Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-14
An Examination Of the Package Said 10
Have Been Sent by dibson
10 Dewar.
A FLASH. a STREAM or FIRE ANs
syLPnuRous FUMES.
Great Excitement at the Headquarters
OF the whisky Trust; Gibson
silent.
ny Telegraph to the NEVIS
TBE CHICAGO PLOT.
Gibson win Probably he indicted fos
Attempted Arson.

CHICAGO, Feb. t8.-rhls morning
Attorney Barry Of the counsel for Glib
son, secretary Of the whisky trust,
with District Attorney Milchrist, made
al examination OF the paokage said 10
have been delivered by Gibson TO De
war. When the package was opened
pint bottle full Of Hight blush nlid was
discovered. A drop Of this was put
upon "a piece OF paper aud the instant
II came IN contact with the paper their
was Hash, IA stream Of IRE shot up
and the room was filed with suffocai-
tng sulphurous fumes. So quickly did
the paper burn that n bucket of water
had 10 he thrown ON II 10 prevent the
IRE from communicating with other
materials. The strong smell emitted
by the iluld proved Its principal In.
gredlcnt 10 he phosphorus.
Milehrist said Of the result OF the ex.
pertinent sour lurpOe. In making
tue experiment WIS 10 lind out " the
iluid was the SAINT as that la the bottle
which ellison gave Dewar. Such u
proved 10 he. II fnstcns tho chain Of
evidence securely around Gibson and
makes II possible to indict him for at
tempted anon.
inspector Stuart said tonight that
during trip 10 Peoria last week lac
discovered where Gibson'a fiuld was
compounded aud obtained evidence NJ
10 whom II was that loaded the gun
barrel. The work wins done In Peoria
by one aud the same man.-Gibson
himself. captain Stuart obtained some
Of Gibson'a handwriting al Peoria and
had Il compared with the letter. by an
expert, who unhesitatingly declared
that the toll.tale pcnmanship was
| Gibson'r,
President Grocnhut OF the whisky
Trust, accompanied by one Of his ~
sociates, DR.. Rush, arrived at Chicago
tonight and took quarters at the Audi'
torium. lie left the Auditorium hnsti
ly almost imm~iiatly after entering
the bullding, and drove TO tho real
dencc Of the wealthy packer, Nelsot
Morris, who i. membsr OF the tfusi
aud signed the $50, 900 bond which =.
cured Gitson's release. At a. nj
Grcenhut has not returned 10 the Aud
! kosivsa. " svss, Surnegsd thai NJ
y m.xfidg Of tie, trust, Monday, uihso
would be displaced from his post =
secretary, and that the trust worl
formally dlsavow all responsibility 10
amy criminal act.
INNofINi on tUiLThF
PEORIA, Ill.,, Feb. is.--Altbougt
the whisky trust people still paintaiI
that George Gibson Is entirely limo
cent Of conspiracy TO destroy the Shu
icldt distiilcry, tho general public ha'
come 10 the conclusion that he II
guilty. There II great excitement nj
the trusts headquarters, and agents
are going out on every train 10 the
cities where the trust members reside.
Nicc.Pfesldcnt Woolner left this after
noon for Chicago, where he Will meet
President Greonhut, who IL coming
home from Washington. A meeting
Of trust directors has been called for
next Monday and interesting action 10
expected then.
Gibson maintained logged silencs,
but says he Ia Innocent. He says the
hottie In his vallcc contained antiseptic
! fluid, patented by the chemist Of the
trust, aud lac was on his way 10 sell the
secret Of the.compound 10 stock CON-
pany.