The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
ANARCHIST SLAUGHTER
A Secret Plotter Who Is Alleged TO Ha'
Taken Part in the Haymarlxet Massacre.

Secret Plotter Who Is Alleged TO Have
Taken Part in the Haymarket Massacre.
LONDON, Jan. a.-The police at Waisall
are making further Investigations into the
doings of the Walsa.l Anarchists. The
authorities are extremely reticent regard
ing their discoveries. but it has leaked out
that their investigations have developed
the fact that the prisoners-Cailes. Slaugh-
ter and Deakln-wlth others, who are not
yet in custody, were Matching plot re-
sembling in its details the plot of the An
archists in Chicago which led to the Hay
market massacre. 1t is asserted that some
of the documents seized by the police
are of an extremely startling nature.
Further arrests are pretty certain
to follow. The plotters had evidently Int
tie fears of the police. or else they thought
the nearer they were to them the safer from
discovery they would be. for their club
room was within a stones throw OF the
poiice station. The windows, which
present an extremely unkept appearance,
bear IN blue letters the words: The
Walsal Sociallstic Club" A lot of PAM
phlets and papers were found in the club
room. These contain articles couched In
violent language against rich men.
mOnopolists and society In general. Among
the papers found were copies of the Chicago
Anarchist. besides a large number of car
toons published by American and conti-
mental anarchistIc papers.
The police regard Slaughter as the most
dangerous member Of the gang. he was
born in Norwich, but has lived for years in
the United States. He is q self-educated
is rabld In his support of s0cialistlc doc
trines. Slaughter came to Welsali six
months ago and Immediately became q
member of the club. He soon developed
into leader, and since then has virtually
been the prime mover In all the schemes
concocted by the Anarchists in that town.
Notwithstanding their reticence regarding
the details OF the conspiracy said TO have
been uneartbed, the police display no hes
itancy in giving history of Slaugh-
ter. They claim to have knowledge
that he was prominent among the Social
lists of Chicago at the time of the Haymar-
ket massacre. and claim he has been con-
nected with almost every big Anarchist
movement in recent years. Slaughter talks
with an American accent. He Is tall and
slim and wears q sandy mustache. Since
last July he has been employed in foun-
dry. :.
lodgings they found an immense assort-
ment of literature, in which the most vio-
lent form of Language was used TO call An
archists to revenge themselves upon soci-
ETY. for the wrongs they claim to suffer.
which reads: Fight or starve. We of the
International Secret Society appeal
to our fellows to benr tins miserable
life no longer. 1t is q crying
disgrace to US workers that we
are such towards as to hesitate to take
back the wealth created by our labor. He
is q coward only worthy of slavery who
allows his wife, his child and himself to die
| of starvation IN the midst of plenty. Is 1t
possible that We are SO c0wardly that we
would rather die than fighti 1t is better TO
die fighting than starving. 1t Is true that
our masters have organized force on their
| side. but we need not fear their force with
| our weapons of revenge. for the deaths of
those who are daily murdered by a
brutal system. For every one of us who
is done to death let rich robber be
| killed.
The shells seized by the police are of iron
with pewter screw inserted in the apex
| of the cone. There are three small
| apertures in the bottom, on which the cap
| is fitted. A ring is attached to the bomb
to facilitate its carrying.
Inspector Setback Knows Him.
CHICAGO. Jan. 9.-Slaughter, the Anarcb-
ist under arrest in England, is remem bered
here as having gone around the city before
the Haymarket massacre and given
| several inflated lectures on Social
| ISM" POlice-inspector Schaack rec
| ollects him quite distinctly, and saws
| more Anarchists Immediately after the
| Haymarket riot. "If remember correct
| ly," said the Inspector tonight, this fel-
| low was warm friend of Schwab and
| Fielden. but he did not remain in Chicago
to help them in their hour of trouble