New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-07
quo WAS THE DYNAMrTER 4?
- NE BELONG TO A SOCIETY OF
ASSASSINS?
-.rrxrRIC NAN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION
coNPLIcITY = he SAYS HE NEVER
KNEW THE MURDERER WHO TRIED
TO KILL RUSSELL SAGE.

,ry,,;on D Southworth, who figured so promi-
w. :, ,be story told by Captain Harry Horne,
aD ,,seum lecturer, of his meetings with the
w -.;,er who tried to assassinate Russell sage,
~,hose severed head is now on exhibition AZ
u1 ,,.,oue. did not 90 to South America, as was
~o.sd Instead he has remained in New-YorlI,
"r ~s>tsrday morning shortly before o'clock
-. .,,ss,ed by Inspector Byrness detectives and
% Police Headquarters. His story, told To
% I,snector Yesterday, although in some respects
~s-0o,orv of HOrne's statement, brings the mys-
su,rounding the identity of the man who
w. w. ,bs bomb no nearer solution than il was on
..,dsv The information so far gathered goes 10
s,hs existence of some kind of crazy association
,be determination, when necessary, of all
~sn,onaires with railway interests. But beyond
n'..,s vague and indefinite assertions, there is
~. little of evidence TO connect the dynamiter
-, SouthwOrth or any other member OF this
-, society. SOuthworth was taken TO the
~. Yesterday afternoon and on seeing the
- a, once declared positively that he had
,.vs, met the owner
,os,ector Byrncs refused to say where or bow
,..,hworth had been arrested. According TO the
.L,on.r,s statement, he was born in Nashville,
-, June IA, 1851. In 1874 or 1873 he went
s.. Fran ,isco and into Arizona, and began the
~ A prospecting for mines. In 1894 he was
:. ,hs staff of The San Francisco Examiner"
"A ,hsre first began TO lecture in public on his
.vo,,e hobby of a railroad millennium. Al The
V,-r,poitan Temple he gravely told the Inspector,
Il. crowd that came 10 hear him was so dehse
,A., II hacked the sidewalk in front of the build
;,y and he was arrested for causing an oostruc-
son After the political campaign of 1884, MS
.;,s became unbalanced and he was committed
a an ASYLUM. The manager of the asylum came
..m Nashville and knew Southwor'hs frlenos'
y. wanted 10 release Southworth, but the latter
,,,tsrred 10 stay where he was. On account OF
AZ Investigation made into the working OF uhe
,srlum by the State Legislature, SOuthworth was
...,n.llod to leave the asylum. What he
1 for the next seven years Is not
uovn. but about three months ago he
,,us 70 New-York After the last pollucai
zppairn Southworth told the Inspector. ne oe-
,.me crazy and applied for admission to prison,
rbere he remained for eight days. That is all
,bst southworth told the Inspector While he
VAS Speaking. Captain Horne was brought ih'o
,As room and he and SOuthworth promptly recog-
iued each other.
sVero Captain Harry" exclaimed Southworth.
ms, new in the Morgue,7 said Horne, turning
% the Inspector All else that is now known
shont soutbworth is derived from information
furnished 10 Inspector Byrnes by David b. Shaw
sais 70 he a business man of this city, and Kay
nsnd valez, editor of Revista Popua, opah-
iA newspaper Mr.. Shaw says That on OCTOBER
his attention was attracted by an advertisement
in New-York newspaper, asking for young man
who would be willing 10 travel for considerable
tine a. advance agent for a lecturer. Appiica-
ton WAS 10 be made at the Morris Hotel NO. IL
wetst. Mr.. Shaw, according to the Inspector.
vent TO the hotel, and Southworth was poin'eu
a., 10 him as the man who had issued the ad-
wt.ement SouthwOrth told Shaw that ne had
eheme by which O course of lectures shoulo oe
tivefed, first, in New-York, ana aiter"aru
though tls> country. The object, SAID SOU"
vs,th was to organize in different cities branches
a a secret society which would be under the con-
td of one head centre-namely, Soothworth
hnseh Southworth thought that 1t would
b. politically important to promulgate
ts idea and induce people to vote
b, the removal of telegraphic, railway and other
biz mOnopolies from the hands of individuals, ana
The placing of them in the hands OF the Govern
nent. Then Southworth showed at least one
DEAN of sanity when he asked Shaw whether ne
bad sny money. and said that $3.50 or $500 would
Ae required to defray the expenses of the hrst
lecture Then he referred to Jay Gould, Russell
Sge and others as men who had too long con-
inaed to control railroad interests, and with an
Ou,burst Of hysterical passion said that the peo-
pc must and should benefit by them
Southworth said that il would require three
OF four months course OF lectures to organize
srty that should eclipse anything accomplished by
Henry George. inasmuch as it would appeal 10 the
people Of different nationalities Southworth
told Shaw that he could derive money from
property owned in San Francisco, and that there
were lots OF people there who would take up the
scheme. After hearing Southworth at greater
length, Mr., Shaw decided that on the whole he
would prefer To remain where he was. Two
'sJs af'erward he received the following letter:
overland for one dollar Three dollars for
eght hours work on forty-tive railways, advo-
]'ea by VIII ID. Southworth, commander-in-chief
p" .ne Crand Army Of Labor for Liberty and Re
faDne One-tenths, universal and vigiant for
resident Of these planets
'he second letter, inclosed in the same en-
''f' read as follows: Morris Hotel.-Lect-
y VII be glad 10 have you meet himself and
INns DAILY in this hotel, from l to p m, TO
+As Oy consultation what you can do for us, and
y %' you, to make successful and profitable our
'',s Of campaign. W. ID. Southworth, G. A. L."
Inspector Byrnes's men learned that Southworth
~ sld be was Fr2emason, had been assisted
'aiious Masonic orders in this city, On in
saiy' they found that two months ago he called
y @t Masonic Temple and there laid before a
:. S41nu'ee what lie was pleased TO call a plan for
% sehefal benefit OF all charitable organizations
A~ members soon made up their minds abou:
'ssenworth but TO avoid disturbance and save
-'eoe' let him talk OF. Southworth rambled
!. = '0' TWO hours. Mis- scheme which he said had
s support Of General Booth, Senator Stewart
'Sa !, me late Senator Hearst, comprehended the
: ,s%ynIlatlon Of all unemployed tramps who could
q ~ nuuced 10 90 10 the mining regions III Mexico,
,.s,N ne had large interests in mines. The or
-.isefs OF this great emigration movement would
'1e s149 20 per cent profit on outlay.
,Dyuid the tfampS go home when they began
sgi isi weary, asked cne Of the committee.
heTe would be no restriction on them, replied