Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-14
TELL-TALE EVIDENCE
A Strong Case Against Dyna-
miter Gibson.
Experiments Made with His
'1o' Internal Machine. Y
IA Hellish Compound Found in His
Possession.
Fears That He VIII Skip to Canada.
Great Excitement at Whisky
Trust Headquarters.
Asscciatcd Press dispatches.

CHICAGO, Feb. 13.-This morni ng At
torney Barry Of counsel for Gibson, Sec
rotary Of the whiskey trust, with Dis
trict Attorney Milchrist, made an ex-
animation Of the package said to have
been delivered by Gibson to Dewar.
When the package was opened bottle
full Of a light bluiah fluid was discoy.f
cred. A drop of this was put upon
piece Of paper, and in the instant it
came in contact with the paper, there
was fash, a stream of fire shot up,
and the room was filed with suffocating
sulphuYous fumes. So quickly did the
paper burn, that bucket Of water had
to be thrown on it to prevent the fire
from communicating with other mate
rials. The strong smell emitted by the
fluid proved its principal ingredient to
be phosphorus.
United States District Attorney Mil
christ said: "The purpose in making
the experiment was to ascertain if the
fluid found in Gibson's valise was the
same as in the bottle which he gave to
Dewar, and which had been previously
tested. Such it proved to be. 1t fastens
the chain of evidence securely around
Gibson, and makes it possible to indict
him for attempted arson"
The fact that anything was delivered
to Dewar besides the fluid has been de-
MED by some, but the attorney says that
in the package delivered to Dewar was
section OF gun-barrel charged with
powder and steel projectile. packed in
tin can with oakum and cotton, through
which ran fuse. The fluid in the bot
tie was to be poured on the fuse, which
would ignite and explode the powder in
the gun-barrel.
The officials about the government
building have been discussing the prob
abilities of Gibson's escaping to Canada.
One officer said they will not attempt to
dog him, as il will be an easy matter to
get him back. So M
Il Is undsrstood that federal officers
are trying to secure from the. Western
Union company number OF kilograms
sent by Gibson recently.
Inspector Stuart said tonight that
during q trip to Peoria last week he
discovered where Gibson's fluid was
compounded, and obtained evidence as
to whom it was that loaded the gun
D8ITci. Lie WOIh Was uOHc III cOIih
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.
PEORIA, Feb. 13.-Although the
whiskey trust people still maintain that
Con~on4 GthorvV41c outiro1u i,onnOont rf
conspiracy to destroy the Shufcldt dis
tillery, the general public has come to
the conclusion that he is guilty. There
is great excitement at trust headquar-
ters, and agents are going out ON every
train to the cities where trust members
reside. Vice-P President Woolner left
this afternoon for Chicago, where he will
meet President Greenhut, who is COM
ing home from Washington. A meeting
of the trust directors has been called for
next Monday, and interesting action is
expected then. Gibson maintains a
dogged silence, but says he is innocent.
He says the bottle in his valise con-
tained an antiseptic fluid patented by a
chemist of the trust, and he was ON his
way to sell the secret Of the compound
to stock company.
CHICAGO, Feb. 14.-President Green
hut, OF the whiskey trust, accompanied
by one of his associates, DIR. Rush, ar
rived in Chicago tonight, and took quar-
ters at the Auditorium. He left the
Auditorium hastily. almost Immediately
after entering the building, and drove to
the residence of the wealthy packer,
Nelson Morris, who is member of the
trust, and who signed the 1000 bond
which cpcurpd (1ihunn,a fannnnrorv 70.
lease. At l q. m, Greenhut had not
returned to the Auditorium. 1t was
rumored that at a meeting of the trust,
Monday, Gibson would be displaced from
his post as secretary, and the trust would
formally disavow all responsibility for
any criminal act.