Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-05
To Blow Up the Chamber Of
Deputies at Madrid Nip
ped in the Bud.
TWO BOMBITERS NABBED
With Large Bombs in Their Posses.
sion Ready to Be Lighted.
THE ARRESTED MEN CONFESS.
London's Unemployed Workmen Denounc,
the English Church.
AGITATI0NS AMONG THE LAR0RERS

MADRID, April 4-Great excitement was
caused here to-day by the discovery of an
Anarchist plot to blow up the Chamber of
Deputies. The leaders of the conspirators
arrived here within the past month. The
Civil Governor had received information
that two foreign Anarchists were conspiring
with a number of Spanish Anarchists to
blow up the public buildings, and the sus-
poets were accordingly watched The pro-
ject against the Chamber Of Deputies was
arranged to come off on Saturday.
A Frenchman named Deval and Portu-
guese named Feirriera intended to conceal
a couple of bombs under the seats in the
public gallery and then leave before the
bombs exploded. Feirreira, however, was
taken ill and the attempt was postponed
until to-day. At 4 P. NJ. both conspirStors
left their houses each carrying under his
arm a small parcel of the shape of a bottle
wrapped in a newspaper.
The police shadowed them and kept them
in sight until they reached the Cortes build
ing, where both were seen to place them
selves before the door leading to the Cham
ber of Deputies by which the President of
the Chamber and Premier Canovas del
Castillo usually enter.
ADesperate Tussle to Down Them.
The police then decided that it was time
to act and they at once proceeded to arrest
the plotters. The Frenchman, a man of
herculean strength, fought hard, but
WIS finally knocked down and over
powered. Both men were Immediately
handcuffed. When searched they were
found to have in their possession conical
bombs enclosed in cast iron. cases eight
inches long by three broad, A yellow fuse
similar to that used by smokers was at
tached to the bombs, which were bound and
lightly compressed by steel wire for the pur-
pose of increasing the strength of the explo-
sion.
The bombs weighed each eight pounds
The fuse was SO adjusted as to burn three
minutes tefore exploding the charge. The
bombs have not been carefully examined as
yet, but they appear to be loaded with
enough dynamite to blow up the whole
Cortes.
The two prisoners have the appearance of
workmen. Immediately upon being ar
rested they were conveyed to the Minister
most searching examination. 1t is not
known that the prisoners give any clue
TO their fellow-conspirators or the scope
of the plot. A document was found
on the prisoners containing a draft
of the plan OF action OF the Cosmo-
politan society, according to which conspfr-
ators were first to blow up the Chamber of
Deputies: second, the Senate; third, the Law
Courts; fourth, the Council of STATE; fifth,
the Ministry of w ar; sixth, the Royal Palace
and the Chapel, and seventh, the Bank OF
Spain. All this work was to be completed
before May day.
The Prisoners Have Confessed,
The prisoners are confined in separate
cells. Each has made confession! The |
seized papers also showed that Ferriera was |
the author of the recent explosion at the |
Spanish Consulate in Lisbon. In an interview |
subsequent to the arrest of Ferriera |
ana Deval, Premier Canovas Delcas- |
tollo confirmed the report that |
the Government had some time |
ago obtained knowledge of the intended |
plot of the Anarchists and that the authori- |
ties had accordingly taken measures to ap- |
prehend the criminals as soon as they at
tempted to put their plans into operation.
The Premhf also said that under the pres
ent laws OF Spain persons convicted of using
explosives for unlawful purposes were liza |
Bile TO be sentenced to penal servitude for |
life. Parliament, he continued, in view of |
the extremely dangerous attitude the an |
archists were assuming would be at |
once asked to sanction O capital sentence |
Tor such offenses.