The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-07
THE BOMB THROWER.
Crank SOuthworth Is Not the
Man of Guilt.
HE is ALIVE IN NEW YORK CITY.
May Yet Prove Him to Be Connected
With the Affair-A Sketch of His
Seattle Life.

NEW York, Dec. 6.-Interest in the at
tempt to kill Russell Sage was increased
today by the arrest of ". D. Southworth,
the man who sought to interest Harvey
Horne. the dime museum lecturer, in an
organization for the general betterment of
mankind by the overthrowing of monopo-
lies. Ii was said yesterday that South
worth had gone to Central America, but
he was found by Inspector Byrnes' men.
Southworth is undoubtedly q crank and
confessed that he had been an inmate of a
lunatic asylum. He was taken to the
morgue and shown the head of the dyna-
inter, but said he had never seen it in his
life. In that particular he contradicted
the story of Horne. who said the dead
man had introduced Southworth to him
at the museum two months ago.
One David B. Shaw called at police
headquarters during the day and identi-
fed Southworth as the man whom he had
met October 8. Southworth unfolded q
scheme for the organization of secret
society, with branches in the large cities,
southworth to be at the head of the ASSOC
citation. The society was to be of politi-
cal nature and would promulgate the idea
of getting the votes of the people to take
away all telegraphs, railroads and other
monopolies from individuals and place
them in the hands OF the general
government. In this conversation
he referred repeatedly to Gould,
Sage and other capitalists. He
thought people ought to be able to go to
San Francisco for 81, and thought there
should be three or four meetings of the So
ciety to get the people interested In the
scheme. He said he owned propertyin
San Francieco. Several days after Shaw
received letter from Southworth asking
him to meet him again. This he signed
'Commander-in-Ch of the Grand Army
of Labor" Enclosed in this letter was
lengthy proclamation headed Overland
for One Dollar" and signed in the same
characteristic way.
He is crank on the subject Of railways
and their management. He started
small newspaper and advocated govern
ment control Of railways and rate across
the continent of 81. While in this city he
was subject to crazy spells, and would
often apply to the city prison to be locked
up, owing to the fear that in a lit of tenn
porary madness he might kill some one.
Harry Horne, the dime museum man,
called at headquarters this afternoon. He
and Southworth at once recognized each
other.
Tonight Russell Sage is said to be suffer-
ing from the effects of the shock caused
by the explosion more than at any previous
time. While he does not suffer much pain
be is greatly Frustrated, and it will proba.
bly, be several days before he resumes act
i've business. Sage's residence has been
beseiged by callers all day.
Byrnes has learned that the man came
to the city two months ago and went to
the Masonic temple. There he unfolded a
scheme to benefit charitable organizations.
He had, he said, the cooperation of
Senator Stewart, Of Nevada, and the late
Senator Hearst, of California. He had
joined the anarchists in San Francisco,
and received three degrees, blue, white
and red, red being the highest grade. The
principles were so strong and radical that
he could not conscientiously stay in the
order. He did not deny the right to kill,
however, to carry out any special idea.
After visit to the morgue Southworth
was closely questioned by Byrnes as to
his past life. In 1884 he was
employed on the San Francisco
Examiner and made many speeches on the
copies of the day. especially on the labor
problem. He was committed to the insane
asylum and remained there six months.
Byrnes today received the following from
San Francisco:
VIII d. Southworth is a civil engineer and re-
sided here between 1886 and 1889, aged IS years:
weight, 1877 pounds; height 8 feet 6 inches. Was
private secretary TO Clarence Greathouse
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