The record-union., 1891-02-14
THE CHAIN TIGHTENING.
MORE EVIDENCE CONCERNING THE
DYNAMITE PLOT.
The Fluid Delivered by Gibson to
Dewar Proves to be
Ignitible.
special to the REcorp-uNIoN.

'0BtS-dl W tl6 hEGOlsD-ONlON.
CHICAGO, Feb 13-This morning At
torney Barry, of counsel for Gibson,
Secretary of the Whisky Trust, with Dis
trict Attorney Milchrist, made an exami-
nation of the package said to have been
delivered by Gibson to Dewar. When
the package was opened bottle full of q
light blush fluid was discovered. a
drop ofthis was put upon piece of paper,
and the instant it came in contact with
the paper there was flash. Streaks of
flre shot up and the room was filed with
suffocating, sulphrous flames. So quickly
did the paper burn that bucket of water
had to be thrown on it to prevent the fire
from communicating with other ma
| terials. The strong smell emitted by the
fluid proved its principal ingredient to be
phosphorus. Milchrist said of the result
OF the experiment.: ''Our purpose in
making the experiment was 10 find out
II the Huld was the same as that in the
| bottle which Gibson gave Dewar. Such
! 1t proved to be. 1t f;lstens the chain of
! evidence securely around Gibson, and
| makes 1t possible to indict him for at
tempted arson.''
The fact that anything was delivered to
DeWar besides the fluid has been denied
! by some, but Attorney NIilchrist says
that III the package delivered Dewar there
was a section OF gun barrel charged
with powder, and steel projectile packe
IN q tin can with oakum and cotton
through which ran fuse. The fluid in
the bottle was to be poured on the fuse,
which would ignite and explode the pow
der III the gun barrel.
The officials about the Government
| building have been discussing the proba-
bility OF Gibson escaping to Canada. One
officer said they will not attempt to dog
him, as 1t Will be an easy matter to get
/ him back.
1t is understood that,the Federal officers
are trying to secure from the Western
Union Company number of kilograms
sent by Gibson recently.
! Inspector Stuart said tonight that
during trip TO Peoria last week he dis
covered where the Gibson fluid was COM
pounded, and obtained evidence as to
| who it was that loaded the gun barrel.
| The work was done in Peoria by one and
| the same man-Gibson himself
Captain Stuart obtained some of Glib
sons handwriting at Peoria, and had it
compared with the letters by an expert,
who unhesitatingly declared that the tell
tale penmanship was Gibson's.
President Greenhut of the whisky trust,
accompanied by one OF his associates. DR..
Rush, arrived in Chicago tonight, and
took quarters at the Auditorium. He left
the Auditorium hastily, almost immeCii-
ately alter entering the building, and
drove to the residence OF wealthy
packer.
Nelson Morris, who is a member of the
trust, signed a $4,000 bond which
secured Gibson'S temporary release. At
L A. NJ. Greenhut had not returned to the
] Auditorium, and IL was rumored that at a
meeting of the trust on Monday, Gibson
would be displaced from his post as Secre-
| tary, and that the trust would formally
disavow all responsibility for any GRIM
! inal act.
THE FEELING IN PEORIA.
PEORIA (Ill.), Feb. 13.-Although Che
whisky trust people still maintain that
George Gibson is entirely innocent OF
conspiracy to destroy the Shufeldt dis
tillery, the general public has come to the
conclusion that he IS guilty. There is
great excitement at the trust headquar-
| ters, and agents are going out on every
train TO cities where the trust members
reside. NicePresident Woolner LETT this
afternoon for Chicago, where he Will
meet President Greenhut, who is coming
home from Washington.
a meeting of the trust directors has
been called for Monday, and interesting
action is expected then.
Gibson maintains dogged silence, but
says he is innocent. He says the bottle
in his valise contained an antiseptic fluid
patented by chemist of the trust, and he
was ON the way to sell the secret of the
compound to a stock company.