Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-02-13
Government officials Say They Have
All the Evidence Necessary to
Prove the Charge.
Gibson Made an Offer to the Govern.
ment Gauger at Shuffeldt's to
do the Job.
A Dynamite Machine Was to be
Placed Between Two Immense
Alcohol Tanks.
Diabolical Dynamite Plot.

CHICAGO. Feb. 1l.-It the story told by
now in this city is true, one of the most
diabolical OF dynamite plots. involving
great loss of life and property, has been
discovered, and It's cOnsummation pre-
vented on the eve of putting it into effect.
The Western Distillers and Cattle Feeders
association, better known as the whiskey
trust. is corporation With capital
stock of $50, 900 900, and controls the price
of high wines throughout the country. as
it controls all of the distilleries, with two
or three exceptions. The most important
distllery outside of the combination is
that Of II. Ii. Shutieldt in this city, and it
was against this concern that the plot was
arranged. The exposure OF the conspiracy
occurred this morning. George }. Gibson,
of Peoria. Illinois, arrived here at six
o'clock. and OH the complaint of Solici-
tor General Hart Of the treasury depart
ment, who came here from Washington
for that purpose, was arrested as ne
alighted from carriage at the door of the
Grand Pacific hotel, and hurried across the
street into the government building, where
[ he was locked up. The arrest was made
as quietly as possible, and the fact was
not made public till some hours afterwards.
The charge laid at Gbson's door is that he
offered Government Gaugcr Dewar, who
is on duty at Shuffeldt's distillery, a brbe
to blow up the distillery with dynamite.
Solicitor Hart tells
THE STORY OF TIE PLOT
as follows: Some months ago the
Washington department were assured that
things were not just straight, from the
| fact that the trust had tried their best to
have certain man appointed inspector of
the department for this district. We set a
watch. Soon D. S. Dewar was communi-
Gated with and this man Gibson opened
up correspondence with him. We have
the correspondence. Gibson felt his man
continuously, telling him at first that
Shutfeldt's concern was in the way and
that they were trying to get it out of the
way. he got a little bolder soon, and
finally, led on by Dewar, who was all the
time in consultation with the department
he made straight proposition. He Of
fered Dewar $4,000, and then increased
the offer to $4,000, to blow up the concern.
| Gibson stated he had a dynamite machine
that could be located just outside OF one of
the large tanks so that, in few moments
after it was placed, it would explode.
There would be plenty of lime, Gibson
told Dewar. for him to get away, and that
he was the only man who could place it
because OF the fact that, as a government
| officer, he had access to all parts OF the
building. The result of the success of the
conspiracy" continued Hart, would have
been that the machine would have eX-
making terrible destruction and leaving a
sea of alcohol on fire. Gibson lied when
he told Dewar that the machine wouldn't
90 OFT until he had time to get out, for it
would have exploded at once
killing the man who placed
it before he could possibly
get away: thus destroying the only cyl.
dence against the trust people, and at the
same time saving to them the S25,000 that
Dewar was to have received. In addition
to the destruction of Dewar and the build
Ing tho success of the plot meant unqueS-
tionably the death OF the loo men working
in the place. AS say, Dewar, under our
instructions, went the length OF the con,
splracy to the point of doing the diabollcal
deed, and when Gibson was arrested he
was waiting uneasily, expecting to hear OF
the explosion and destruction of all those
lives and all that property. We have in
our possession all evidence to substantiate
the Dewar story. The dynamite machine
letters, contract between Dewar and Glib
sonAin fact, everything in the case is prac'
tically over so far as our department is
concerned" "Have you any evidence t,
show that others beside Gibson were i'm
plicated in the conSpiracy"' Hart was
asked. "Gibson is secretary of the trust
and, while we might reason thai
Gibson was not alone III
this, and that somebody higher UP in the
4 trust was the responsible party. we have
not a bit of evidence tending to implicate
any one else. Everything we have point,
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