Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-12
GIBSON DENIES THE cHAKaEa.
He ssys That Ther~ q. . Plot % Ruin Hia
but That u win Fail.

CHcAoo. Feb. I2---ChArles J. Gibson the
secretary o. the whisky trust. who WA arrested
here yesterday, left Tor Cleveland last night
In sn interview before leaving he said regard
ing the charges against hims This IL . dAnns-
bic plot to ruin me, but IL viii fail. have
been instructed by my attorneys 10 say MOTH
ing. but Will say this: am innocent of any
but about the soiution in the hotties. vhat
il that"
That is only medicinal wash. When n !.
tested the secret service officers viii hnd hos
ridiculous they have made themselves"
What was the nature Of your relations With
De War;
81 decline 70 answer. 10 you suppose for q
moment that would further any such scherne
Of wholesale destruction Of life ss is talked OF
l am a man and have q mans heart Such
talk il nonsense"
One Of the government officers who have been
working on the case said; Il would not 10
what De War has been doing for the last tvo
weeks for the s25.00O promised him. De War
has carried with him that Internal machine
since in WAS given him. IL consists Of a tan bon
about the size Of an oyster can. open on one
end. In this is q section of a gun barrel. in one
end Of which is fitted a turned steel conicA
bullet which protrudes from the open end of
the can. Behind the bullet n a heavy charge
OF gunpowder. A smaller tube runs into the
open end Of the gun barrel De War was 20
tube and then place the box on the hoor under
a large vat of high wines IN the distillery. with
the bullet directed upward. On exposure 10
the air the chemical would ignite and soon
cause the powder Go explode. The steel bullet
would be driven through the bottom OF the vat.
the spirit would pour down on the flame be-
meath, and in moment the whole would be In
fames-"
oIBsoS's DEPARTURE.
Another account saws that Gibson left the city
last night on a freight train His wife and son
wena later on q passenger train. The son sid
when interviewed that his father had done no in
tentional wrong. The flask that was found in
his vali-e, he continued. contained nothing
bat Schiedam schnapps, and there was no dyna-
mite nor nltro-glycerine in IL. Father IL the
central victim Of conspiracy tina; has for iss
draughtsman a discharged employe Of the syn
dicate, man who has recently been re-em-
ployed by the government 20 spy and lie."
THE OFFICIALS sKErr1caL
A morning paper has the following Telegram
from Washington: President Greenhut of the
whisky trust and DIR. Rush Of Chicago are here
looking after legislative matters. Mr.. Green
hut WAS inclined 10 be skeptical and tele-
graphed to Chicago for the facts about the ar
rest Of the secretary of the trust He ktIew of
nothing Gibson had been doing which would
not bear the light Of day. aud he thought fuss
had probably been made over some trivial mat
ter. He was certain there was nothing which
could In any way involve the trust whatever
Gibson's individual actions might have been.
Dr. Rush was Of the same opinion. He thought
II likely that the whole business was a repeti-
tion of the dynamite scare in Shufeldts distil-
lery two or three wears ago and perhaps the
work of somebody's imagination. Possibly
Gibson had been doing some loose talking with
out meaning anything by il.
But If he had been trying to bribe ans body
or commit unlawful act Dr. Rush said
the officers of the trust wanted 90 know it, as
they did not encourage that kind Of work"
DIR. Rush said Gibson formerly lived at Cleve-
land and was in the railroad business. Both he
and Mr.. Greenhut are anxious for news con-
cerning the arrest and they reiterate their en-
tire ignorance Of everything pertaining 10 il.
They have arranged TO call ON Commissioner
Mason today. Both are a good deal exercised
over the matter.