Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-12
To Destroy Die aud Property said 10
Have Been Discovered In
Chicago.
DESCRIPTION OF THE iNrcRaAL
MACHINE or DISTINCTION.
DYNAMITE PLOTS.


Of the mos, diibolical dynamite plot,
involving great loss OF life and pfup-
erty, has been discovered. aud III con-
summation was prevented just ON the
eve OF lts being put into effect. The
Western Dlstiilers ami Cattle Herdcis'
Association, better known as the
WHISKY Trust" lisa corporation with
n capital stock Of So, 100000, and con-
trois the price of highwines through
out the country, n II controls all Of the
distlllerics, with two or three eNccp.
lions. The most important distillcry
outside " the combination IA that OF IL.
II. Shufeldt of this city, and u was
against this concern that the plot was
arranged. Q
MN. ,,,,,s,,,,. ga, ,,,Y cosaptr,c,.
$40 '''''"' w ~"
occurred this morning. George j.
Gibson OF Peoria, ILL.,, arrived at q
O'Clock aud, on complaint Of solicitoI-
General Hart Of the Treasury Depart.
m.nt, who came from Washington
for the purpose, was arrested NJ Nc
alightcd from the carriage. at the
Grand Pacific Hotel nd hurric i across
the street Into thc government build-
Ing, where he was ut once locked W.
,o.s,,ia a nj H. an, was w., mad.
public until some hours Afterwards.
The charge lai1 al Gitaon's door Is
that he Offered General oaugor u. ,.
Dewar, who i on duty nj shu'eldus
distillcry, q bribc 10 blow up the distii'
iery with dynamite.
| Solicitor Hart tells the story OF tue
| plot. He said tlbson opened com
munications with Dcwar some uhir
ago, telling MIN NJ hfst thht 1huIulupr
concern was Ia the way anu lhey
were trying 70 get " out OF tnc way;
FINALLY he offered Dewhr slu,oov anu
then Increased Tue oiier 70 t.o,uVp 10
blow up the concern. 'iuron ,oiu nun
that he had a dynamite haonln' .ilh'
.ou,u w oal,osvu '''"''" WV NAV
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SETTING ON FIRE 4 SEA oF ALCOHOL.
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m 49, ~ co,,,J ,,.c.. ths ua,chinc. ~,
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ni"y., la h.J .cc.ss IN ali psris of M,
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tail n.,,s, ,ha ,,achi,c wo,ld moi gn
o e ha baI time a. ye, out. Ior /,
~ % asniaJ,'I M o,ce killipv
"a. nan vho niaccd IL before he could
uossiLly vel away, thus destroying the
only evidence against the trust people
and nj tho same time saving 20 them
the S1S, 900 btlbe. In addition TO the
destruction OF Dewar and the build
Ings, Ia. success of III. plot meant un-
au.rtlonably the death OF 100 persons
WORRYING ~ the place. An sayl De"hr,
length Of the conspiracy 10 the point OF
Joley IN, iInbollcal deed, aud when
| ellison was arrested he was waiting
uneasily, expccting 10 hear of tn, ex.
plosIon and destruction OF all those
ilves and ali that property. We have
/ iu our pos-essiOn Ill the evidence 10
suh-tantia,e Dewar's story, the dyna-
mite machine, letters anu the contract
between Dewar and siibson, IN fact,
everything. The case Is practically
over, 40 far ~ our department IN con-
cerncd. The case Is made"
'lIave you any other evidence TO
| show that others besides Gibson were
implicated In the conspiracy" Hart
was asked.