Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-12-07
CAPITALIST KILLERS.
An Organization Formed to Do Away
With That Very
USEFUL ADJUNCT TO SOCIETY.
Russell Sage Was to Have Been the Victim Of a
Member of This Very Cranky Organization.
The Head Recognized and the
Story Told.


| tective force Of the police department
and the detective force of the press OF
the city were yesterday as busy as bees,
scurrying after an indentification Of the
dead wretch who blew himself to pieces
at Russell Sage's Office Friday last.
Oae of many clews focused at the
morgue as the detached head OF the
! bombiter, with its tumbled hair and
paid face and staring eyes is now on
exhibition for purposes of recognition.
! naturalization was believed TO have
effected and along with the identified
tion there comes story. 1t is remark
able if true. 1t goes 10 show the exis-
tence of an organized band Of capitalist
eXterminaters.
1t makes the bomb thrower one Of
the band. The Identification was made
by and the story comes from one Capt.
Harry Horne, who identified the head
at the morgue as that Of man whom
! he had met several times, and with
whom he has frequently conversed.
Capt Horne, who was originally inter-
ested in Wild West shows, is now a
lecturer in Worth's museum, and it was
JueTe budb ut uISb illbO bub UOluD IuION-
! er in the latter part OF September.
.He came TO me with letter OF In
| PRODUCTION nfrom some person whose
name / do not remember" said Horne
to Inspector Byrnes, "and made
an engagement to meet me the following
! afternoon. | met him and he asked
me to go with him to the lecture on
monopolies, on railroads and shipping
interests, which he wanted put under
! government contr j, offering me 500
| for every lecture delivered.
One of the features of the lecture
was to a propoSitian that all railroads
| carry passengers st the rate as freight,
/ by which arrangement a man could
travel across the continent for few
! dollars, whereas, it now costs 500 TO $50.
"He said that all the prominent rail
road men, Gould, Sage, Depew, and
| other magnates would be invited TO at
! tend the lectures and be convinced OF
| the errors OF their ways. In case they
| did not accept the invitations a letter
would be sent to them. and If they per-
| sisted in refusing them bombs would be
used.
He said he was a member Of a strong
organization to revoutionize matters in
| the interest Of the poor. 1t was relig-
| ious organization, and would be the
! largest in the country In two years.
| God was with it and it was bound TO sue
| ceed II any one OF the monopOlists re-
! fused to do what was right toward the
people he would be killed by some mem
| Der of the organization, to be chosen by
lot.
In order to get me to accept the posi-
ton OF lecturer, he assured me that
while must become member, ! would
never be compelled to do any of the kill
ing: He said he could do the lecturing
! himself, but he was apt to become eX
cited and make remarks of too incen-
diary a nature.
This he claimed TO have done in San
Francisco, ard as result had been ar
rested three times and heavily fined.
He introduced me to several people, one
of them was a short, dark complexioned
man with a black mustache and short
beard, who talked TO me in the same
strain. | finally became afraid Of the
men and avoided them much as possl-
! BILE.
One day about six weeks ago | saw
! dynamlter No. l standing in front OF
the museum. | stopped in side door.
and a few minutes later the doorkeeper
brought me card Oh the back OF
which was written: Il called but failed
to see you this afternoon, October 81.
/ Would you please write me me where
you are stopping, and when | can see
you, and oblige, care Of Morris Hotel.
"W. d. SoUTHwoRTH,
"San Francisco,
"No. II West street"
On the face of the card was printed:
"W. d. Southworth,
Cornish Arms Hotel,
No. II West st.
Agent for all European steamship and
railway lines. Tickets TO all points.
Drafts from 81 upward payable any
where in the L 1ited Kingdom"
That was the last time l saw him un-
til saw his dead body in the morgue
| to-day.
Inspector Byrnes and Detective Han
! ley went with Capt. Horne TO the Morris
hotel at eleven West street and saw
Benjamin Morris, the son of the pro-
pr,etor. He said that Southworth had
| been stopping there for four or five
weeks. but left there two weeks ago To
| go to South America where he claimed
TO have mining interests.
Capt. Horne described dynamiter No.
{ Two, who had been introduced 10 him
/ by the dead dynamiter, and Morris i'm
mediately said it was undoubtedly
Southworth. He also identified the SUBJ
seription on the back OF the card Capt.
Horne received on October 81 as South
worth'S writing.
Morris was takeu to the morguo by
/ Hanley, but he failed TO identify the
I dead man as any one he had ever seen
/ before. At o'clock tonight In
spector Byrnes sent 4 telegram to
, Chief of Police Crowley, Of San Fran
cisco, asking If such man had been ar
rested in the past three years for max
ing an incendiary speech.
Inspector Byrne also said the dead
I dynamiter was identified last evening
| by reputable persons whose peculiar &C
ton caused much comment in the Met
ropolitan Hotel bar-Ioom Thursday
morning. On Friday morning at II
o'clock be again entered the Metropoli-
tan Hotel bar, had q gin cocktail. and
went out. He then acted nationally.
He had the deadly valise with bin.
! He must have gone directly from the
I hotel TO the Arcade, where be tried 10
pat the principles OF his talked Of
organization into practice about an
/ hour later.
Interest was again increased by the
arrest Of William d. Southworth, the
man who sought 10 interest Harry
| Horne, the dime mueum lacturer.
| in an organization for the overthrow
of monopolies. 1t was said that South