
of Winfield, and Sid Cure and the gov
ernOr's expression to Leland J. Webb
Leland, we had to do it." is quoted
In conclusion, the report says: ''OuI
conclusions drawn from the foregoing
review OF testimony are that there wa.
/ a cons piracy on the part of some one tC
do certain things for the purpose Of
breaking the ranks of the union labor
party and adding strength to the repuO
lican party in the political campaign 81
the fall of 1ssS. The vidette expose
was the first step in that line, this WIS
followed by the second expose and tbs
preparation Of the box OF dynamite
which would have been IN Winfield
Kan, October 10, had it not prem ature
" exploded in COffeyville.
eve are further of the opinion that
c. A. Henrie had some connection with
the preparation of, and delivered sale
box at COffevville, to be shipped by eS
press to Winfield, to be exploded
some where; and under the excitemen
following the explosion q raid wOulC
probably have been made on the offic'
/ of the Nonconformist-
eve are further of the opinion tina
Rion s Hutchins and Ed Greer vver,
coguizant of what was being done, Il
not direct participants Of the same
And further that no man could have
been appointed commissioner OF IabO1
who would Eot appoint c. A Henrie L
= position as clerk in said Office
f'And that said Henrie was aPPOintes